Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2019/09/24

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Subject: [Leica] Tuesday trees
From: jhnichols at lighttube.net (Jim Nichols)
Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2019 16:37:05 -0500
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You have a nice eye for the marvels of nature.? I enjoyed these.

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA

On 9/24/2019 3:35 PM, Don Dory via LUG wrote:
> Greetings to all.  I am going to start with a picture that possibly
> requires explanation.  Barton Creek only flows when there has been rain.
> During the rainy season the rocky creek bed is filled with water to the
> height of the first step.  So, if you look closely you will see a rope
> swing to swing out over the pool and splash in.
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/don_dory_gmail_com/Tuesday+Trees/Rope+swing+and+ladder+for+swimming+hole.jpg.html
>
> This next one is simply a texture play as imaged.  What attracted me was
> that the tree was almost horizontal and I was shooting from the far bank:
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/don_dory_gmail_com/Tuesday+Trees/oak+on+Barton+Creek.jpg.html
>
> This next image is of some happy willows still fresh from water down
> further in the rocks.
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/don_dory_gmail_com/Tuesday+Trees/Willow+on+Barton+Creek.jpg.html
>
> Last, we have an oak that is doing a good job growing on rock with almost
> no soil to speak of.  An unseen tap root is digging into a crack in the
> rocks for water:
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/don_dory_gmail_com/Tuesday+Trees/Oak+growing+into+rock+Bzarton+Creek.jpg.html
>
> Enjoy, and keep pushing that button, we need images for the yearbook.
>
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