Heart of the Tree

I spotted this heart shape on the trunk of a melaleuca tree when I was on my walk at Fingal Bay a few days ago.

[Kat]

Love it!

[Diana]

Well spotted Babs, love the shape and peeling bark.

[Esther Rosenberg]

Aww, sweet find.

[Kathy A]

I love paper barks, wonderful textures

[Maggiemae]

It looks a bit science fiction - the shapes in their boggle the imagination!

[Ingrid]

Very nice! And well spotted!

[KoalaGardens🐨]

oh lovely!

[Casablanca]

This is fab, what a brilliant shape to find!

[Wylie]

Nice find but it does look a bit brutal.

[Babs]

@pusspup It's probably a broken heart.

[Susan Wakely]

Well spotted. So many layers.

[Valerie Chesney]

So very wonderful!

[Dione Giorgio]

Great shot and focus. Looks like leafs of rolled paper .

[Babs]

@sangwann that's why melaleuca is also called paperbark,

[Sylvia du Toit]

Well spotted.

[KV]

Stellar detail. Fav

[Lee]

Wonderful, great spot.

[Kate]

Is this typical “shedding” for that type of tree? It looks like a tree is inside the outer tree.

[Merrelyn]

Nice find.

[gloria jones]

Great find and capture

[Peter Dulis]

nice

[Joyce Lancaster]

Well spotted Babs. You are good at seeing these

[mittens (Marilyn)]

Wonderful find and capture.

[bkb in the city]

Great find and shot

[Lois]

Great shot! Well spotted!

[Jacqueline]

Great find!

[Beryl Lloyd]

A wonderful find and sight !

[Mary Anne]

Interesting find!

[Pat Knowles]

Beautiful layers.... really opens your eyes to nature.

[Ann H. LeFevre]

Good catch! I think I even see the hint of a face in this heart. It must be a very kind tree. (o:

[Pyrrhula]

Great find and capture.

[Carole Sandford]

Well spotted!

[Lin]

How cool - nicely spotted and captured.

[Sylvia]

Very well spotted, it's amazing what we find when we take the time to stop and look.

[Babs]

@katford @ludwigsdiana @dutchothotmailcom @maggiemae @ingrid01 @koalagardens @casablanca @wakelys @happysnaps @happysnaps @sdutoit @kvphoto @gamelee @merrelyn @seattlite @pdulis @thistle01 @mittens @bkbinthecity @bkbinthecity @loweygrace @jacqbb @beryl @mabuss33 @happypat @pyrrhula @carole_sandford @linnypinny @sprphotos Thanks, melaleuca (paperbark) and scribbly gum trees are my two favourite trees for their interesting bark.

@kjarn I love them too, we have one in our garden.

@k9photo Yes the bark does shred like this. It is also called paperbark because of its papery bark. It is one of my favourite trees. I have a bit of a thing about tree bark as you probably know.

@olivetreeann Yes I can see a face too and I even thought it looked a bit like angels wings too.

[Jane Pittenger]

Well seen and great textures

[PhylM-S]

this is all kinds of wonderful! Love it!

[aikiuser (jenn)]

Well seen, how awesome is that?!

[Ann H. LeFevre]

@onewing I saw the wings too! I often see a couple things in these types of shots.