Gnarly Pohutukawa...

Another shot from our little expedition yesterday.. loved this very old and gnarly tree... The Pohutukawa tree has an enemy in our Opossum's.. they eat the young shoots and can strip a tree in a very short time.. But with an eradication programme the tree's have survived..

[Maggiemae]

I didn't know the possums like this tree - we lived next to a forest and they liked Kentucky Fried Pine Tree! This is a lovely vintage look to it!

[julia]

Yes they were bad news on the Pohutukawa tree's , but with the Project Crimson Program, and MAF it has bought the Possum population to a controllable level...

[Dianne]

Wow - this looks great - your processing is terrific - fav.

[Graham Thresher]

Love your processing

[Susan]

I love your processing too - nice capture, Julia.

[gloria jones]

Great shot and processing

[Denise Wood]

Great capture of a great tree :)

[Beryl Lloyd]

Beautifully edited and framed shot !

[Tony]

Love the structure of that tree and the framing.

[Kane Arlow]

Great shot. Lovely processing too.

[Maggie]

Love your gnarly treatment of this subject - it says a lot about the coastal hardiness of this tree.

[Ashley]

What a unique way to process this tree! Love it!

[Joce]

Beautiful image !! Love the processing. Fav

[KWind]

Cool processing!

[Trinda Love]

Wow Julia, another stunning shot and processing, fav again

[Nicole]

beautiful tree!

[Sue Cooper]

Lovely.

[Keri]

I like your processing on this, it really brings out the colour of the flowers.

[julia]

@pitasmum I ordered this on canvas and it just arrived yesterday and I am so pleased with it.. so now I can have Pohutukawa's all year round... thanks for your comment