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Challenge: A Single Tree III (Standard Editing)
Collection: Portfolio
Date: Sep 14, 2017
Date Uploaded: Sep 14, 2017

[Sep. 21st, 2017 11:44:56 PM]

The thing that amazes me is that this is a river. It's a small cypress tree on the James River.

It's the little guy from this shot:

Cyprus trees are amazing. I went out that morning hoping that it was low tide. (That's the other amazing thing. I'm from Minnesota. A river with tides?! That's so cool!)

Anyway. The the tide is out, it's almost like the tree is standing on tippy toes. It has about 18" of roots that are exposed. It stands up on those roots. I'm not describing it well because it's 11:36pm. But use your imagination.

Not only was it not low tide. The tide was quite high. And there were some really nice waves. Which is also rather unusual.

This will always be a special spot. And there are 3.37 special trees at this pull out on the James River.

Thanks for the comments!

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 09/22/2017 01:49:47 PM
Excellent shot.
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 09/22/2017 03:53:47 AM
Amazing this is a river. Great find and expertly captured. Congrats. Is this the new camera?
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
09/21/2017 05:12:01 PM
Gosh, the poor thing!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 09/18/2017 06:50:46 PM
Great shot. I love the way it stands up to the waves.
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 09/15/2017 04:57:46 PM
very strong composition but interesting about how and why the tree is there
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 09/15/2017 01:58:09 PM
Clear winner. This one stand head and shoulders above all the rest in this challenge. Natural tones giving it the dramatic feeling of "how long can it resist the sea?". Perfect shot about framing, POV. This gets my 10 and my Blue dragon Award
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 09/15/2017 03:55:42 AM
I'm pretty sure this is the blue, well spotted!
  Photographer found comment helpful.


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