Mighty Oak by durleybeachbum

Photography • Flowers/Plants • posted on Dec 27, 2014

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Description

This enormous and splendid Oak is in the grounds of West Hants Club, next door but one to my garden. It features in all my sunset shots, and has been a source of pleasure to me all my life. It was planted when the club was founded in 1926 as West Hants Lawn Tennis Club, when the courts were laid out by the family that still owns Stewarts' Garden Centres. The British Hard Court Championships were held there from 1928 to 1983, and I watched many famous players on those courts as a child. We did have an oak the same age in our garden, but thankfully it became diseased and we had it felled. It would be touching the house now, and I would have no garden whatsoever for lack of light. Unless decreed dangerous, it is now forbidden in this district to fell any tree thicker than a man's forearm , with enormous fines for transgression!.

Comments (21)

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Juliette.Gribnau

6:10AM | Sat, 27 December 2014

so powerful; impressive !

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giulband

6:11AM | Sat, 27 December 2014

Great capture !!!!!

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greyone

7:00AM | Sat, 27 December 2014

Such a majestic looking tree. Wonderful capture of this giant.

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pat40

7:47AM | Sat, 27 December 2014

Gorgeous tree and pic.

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jayfar

9:38AM | Sat, 27 December 2014

A beautiful shape and a lovely tree.

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Glendaw

10:54AM | Sat, 27 December 2014

Very impressive pov Andrea. Awesome pic of the many twists and turns of the arms and branches as they travel in many directions. Zoom is amazing !

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irisinthespring

11:02AM | Sat, 27 December 2014

Awesome capture!

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Adobe_One_Kenobi

11:12AM | Sat, 27 December 2014

Mighty indeed, what a fantastic tree, and you captured it well too Andrea!

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X-PaX

11:32AM | Sat, 27 December 2014

Very nice capture Andrea.

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auntietk

11:57AM | Sat, 27 December 2014

How wonderful to have this beautiful old tree so close by, but not shading your garden! :)

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Faemike55

11:59AM | Sat, 27 December 2014

I'm thinking that a lot of pixies and other little fae could easily hide in this during the spring and summer Wonderful capture, Andrea - love the way the branches just form an arch in the sky

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jendellas

1:43PM | Sat, 27 December 2014

Excellent, I like that rule.

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kgb224

2:37PM | Sat, 27 December 2014

Superb capture Andrea. God bless.

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Katraz

5:29PM | Sat, 27 December 2014

Thats one big tree.

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blinkings

7:38PM | Sat, 27 December 2014

Mandelbrot would have loved this.

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wysiwig

9:00PM | Sat, 27 December 2014

Perhaps my favorite tree. I like the negative space formed by the branches and twigs. Nice capture of this wonderful old tree.

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helanker

10:27AM | Sun, 28 December 2014

WOW! What a beauty. No wonder you love this one. I would too and I would never let anybody cut it for anything.

helanker

10:28AM | Sun, 28 December 2014

HEHE! I so love Andrews Humor :D

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anahata.c

12:04PM | Sun, 28 December 2014

I'm glad to see they're protecting radiant creatures like this. It's beautiful. In zoom, we can see the sun on many of its branches. And it fans out of the shadows like royalty. Big beautiful pic, Andrea. And I know just what you mean about a tree being a blessed companion for many years. I know just what you mean. It's majestic.

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MrsRatbag

6:33PM | Sun, 28 December 2014

What a magnificent tree! We have laws protecting trees here too, but it is fairly easy to get your tree decreed dangerous if you're determined, and lately there's been a lot of it. That makes me sad. I hope this big fellow stays hale and safe for a long time to come!

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