Tuesday, February 22, 2011

The Creatures Among Us, Part One

Old Tree and Haystack, Cades Cove, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, 
Tennessee  © Doug Hickok


Ents


(Etymology note: Ent is an Old English word for "giant")


19 comments:

  1. Wow..! Those are some extraordinary photos. I'm... beyond impressed!

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  2. A very clever composition. This dead tree in front makes the picture !

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  3. A tree which wants to play scarecrows. Beautiful observation of the nature

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  4. Nature can be scary in some ways but even this dead old tree is still beautiful. It is as if it is guarding this beautiful field and that the beautiful scene belongs to him. A very creative capture.

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  5. Un arbre presque en croix (mais je sais que la Nature n'affectionne pas la ligne et l'angle droit ) qui occupe bien le premier plan et donnant ainsi plus de profondeur aux autres éléments qui composent le paysage. La motte de foin ou de paille ressemble à un énorme escargot qui avance tranquillement...
    Bonne journée lumineuse!

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  6. Yes, that's exactly what I thought when I saw the image...ent. Great capture.

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  7. jolie composition, avec ce ballot de paille bien placé.

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  8. that's one scarey tree!!! prolly scares the birds away lol most excellent photo!!

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  9. That old tree looks like human,.. well rather ROBOT carrying a green backpack! Good find and great composition.
    Have a wonderful day, Doug.
    Yoshi

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  10. this clearly looks likes an ent - or what i think an ent ought to look like! great compo and atmosphere in this photo!

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  11. That tree really is very interesting. Makes me wonder how old it is. Wonderful shot!

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  12. Great Smokey is indeed very smokey! ;)
    The tree is actually dead.
    Strangled by the ivies, I suppose.

    I'll try to remember "ent".
    From ant to ent. ;)

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  13. What beautiful colors. That really is an intriguing tree.

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  14. I LOVE the ents, Doug, and I love Cades Cove. Lucky you.

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  15. I love haystacks as a photographic subject. The challenge is to make the entire scene interesting, and you've certainly come up to that with this image, Doug...

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  16. I love the composition here Doug and you've got a great eye to have picked out this anthropomorphic tree from the scene. Very cool!

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  17. Super serene shot, wonderful colours!

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  18. I liked det balance in this beauty!

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