Back in the storms of January – my local parkland lost one it’s ‘Elder Statesmen’ trees – a London Plane. I’ve taken images of this tree a few times before and it was one of my favourites.
It has always been an interesting tree – with lots of texture and shadows available to capture. However being felled by the weather posed a pretty unique opportunity to capture little seen elements of its interior. It was however abundantly clear from closer inspection that it was only a matter of time before this tree was felled due to a large proportion of its core having been eaten away either by disease or rot.
Whilst I was there I also shot a couple images from one of the Fir trees, which I have included at the bottom – simply because I really like the shallow focus and subsequent bokeh in them.
I shot all the images in close up and with my vintage (1950’s) Carl Zeiss 35mm f2.8 lens attached to my Canon 60D.
Elder Statesmen – interior of a London Plane
Elder Statesmen – interior of a London Plane
Cross-section of the Exterior edge of a London Plane
Elder Statesmen – interior of a London Plane
Elder Statesmen – interior of a London Plane
And the two Fir Tree images I liked the look of the focal length and Bokeh in…
Close up of a Fir Tree
Close up of a Fir Tree
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Also, Keep an eye on my Hi-Res Galleries in 500px – as I’ll be uploading these soon….
