Photo Contest #81 - tree [voting]

[HomeInMyShoes]

1 View from Hearst Castle


2 silhouette of tree framing skyline


3 untitled


4 Senior Citizen


5 untitled


6 Araucaria


7 The Tree of Life in Winter


8 untitled


9 Glenbow Tree


10 All Dressed Up


11 Branchless


12 Oak Park Illinois


13 untitled


14 Lone Sentinel


15 untitled


16 untitled


17 tree


18 4 Seasoned Tree


19 untitled


20 A tree grows in Brooklyn


21 untitled


22 THIRSTY


23 untitled


24 untitled


25 The Forest

[Don B.]

I thought 18 was cool.

2 was neat as well.

Lots of choices here...

--don

[Cirrus]

I voted 9, but thought about 23 and 11.

If I'd bothered to enter, I'd have submitted

[Ayreonaut]

2 is very nice, but it doesn't focus enough on the tree.

[brickell]

I'm a sucker for coconut trees at sunrise.

[i_am_hydrogen]

A great group of entries. #7, #11 (Is that Crater Lake?), and #15 all jump out at me.

I'll go with #7 - great lighting, nice sky.

[LSyd]

crap, i thought i had until nov. 4 on this one.

anyway, i like the entries. and that there's a lot of 'em.

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[ahdude27]

I voted for #15... love it

[KevinFromTexas]

Great set. I like 2, 7, 8, 11 and 24.

I think I'll go with 24. But man, it's a close one.

And that's the biggest mesquite tree I've ever seen (number 8).

[theWatusi]

too many choices

[Just Build It]

Originally Posted by KevinFromTexas

Great set. I like 2, 7, 8, 11 and 24.

I think I'll go with 24. But man, it's a close one.

And that's the biggest mesquite tree I've ever seen (number 8).

So that's what kind of tree it is. I was wondering.

[Evergrey]

amazing choice of topic, LSyd... this brought out a ton of incredible entries

[KevinFromTexas]

Originally Posted by Just Build It

So that's what kind of tree it is. I was wondering.

They grow in dry warm climates. It's rare to see them that large though. Most of them in Texas don't get past 20 feet tall and usually stay shrubby. A few do get large. There's one big one in my neighborhood one street over. They can suck though, because they have thorns on their branches that can be up to 3 inches long. They can be a problem for flat tires. They're also popular in Texas for barbecuing with. The wood burns slow and evenly since it's a dense wood. It's also popular for furniture building.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesquite

[Western Spaghetti]

#9. I like how that lone tree stands out against all the elements. Real perseverance

[Doady]

I like #17 the most.

[LSyd]

21, 9, 14 and 24 are nice. i'll go w/21.

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[peanut gallery]

So many beautiful photos. I had a hard time choosing between 9 and 24. I went with 24.

Originally Posted by i_am_hydrogen

#11 (Is that Crater Lake?)

It's Lake Tahoe, Emerald Bay to be precise.

[HomeInMyShoes]

Congratulations to Vtown420 for the win.

The list of entrants:

1) Boris
2) Evergrey
3) KevinFromTexas
4) BnaBreaker
5) Thundertubs
6) patriciasgbr
7) Jimby
8) Surrealplaces
9) defaultuser
10) killaviews
11) peanut gallery
12) harryc
13) Sandy
14) Don B.
15) Dougall5505
16) Plantboy
17) Architype
18) gripja
19) Jibba
20) brickell
21) plinko
22) Claudia-Cba
23) Upward
24) Vtown420
25) jimchmst

[Jibba]

Congrats, Vtown! Great photo of a great tree.

[Vtown420]

Wow, thanks everyone! I never expected to win, especially considering I don’t even have a real camera (just a little canon powershot). That tree in my picture is a bristlecone pine. They are the oldest living things on the planet. This one at Mt. Charleston wasn’t really that old when it died, but there is a living one close by that is said to be over 3,000 years old. At high elevations, the forest is full of these beautiful gnarled and twisted trees sculpted by the wind and time. It's a very surreal landscape.