Further to my previous post, I remembered I’d taken another shot last year, but at the end of the winter, which I’d chosen to convert to black and white.
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Stephen G Hipperson
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Further to my previous post, I remembered I’d taken another shot last year, but at the end of the winter, which I’d chosen to convert to black and white.
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Stephen G Hipperson 
I prefer the prequel. It looks as if it is about to launch itself into the unknown. When I last lived in Britain I ripped out all the conifers and planted birches, alders and dogwood. Much nicer. 🙂 Your tree looks quite aristocratic.
Thank you.
The colour version was taken last week as I was taking somebody out for a photographic session and was more of a snap and a demonstration of a ‘photographic opportunity’. I prefer deciduous trees every time, they have so much more character.
The previous photo makes you doubt if the tree is on or among the rocks but this one clearly speaks of how strong life is in nature… a completely different feeling. How can a tree live on a rock and grow too?… I think I like this one better, really… 🙂
Better – by a mile. This one was a properly considered photo, the previous more of a snap – there were too many people around to get a proper uninterrupted view of the tree – the area is a popular ‘let’s take the kids out for the day’ spot. If you were into rock climbing, this is an ideal spot of a bit of ‘bouldering’, Gritstone, so there’s plenty of grip. Many of the rocks here are pockmarked with white marks, where the climbers have used chalk to help find there grip in the damp parts.
Looking at this photo I cannot imagine it is one of those weekend places crowded with screaming kids 😀
The joy of photography – deception deception deception.
It reminds me of a wind-surfer, hanging out into the waves.
You won’t be old enough to remember it, but I was wondering if I should have the Hawaii 5-0 music playing to push that theme. 😉
Oh, I remember it alright!
That’s great 🙂
Thank you, much appreciated.
Tenacious would be an apt description…
🙂 – nature will find a way if it can.
I grew up with birch trees in Michigan. They are beautiful trees. Love the picture Stephen.
Thanks!
If I had enough money and a large garden, I’d plant a number of Silver Birch trees, they can be the most elegant of trees, especially in the Spring when Bluebells carpet the ground beneath.
Agreed Stephen!
Amazing!
Glad you like it! 🙂
The word this shot brings to my mind is severe – I’m feeling like the air there is thin and that there’s no more vegetation for miles/kilometers. Probably not at all what you had in mind…
Stark is good! – Cold, crispy air is good. Exactly what I had in mind. Thanks, Sid. 🙂
In this photgraph I can see that the birch is rooted in the rock! This is a wonderful shot in black and white.
Thank you, Merrill!
Nice Shot. Brimham Rocks by any chance?
’tis and ’tis that tree too! 😉
‘ course, I’m not sure if I should have the permission of the NT to publish my pics but hey, they’re welcome to contact me and ask me to take them down from strictly non-commercial site. 🙂
I’ve climbed here on occasion but not too often as the grades are, as they say in Yorkshire, ‘ard.
I’m sure if I’d have lived where I do now as a youngster, I might have had a crack at a bit of climbing, but as I’m from Norfolk where it’s pretty flat, it wasn’t really on my horizon.
Definitely prefer this one to the “clothed” one..
Yep, no problem with that! I think I will need to revisit earlier in the year when the new leaves have just started to form, so the basic skeleton of the tree shows against the softness of the leaves – maybe a nice blue Spring sky as a backdrop too.
Stripped away to it’s bark and backbone, think i prefer the second shot clothed in leaves.
Thanks!