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Challenge: A Single Tree (Advanced Editing IV)
Camera: Canon EOS-1D Mark II
Lens: Canon EF 16-35mm f/2.8L USM
Location: Johns Island, SC
Date: Sep 6, 2006
Aperture: 6.3
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/100
Galleries: Nature, Black and White
Date Uploaded: Sep 6, 2006

 The Angel Oak, Quercus virginiana, is more than 1,400 years old. It is believed to be the oldest living thing in the U.S. east of the Mississippi River. It's 65 feet tall, has a circumference of almost 26 feet, and provides more than 17,000 square feet of shade.

It grows just outside of Charleston, SC. It is quite a remarkable tree and it really causes one to reflect on the incredible amount of history it has witnessed. Unfortunately, the city feels they need to protect this tree, from vandals I suppose, and have completely encircled the park in a heinous chain-link barbed-wire fence.

Also, in this photo I have cloned out several "crutches" supporting some of the tree's larger limbs as I wanted to show the tree with dignity intact.

Statistics
Place: 5 out of 251
Avg (all users): 6.7635
Avg (commenters): 8.0000
Avg (participants): 6.6702
Avg (non-participants): 6.8440
Views since voting: 3950
Views during voting: 356
Votes: 203
Comments: 42
Favorites: 7 (view)

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 01/20/2009 11:51:41 PM
This is a sweet tree! Into favs. :)
 01/19/2009 11:59:30 AM
This is amazing! Thanks for showing us this glorious tree.
 09/29/2006 07:07:45 PM
The mad tree. What a complicated growth and if we look slowly we appreciate its untold beauty. Great capture and great study. Congratulations on your 5th place finish.
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 09/24/2006 01:43:28 PM
What a grand old tree. Nice find :) I love how you have filled the frame with the "fingers". Very dramatic, well done :)
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 09/21/2006 12:44:31 PM
Great shot!!!! I'm glad you got to shoot this - it was the first thing I thought of when I read the challenge. I'm living in the Charleston area now and have heard about the tree but have never been. Will you please send me a PM and give me directions.

Thanks and congrats on the great finish!!!!!!
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 09/20/2006 01:00:18 PM
What a great tree which reminds of Major Oak in Sherwood Forest (Robin Hood's tree as the tourist legend would have it!). You did well to remove all the artificial stuff as it gives a true sense of its majesty without man's intervention.
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 09/20/2006 11:45:23 AM
You B&W really makes this tree something to look at. Congrats.
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 09/19/2006 07:28:19 PM
Wow.. crazy tree.. I want to climb it immediately.
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 09/19/2006 07:01:39 AM
beautiful rendering of this remarkable champion tree.
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 09/19/2006 03:19:38 AM
Congrats on the 5th place, great shot!
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 09/17/2006 10:32:51 PM
reminds me slightly of a shot i took awhile back, here. but your picture is much better :p
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 09/17/2006 08:40:49 PM
Very cool tree! Congratulations on 5th!
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 09/17/2006 08:06:11 PM
congrats on 5th :)
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
09/17/2006 06:08:10 PM
I absoulutely LOVE this tree and am so jealous that you had such a wonderful specimen to take a photograph of. And you did it very well. It's so wonderful how it completely fills the frame.
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 09/17/2006 02:42:13 PM
perfect
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 09/17/2006 09:10:39 AM
Amazing composition. It looks as if it's trying to reach out and take me in.
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 09/17/2006 07:58:25 AM
Very interesting Shot and composition,8.
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 09/16/2006 03:49:12 PM
This is a fantastic shot!! i love these sorts of trees
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 09/16/2006 06:54:38 AM
WOW! Awesome perspective! Great job putting this together.
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 09/16/2006 04:33:45 AM
omg what a fabulous tree!!
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 09/15/2006 11:23:51 PM
i really like how the shot almost seems 3d. i can feel the fingers.
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 09/15/2006 04:18:50 PM
One of the most impressive trees in this challenge. A very exciting entry. 8 on first pass.
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 09/15/2006 01:30:01 PM
Interesting photo. Great use of lines but fill there could of been more detail in the trees branches. Still a good shot. 7
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 09/15/2006 04:35:42 AM
this tree is amazing.
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 09/14/2006 05:02:46 PM
This is one of the most amazing trees submitted in this challenge. The background appears a bit cluttered. Otherwise, a perfect photograph. You have my vote...8.
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 09/14/2006 04:38:12 PM
10! What an amazing tree, and a great capture of it.
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 09/14/2006 10:43:28 AM
SIMPLY AWESOME!! 10
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 09/13/2006 09:29:04 PM
Where is this? I'd like to see this in person. There was a tree in Chico California that used to be similar to this but it gave up the fight! In fact I just thought that this would make a great prop for Gary & his brothers to make another appearance! WOW!
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 09/13/2006 08:43:26 PM
And a wild tree it is. Great capture.
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 09/13/2006 10:18:49 AM
this is wild looking! 9!
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 09/13/2006 09:30:03 AM
Nice subject for the challenge. 7
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 09/13/2006 03:43:52 AM
what a great find and capture, I love the tones and wow - what a tree!!!
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 09/12/2006 08:56:22 AM
Wonderful perspective. It's almost 3D
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 09/12/2006 07:54:48 AM
Remarkable tree. Nicely photographed with a good depth of field. I like the black and white treatment. 8.
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 09/11/2006 02:42:43 PM
What a great tree :o)
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 09/11/2006 12:56:49 PM
I like the perspective and the black and white work well for the concept. 9
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 09/11/2006 12:07:18 PM
Wow! Neat capture. the use of b&w doesn't capture my attention though. 6
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 09/11/2006 05:23:50 AM
excellent image..the branches are fascinating and draw you right to the tree..composed very well.
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 09/11/2006 05:17:59 AM
wonderful capture...9
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 09/11/2006 05:15:22 AM
I love the gnarled branches. I think it could use adjustments of levels, contrast and some dodge and burn to really give it the oomph it deserves.
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 09/11/2006 02:07:08 AM
Wow, that's a great old tree with a lot of character and a lot of tales to tell. All that's needed is a hammock and an iced tea.
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 09/10/2006 08:55:47 PM
WOW! This is great! 10
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