Oct 21: 'Pattern'

I took this while walking the dogs today. The weather was a bit naff so we took a short cut and passed these trees.
I was amazed at the complex pattern that the roots/trunks had made.

Alternative Pattern: http://365project.org/gphelps5/365-additions/2012-10-21

[📸 Bulldog 📷]

Oh and don't forget the "Nominate 4 November" http://365project.org/discuss/themes-competitions/14744/nominate-4-november

[Ann Stenson]

Brilliant gnarly old roots & light!......Great capture Graham! : )

[Jen]

neat tree

[Boxplayer]

Excellent root capture.

[📸 Bulldog 📷]

Thanks Ann, Jen and Boxplayer - But are they roots or trunks???

@annbo @marshmallows @boxplayer

[Ann Stenson]

@gphelps5 Trunkroots!!!! : }

[Maggiemae]

I've never seen anything like this before!j light is good here!

[Boxplayer]

Definitely a bit of rootsy action going on there ...

[8yearson]

Amazing tangle of roots, expected to see the bots or little people peering out of the twists and turns!

[📸 Bulldog 📷]

@annbo - Toots or Rounts?

@maggiemae - I have no idea either Maggie, they almost look diseased but I am sure they are not?

@jackie8 - I like to show that I can do proper growd up photos as well Jackie.

[m9f9l]

And is that really many trees or one? :-) Very neat find. It kind of looks like the soul of an elephant may be trapped in there!

[mittens (Marilyn)]

They are really cool looking trees. Love those trunks and roots. Great find and a great capture.

[🐓 Patricia Fletcher]

Very fascinating Bulldog, I guess it's all one and the same plant that maybe had some trauma when it was young and resprouted at several different points. The trunks and roots look fused. It's an amazing find and great for the word of the day!

[Fanny Brogden]

A proper growed up photo...........sorry have to go Downton ABBEY XXX

[Phil]

Love it when nature does this - guess it grows anywhere and anyhow it can! Well spotted

[Dixie Goode]

That is a really cool shot of an amazing plant. I love it.

[Sean O'Neill]

Has the look of a semi submerged multi-horned rhino! It's a great spot.

[📸 Bulldog 📷]

@m9f9l - It does Mary, it does.

@mittens - Thanks Marilyn

@tishpics - I am not sure that it is diseased as there are very similar ones further round the track? It is almost like historically they were planted as borders to the fields?

@fannyb - Yes. I can doe All Growed Up pictures

@filsie65 - Thanks Phil (see my comment to pat above), I will try and get some more shots of the other ones..

[bernadette mcelligott]

Looks deformed to me but very very interesting find.

[🐓 Patricia Fletcher]

@gphelps5 No, I wasn't thinking of disease, more like the branches lopped off, could have been accident but if others have it then deliberate. I think it could have been an attempt at hedge-laying where the young upright branch gets pegged down horizontally and then lots of shoots grow up vertically to make a good thick hedge. Whatever, it's interesting to look at and photograph.

[Alison Hewitt Bailey]

What a fascinating find and capture! Were you able to identify the make of tree?

[❀ Lynn]

What a fascinating puzzle of roots and trunks!

[Ann H. LeFevre]

That is really interesting- it's as if they've all fused together. Cool.

[Rachel Mackenzie]

Wow. Awesome find and capture. Love the light beaming through them and the incredible pattern that they and the roots make. Awesome capture!

[Vicki Dixon]

cool find!!! a lot of texture and shapes!

[Nada A.]

What a cool tree.

[Kate Doyle]

Great natural pattern. Like the way the roots ane grabbing onto the ground like fingers and hands.

[Jo]

Great capture and a great find.

[Deb]

Wow! Very unusual roots/trunks :)

[Netkonnexion]

Unique. Excellent find. Really interesting roots.

[📸 Bulldog 📷]

Thank you all so much for your comments and questions. As I mentioned earlier, there are very similar ones further round the track and Mrs Bulldog thinks that they may have originally been hedge-laying in the way you said Pat but over the little saps have grown to bi bigger trees.
I will try and take some more shots when it is next light enoungh, it may be a couple of weeks as I am off to Scotlandshire this weekend.

@cookie123 @tishpics @dulciknit @lynnb @olivetreeann @rachelmackenzie @vickisfotos @nadaa @cmt2812 @joluise @deburahiru @netkonnexion

[🐓 Patricia Fletcher]

@gphelps5 Scotlandshire - lucky you!

[Wendy Bowden]

Cool find, lovely shot

[Simon]

Very cool!

[Therese]

That's a very cool find... Nice capture!

[📸 Bulldog 📷]

Thank you Wendy, Simon and Therese..
@wenbow @simon0128 @monkeykid

[Louise]

what fab trees. It looks like it began life as a hedge but then the whole hedge turned to a tangled row of trees

[ladyjane]

That's really cool - reminds me of a ship with multiple masts.

[Cally]

I'm off to Scotland for Christmas. Seems too far away! Nice patterns in the trees!

[📸 Bulldog 📷]

@roachling - They are strange, but the stranges thing is that no-one knows what they are? I have posted other photos of plants before and there are useally a few that can name them.

@ladyjane - It's great to have a good imagination, I am glad this shot has triggered it off for so many people.

@cally - Only about two months..

[Louise]

I wondered what they were but it's hard to tell from the photo as I can't see the leaves clearly. If it started out as hedge it would be a hedgerow tree like beech, hazel, oak or hawthorn perhaps but I don't think the leaves look right for those from what I can see. Hornbeam maybe?

[📸 Bulldog 📷]

I will take some more shots soon and collect a leaf..
@roachling

[Lyn]

beautiful shot of this root pattern. . . and I'm also struck by that wonderful misty light in the right side of the composition!

[📸 Bulldog 📷]

Thanks Lynn.. Any idea what kind of tree they are / it is?
@lyno

[Myrna O'Hara]

OMG this is fab had to FAV

[waitingforinstant(kari)]

As we say in this neck o' the woods; wicked cool:)

[📸 Bulldog 📷]

Thank you both for your comments and thank for the FAV Myrna.
@justkariherself @sailingmusic