Saturday, February 2, 2013

Tentacular

 Trimmed Sycamore Trees, Waterfront Park, Charleston, SC
© Doug Hickok  All Rights Reserved




Plant, animal or mineral?



10 comments:

  1. Absolutely stunning. Love the B&W presentation.

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  2. Coolness! Great abstraction created by these arachnidian beauties.

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  3. Impressive and moody photograph! Love the tree silhouettes with the epicormic shoots towering into the gray winter sky.

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  4. There's a special word for this, not coppicing.
    Damn I can't remember it now.
    Let me look it up for you...
    ... Ah it's pollarding!

    Not bollard, not mallard but pollard! ;o)

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  5. leafless, they look kinda creepy.. :)

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  6. I also see these trees nearby! :)
    Interesting way that you play with our imagination asking about the branches!
    hugs
    Léia

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  7. who would have suspected that gardening could be a form of art ?!?
    your excellent image proves it can ... ;-)

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