Something forlorn about these few trees left after logging. In the cool breeze, they seemed to be huddling together against what might come next.
Something forlorn about these few trees left after logging. In the cool breeze, they seemed to be huddling together against what might come next.
this makes for a great image curious to know how dramatic it looks in twilight hours
Thanks,,Joseph! This was about as late as you could get a reasonable image I think, about 5pm in winter - check the angle of the light on the ground. I had to lighten the foreground a lot as it was. Without some sun, fhe foreground would be pretty much solid black.
With your penchant for drama, some nearly pure silhouettes might work. In mono at that.
that's what i was thinking...knowing now how the light falls im not sure the orientation of the trees would look as good from the direction that i was considering
How striking! Is it just your perspective or are these exceptionally tall? The image is impactful.
(Right brain off, left brain on ...). Where is this? Would you happen to know what these trees are? They are interesting to my botany brain!
They are pretty tall! It's near Wannon Falls in the Western District in Victoria. I guessed the trees were a stand left for eventual regeneration after logging, and that they grew that way because they'd been surrounded by neighbours. However, it's generally pastoral land here, and looking on Google Earth it also looks like pastoral land, which may simply have been ploughed, Or a remaining patch of forest among the pastures may recently have been logged. Now I'm mystified, Ruth! No idea what the trees are. The vast majority are eucalypts ("gums") throughout Australia.
This just pinged my day job brain as, while this is a typical growth pattern of the less economically useful trees left behind when the hardwoods or other 'useful' trees are removed, the surrounding area doesn't look recently logged. It makes me wonder what these trees are and if, instead, this is a natural growth pattern and this is just a stand of this species of tree. Very interesting. Thanks for the location. I'll be researching it!
Slow to notice this post of yours, Ruth. The "scorched earth" appearance of the raw soil around the trees, and as I recall debris lying around made me pretty sure it was recently logged. I'd driven this road quite a few times, but these trees really caught my eye this time - I suspect because they were newly visible against the skyline.