February Theme: Trees

The theme for February is 'Trees'. Post'em if you've got'em.
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Edit by Rick D: closing this thread as it's getting very long and taking a very long time to load. I created a Page 2 here .

Well, y'all have seen this one before, but this says "Trees" (plural) as clearly as any shot I have.

Mueller State Park, CO...

Great shot Les! This is a photo taken at a campsite in Sequoia NP at dawn.

Nice work guys! Here's one from this fall, taken during an incredible day of shooting with Brent D. and Darren along Maroon Creek.

(needless to say - but I'll say it anyway - compression is killing this one...)

Scott - your image disappeared when I posted mine. This 'bug' has happened before. I'll let Jim E. know and see if we can figure it out. If you can't repost the image, you may need to just post a new reply. Sorry for the inconvenience.

First photo post from me so hope I am doing this right. This was captured with a Canon 20D and 24-70 @ 24mm. You may have seen the print at the shindig. I wanted the trees to define the outline of the hill. Let me know if you like.

Les, nice image. I love the reflection of the trees in the pond.

Rick, would love to see the uncompressed version; bet it is crawling with detail.

Incredible photos so far everyone! Here's one from Grand Teton NP, along the shore of String Lake.

No problem Rick, apparently my photo was too embarrassed to be seen after seeing yours Here it is again.

Was that trees or tree Taken in Grand Gulch.

Elk and Aspen in Rocky Mountain National Park

"Dancing Partners"
January 07 in Upper Beaver Meadows, RMNP.

Post'em if you've got'em

Unfortunately, I looked through all my images and it doesn't appear I have a single shot with a tree in it.

Nice shots so far. Erik's shot is amazing. Can we just end the formalities, declare him the winner, and move onto the next theme?

Gorgeous shots so far. Are we supposed to limit ourselves to one shot per month on the theme topic?

Les - there's no limit on number of posts; post away! And to Roger's comment, you can post trees, or a tree, or a fraction of a tree... unless you're Grant, in which case you're hosed.

Actually Grant, maybe you can borrow Jody's Doerzman 7000 Camera. Seems to do a pretty good job with trees...

Erik, that shot is insane! I think we should limit this month to color shots!

Summer in the Rockies...oh yeah, bring it on!

Okay I need a quick course in sizing pics for this forum. Why can't I post images as large as the ones above? Seems like I had to resize this image, as well as others, 4 or 5 times before it would post. This McClure Pass pic is 350 x 239 @ 72ppi What should it be to post as large as Bret's Summer in the Rockies? Thanks for any, and all, help

Took this one a little over a year ago in Mt Evans wilderness. It looked like the young bristlecones were propping up the old dead one.

Pam

Here is one of my earliest photos, taken overlooking a tiny little lake (aka reservoir) in Lafayette.

Wow - this is turning out to be quite the theme! Great work, everyone.

Mike - I just e-mailed you some tips on posting larger images while staying below the 200kb limit. I think you probably need to reduce the .jpg quality setting - don't worry, you can reduce it quite a bit without seeing any significant degradation as viewed on the web.

Darren - thanks for the kind words! (Where do I mail you that $20!? ). I haven't printed that image big, yet - only an 8x10 test print that turned out nicely. But it's one of several tree shots from this fall that I'll be printing & hanging as soon as I get all the drivers installed on my new system.

Okay here goes nothing. If it works I thank Rick Dunn for the help.

Reposted per Rick's instructions, my image of McClure Pass taken last October.

Awesome work everyone! Here's one of my favorite trees from last year.

Guy

I remember when you first posted this Guy. I'm all over it!!!

Amazing work from everyone!

Taos Ski Valley.

Some incredible posts for this topic. This image is from Yellowstone. After a day spent following otters and eagles, we found ourselves a long way from the car. We decided that I would stay with the camera equipment while the others went for the car. This sunset happened while they were gone! Needless to say they weren't too happy.

Nice start people. I really like your shot John.

This one is up Clear Creek Canyon. Shot on Tmax 100 and scanned.


Wisner 4x5
Nikon 210mm W
Tmax 100 D76H 1::3 N

Here's one from Schwabacher Landing in Teton National Park.

(My picture seems to have disappeared, I'll repost below).

Some sweet shots so far.

Here's one I've posted before, but seems to work for this theme.

Here is an image from Yellowstone

One of my BW, push the contrast experiments.
Somewhere out east of Longmont

Thats a great shot Paul, I love the composition with the fence in the foreground.

Wow! Incredible stuff, people (nod to Pam)! I've got a couple to contribute but I'll wait for my NPN membership to go through so I can post inline.

I love the black and whites!

Let me try posting this again since it disappeared above.

This one's from the Tetons (obviously), at Schwabacher Landing.

(Okay, this one disappeared also, I give up.)

I'm gonna try it again too.

Wow, quite the bunch of stunning images so far! Keep 'em coming!

My contribution is from my favorite tree area, the road to Mt Evans, specifically the Goliath Peak Natural Area. Been up there for many sunrises, but this one is still my favorite!

Thought I would toss in a color image too. Just in case we have forgotten the snow after a couple of days of balmy weather (HA!). Taken near the entrance to Roxborough SP. One of the few shots I've taken so far with my new Singh ray ND grads.

Pam

Guy, outstanding color! Love those B&W Erik,Ritchie, Steve, Paul et al. Some days I do miss 4x5 Tri-x and D76. Awesome work everyone!

This shot is from El Dorado Canyon near the Flat Irons.

Here is another from Grand Overlook in Palmer Park.

Paul, I love your high key shot of that tree with an S-bend. Fantastic!!

Rick, I love your whole series of shots from Maroon Cr.

Guy, great juxtaposition between the young shoots and the mature tree. I love all the shades of color you captured.

Richie V, another great B&W shot. The snow covered hill makes a great background.

Bret, you're killing me with the summer aspens shot!!! Oh to feel the warm sun again. I really like the sunstar through the aspens, but too bad about the flare.

Great theme. And results!

Here's something shot recently near my house ...

This theme rocks! Here's something a little more abstract, from the Red Rocks Open Space on thu morn.

Very cool theme. I'm really enjoying the great images!
Here is one that is a little different than the norm. It's still a tree! At least part of one.

Here's one with a little different mood than some of the others, taken on the Colorado Sarengeti of Montrose.
I'm still thinking about this one, it grows on me. This is a scan from a 4x5 polaroid type 59. This was actually my second 4x5 exposure!

Kalin,
That (spruce?) cone shot is just great. Nice work.
Paul

Kalin: There is something about your photo that just rocks! Not sure what it is, but the ominous sky and barren trees combo is really dramatic.

Here's one I've never posted. Ancient bristlecone pine in the Inyo Mountains outside Bishop, CA.

Very cool frame of the moon, Bret! Nice tone.

Man, what a great bunch of photos! Paul and Kalin (among the rest), you've got killers in my book. This is an older photo from my Fuji GS645 rangefinder that I just had a high rez scan of, with my best photoshop foot forward. Sorry to double up with a second post, but there's a lot of trees out there.

This seems to be a productive topic! Great shots everyone. Bret - I like your B&W. Here is something along the same lines from my “back yard”.

Moon over Fallen Bristlecone on Mount Evans.

Just reviewing the images posted. Double Wow!
I keep coming back to the black and whites, especially RichieV's and Paul's. Paul, yours looks like an ink drawing but with a soft touch. I bet it's great as a large print.

Thanks to everyone! This is great.

Another favorite of mine.

Here is a one from the Indian Peaks neighborhood.

"Transitions" RMNP - Horseshoe Park

Erik, that is one of the best photos in this entire thread of great photos. Awesome!

Erik, that is one of the best photos in this entire thread of great photos. Awesome!

Ditto!

Lots of great images. Here is one that is not quite native to the Rocky Mountains. Robbie

Here is a B&W from the Old Lucas Homestead at the north end of Castlewood Canyon SP.

Here is another. I like them both for different reasons but I thought the tree shadows were invading the old structure. Kind of spooky.

Erik, your "Transitions" is awesome.
Roger, love the light and the colors.

Wow! This is a really great thread.

Erik, how do you always seem to come up with the perfect title for your wonderful photos? What a dual talent!!
I'm in awe of all the submissions so far, what visual entertainment!!

Here's one from last summer!

Don

Don, maybe we can do a trade; photos like this one for stupid titles. Sounds fair. I really love this one Don!!!

I am really enjoying this thread! This has got to be a record for theme posts.

Moab, September 2006

A different kind of Moab shot...

This one is for Erik (who has often questioned whether or not I actually take photos) and since we're working on a "stupid title" theme, I'll call this one "Lone Tree".

Hmmm....it's seems everyone decided to bring out their best images after I prematurely declared a winner. Even CAZ posted a decent image, which is a miracle unto itself . I'll try and lower the bar a little by posting the very first landscape photo I took with my first SLR camera. Even at this size, you can see the film grain. My bad title is "Breathtaking L.A. Smog"

Really nice additions everyone! Don, I love the hues in your shot. Awesome!
Lots of great inspiration.

Rene - I remember that one
Caz - same goes for you
Paul/Erik Great shots


RichieV

Too many compliments to dish out, so ill just keep the craziness going and post my best shot. Had to go back a couple years, but guess ill try to top it before the month's out!

My senses are overloaded by all these great shots. To those of you who complimented my post - Thanks!

Stan - this image is totally magical. The light and framing are wonderful!

Stan, you're killin me. That's so nice.

In hopes of pushing this theme over the 100 mark, I'll submit my pic. Zion National Park, November '06.

This thread is killin' me! So many awesome tree photos. Keep 'em coming. Here's one from Zion NP a couple years ago.

You guys didn't have enough really strong greens in here for me so I'll throw in this pic to add a little more balance.

Mmmmmmm ... these are all so delicious.

Are you guys limiting the shots to only RMNP, or can I shots from Quebec?

What amazing shots! Here is one that I took out west of our home. Though there are many elements to this shot, I felt that the tree was the focal point.

Nathan

Ashutosh - Show us Quebec!

Here's one from 1985 captured near Deer Valley, Utah.

And this one from near Alta, Utah in September, 2005.

Here is one I made recently just messing around with the clouds illuminated by city lights.

Wow! This theme is over the top! Way too many great images to comment on individually but the collection rocks, and there are a few that are absolutely stunning! Amazing...


Here's one taken on our friends' property in Wyoming, about 30 miles east of Yellowstone.

I'm not sure that a tree has ever received as much justice as it has in this thread! This thread brings out the inner tree-hugger in all of us

I have to join this monumental thread...!

This shot is from pre-dawn at Tuweap campground by the Toroweap Overlook of the Grand Canyon. I looked up from my sleeping bag, saw this, and got myself moving post-haste to take this photo.

This is the first and probably the only time I ever thought about taking a tree photograph, so guys please go easy on me

I was almost bitten to death by mosquitoes when I was hiking in Parc national des Îles-de-Boucherville, an island in the St-Laurent river just south of the island of Montreal. I was pretty annoyed by end of day, and was looking for something to perk me up. I saw the late evening sunshine glow off this particular tree, with the sapling right beneath it, and chose this composition.

I wanted to depict a sibling relationship with this one. I'm not extremely happy with the processing, but I think it's not too bad either.

Great thread. . Here's one from near Ohio Pass.

Ashutosh: I think you conveyed that sibling relationship quite well. I love the photo! The light on the tree and the texture in the bark is gorgeous. Nicely done!

Rick: Your photo makes me long for summer in the mountains in a BIG way. Great stuff!

Stacy: Killer photo! I love those serendipitous moments. Glad you forced yourself out of your sleeping bag to click the shutter!

All are amazing photos. There is some crazy talent in this group!

WOW Rick!! YOUR image is simply stunning!! Awesome job capturing that light!!!

You guys (and ladies) are killing me! These are some of the most beautiful images of tress that I have ever seen.

Taos, New Mexico

Holey Moley! Yikes! Wow! and Gimme a Break! Great theme and great shots! You guys Rock!

Oh okay, if it's green ya'll want it's green you'll get!

Great Smoky Mountains NP, spring

Here are some aspens in Rocky Mtn NP from this past September.

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/87/244970372_8454dccdbb_o.jpg

More great work from everyone! It's diverse collection, too - not just fall shots as I was thinking we might get. It's also great to see images from folks who visit less frequently, but who let those PNWNP guys in!? Seriously, it's great to see so many diverse shots from so many different folks. I agree with Brian's comment, and Joyce Kilmer would be impressed, too, I imagine.

One more from me. I posted this image after my fall trips last year. Doesn't look like fall, but this was taken shortly after the first one I posted in this thread. Quite the conditions for photographing trees that day!

Beautiful photographs everyone... I thought I would take a liberal interpretation of "trees" and submit one from Petrified Forest NP

I'm a little late to this party and may even be crashing it. Actually, since the demise of TNP us Texas guys are orphans. Can I apply for adoption? I am a Colorado wannabe. Please, please, please? I'll offer this shot of one of my favorites from RMNP for my entry.

And here's one of our mighty Texas oaks.

This used to be a tree

Wow...totally awesome, somebody needs to do a book! Here's one from Ashcroft last fall....

Great shots! I fear this one doesn't compare with those already posted. Anyway, here's One Lonely Tree in the Mystery Valley section of Monument Valley.

And this one makes 100 replies! Little Cottonwood Canyon near Alta, Utah.

Roxborough State Park, CO

Joshua Tree lit by a rising full moon. 8 seconds exposure. My first attempt at a night shot!

One more for the road I was messing around with this tree image from the Utah roadside and tried making it highkey.

Pam

Scott, I still like that shot, great rock detail and cool sky! with nice exposure on the tree!

Stacy, nice night shot!

I like the high key tree, Pam, very artistic!

Took some tree shots today but nothing that I like...

Really nice work everyone!

Here's my ode to Salvador Dali.....

... and a b/w....

This shot is from Capital Reef National Park.

Guys, this thread has some AMAZING work!!!!

Stan, gorgeous composition; love it.

Adam S, I don't think you have posted and single image I don't like - great work.

Scott, great Rox pic.

Roger, great aspen grove; feels and smells like fall again.

Everyone else: Too hard to comment on all of them but they are all an inspiration.

Craig

Foggy Ponderosa Forest ~ Boulder Open Space

There's never been so many pretty tree pictures in one place............nice work everyone!

My job picking a cover photo for the March home page is going to be tough!

Here's a scan of an old slide. Guadalupe River near Gruene, Texas.

Okay, who the heck let that Michael Gordon dude in!?

All of these recent photos have been spectacular, but I particularly enjoy Nat's black and white. Good stuff, folks!

Thanks for letting a Californian post here

Mojave National Preserve, California - Oct 2006

Well geeze, I am way behind again. Here's 1 I did for my nephew a while back for some school project he had. The finished product had the poem "For whom the Bell Tolls" on it.

There is some spectacular images here. I tried to post one, but it wouldn't let me.

MG, stunning shot.

Josh,

I suggest that you contact Jim E. to see if he can sort out your pic posting problem. Unfortunately Rick and I can't do anything about it from our end.

Thanks,
Adam

Here's a shot I took last June in the Island District of Canyonlands. Can you see the two photographers?

Ken

Scary tree in Canyonlands NP. I'm pretty sure this tree comes to life at night and those twisted limbs search the ground for prey. Don't think I'll camp near it any time in the near future.

Wow these are some photographs! Kudos to everybody!

Thought I'd throw in one more. Tree reflection - - San Juan Island, WA

Man! This thread keeps getting better! The recent b&w images are really something else...

I'm going to 'lock' this thread and start a "Page 2" in a new sticky thread. I received a few comments about how long the page is taking to load, a couple of which were probably submitted by the same person who felt a need to "vent" with colorful language, but didn't feel compelled to use a real e-mail address to which I could respond....

Thanks to those who provided "constructive" comments about the length of the thread. Page 2 is available. Let's keep those beautiful images coming!