I am fascinated by trees. Their shape, how they become distorted by their environment, their foliage throughout the seasons - not just deciduous trees, but also the evergreens, when they pop out their oh-so-green new foliage in the spring! The first thing to come into my head when I saw the "Textures" theme was trees - bark, to be specific.
No, I thought, I'll think of something else, and I took a few shots of other things, like my horses' thick winter coats crusted with snow, the feathery tops of some reeds growing in a river and mini-snow drifts which had been sculpted by the wind, but I wasn't happy with any of them and in the end, I came back to trees.
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| Papery bark on a Plane Tree |
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| Rough Bark on an Oak Tree |
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| Smooth Bark - I think it's a cherry tree, I'll tell you next summer! |
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| Dead Pine tree with stripped bark |
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| A Knot |
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| Dead Wood in the Snow |
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| The Bark on the Planks which make up my horses' Field Shelter! |
Awesome photos! Yes, I think it's a cherry too.
ReplyDeleteGreat pictures of tree bark. I find trees interesting too. Good idea for your Sunday Stills post.
ReplyDeleteNice! You really have a good eye!
ReplyDeleteGreat choice of subject matter. They are all so different.
ReplyDeleteGreat shots. I, too, love trees. Especially trees with interesting bark. I think my favorite is Ponderosa pine which has bark that looks like a jigsaw puzzle and smells like vanilla. I'm forever sticking my nose into the tree trunk to the amusement of my family.
ReplyDeleteI've never seen a plane tree before, that bark is beautiful. All the shots are, trees are my favorite, well done.
ReplyDeleteVery cool shots..:-)
ReplyDeleteVery interesting shots, it's amazing how much the texture varies!
ReplyDeleteNice textures!!
ReplyDeleteinteresting shots, 3rd one is almost a metal tree :)
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