0810_0035 Red Alder - a photo on Flickriver

            I miss the number and variety of trees that I used to see on Canada's west coast, where I lived for many years. Well, one can't be everywhere at once, and I do love photographing the prairie. But for the next few days, I want to revisit trees.

Almost 50 years ago I took a night class at the University of British Columbia with a great and enthusiastic instructor, Denes Devenyi. He provided me with my earliest formal direction in photography. And I simply hated the first assignment he handed out: trees! Ugh, I thought, how boring. Well, I was just a kid.

Having no alternative, I started looking at trees for the first time. I mean really looking. And I gradually developed an appreciation for their shapes, forms, textures, and various habitats. Today I have many species in my files, including this gnarly old Red Alder that I found on a beach on southern Vancouver Island.

Oddly, I overlooked the RAW file for years, only rediscovering it recently. I realized it needed the crop proportions you see here. It's clinging to an embankment where only the highest of high tides can reach it, and I'm sure those roots go deep.

Photographed in East Sooke Regional Park, Vancouver Island, BC (Canada). Don't use this image on websites, blogs, or other media without explicit permission ©2008 James R. Page - all rights reserved.

Taken in: Canada / British Columbia / East Sooke (show map)

Taken on: October 19, 2008

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