NF-SOOC-2018 - Day 17: Not so plain Plane Trees

I love this avenue of very old Plane Trees that border the River Vienne at Chinon... many of them have trunks over a metre in diamer.

This is for Day 17 of my annual NF-SOOC-September challenge: a month of sooc pictures taken with a 50mm lens or its equivalent for crop-sensor cameras. You can read all about it here - https://365project.org/discuss/themes-competitions/31977/nf-sooc-september-2018

Comes alive on black!

[bkb in the city]

Beautiful landscape shot

[David]

I thought it might be yours but wasn't certain. Your forest shots are always good and I love this one.The usual excellent depth and the non-procerssing is superb! Fav

[JackieR]

Lovely light and dark tones

[Clare Gadsby]

wondrous composition and lovely in b&w

[Naomi]

I love the light in this. The black and white is really striking.

[Jerome]

I love old trees and I love avenues. The shadows here are especially pretty.

[Margo Sayer]

VML how they all seem to grow together and lean in sync.

[kali]

the current artist challenge features alleys of trees like this...

[Tim L]

Enjoy them while you can. I passed through what once must have been a similar scene, near Millas on Saturday morning, and they had all been cut down and were ready for burning. The fungus that is killing them is speading north. They can be replaced by resistant American varitied but it will be a few years before their trunks are 1m in diameter.

[Richard Sayer]

@laroque You sir have p***ed on my parade big-time with that news... Mrs S and I love these trees.

[Richard Sayer]

@kali66 Thank you Kali.... and what a great photographer he is!

[Jacqueline]

Plane trees always say France to us, it would be dreadful if those beautiful trees were cut down.

[Taffy]

I never heard of Plane Trees til my first trip to France. They are such interesting ones, with unusual structure/branches.

[KoalaGardens🐨]

they are magnificent, and I just want to wander my way through there !

[Loopy-Lou]

Great shot, like it!

[gloria jones]

Great leading line, capture of light and shadows

[Kathy]

Nicely sidelighted avenue of trees.

[Joan Robillard]

Fab leading line

[Ko*]

Looks great with the shadows..

[Jane Pittenger]

Such a moody capture

[Marnie]

Beautiful trees, must be very old.

[Tom]

Wonderful high contrast of the light and shadow, tall trees and path leading deep into the photo as the opening narrows and a distant small lone figure.
fav

[Walks @ 7]

Grandeur and elegance. Fav.

[Claude Trew]

Perfect leading line avenue. Love the shadows.

[Krista Marson]

makes me want to walk under those trees

[carol white]

Great light and shadows, a super composition. Fav!! 😀

[Catherine Pace]

lovely shadows and light!

[Wendy]

What a gorgeous shot with the lovely shadows and light and the leading lines.
Hope the trees resist the fungus - some are strong enough to do that. Or - maybe the biologists will find a cure before it gets to you.
Congrats on being selected a finalist with this shot.