Juniper

Gallery: FloraPosted October 30, 2010114 views8 comments

I'm trying to learn tree identification, but I believe this is a common juniper (?)- please correct me if I'm wrong. Found as a small young sapling about 4-foot high, along a lake shore in central-eastern Montana (Fort Peck Lake/ Missouri River Breaks, C.M. Russell NWR). It was an amazingly bright golden hue alone in the midst of prairie grass, with a smaller bush behind it (causing the golden bg).

Canon 5D2. Sigma 150/2.8 macro. ISO 100. f/2.8. 1/1500 sec. C&C appreciated.

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Comment posted by Carol Hyman on October 30, 2010 at 2:28 PM

Doug, No idea. Do know the 'net and tree sites help a lot. Had Junipers on last property I owned but they were green.

Nice sense of depth, and it would be nice to know what this golden beauty is.

This looks as though it has some possibilities and is probably a good starting point.

Carol

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Comment posted by Pat Sampson on October 30, 2010 at 5:15 PM

Sorry Doug, can't help with the ID. I like the light, color and softness of this image. I also find the mood appealing. I think it would also work well cropped down from the top to 5:4 but that's just an alternative and not a suggestion. Beautiful image as posted.

Pat

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Comment posted by Robert Dayton on October 30, 2010 at 5:30 PM

Good eye, Doug. This is beautiful.

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Comment posted by Philip Southard on October 30, 2010 at 10:47 PM

Neat looking image Doug. I really like the comp, color, DOF, and BG. This would appear to perhaps be in the Cypress family (Cupressaceae), but not being familar with western species, I can't be sure. All that I know about are evergreen, therefore, I don't think this is common juniper. The only 'evergreens' that I know about that turn yellow like this are the larches, which are actually deciduous. This doesn't look like one of them however. So, sorry, nothing definitive on the ID.

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Comment posted by Mark Stahlke on October 30, 2010 at 11:22 PM

Nice image, I like the colors a lot. I might like to see it crisper around the center of the image. I think the tree might be a larch but I'm not sure about that.

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Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on October 31, 2010 at 2:47 AM

Great fall image!
Love the color and BG.
Well-done!

Sandy

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Comment posted by Morris McClung on October 31, 2010 at 7:19 PM

Absolutely marvelous, Doug! Great light and color as well as a comp to show them off perfectly.

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Comment posted by Krunal Janani on November 1, 2010 at 9:32 AM

Stunning Image Doug

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