Stressed out tree trunk by goodoleboy
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Description
Captured 1/29/14, around noon, about a quarter of a mile from my habitat.
Best viewed under ZOOM conditions.
Looks like a constrictor snake is choking the tree to death at the bottom of the trunk. Apparently, the concrete didn't allow the tree base to develop as nature had intended, which resulted in this mutation.
My shadow obviously to the left in the bottom foto.
Cheerybye.
Comments (13)
magnus073
Great captures here Harry, and a shame no one thought about this when pouring the concrete.
vladhome
Superb capture my friend. God bless.
MrsRatbag
Seems like a foolish job to try and cement the tree in, I would expect it needs a bit of air and space for growth. It's surprising that it survived at all, much less in this strange adaptive behaviour. I see the concrete has cracked in a couple of spots, nature will have its way no matter what we do to it! Excellent captures of this shameful evidence of bad building, Harry.
poet001
Wow, I'll say... That thing is really bound and searching for life anyway that it can. Great shot and again, you caught the light!
jocko500
real cool shots
mgtcs
This is a special image my friend, spectacular work, congratulations!
claude19
overwhelming evidence of ... 'anything' that can achieve unscrupulous workers or companies under pay their supposedly qualified personnel! Decidedly humans today are capable of the best and the worst ... the victory of stupidity is TEMPORARILY triumphant ... beautiful wood textures that these two photos! ...une preuve accablante du 'n'importe quoi' que peuvent réaliser des ouvriers peu consciencieux, ou des entreprises qui sous payent leurs soit disant personnel qualifié ! Décidémment les humains aujourd'hui sont capables du meilleur comme du pire...ici la victoire de l'imbécilité est TEMPORAIREMENT triomphante...belles textures ligneuses que ces deux photos !!!
durleybeachbum
Such cruelty! Makes for an interesting photo, though.
angora
ouch? great capture of you both!! love it when nature 'wins'!
Hendesse
Great find and shots. Even the concrete can't stop the power of nature.
tennesseecowgirl
Interesting find and shot!
debbielove
Yes, not well planned here.. But I notice that nature come a very poor 3rd place to other things over there.. (and here). Shame but well posted mate! Rob
anahata.c
Some passionate responses to the tree's confinement! Nice to see...Yes, trees are one massive living force, and they will 'out' no matter what humans do to them. And this inverse turban (or hair bun) is evidence of that. You have trees in your climes that have that stringy bark, and I imagine that makes bark swirls more common than in oaks or maples etc. And that reddish 'detritus'---leaves, maybe? they're particularly vivid in the first shot---colors the gray beautifully. And the concrete cracks do attest the power of the tree against urbanity. A fascinating capture, quite complex, and visually packed. And btw, your shadows, in occasional shots, are like Hitchcock's cameos in his films: They're brief and unobtrusive, but they tell us who made the films. I like to view them as your 'signature', lol.