Of winter's lifeless world each tree~
Now seems a perfect part;
Yet each one holds summer's secret~
Deep down within its heart.
~Charles G. Stater . . .Panasonic DMC-FZ7. Opinions most welcome.
Alas! even the last leaves have gone and the trees stand bare and gnarled, shivering in the cold! Yet they have their own beauty, Lyn and you have captured that well in this photo.
I have always believed trees are much like people in their stance.And this tree looks as tho it has 'weathered' many storms..it's limbs all in array...maybe a bit of a 'mess' from the wear and tear..but yet it stands, staunch, almost royal near its loyal friend, the bench. I like the photo. It speaks. Verena
Great looking tree and I love the de-saturation of the colour. Your mid-June is our mid-December and this almost B&W is perfect. there's even a bench for Bob!
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It looks like a giant insect with its wings spread waiting for another morsel. I hope Owd Timer wasn't its last morsel. Better warn him. Just great Lyn. Solid presentation.
What an odd looking tree. Is it the product of some arcane system of pruning to have that knobby section atop the straight portion of the trunk? Nice moody image, by the way.
Ahhh you are in Winter down in New Zealand Lyn...this is very nice shot...the starkness of the tree bare of foliage and B/W give this picture "Pop"...gerry
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