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As Above so Below


As Above so Below
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Copyright: Francine Malo (NinaM) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 801 W: 3 N: 2100] (6596)
Genre: Plants
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2008-03-29
Categories: Trees
Camera: Leica V Lux1
Exposure: f/2.8, 1/100 seconds
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2008-04-03 12:03
Viewed: 990
Points: 34
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
We all heard that sentence before, As Above, so Below, and I think it is a reality for trees.

I know this picture isn't very original as this technique has been used so many times. Yet, I always like it and in the case of this tall Pine tree, it becomes a pattern with so many intricates little needles that it is almost a work of art, like embroidery or like Hand made lace. Whose Hand? I would really like to know ;-)

When I see such a big tree I think about the time passing by in front of it. I look at the tip of the tree and try to imagine the deep roots going as low in the soil as the branches rise up in the sky. I feel the branches are like antennas literally "sizzling" in the air to capture and give what the tree needs to give and needs to capture.

I imagine also the roots, all sizzling like the branches, sharing the soil with mycorrhize and other roots of other trees and taking into the tree all the nutriments and exchanging with this dark surrounding. I have read that one tree is always connected with the rest of the forest, with other trees that can even be quite far from it. They are all participating to the forest and its communication network and also sharing nutriments. One tree is a whole forest by its underground network of roots and fungi. Or the forest is in fact many trees held together by one root. I wonder if we could say the same for us, human beings.

I also read, I think it's in the book by David Suzuki: "A Tree", that if a bunch of deers walk by and start eating the leaves of certain trees, that tree will produce a substance that tastes bad so the deers will leave it quiet. But that's not all. It will communicate to other trees, through a signal with pheronomes, about the deers eating the leaves so the other trees will start producing the same substance.

This is why a pack of deers will start eating at a place, by the time the tree starts producing the substance, it leaves them some time to chew leaves, then it starts to taste bad, as do the other trees in the area, and they go to another place. It would explain a sort of auto-regulation so the deers or any other species won't destroy a whole forest by eating all the leaves on the trees.

I may sound childish the way I tell you this but this is what I have read and I was amazed by it. Nature amazes me all the time, either when I take time to watch what's going on, even on my small backyard, or when I read such books by great authors and scientists. My mind wants to pop out my skull that's how much amazed I can get!

Trees are highly symbolic in all cultures. It represents, among all, man, with the feet/root and the head/branches, our connection with the cosmos and with the earth, the need for man to be connected to BOTH, not only one, if one wants to stay in balance. We could also say that like a tree, a person has to know where she comes from to know where she stands and is heading to.

Trees are balanced creatures and a whole world within themselves. We still haven't discovered all the mysteries nature holds and I think we will be popping our brains out for many many centuries to come with each new discovery.

Thank you for reading!

Francine
ISO 100
Shot in jpeg
Adjustments in Lightroom
Sharpened and resized for TN in Photoshop Elements
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  • Heaven Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 811 W: 108 N: 1736] (6060)
  • [2008-04-03 12:08]

Hi Francine!

I'm proud and happy to be your neighbour! And this time, you surprise me with a very original picture that almost makes me dizzy. It's so simple, and so pleasant, and I'm touched by the way you talk about trees. I'm also happy that we haven't yet discovered all the misteries around these and other creatures! I will have to read your text a second time...

Bye for now, kind regards

Markus

Hello Francine,

Very good result from such an ordinary feature of a forest. Excellent composition combined with sharpness of details makes it like a web. Very interesting. Good work!

TFS

Pekka

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  • demeve Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 604 W: 11 N: 1631] (5995)
  • [2008-04-03 13:10]

Hello Francine,

Very interesting and original take, I also like your
notes very much.. Well done

Everton

Hi francine,

Indeed not original but well good photographed.
Good exposuretime and beautiful natural colors.

Regards Gert

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  • joey Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2001 W: 226 N: 6845] (24727)
  • [2008-04-03 14:49]

Nice shot Francine!
The POV is excellent!
Excellent focusing and DOF.
Great composition too.
The note is great!
Well done!!!

Joe

Ho scattato molte immagini con questa prospettiva, sono affascinato anch'io nel guardare gli alberi da sotto. La tua immagine, di cui tecnicamente non dico, diventa splendida se la si osserva attentamente dopo aver letto le tue note. Grazie e complimenti. Cioao Maurizio

Bonjour Francine,
Very impressive angle and I think it's a good pov to show these mighty tall trees!
the exposure and focus is good to achieve a fine details on the top and the trunk!
a good notes comes with a fine image about tree!
merci
Tony

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  • jaycee Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2493 W: 11 N: 6885] (21912)
  • [2008-04-03 16:02]

Hi Francine,

I like this!! Gives me the dizzy feeling of looking up. The patterns of the leaves and branches are wonderful. A marvelous perspective and very artistic.

Jane

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  • gondox Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 332 W: 63 N: 294] (1427)
  • [2008-04-03 16:52]

Hi Francine!

Used or not before I like this pov with the deltoid shapes the two trees' branches form together! Very good details, and while I like this shot is the same as why I like close ups many times, because I can see a pettern that looks nice regardless what it makes the pattern! And branches usually don't make as nice patterns like this, when having other trees in the bg. TFS!

Best regards,
Andor

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  • lise Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 172 W: 51 N: 548] (2875)
  • [2008-04-03 17:29]

Bonjour Francine,
Magnifique prise de vue! On dirait vraiment que c'est moi qui ce trouve sous les arbres et qui regarde vers le ciel! Composition très originale.
Bravo!
Lise

You're making me dizzy! I think perhaps I caught some lyrics in one of your critiques..perhaps it was mine...maybe it was Dylan..not Thomas:-) Very nice Francine..
Bob

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  • Adanac Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1169 W: 1 N: 5208] (17609)
  • [2008-04-03 19:16]

Hello Francine,
We are all interconnected, every human, animal, and plant. Some are very closely connected and some the connection is more distant. But we all require each other in some way, the lose of any part of this circle of life could mean disaster to the whole circle. Thats my feeling and your words and image demonstrate this very well, thank you Francine.

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  • PaulH Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1112 W: 23 N: 3660] (13089)
  • [2008-04-04 2:29]

HI Francine,
loved you note about trees and their pheremones...fascnating stuff and well written too. You notes remind me a little of our friend Bobs :o)
I too like this POV, always have done. Ok so it may have been used alot before, but that doesn't make it any less special and combined with your writing it makes it all the more poignant...great posting!
Paul

bonjour Francine

excellente idée d'avoir photographier ses arbres en contre-plongé,
j'aimes beaucoup ton POV, d'où tu es placé pour photographier,
j'aimes que les arbres soient à ta droite et à ta gauche, TFS

Asbed

Hi Francine,
A great shot with a great meaning to it,
Great composition also,
Well Done,
Nick :-)

I honestly do not know how you click something like this, the very idea behind this..Must be a very creative brain.
Hats off to this beautiful composition of yours....
Cheers!
Goldy

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  • arfer Gold Star Critiquer [C: 2731 W: 0 N: 0] (0)
  • [2008-04-06 21:05]

Hello Francine

A wonderful,dizzying POV.
The perspective is lovely.
Well focused with sharp details.
Nicely composed.
TFS

Rob

I like this Francine. You seem to have a talent for finding good perspective with trees. This is a great way to see the perspective in the other things you take pics of. I noticed that when I took pictures of trees with just a bit of snow on their branches I was able to improve how I took the perspective shots of the trees as they were more defined. This helped me to take perspective shots of anything else afterwards. An excellent path to go down Francine. I'll look forward to more of your tree shots. Trevor

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