Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/01/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Jim, Thanks. You raise a good and valid point about the branches in the foreground. I have a less cluttered version. I'll go back and take another look at it with your comments in mind. Barney Jim Hemenway wrote: > Barney: > > I like this one a lot: > http://www.leica-gallery.net/barney/image-91125.html > > Of the two cypress shots, the first has the more interesting composition > but the out of focus branches in the foreground distract the eye. > > Regards, > > Jim Hemenway > > Bernard Quinn wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > Last week my friend Dick Seabrook told me about a place on the Eastern > > Shore of the Chesapeake Bay that was new to me. The place is called Trap > > Pond. It is actually located in Delaware, just off Route 24, east on > > Cambridge, Maryland. It is one of the few remaining stands of Bald > > Cypress trees in the northern part of the Chesapeake. The only one that > > I know of in this part of the country is located on the Western Shore. > > > > It is the Battle Creek Cypress Swamp in Calvert County, Maryland. But, I > > digress. My wife Judy and I drove over to Trap Pond on Saturday to take > > a look at it. Here's what I saw. > > > > > > > > The most notable thing about Cypress Trees on the Bay today is their > > absence. I think that they are wonderful, majestic trees. They have > > flared bottoms, like bell bottom jeans. They grow in water. They are > > fairly unique. They don't have leaves, they have needles, like pine > > trees. The needles are short. But, unlike Pine trees they shed their > > needles in the fall, like hard wood trees. They are hardy, and the heart > > wood of a Bald Cypress Tree is very resistant to rot. This has not > > proven to be good news for these trees. > > > > > > > > When the settlers from England first arrived on the Bay in the late > > 1600"s Cypress, Pine, and Oak trees were numerous. I have read that > > there were Bald Cypress trees which were ten and fifteen feet in > > circumference. These wonderful trees were all cut down long ago to make > > boats, houses, and what have you. The old timers say that if you know > > where to look you can still see the ghosts, the stumps, of these trees > > just under the surface of the water at low tide. I've never seen one, > > though. > > > > > > > > www.leica-gallery.net/barney/image-91379.html > > > > > > > > www.leica-gallery.net/barney/image-91380.html > > > > > > > > > > > > Barney > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information -- Barney Quinn, Jr. (301) 688-1982 (O) (240) 535-3036 (C) (877) 220-0981 (P)