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Path of Least Resistance
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This large Sitka Spruce dwarfs its surroundings. A count of the rings equals 590 which was written on the end of the log. Shot taken on the Carmanah Trail, Vancouver Island, BC.

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*caedes
09/13/04 2:02 AM GMT
That thing was a twigling 90 years before Columbus set sail. =o
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-caedes
+mayne
09/13/04 2:18 AM GMT
Yes, I am very happy that I cannot provide that early image. Although it would be off to the right a couple hundred feet;-)
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Darryl
Shadz
09/13/04 2:20 AM GMT
You sure find some neat stuff, and capture it most excellently. I'm jealous. 10. Fav. Wallpaper. Thanks!
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Before you kick a tiger in the ass, you better have a plan for dealing with his teeth . . .
+camerahound
09/13/04 2:25 AM GMT
Excellent work, Darryl. Your composition helps accentuate the pathway and adds emphasis to the true dimensions of the sapling.
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"Success is getting what you like. Happiness is liking what you get." -anonymous
neez
09/13/04 2:32 AM GMT
Agree with Tracy. You have such a great eyes, Darryl.
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~Let it be as it is desired~
+mayne
09/13/04 2:38 AM GMT
Thank you caedes, Dan, Tracy and Neez. To give a better idea of the size, I ( 5' 8") stood beside it and it was about a foot taller:-)
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Darryl
mimi5947
09/13/04 4:51 AM GMT
Geeeez.....that is old! Thankfully there is something older than me still around!!! :~) Cool capture Darryl...the thumbnail does not do it justice...love the old moss on it! Into my fav's on my HD & thank you for another "National Geographic" moment!! :))
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Always, Mimi
+mayne
09/13/04 5:07 AM GMT
Thank you Mimi! Thankfully there is never an end to these paths;-)
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Darryl
bjb
09/13/04 5:23 AM GMT
That was nice of someone else to count for us. ;) Everything has been said here Darryl. It's a fav. and the composition is perfect for my desktop. I do have to give kudos too to the folks who made that charming path through there. Neat idea.
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There are two ways to spread the light. To be the candle or the mirror that reflects it. -Edith Wharton
+mayne
09/13/04 5:37 AM GMT
Thank you BJ. Glad it works for your desktop. It is a very nice boardwalk...I wonder where they found all the wood lol. I believe most of the paths are built by the minimum security personell.
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Darryl
::JOHANNA
09/13/04 7:16 AM GMT
Beautiful photography and capture.well done,Darryl.
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Carpe diem.
thewiccanway
09/14/04 12:59 AM GMT
That is just amazing, how long ago did they put in the path? I'd have to say it was definitely smarter to cut through it than try to remove it!! 10/favs
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There is a pleasure in the pathless woods, There is a rapture on the lonely shore, There is a society, where none intrudes, By the deep Sea, and music in its roar, I love not man less, but Nature more --Lord Byron
+mayne
09/14/04 4:27 AM GMT
Thank you Joost and Jill. I would be guessing the path has been there about 5 years. On some parts of the path you find yourself walking along the top of the log. There have been stairs carved into the ends:-)
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Darryl
bjb
09/14/04 4:29 AM GMT
What is that on the right just before the tree?
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There are two ways to spread the light. To be the candle or the mirror that reflects it. -Edith Wharton
+mayne
09/14/04 5:04 AM GMT
BJ, that is a piece of the cutout from the log:-)
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Darryl
brphoto
09/30/04 6:56 AM GMT
It’s pretty amazing when you think about how old it really is! I remember seeing a similar tree piece at the B.C. pavilion at Expo 86. They had little signs screwed to it that showed when different historical events happened and their corresponding rings.

Great shot!
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"If I could tell the story in words, I wouldn't need to lug around a camera."
June
09/30/04 5:54 PM GMT
Fantastic shot Darryl. Leave it to you to find something as awesome as this to photograph.
JuneBug
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There is a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow, let me get my rubber boots out, lol!
+ppigeon
10/04/04 6:36 AM GMT
Incredible... Never saw a tree like that... What is it? Red tree?
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"Violence is the last resort of the incompetent" (I. Asimov)
vkbarefoot
10/12/04 11:38 PM GMT
I look and look for that image that I've never seen before ... here's one
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...yesterday a child came out to wonder ...
+Piner
11/02/04 3:37 PM GMT
Kudos to you on this shot, Darryl!
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The work of art may have a moral effect, but to demand moral purpose from an artist is to make him ruin his work. (Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - 1832)
DeathScytheG
04/08/05 1:58 AM GMT
I just hope the log fell on its own accord. Great shot though.
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-=Pride is not a sin=-
enticer
04/08/05 5:47 AM GMT
i am jealous too that you find such great photo ops. i mean, i would pee my pants if i saw something like that. look at how cool that is!
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.crazycrowson
05/24/08 1:36 AM GMT
I love the serenity. I can't imagine the stories it would tell, if it could talk.
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"average is the best of the worst, at the worst of the best."
.meiamafreak
07/18/09 2:15 AM GMT
wow! That a huge tree! Great capture!
thanks for sharing
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I will destroy you, you evil! My gallery

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