My Lovely Tree.

The Backwards Man

I love photographing trees in the dark. This is the tree outside my house just now. It's a beautiful sycamore, hundreds of years old, marked on OS maps. If this tree could talk it would tell some stories.

Anyone else have a lovely tree?

byte

That's one fine tree you have there! Congrats!

wazky

Great idea, you might have overlooked a slight flaw in your idea of photographing trees in the dark though.

thelad95

The Backwards Man wrote: »

I love photographing trees in the dark. This is the tree outside my house just now. It's a beautiful sycamore, hundreds of years old, marked on OS maps. If this tree could talk it would tell some stories.

Anyone else have a lovely tree?

Lonely night in? :P

Duff

Why do I even open these threads?

The Backwards Man

wazky wrote: »

Great idea, you might have overlooked a slight flaw in your idea of photographing trees in the dark though.

Do you not see the juxtaposition of the glistening leaves against the glimmering lights of the faraway village?

Easily the most beautiful tree I've ever seen, especially in those light conditions.

Do you also have a lovely horse?

kneemos

Good luck finding the cat.

kneemos

Good luck finding the cat.

HeidiHeidi

The emperor has a lovely new suit, but......

wazky

The Backwards Man wrote: »

Do you not see the juxtaposition of the glistening leaves against the glimmering lights of the faraway village?

That of course is crystal clear, I love how you have portrayed the blackness of the leaves with blackness of the bark and all wrapped in a film of black only a summers night can create.

catallus

HeidiHeidi wrote: »

The emperor has a lovely new suit, but......

But what?

Sir Arthur Daley

If you had a lovely horse for that lovely tree you would be on the ball.

The Backwards Man

Candie wrote: »

Easily the most beautiful tree I've ever seen, especially in those light conditions.

Do you also have a lovely horse?

I attempted to take a photo of my house but my knee got in the way.

Btw, my socks are grey, not white :P

Just realised you said horse, not house

sheesh

they are clearly flying saucers. the attack on earth has begun!:eek:

The Backwards Man

The Backwards Man wrote: »

I attempted to take a photo of my house but my knee got in the way.

Btw, my socks are grey, not white :P

Lovely HORSE BM, not lovely HOUSE.

And those aren't grey socks, those are FILTHY white ones! Admit it!

catallus

Your socks are clearly white.

Btw, the angularity of your knee reveals you to be a person of low morals.

Cee-Jay-Cee

It's not half as nice as the lovely tree outside my house.

You have a lovely floor BM

Muise...

I like your faery tree with its faery lights all lit. Does it sing too?

CJC999

CJC999 wrote: »

It's not half as nice as the lovely tree outside my house.

That makes me almost believe in a God, 'tis beautiful.

Sorry BM, your tree has been relegated to the 2nd division.:(

The Backwards Man

CJC999 wrote: »

It's not half as nice as the lovely tree outside my house.

That's an ash if I'm not mistaken?

wazky

I can really see this whole 'taking pictures of stuff in the black dark' thing taking off.

HeidiHeidi

Duff wrote: »

Why do I even open these threads?

This.

Duggy747

I zoomed out on the picture and found out where the OP's location is.

Your floor is spotless BM. I like that.

greedygoblin

It's a fine tree indeed Backwards Man.

I used to have a tree too. It was an oak tree. Planted it as an acorn I picked up down in Fota Island. It took a few years to get going properly. It had a few setbacks along the way, like branches getting broken off and ants attacking it. But year after year you could see the progress it was making. Then one day a couple of years ago, the neighbours dog came along and broke the tree in two. That dealt it a terminal blow. It never recovered after that. A sad day it was after all the time I had invested in that tree.

The Backwards Man

Candie wrote: »

Lovely HORSE BM, not lovely HOUSE.

And those aren't grey socks, those are FILTHY white ones! Admit it!

Grey

And thermal!

Tail Docker

I've 10 acres of ancient forest, big old oaks and huge ash trees, douglas firs and spruce pines with 6' diameter trunks. I grab the dogs and go for a wander through every now and then, it's a nice place for a wander. The wildlife like it too. There's owls and hawks, mink and a family of ducks. It's like a little world within the world.

OneOfThem Stumbled

Candie wrote: »

Lovely HORSE BM, not lovely HOUSE.

And those aren't grey socks, those are FILTHY white ones! Admit it!

Only a hornless horse would baulk at the prospect of a trip to candy mountain.

Oh look! Something just hatched in the cuckoos nest... it was... this


thread

Knex*

The Stevie Wonder School of Photography.

The Backwards Man

Tail Docker wrote: »

I've 10 acres of ancient forest, big old oaks and huge ash trees, douglas firs and spruce pines with 6' diameter trunks. I grab the dogs and go for a wander through every now and then, it's a nice place for a wander. The wildlife like it too. There's owls and hawks, mink and a family of ducks. It's like a little world within the world.

Don't mean fcuk all if you don't show us a pic in the dark :P

greedygoblin

Tail Docker wrote: »

I've 10 acres of ancient forest, big old oaks and huge ash trees, douglas firs and spruce pines with 6' diameter trunks. I grab the dogs and go for a wander through every now and then, it's a nice place for a wander. The wildlife like it too. There's owls and hawks, mink and a family of ducks. It's like a little world within the world.

How do the mink and ducks get along?

thelad95

wazky wrote: »

I can really see this whole 'taking pictures of stuff in the black dark' thing taking off.

Nocturnal thread is that way

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The Backwards Man

The Backwards Man wrote: »

Grey

And thermal!

In July??? And a big ole wheely barrowy thingy in the kitchen??

What kind of anarchy is this?

kneemos

If a tree falls in the dark has it really fallen?

Kovu

Tried it with a setting on my camera never used before when I went to let the cat in. Have successfully scared myself.
http://i.imgur.com/Mjn0BY9.jpg

greedygoblin

kneemos wrote: »

If a tree falls in the dark has it really fallen?

A bit of a Schrodingers cat conundrum I'd imagine.

The Backwards Man

Candie wrote: »

In July??? And a big ole wheely barrowy thingy in the kitchen??

What kind of anarchy is this?

That's a turf bucket.

And a queencake packet on top because I didn't light the fire tonight, what with it being 21C outside and the thermal socks and all

YellowFeather

How are you going to get up at 5.30 in the am to harvest the crops, etc? For shame Backwards Man. For shame.

.Kovu.

.Kovu. wrote: »

Tried it with a setting on my camera never used before when I went to let the cat in. Have successfully scared myself.
http://i.imgur.com/Mjn0BY9.jpg

Thats not a tree. Thats a banshee or a wraith or something very scary.

If you get hot in bed tonight, don't stick one leg out. That thing is going to get you. Two legs is fine btw.

The Backwards Man

.Kovu. wrote: »

Tried it with a setting on my camera never used before when I went to let the cat in. Have successfully scared myself.
http://i.imgur.com/Mjn0BY9.jpg

Very Munch!

kneemos

Candie wrote: »

In July??? And a big ole wheely barrowy thingy in the kitchen??

What kind of anarchy is this?

Sorry BM but it looks like the Smurf's house.

The Backwards Man

YellowFeather wrote: »

How are you going to get up at 5.30 in the am to harvest the crops, etc? For shame Backwards Man. For shame.

My crops are all harvested, my dear feathered friend

I await the onset of winter with great joy and wondrous excitement.

And Mexican lager.

The Backwards Man

kneemos wrote: »

Sorry BM but it looks like the Smurf's house.

Them tiles are over a hundred years old. I took them out of my granny's house. After she was dead like.

Tail Docker

The Backwards Man wrote: »

Don't mean fcuk all if you don't show us a pic in the dark :P

I'd have to pull on the wellies and schlep my ar5e down the fields, effort.

The ducks and the mink keep to their own sides. I've a red setter that fixates on the ducks and spends its days "pointing" at them and a staffie that spend its days trying to catch the minks, so fun for everyone.

YellowFeather

The Backwards Man wrote: »

My crops are all harvested, my dear feathered friend

I await the onset of winter with great joy and wondrous excitement.

And Mexican lager.

Trees take aversion to Mexican lager. They deny it, but everybody knows. Don't let it spot you through the window. That's all I'm saying.

The Backwards Man

YellowFeather wrote: »

Trees take aversion to Mexican lager. They deny it, but everybody knows. Don't let it spot you through the window. That's all I'm saying.

Sol good

kneemos

The Backwards Man wrote: »

My crops are all harvested, my dear feathered friend

I await the onset of winter with great joy and wondrous excitement.

And Mexican lager.

Any turf left from last year?

The Backwards Man

kneemos wrote: »

Any turf left from last year?

I'm four years ahead boyo

--LOS--

Dat tree and dat knee, words, I just, I don't have them...

Candie wrote: »

Your floor is spotless BM. I like that.

I noticed that too, that is one tidy patch of floor