Venerable gum tree

We decided at short notice to take a drive into the Hills today. I haven't had time to drop in any visitors to this shot, but I think its OK as is:)
A lovely day out.

[Diana]

It sure is, that bark looks amazing and the lighting is just perfect.

[Issi Bannerman]

Nice scene.

[KoalaGardens🐨]

great shot

[Beryl Lloyd]

Great shot - - the lighting perfect to highlight the wounded tree !

[Valerie Chesney]

Beautiful lighting on the exact spot.

[Desi]

Such a lovely forest scene with perfect lighting

[Mags]

Lovely light and wonderful textures!

[KV]

Cool looking trunk and nicely surrounded by green.

[Krista Marson]

a nice specimen

[Merrelyn]

Lovely light to highlight the bark and bracken.

[mittens (Marilyn)]

Great capture of such an interesting tree.

[LManning (Laura)]

I love all the contrasting textures.

[gloria jones]

Neat textures, light

[bkb in the city]

Very nice shot

[Fisher Family]

A lovely woodland scene, nice light!

Ian

[Nina Ganci]

love this capture, strong colours, texture and lighting

[carol white]

Nicely captured and great textures

[Peter Dulis]

nice

[Babs]

It looks like a Dementor from Harry Potter movies.

[Kathy]

So interesting to see how the bark shreds off naturally.

[Shutterbug]

Those gum tree trunks always have such beautiful and interesting structure.

[Rick]

Cool capture.

[Wylie]

@onewing Oh Babs, how depressing for such a gorgeous tree!

[haskar]

Great scene and lovely details.

[Mickey Anderson]

nice details

[Allison Maltese]

I personally prefer this version to the monochrome one. I think the color adds a lot to the image.