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Day 2 T(ree)-Rex
Day 2 T(ree)-Rex
jonfrommk


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Camera: Canon PowerShot S3 IS
Location: Ouse Valley Park
Date: Jul 2, 2007
Aperture: 4.0
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/400
Galleries: Nature
Date Uploaded: Jul 2, 2007

Viewed: 222
Comments: 14
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 Well this was not menat to be today's photo (which you will now get next Monday) but as I managed to remember my camera but forget my memory card when I went to the place that I was originally going to snap I was a bit scupperred.

Anyhow, I got home inserted the memory card and nipped to the local park to snap this for day two. I love this tree for the simple fact that it looks so like the head of a roaring dinosaur to me. I used to tell Daisy it was a fossil!!! (oooo I am such a bad dad)

Man I LOVE this tree...Its slightly scary

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 07/03/2007 04:01:20 PM
I love pics of older trees. The funny thing is that I did not see the dinosaur first. I actually see a face or a skull. If you look to the top that angles right to the highest point - where the grass or mossy part is. That is the top of the skull. Just below it I see eyes, nose, and mouth. Call me crazy, but that's what I see.

I suppose it is probably better to tell Daisy that this is a fossil rather than a skull. You can now probably only imagine the kind of things that I am telling my own children heh heh heh.

And what might scuppered be?
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 07/03/2007 07:16:07 AM
I can imagine kids getting scared of this one :P
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 07/03/2007 06:08:16 AM
omg jon .. i put a tree with the bark sort'v peeling off in my portfolio the other day .. i called it 'bark' .. its a very different scene to yours and a different type of tree .. and i dont think the bark on your tree is actually coming off in quite the same way as my one .. its more like a big chunk ... your tree looks dead as well .. i think mine is still alive, altho i'm not sure .. when i come to think about it the only similarity is that we both took photographs of a tree ... i can see a very scarey face in yours .. thats another difference ... :):) .. sorry i sound like i'm raving ... think i need to sleep .. :)
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 07/03/2007 05:25:08 AM
It is a little scary. There are so manyi interesting trees out there that could almost be a challenge in itself. Don't worry. I don't think Daisy will suffer permanent damage.
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 07/02/2007 09:52:09 PM
I see what you mean about the head of a dinosaur, but in the thumbnail it looked like a giant claw (a la Godzilla!)
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 07/02/2007 09:44:37 PM
I can imagine being scared by that, coming across it in the dark alone. ;-)

Nice shot of it -- good detail, and you've captured how dinosaurish it is. :).

(We used to have a snag along our road that looked so much like a dragon that we decorated it up with a face and spines along the neck, and people would use it in giving directions to each other. "Go half a mile past the tree that looks like a dragon...")
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 07/02/2007 08:33:57 PM
OMG it does look like a dinosaur! such great texture and spiky bits.
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 07/02/2007 08:17:34 PM
that is a very interesting tree!
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 07/02/2007 07:56:29 PM
I must admit, it is rather intriguing. Although, I would be scared to get too close to get a better look. Something might pop out of there! Very nice texture and mix of colors. (It almost looks as if there are veins that run along it... very interesting indeed!)
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 07/02/2007 07:53:33 PM
Very crazy formation! I think I could fall in!!
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 07/02/2007 07:10:07 PM
Yes it is a bit scary - like something is living in it. Have you stuck your hand in there? Or maybe Daisy's hand? I'm sure she won't mind. ahahahahaha!

Nice shot, Jon. A bit fuzzy. Perhaps you were shaking with fear when you took it? Damn, I can't stop. Anyway - I do like it. Thanks for sharing your fun tree with us! And the accompanying story, too!
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 07/02/2007 06:21:10 PM
I hope your daughter doesn't have bad dreams because of that story ;) hehe

I like this photo (composition, textures, etc...) and I think the story behind it is lovely as well. My only nitpick, and it is a small one, is that part of the tree is slightly blurry... perhaps an f8 or f10 for a greater dof??

Sorry to hear about your troubles with a forgotten memory card. If I could list the number of times I have done that, it would take up the whole page LOL Good to see I am not the only one :)
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 07/02/2007 05:56:53 PM
Wow! Isn't that fun!! It definitely is very cool! Especially since it looks like it's still alive!?
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 07/02/2007 05:43:11 PM
Cool story Jon and a very nice tree! It is a bit scary isn't it? Way to go!!
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