My name is Tara, and I was born and raised in Washington State.
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In 2010 I married Bill (bmac62) and retired ... two of the best choices I ever made! :)
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In March, 2013, we sold our home in Washington and went on the road in our RV full time. What a blast! There is so much world out there to see!
After traveling around the West for a few years, we got rid of the motorhome and are now spending winters in deep-south Texas and summers in Washington State. Spring and fall finds us visiting whichever place strikes our fancy at the time!
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If I’m missing from Renderosity from time to time, I’m busy having fun elsewhere.
Thanks for your interest in my work, and for stopping by to learn more about me!Â
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Canon 70-200mm f4.0
Zeiss 50mm f1.4
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Comments (46)
beachzz
The first time I saw one of these, I had to go up and touch it. They're very strange trees, but they make for GREAT fotos, and you got that for sure!!
LovelyPoetess
I've never seen (nor heard of) a monkey puzzle tree, how cool it looks. Excellently chosen POV too. : )
Chipka
WOW...now THAT is a tree I'd want growing in my yard...of course my yard would probably be full of worms and fungi and that would be the only green plant, but that's just me. I love the texture of this, the "weirdness" of it. I don't see stuff like this every day, and I kinda wish I did. Fantastic work, wonderful texture and pattern...there's a plant that lives in some place like Iceland, and I wonder if it's related.
West_coaster07
Really like this photo. You really captured the textures and its uniqueness of this tree!!!
cfulton
Interesting abstract. Well done, Clive
jccj56
Awesome Shot!!
babuci
Fantastic pattern, love the lighter edges.
MrsLubner
Now this is really amazing. A tree, you say? Wow. That is awesome.
mtc
Very beautiful lines and composition.
flora-crassella
wonderful perspective!!!! Great capture!!!
durleybeachbum
We have an avenue of these Chile pines in the cemetery, and I find them most depressing to look at as a group, maybe because of the association. But they do make excellent photo material as you show in this great shot! I believe Jeff has one in his garden, a bit too prickly for me!
helanker
WOW! I have never seen such a tree before. Looks fantastic. How I would love the see the whole tree.
NekhbetSun
Pretty cool and weird, aren't they :o)....great shot !!!
Susank
Extremly gorgeous. Love the way they come together
DAVER2112
Oh wow! What a neat picture. Great pov! :)
JeffG7BRJ
Andrea is quite right I do have one in the garden, we bought it for our daughter Emma when she was about two, so it will be 19 years old now. It stands at close on 6 metres now but they do grow to about 60 feet in height. It was one of the first words to come out of her mouth 'monkey puzzle' it sounded totally different but we understood her. Excellent capture Tara, those spikes protect all manner of creepy crawlers, ours is covered in spider webs. Alegedly the name Monkey Puzzle came about when they were first imported into England, somebody saw one and commented 'trying to climb that would puzzle a monkey' or words to that effect. Wikipedia has a good page on it, here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Araucaria_araucana A very interesting tree, the nuts are edible, if you can get to them. Superb work. Bravo!!!!!
Meisiekind
Oh my - I have never seen this tree before Tara. It is magnificent... Excellent capture!! :)
MrsRatbag
Wonderful POV on this one! I've never seen a big one that close up (they're always in someone's yard and therefore off limits for close exploration)...great image!
Janiss
Oh Tara, a sublim shot very graphic!
PD154
That's some spikey tree, like a ton of guitar picks :)...I have only ever seen pictures of these, I must try to see a real specimen.
lizzibell
very nice...
frankie96
Very geometric designs also...nicely seen by you...
Art_Ramos
Excellent image!
artaddict2
I love everything about this shot, great textures and a perfect crop. Brilliant!
hipps13
never seen before thanks for the view wonderful it is sweet weekend to you warm hug and love, Linda Kaye
awjay
superb pov
drag
Now I'm going to have to go look more closely at the on here on the island. It use to be someones yard now it's a coffeeshop. This is a cool closeup.
lucindawind
very cool !!!
Corwin13
Fantastic!
smillinfaces
if i look at your picture it made me Crazy :):):)