This tree reigns over a sand dune that is a climb up from Kuebler Trail. It's quite a majestic site and worth the climb -- but I only climb it every few years.
Thanks for enjoying the leaf crooning a tune -- it was fun to see others share in the humor of the shot. And for your encouraging words re how frustrating herons are to photograph!
The light on the twisted roots and textures of this ancient tree is really lovely. The gnarled old branches are great, too. A tree well worth the hike!
You saw the leaf crooning and didn't see the legs here. One young lady is bent over with her rear to you and another has knobby knees - I think you are recouping from Island Fever.
@olivetreeann Thanks Ann. I'd also taken it using my superwide and it gives such a different feel -- more about the overall tree and less about the roots. I ended up thinking this was the more interesting of the two.
A wonderful tree which looks like it could get up and walk - a bit like a fairy tale or Lord of the Rings. Be careful - don't take your eyes of it Taffy!! LOL!! Fav!
@redy4et I liked the interpretations about the roots as legs! It seems a tree that could just take off like some kind of monster (friendly or not) and move around to gather unsuspecting hikers into its fold.
@ericdibosco Yes, definitely HDR. The lighting was mid-day and very blown out in some areas while dark in others. I knew LR wouldn't be sufficient to adjust, but I didn't want to make it too HDR-ish looking.
This is so cool, Taffy. You captured it so well. Not easy to photograph trees like this. You have such a good eye. Getting back to your comment about your previous photo above, birds are overall super hard to capture well. I am trying my best with the mockingbirds in my backyard. Best I get is on a setting that takes several photos of it in motion. It has gotten to the point that I do not think this bird likes the sound. Sounds like a gun being shot really fast to me several times. Maybe I only hear it that loud. Will have to check. Always lots to learn and luck too. Being at the right place at the right time.
@taffy Yes- and looking at it a second time, I like how this view is a pseudo "flipped" shot- as if the tangled branches are a mirror of the tangled roots. So now, I'm belatedly fav-ing it!
