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Reader Stories: Entries for Photography Assignment #82 - Trees

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Our fun assignment for this month is trees. Trees come in an infinite variety of types and shapes and sizes. Some are tall while others are short. Some are alive with leaves while others are dead and leafless. Some show their roots to the world while others bury them deep underground. Some have strong branches that reach ever skyward and still others have flexible branches that sweep the ground. What do you think of when you think of trees? Show us your vision of what "trees" means.

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Entry 1 by DL Leaper for Trees Photography Assignment - #82

This photo was taken from the second story of a 2-story home in Carson City, Nevada. The shooting information includes aperture 16, shutter speed 1/500, ISO 400, focal length approximately 50 mm. It …More

Entry 2 by Jamesfioravanti for Trees Photography Assignment - #82

I took the photo at Canby Park Wilmington,Delaware with a Nikon D60 camera.What I found that was attracting me to the image was the red berries or whatever they are against the sky.The branches were …More

Entry 1 by Jamesfioravanti for Trees Photography Assignment - #82

Taken with a Nikon D60 SLR camera in back of my house.It was starting to snow and I liked what I saw through the viewfinder.The photo turned out better than I thought it would. I did some cropping be…More

Entry 1 by atlantaMAXphoto for Trees Photography Assignment - #82

"On the Edge of Creation - Canon EOS 7D, Tamron 18-270mm, f/6.3, 30 seconds. ISO 400. I used a Metz 45 CL-4 flash unit to highlight the evergreens. And I kept the lens open for 30 seconds to capture …More

Entry 1 by mahashakes for Trees Photography Assignment #82

This is the photo of the trunk of a tree in my neighborhood. I thought a macro/ closeup of the tree would give a new dimension to it. It also looks like an eye watching around itself. I also liked th…More

Entry 1 by Sactko for Trees Photography Assignment #82

Taken at Black Lake in Sterlington, Louisiana. This tree had so much moss hanging from it. It was interesting to see different shades of the moss. There was absolutely no sun that day, so that may ha…More

Entry 1 by val48 for Trees Photography Assignment #82

photo is a capture of a tree standing tall and free in between houses which made the tree look very strong and mighty, pretty much like the one who created the seeds for the trees. So as I was lookin…More

Entry 1 by RunnerFitz for Trees Assignment #82

This photo shows a tree broken in half on a little island in the Mississippi River. There is steam coming off the relatively warm water because the air temperature was -10. The settings were 1/500 se…More

Entry 2 by Rahbysahn for Trees Assignment #82

Trees are the givers of life. They produce fruit, provide shelter, Turn CO2 into oxygen, give us shade in the summer and heat in the winter, and when the die they decay and become nutrients for other…More

Entry 1 by Rahbysahn for Trees Assignment #82

A silhouette of an oak tree, shrouded with fog. This was at the Consumnes River Preserve. A great place to get photos of sandhill cranes also. I tried to get the sun behind a branch to block it a lit…More

Entry 1 by refugeet for Trees Photography Assignment #82

This photo was taken on the way to Hyde Park, London. Me and my girlfriend had just gotten off the tube and were walking to the park and having the new camera i couldn't wait do took it out and start…More

Entry 2 by Charles659 for Trees Assignment #82

this photo was taken at 6am on my walk through the park i was pleased to see how the path led my eye up to the tree which was bathed in a warm light from the building to the left ,giving the tree a l…More

Entry 1 by Charles659 for Trees Assignment #82

I have walked past this tree on countless occasions ,but on this day i looked up into the canopy and was amazed at what i saw ,with branches reaching in all directions toward the sky and all the beau…More

Entry 2 by kbrown567 for Trees Assignment #82

I've not been able to identify this tree, it sits just outside Washington Square Park in the North Beach neighborhood of San Francisco. It was the trunk that attracted me, it's unique and I wish I kn…More

Entry 1 by kbrown567 for Trees Assignment #82

Trees shelter us, they comfort us. People are drawn to this Monterey Cypress in the Arboretum's great meadow; over the course of several days of observation, I saw a succession of people take their p…More

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