An unlikely symmetry...

An unlikely symmetry... · Posted by *heliphoto*, 10-14-2009, 11:50 PM

These aren't very compelling photographs, but I found this subject to be amazing... Four trees, obviously killed in the same fire and blown down in the same wind event... the symmetry, of the two broken trees leaning down next to the two stumps - startling.

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*graphicgr8s* · 10-15-2009, 09:02 AM

Funny shot. High winds through the area?

goddo31 · 10-15-2009, 09:11 AM

That is very interesting, and quite amazing. Makes you think about how it happened, and the chance of it occuring like you have shown.

I like the pics too, btw.

Parallax · 10-15-2009, 09:28 AM

Cool picture. Kind of eerie. I think it would mak e a good B/W tooo.

*heliphoto* · 10-15-2009, 03:10 PM

Originally Posted by graphicgr8s

Funny shot. High winds through the area?

Yeah - there are often high winds in this area (they have wind socks along the highway in places so truckers can judge the crosswind!

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Originally Posted by goddo31

That is very interesting, and quite amazing. Makes you think about how it happened, and the chance of it occuring like you have shown.

I like the pics too, btw.

Thanks - glad you liked 'em Jason...

Originally Posted by Parallax

Cool picture. Kind of eerie. I think it would mak e a good B/W tooo.

Thanks - I may look at a B/W conversion.

JMR · 10-16-2009, 06:53 PM

They are nicely done and help show that even a forest in a state of destruction can have a certain elegance. I think it is well seen and captured. Sometimes it is how we see and portray phenomena that makes the difference.

JMR

*heliphoto* · 10-17-2009, 08:55 AM

Thanks JMR, I'm glad you appreciate the photos.

**Peter Zack** · 10-17-2009, 09:04 AM

I like the second shot and how it shows the event. It would make a good B&W I think. Well done.

*daacon* · 10-18-2009, 09:33 AM

very cool would have been quite a site to see it happen. I wonder if it happened at the same time.

mwcfire · 10-18-2009, 07:00 PM

The ground looks like old asphalt.

*heliphoto* · 10-18-2009, 08:17 PM

Originally Posted by Peter Zack

I like the second shot and how it shows the event. It would make a good B&W I think. Well done.

Thanks Peter - I may yet give one in the series the B&W treatment...

Originally Posted by daacon

very cool would have been quite a site to see it happen. I wonder if it happened at the same time.

No kidding! My guess is that something in the flame exposure, or something in the growth history of the trees caused them to have weaknesses at about the same spot, and then one wind event took all four trees down, but who knows???

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Originally Posted by mwcfire

The ground looks like old asphalt.

It's a big swath of sand

, and based on the volcanic nature of everything else in the area, I'd guess it's pyroclastic in origin (not that I know anything about geology though). Here are some more shots from about 1/4 mile away...