Very nice Paul. Kinda reminds me of this old tree at the Texas A&M campus that is a wonder to behold and walk under: http://www.tamu.edu/traditions/aggie-culture/century-tree/
On Tue, Oct 11, 2016 at 1:27 PM, Rick Womer <[email protected]> wrote: > Well-done shot, and I like the way you worked the dawn light into it. > > What's missing is anything to provide scale--it could be 10 inches in > diameter from the pic. Maybe your Italian friend would be willing to > pose at its base. > > Cheers, > > Rick > http://photo.net/photos/RickW > > > On Tue, Oct 11, 2016 at 1:35 PM, ann sanfedele <[email protected]> wrote: >> Lovely shot, Paul >> >> I've read about that tree or saw something fairly recently on tv? one or >> t'other >> >> ann >> >> >> >> >> On 10/11/2016 12:20 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote: >>> >>> This Rochester Hills, Michigan tree is said to be the largest Bebb Oak in >>> the United States. It measures about ten feet in diameter at its base, and >>> one of its weighty limbs rests on the ground. It >>> is estimated to be at least 250 years old, although that has never been >>> determined for certain, because common testing means might injure it. >>> Sometimes we’re so caught up in things, it’s hard to see the trees for the >>> forest. I must have driven by this massive tree dozens of times since I >>> arrived in Michigan and never noticed it. I only discovered it after a lady >>> friend, who arrived here from Italy just a dozen years ago or so, pointed it >>> out to me and asked if I would photograph it for her. I finally did so this >>> morning, just before sunrise. It’s on a busy street, so my angles were >>> limited. I cloned out a couple of street signs and a bit of pavement. The >>> tree predates them by hundreds of years, so I figured its entitled to a >>> clean environment. >>> >>> http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=18297169&size=lg >> >> >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> 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 > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- -- Reduce your Government Footprint -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
