Up the palm tree #6 by goodoleboy
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Captured 5/14/08, around 11:40 AM, in a trendy Cerritos mall, exactly 3.3 miles/5.31 kilometers from my abysmal abode.
I've found to my surprise that unless you really put your mind to it, you don't realize how many varieties of palm tree there are. This particular type, with its sculptured bark, is found mainly in shopping centers and malls around my area, perhaps because they are so slender and unobtrusive compared to the taller, bulkier kind I've posted previously.
Snapping the shot on the right was quite challenging. Beside looking straight up into the blazing noon day sun, I had to deal with a LCD monitor which was rendered black by the same bright sunlight, so it was a hit or miss proposition trying to correctly center the image. Imagine all the photos I had to take before success in this venture. And, to add to the discomfort, it was hot out there. Alas, the toils and travails of the wandering photographer. Fortunately, since there was hardly a soul around at that time, at least I was spared the stares of puzzled onlookers.
Thanks for perusing my efforts, and have a thoughtful Thursday.
Comments (17)
janedj
Beautiful image!!!Hugs Jane
JaneEden
Wow Harry I take my hat off to you for the amazing POV of the one on the right, cannot imagine what you must have looked like taking that particular shot. Very well done my friend, hugs Jane xx
aangus
Nice shots, did you have to lie on your back for the 2nd one I wonder?
jocko500
makes a wonderful pattern . Better than the other one do
GBCalls
Amazing what we learn. Excellent thanks!
busi2ness
Great POV in the second one and a pleasant display in the first. I am always amazed that these flimsy looking trees (just look at the cracked trunk!) do not just blow away in a breeze.
ledwolorz
Fantastic work.
Hendesse
Superb shots, wonderful light and colors on the left image. The POV and details on the right image are fantastic.
Meisiekind
Wow Harry - you must have been on your back for this one. Excellent POV.
tallpindo
I thought the Simon Watts towers had been sprayed with gunnite by the makers of the Matterhorn. Then I realized it was alive!!!
mark.spooner
Nice work.
babuci
Interesting duo again with a palms Harry. The upright looking makes me feel I am a sister of Jack who has to what ever reason needed to climb a beanstalk..lol
auntietk
The texture of this palm trunk is quite pleasing! Smooth undulations and wavy lines as far as the eye can see. An excellent capture, mi amigo querido!
vlaaitje
what a great pov...you did well
CavalierLady
Great POV and images Harry!! I am chuckling out loud.... I know well the looks of puzzled onlookers wondering what on earth that crazy lady was doing. Considering the difficult conditions, you did great... and I love the extreme texture on that extreme POV! :)
tizjezzme
Such interesting trees! Love your POV's...
beachzz
Wow, wonderful images; and I know what you mean about puzzled stares, those folks are obviously NOT photographers, or they'd know why you were on the lying on the ground taking this shot!!