Thanks, Gonz! The French do a lot of pruning. Many of the trees on the grounds of Notre Dame are pruned into cube shapes. The guide explained that English gardeners like to keep things as natural as possible, while French gardeners like to demonstrate the domination of man over nature.
Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Tue, Apr 18, 2017 at 3:11 PM, Gonz <rgonzoma...@gmail.com> wrote: > I love it, though I wish the tree was not "pruned" photographically > and the ends were visible! Amazing! > > > On Tue, Apr 18, 2017 at 9:41 AM, Daniel J. Matyola <danmaty...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > Another from my trip to Monet's garden in Giverny. > > This is one of many highly pruned and trained apple trees in the garden. > > I believe this technique is called espalier. > > > > https://www.photo.net/photo/18376135/ > > K-5 IIs, DA 18-135 zoom > > Comments are invited and appreciated. > > > > axphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola > > <http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola> > > -- > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > PDML@pdml.net > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > > > > -- > -- Photography takes an instant out of time, altering life by holding > it still. Dorothea Lange > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
