Waterless Trees

This is really nice. Love the tree shapes here and the reddish colors against the pale greys. Interesting shot. Thank you Mark.

Great image, Mark! I like the "tree design" that you highlighted in this photo. I am curious how large an area this is; hard to get any sense of scale with this shot. Looks like it could be an aerial shot. . .or maybe just a picture of rivulets. Irregardless of the size, I like your creativity in this image and it certainly fits the theme well.

Yeah, the scale on this makes one think. I have seen this universal pattern at about every imagineable scale. Around here, I have seen these a few inches across on the beaches. They are found a few feet across at low tide in estuaries. I have seen this same pattern in the desert with plants growing down the ridges. I imagine the Mars mission going on right now may find something like this. This is a good way of saying, "the water is gone". I also like the color/monochrome ambiguity.

Great photo. As do others, I am also curious about the scale, although since you said 'into the valley" I am assuming this is large scale. The barren look lives up well to the drought theme. I especially like the 'speckled' background of the plateau which makes a great 'sky' for the 'trees'.

Paul

Love the "tree" shape patterns and the monochrome scheme adds to the feeling. Like the others, I too am intrigued by the ambiguity of scale here

Sorry for the delayed reply, been away in the bush, no mobile coverage, internet or TV, ........... bliss
This was taken in Namibia, whilst I was about 100 feet up a sand dune and the scale is about 40-50 yds across.

Wonderful find and excellent capture!
Congrats on the WP!
Sandy