The “Tree(s)” Thread - Page 30

melville · 08-03-2012, 01:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by brentde3

Forgot my fisheye lens

I live in the redwoods, and they absolutely defy photography. No way to get the whole thing in the pic--you've done about the best any regular human could hope to do.

Dualthing · 08-10-2012, 09:26 AM

Bridge Club · 08-12-2012, 03:01 AM

I daresay my SatNav would have found Boconnoc Cricket Club for me, had I but a SatNav.

Broliant · 08-22-2012, 05:01 PM

Tentsmuir Forest in North-Eastern Fife, Scotland, UK.

(...and only 200yds from a golden-sandy beach replete with basking seals!)

Clydascope · 09-03-2012, 07:26 AM

blanco mountain
ancient bristlecone forest
white mountains, ca

Fullcyc · 09-16-2012, 05:41 AM

Two totally different locations in Central Indiana.

DirtyRooster · 09-16-2012, 06:10 AM

taken in culpepper va about a mile into the forest, not taken on my bike, but I could very be the only person that has ever seen this tree....till now[IMG]

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Stretch67 · 09-16-2012, 09:46 AM

Avenue Of The Giants, Humbolt, CA

I spent quite some time just laying here on the forest floor, looking up at these majestic monsters of trees, soaking in the experience. Even with all their mass, they still sway gently back and forth in the breeze.

The redwoods, once seen, leave a mark or create a vision that stays with you always. No one has ever successfully painted or photographed a redwood tree. The feeling they produce is not transferable. From them comes silence and awe. It's not only their unbelievable stature, nor the color which seems to shift and vary under your eyes, no, they are not like any trees we know, they are ambassadors from another time. They have the mystery of ferns that disappeared a million years ago into the coal of the carboniferous era. They carry their own light and shade. The vainest most slap-happy and irreverent of men, in the presence of redwoods, goes under a spell of wonder and respect. Respect - that's the word. One feels the need to bow to unquestioned sovereigns. I have known these great ones since my earliest childhood, have lived among them, camped and slept against their warm monster bodies, and no amount of association has bred contempt in me. And the feeling is not limited to me.

A number of years ago, a newcomer, a stranger, moved to my country near Monterey. His senses must have been blunted and atrophied with money and the getting of it. He bought a grove of sempervirens in a deep valley near the coast and then, as was his right by ownership, he cut them down and sold the lumber, and left on the ground the wreckage of the slaughter. Shock and numb outrage filled the town. This was not only murder but sacrilege. We looked on that man with loathing, and he was marked to the day of his death.

- John Steinbeck

j.t.r · 09-16-2012, 10:26 AM

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Big Bamboo · 09-18-2012, 09:15 PM

The Gobbler · 09-18-2012, 10:15 PM

Clydascope · 09-19-2012, 06:27 AM

monkey puzzle trees
conguillio national park, chile

Narsisco Lopez · 09-19-2012, 06:32 AM

spikerjack 46 · 09-29-2012, 12:35 AM

'Big Mary' at the Dark Hedges.
The back ground was used in the 2nd series of Game of Thrones.

rubRsidedown · 09-29-2012, 03:01 PM

Maine pine tree lost the war with Woody Woodpecker

08-12-2012, 03:01 AM	#438
Bridge Club Gnarly Adventurer Joined: Jan 2012 Location: Not Very Near Launceston Oddometer: 250	Boconnoc I daresay my SatNav would have found Boconnoc Cricket Club for me, had I but a SatNav. __________________ "The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt." So said Bertrand Russell, and I'm inclined to agree. Richard - http://thebridgeclub2011.blogspot.co.uk/

09-03-2012, 07:26 AM	#440
Clydascope What's Inyo Belly? Joined: Nov 2007 Location: eastern sierra, ca Oddometer: 265	blanco mountain ancient bristlecone forest white mountains, ca __________________ the inyo belly project The Wind Cried Harry

09-16-2012, 06:10 AM	#442
DirtyRooster Adventurer Joined: Sep 2012 Oddometer: 15	taken in culpepper va about a mile into the forest, not taken on my bike, but I could very be the only person that has ever seen this tree....till now[IMG][/IMG]

09-16-2012, 09:46 AM	#443
Stretch67 Mad Scientist Joined: Mar 2006 Location: Bent, but not broken Oddometer: 3,159	Avenue Of The Giants, Humbolt, CA I spent quite some time just laying here on the forest floor, looking up at these majestic monsters of trees, soaking in the experience. Even with all their mass, they still sway gently back and forth in the breeze. The redwoods, once seen, leave a mark or create a vision that stays with you always. No one has ever successfully painted or photographed a redwood tree. The feeling they produce is not transferable. From them comes silence and awe. It's not only their unbelievable stature, nor the color which seems to shift and vary under your eyes, no, they are not like any trees we know, they are ambassadors from another time. They have the mystery of ferns that disappeared a million years ago into the coal of the carboniferous era. They carry their own light and shade. The vainest most slap-happy and irreverent of men, in the presence of redwoods, goes under a spell of wonder and respect. Respect - that's the word. One feels the need to bow to unquestioned sovereigns. I have known these great ones since my earliest childhood, have lived among them, camped and slept against their warm monster bodies, and no amount of association has bred contempt in me. And the feeling is not limited to me. A number of years ago, a newcomer, a stranger, moved to my country near Monterey. His senses must have been blunted and atrophied with money and the getting of it. He bought a grove of sempervirens in a deep valley near the coast and then, as was his right by ownership, he cut them down and sold the lumber, and left on the ground the wreckage of the slaughter. Shock and numb outrage filled the town. This was not only murder but sacrilege. We looked on that man with loathing, and he was marked to the day of his death. - John Steinbeck __________________ IBA # 33113 Alaska 2007 Blue Ridge Parkway & Outer Banks 2009 XR400 Thread Index

09-16-2012, 10:26 AM	#444
j.t.r n00b Joined: Sep 2012 Oddometer: 8	Agrafa mountains-Greece Uploaded with ImageShack.us

08-10-2012, 09:26 AM	#437
Dualthing Studly Adventurer Joined: Sep 2008 Location: Hermanus, Western Cape, South Africa Oddometer: 506

08-22-2012, 05:01 PM	#439
Broliant n00b Joined: Jul 2009 Oddometer: 2	Tentsmuir Forest in North-Eastern Fife, Scotland, UK. (...and only 200yds from a golden-sandy beach replete with basking seals!)

09-16-2012, 05:41 AM	#441
Fullcyc Adventurer Joined: Dec 2011 Location: Indy Oddometer: 99	Two totally different locations in Central Indiana.

09-18-2012, 09:15 PM	#445
Big Bamboo Studly Adventurer Joined: Sep 2010 Location: Big Island of Hawaii Oddometer: 806	Tree Tunnel on the Puna Coast Road Big Bamboo screwed with this post 09-18-2012 at 09:17 PM Reason: add photo

09-18-2012, 10:15 PM	#446
The Gobbler Gnarly Adventurer Joined: Mar 2009 Location: San Diego Oddometer: 141	Sequoia National Park __________________ You don't even want to know what the Gobbler is... Current bike: 2007 KTM 990 Adventure Past bikes: 2 97 VFR's, 2001 ZX9R, 2004 ZX10 and 3 (yes 3) 2006 ZX10's 2005 Vee

09-19-2012, 06:27 AM	#447
Clydascope What's Inyo Belly? Joined: Nov 2007 Location: eastern sierra, ca Oddometer: 265	monkey puzzle trees conguillio national park, chile __________________ the inyo belly project The Wind Cried Harry

09-19-2012, 06:32 AM	#448
Narsisco Lopez Addlepated Joined: Jul 2010 Location: Golden (Showers), Colorado Oddometer: 2,059	__________________ FYYFF! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NtpUv4VBDhA Bikes 2012 BMW K13S \| 2009 KTM 990 Adventure (SOLD!) \| 2003 Suzuki DRZ400E

09-29-2012, 12:35 AM	#449
spikerjack 46 Adventurer Joined: Jul 2011 Location: Coleraine, North part of the Emerald Isle Oddometer: 83	'Big Mary' at the Dark Hedges. The back ground was used in the 2nd series of Game of Thrones. __________________ The information's out there, all you need to do is let it in.

09-29-2012, 03:01 PM	#450
rubRsidedown Beastly Adventurer Joined: Aug 2005 Location: Maineiacationland, USA Oddometer: 2,381	Maine pine tree lost the war with Woody Woodpecker __________________ Jeff B In Maine BLACK 05.5 KTM 950 Adventure, Mine Electric Orange 06 BMW F650GS, Hers "We don't quit playing because we grow old, we grow old because we quit playing."

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