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30 March 2007

It's Friday Arvo Here , so here's my tree. →[More:]
I know it was widened to cover more than just trees, but I like this tree a lot.

If only I could get the image tag to work.

post by: GeckoDundee at: 02:47 | 30 comments

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It's a Moreton Bay Fig with a Strangler Fig growing around it.

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The yellow stuff is some sort of fungus.

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I didn't like this shot so much, but you can see the whole tree.

posted by GeckoDundee 30 March | 02:48

I took this a couple years ago. I always liked it because it seems like a portrait. Tree portrait!

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posted by mudpuppie 30 March | 03:08

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Some bark from the trees in the park where I walk our dog every day.

posted by misteraitch 30 March | 03:29

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posted by youngergirl44 30 March | 03:51

That's a very cool tree GeckoDundee.

Here's my tree, a big old tree that grows by the pond across from the parish church.

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posted by essexjan 30 March | 03:51

The tree that tried to kill me, and what it looked like last summer.

That shit still gives me the willies.

posted by bmarkey 30 March | 03:57

Our front yard oak tree, which is like a member of the family:

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A maple in our neighborhood that we make a point of visiting every fall, because it turns the most gorgeous yellow:

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posted by BoringPostcards 30 March | 06:12

I love all of these. Is that an oak, Jan?

Lucky escape, bmarkey, but tell us you didn't have a tap in that.

posted by GeckoDundee 30 March | 08:06

Some of these shots are just gorgeous. Trees have such character and beauty. Very good idea, agropyron.

This is a tree I shot especially for BP, using a Holga and "soft" film:

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My by far most popular shot on flickr, a happy accident double exposure taken the day I took my Holga out of the box:

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posted by iconomy 30 March | 08:08

These are lovely. Mudpuppie, your tree looks... stately, for want of a better word. I love misteraitch's bark shots.

posted by gaspode 30 March | 08:20

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This tree is on the campus of SUNY Geneseo. It's known as the Seuss Spruce, for obvious reasons.

posted by tommasz 30 March | 08:33

OMG, do I love the Seuss Spruce. HEH HEH!!

All of these pics are wonderful.

posted by BoringPostcards 30 March | 09:02

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This is the spindly redbud tree in my backyard, which has a nest in it right now.

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Tree and sky and cloud

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A favorite from last summer.

posted by mygothlaundry 30 March | 09:31

oh another one - I took this at sunrise a couple mornings ago. I'm always fascinated by branches and sky.
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posted by mygothlaundry 30 March | 09:33

mgl, that "last summer" pic is kinda Seuss-like, too.

posted by BoringPostcards 30 March | 09:45

Sorry, I didn't shoot any new pics for this assignment. But here's an old one, taken on Galiano Island, BC.

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posted by matildaben 30 March | 10:12

GeckoDundee, when you post from Flickr in the future, can you include the link back to Flickr on your photo? The easiest way to do this is to go to the "view all sizes" page, select "medium", and then copy the tags from the box. For metachat you'll have to delete the "title" attribute and its value on the <a> tag, and delete the width, height, and alt attributes and their values from the <img> tag. It's part of Flickr's terms of service that you should link back, and also it's good for those of us who want to add your photos to our favorites!

posted by matildaben 30 March | 10:16

Here are two photos from somewhere near Riparius in the Adirondacks

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posted by gaspode 30 March | 10:19

Thanks for the reminder, matildaben - I forget to do that too.

posted by iconomy 30 March | 10:24

Sure thing Mats.

posted by GeckoDundee 30 March | 10:56

Wow, this is a beautiful thread! Thanks to Photo Friday, I got my ass out the door for a walk this morning.

Bald Cypress
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Live Oak
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Bald Cypress Knees
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posted by LoriFLA 30 March | 11:58

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posted by arse_hat 30 March | 12:04

Three Trees on the Olympic Peninsula:

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Mossy tree in the Ho Rainforest:

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A path to somewhere:

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posted by deborah 30 March | 12:31

Your b & w photo is wonderful, deborah.

posted by iconomy 30 March | 12:47

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Some sort of strange african tree, in Animal Kingdom, Disneyworld.

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Tree on campus.
I guess I'm more of a leaf/branch guy, myself. Never been one to take a photo of the whole tree.

posted by CitrusFreak12 30 March | 16:57

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From last year, I didn't get a chance to get the tree I'd like to put here. Maybe tomorrow. These are great pictures. I love trees, and like mygothlaundry, I love trees and sky together. This was a great idea!

posted by redvixen 30 March | 17:17

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This was a stately tree I found during an excursion to a cemetery.

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I like this twisted old, odd tree.

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posted by redvixen 30 March | 17:37

This has been a most amazing Photo Friday. I never realized how much I liked pictures of trees.

posted by BoringPostcards 30 March | 21:52

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posted by arse_hat 30 March | 23:37

Crikey, I forgot today was Friday and I actually went out and specifically took photos for this week:

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Before 15cm of snow:
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After 15cm of snow in one day:
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posted by Mitheral 31 March | 00:13

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