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a root from an old cypress tree
a root from an old cypress tree
grigrigirl


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Challenge: Fill the Frame (Classic Editing)
Camera: Minolta DiMAGE 7
Location: arden cahill school yard
Date: Jul 27, 2003
Aperture: 3.5
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/90
Galleries: Nature
Date Uploaded: Jul 27, 2003

Good old swamp trees! This tree was growing in the middle of a parking lot...thriving in a small square of earth amid the sea of concrete. I saw face after face in its many exposed roots.

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Place: 19 out of 142
Avg (all users): 6.2889
Avg (commenters): 6.9286
Avg (participants): 6.1932
Avg (non-participants): 6.4681
Views since voting: 1866
Votes: 135
Comments: 19
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05/23/2006 04:07:43 PM
Looks like one of the creatures staright out of Picasso's Geurnica....a lamb, goat or bull that came back reincarnated as a Cypress tree. That or the Elephant Man.
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03/13/2004 03:49:56 PM
Wow. It's a gargoyle. Very nice.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
08/03/2003 11:56:03 PM
Wow...quite full of character! Good job!
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08/03/2003 10:38:49 PM
This almost looks like abstract stained-glass art. Lt looks like a little man with a beer keg under each arm. Great find.
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08/03/2003 09:52:46 PM
This is a great shot. I love when a piece of nature is captured in such a way that it looks like something other than what it is. Yes, you can tell ther is bark in the photo, but it has more of a feel of a piece of modern art than of a tree root. What I find particularly interesting are the areas of red...almost like blood.
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08/03/2003 09:29:17 PM
very cool, there is a lot of character in this picture.
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08/03/2003 03:24:53 PM
you've got a great eye. that's a really cool looking root. nice colours and texture to this pic. subtle black border was a good choice too. The bottom left corner inthe only part i don't love, since the root falls off a bit. pretty hard to avoid, since you needed to keep the 'image' in the frame. nice job
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08/02/2003 08:25:05 PM
I really like that shape in the centre, I woul have cropped off the bottom to let that particular abstract fill the frame, but this is still really cool. You have captured details and textures well, and I like the focus too.
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08/01/2003 02:23:17 AM
Good pic! It looks kind of like a skull imbedded into the tree trunk. (Guess I'm not the first to mention that tho huh?)
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07/31/2003 05:18:39 PM
Quite interesting. Good photo.
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07/31/2003 10:21:15 AM
it looks like a baboon! LOL
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07/30/2003 09:11:10 PM
very good shot, the root almost appears to be a face of something, nice composition, focus and coloring
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07/30/2003 11:48:15 AM
Looks like a face, could be a dogs face, good eye
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07/30/2003 02:02:43 AM
That is extremely cool. I love it! Looks like an abstract face or something. 8.
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07/28/2003 10:27:04 PM
Amazing shot. Where did you find this? Could have been a bit sharper. 9
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07/28/2003 05:26:50 PM
great shot! Wonderful natural find.
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07/28/2003 03:03:27 PM
Looks like a Picasso rendition of some monster or something. Nice detail.
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07/28/2003 12:41:22 PM
Reminds me of a Picasso painting, I like it a lot. I would love to see more shots at different times of day especially when the light is a bit warmer, i.e evening. Excellent eye.
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07/28/2003 08:19:45 AM
great find. great choice. (looks like a chimp's face)
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