Let’s see your photos of the nicest tree’s you’ve seen

[Sawdust=manglitter]

I’m currently away with my entire family in un-characteristically sunny Mid-Wales near Aberystwyth, and directly opposite where we are staying is this absolutely stunning and impressive oak tree. It is gigantic! To give an idea of scale, thats my dad at the base of the tree and he’s 6’4”

I’m interested to see what incredible trees you’ve all seen and where

 

[richarnold]

I love this pair of yew trees that frame the church doors at Stow on the would

 

[Sawdust=manglitter]

As an engineer I’d be concerned for the long term integrity of the building, but that really does looks amazing though!

 

[Robbo3]

I love this pair of yew trees that frame the church doors at Stow on the would

I've driven through Stow-on-the-Wold countless times & didn't know they were there. Mind you I normally only attend church for christenings, weddings & funerals.

 

[stuartpaul]

This one is in Ayutthaya, Thailand.

And of course this is a cliche but so what!

The redwoods are magnificent but I couldn't help think 'how many coffee tables could you get out of one of those?!'

edit - no idea why that's gone sideways!

 

[custard]

Stretching a point about when is a tree not a tree, but on one my daily dog walks in the New Forest I came across some recent felling. These are just simple phone snaps with no Photoshop trickery, the light just happened to be very dramatic,

 

[Dokkodo]

Have just been away driving around france and spain and in Millau there was a really amazing pair of plane trees that had been trained to shade a huge area of the open square, didnt take any pictures but I managed to find this on google which doesnt really convey how mightily broad theyd got them

 

[Dokkodo]

Oh and for those near sussex, at the base of Chanctonbury ring is an amazing full size beech tree with lots of exposed roots, again not my photo

and there are some other trees worth visiting in the nearby area, an absolutely huge chestnut in upper beeding and a tree i couldnt identify, maybe a kind of oak, in Henfield, which is again huge but is seriously rotting at the base and cant have long left upright sadly...

 

[devonwoody]

I found the thread of great interest and It is getting difficult I have noticed in the past to actually go out with a a camera and find specimen trees in the local vicinity. Development is wiping them out if it gets the chance although I do live backing on to a small area of woodland and the scenic views can be very nice.
I do a lot of painting and trees are nearly always in my paintings.

 

[Phil Pascoe]

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Meetings-Remark ... s+pakenham

Is a great book for this.

 

[devonwoody]

Thanks Phillip for that link.
In the past I have attempted some tree photographs but found that the results I was trying to get need specialised camera equipment, forget what the system was named but it involved camera that had bellows and the ability to change the lens line to deflect from horizontal.( Unless you were at a long distance from the subject,) also used for architectural pics.

 

[Phil Pascoe]

Shift lens.

 

[Yojevol]

This is one of my favorite tree pictures. It's an oak near my house. Looks a bit different today in 29deg temperature.

 

[devonwoody]

Yojevol, that’s certainly an unusual photo, what were the details of its appearance at the time?

 

[devonwoody]

How about this one painted with Corel Painter 2019, I will attempt to find my actual photograph my scene came from.

 

[Trevanion]

A few years ago I went to Gelli Aur in Llandeilo for no real particular reason after being somewhere else and the trees there were absolutely stunning. There was quite a lot of very old cedars there and they were all very unique and twisty. There were also large oaks that were mostly burl all over and many other interesting trees. Definitely worth a visit if you're in the area.

Also gave myself a little bit of an unofficial tour of the manor house after finding a way in "as you do".

A bit more local to where I am is Nevern which has the "Bleeding Yew" in the churchyard where the name suggests there is a yew tree that has for as long as anyone can remember bled red sap. There's a lot of local myth that's associated with the tree, one myth believes that a monk was hung from the tree for a crime he did not commit and the tree has protested the hanging by bleeding.

I've borrowed a picture from someplace online that had a picture of one of the cedar trees at Gelli Aur.

 

[Sawdust=manglitter]

As it happens I only live 5mins down the road from Gelli Aur park. Unfortunately the whole park got bought from the council by a wealthy London art dealer who closed the park to the public!! I happened to go there through work a couple of weeks ago and it just rubbed it in that I wish it was still open as its a stunning place, especially having seen the pic you posted

 

[Yojevol]

Yojevol, that’s certainly an unusual photo, what were the details of its appearance at the time?

It was a very cold morning probably in Dec 2008, very heavy frost and bright crisp sunshine . Here is another shot taken that morning:-

Brian

 

[Trevanion]

As it happens I only live 5mins down the road from Gelli Aur park. Unfortunately the whole park got bought from the council by a wealthy London art dealer who closed the park to the public!! I happened to go there through work a couple of weeks ago and it just rubbed it in that I wish it was still open as its a stunning place, especially having seen the pic you posted

Well, that sucks. When it was owned by the council they didn't really care who was walking around so long as nothing got burnt down. I imagine you could probably still walk around there as it's so vast and just claim ignorance to the fact that he now owns it if you do get caught. A real shame that such a nice little piece of the country is now off limits to the common folk.

 

[Sawdust=manglitter]

I imagine you could probably still walk around there as it's so vast and just claim ignorance to the fact that he now owns it if you do get caught. A real shame that such a nice little piece of the country is now off limits to the common folk.

Problem is the owner now knows me by name as I did a survey there for him a couple of weeks ago, so pleading ignorance wouldn't work for me :? They recently filmed "Six Minutes to Midnight" there which looks like it may be worth a watch when it comes out... https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5114840/