Patterns with Birch Trees & Their Bark
Birch trees are a favourite with artists; few can resist the white trees, themselves heavily patterned, that stand out as a linear pattern against almost any background. The birch trees […]
Category Archives: Trees
Golden Rain Tree, June’s Plant of the Month
June’s ‘Plant of the Month’ is the Golden Rain Tree (Koelreuteria paniculata) with its hanging clusters of yellow flowers. Experimenting with depth of field with these flowers against the water.The […]
Tree Bark as Inspiration
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 […]
Photoshopping Winter Trees
For the ‘Out of this World’ photo challenge I have decided to do some transform the ordinary into something else. Driving home on the Hwy 5 seeing how the snow had […]
Tangled Growth of the Banyan and Bodhi Trees
The tangled growth of Banyan and Bodhi trees, edited in the photo app Snapseed and then cropped square. Both trees are Ficus or fig trees. The Banyan Tree is known […]
Weekly Photo Challenge: Dense Vegetation
I checked out ‘dense’ in Flickr; mostly it was used to describe impenetrable vegetation; occasionally fog, and once a muscle-bound character although in his case I wasn’t sure whether they were using dense to […]
The Peeling Bark of the Arbutus Tree, February’s Plant of the Month
My friend has an arbutus tree in her backyard and as she says, “They’re always dropping something.” I’m going to focus on the way the bark peels leaving behind fascinating […]
