A Tree / The Loop, a photo from Western Australia, West

Photographer's Note

Pushing the limits of the TOS.. this tree is located in the Murchison River gorge, "The Loop". During the hot dry season in Kalbarri NP, it easily reaches 45-50 degrees on the flat land. Down in this gorge, where wind is an unknown "element", it easy reaches 60 and more degrees between the hot dark red stone walls. Where this tree gets it's water from, I'll never know.

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devimeuxbe (58557) 2007-01-28 4:08

Hi Bemjamin
I like your picture.
The lonely tree and the rock. The composition is well balanced and the light is beautifull
Regards
Bertrand

ein22 (478) 2007-01-28 21:20

Very impressive photo there.

The tree interests me aswell with it's will to survive. Alot of australian plants have very deep roots. Alot of the time they can burrow 50 meters or so to get to under ground water supplies.

This amkes it a bit more complicated because it's in a very rocky area. From what I know about these kind of habitats is deep cracks in the rock can store water quiet well. And because the roots in most native plants are very strong they can mould their way through the hardest of stone. Once they get into this stone they become very water wise. What ever little water makes it in there from rain stays in there and is used 100%.

Quite resiliant hey:P

I like this photo alot then you for sharing it.

Andrew

anes_lc (14968) 2007-03-01 11:54

good composition.the tree in the middle of nowhere ,colorful .great feeling
anes
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Photo Information

Copyright: Benjamin Streeck (bstreeck) (179)
Genre: 地方
Medium: 彩色
Date Taken: 2006-11-25
Categories: 自然
Camera: Canon EOS 350D, Tamron 18-200mm F3,5-6,3 XR DiII LD Asp, RAW-LR, Tamron (MC) UV
Exposure：f/6.3, 1/400 seconds
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Photo Version：Original Version
Theme(s)：Western Australia 2006 [view contributor(s)]
Date Submitted: 2007-01-28 3:50