A few Februarys ago a visit from some friends had us wandering around Van Dusen Gardens.
I was disappointed by the garden beds full of anticipation and not much else. But our friends were delighted, running around identifying all the trees and remarking, “It’s so much more enjoyable when the trees are bare and you can see the bark and the structure of the trees”
So, something to do in Vancouver in February & early March: Go around and photograph the bark of all the leafless trees; often they look like alien worlds.
First a few unknown trees. 
I’m not sure what type of tree this was but it was in the Sun Yat Sen Garden in Vancouver’s Chinatown.
Cherry tree.
Three different Birch trees. 
Paper Maple.
Arbutus, one of my favourite trees to photograph! (More Arbutus shots here.)
Batz Gallery 
I can see why that is one of you favorite trees to photograph. The center birch tree appears to have little barbed wire impressions, it’s, all of them, are very beautiful. I wouldn’t be surprised if trees had soul’s : )
Wow! Very inspirational.
Beautiful signs of age and living
Trees are so beautiful – both from a distance and up close!
Great series of images, which certainly have an other-worldly feel!
I was surprised at the results – I hadn’t expected to find so much variety
This gives me ideas for another challenge. I love bark. My favorite is your paper maple. 😀 😀
I’m glad to inspire you after all the inspiration you’ve given me!
Beautiful images and I love the details. Who would think that bark can look like works of art.
My friends really got me thinking about bark; before that I mostly just photographed Arbutus tree bark and mostly because of the way it absorbed graffiti.