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[Chris Calohan II]

Beach Tree: Chris Calohan​

 

[Asher Kelman]

Beach Tree: Chris Calohan​

Chris,

This is no trivial tree, it's massive has effects of water and sun and obviously been exposed there for some time. I wonder where it originated. Presumably taken in color, the processing in B&W is successful. There's a lot of detail in the roots and the bleached trunk has impressive tonalities.

I wonder how many other pictures you took as I am intrigued to know what's on the right. Is this already done and printed or are you looking for feedback on the final image?

Asher

 

[Chris Calohan II]

More sand (more like small rocks), more water, more salt spray, more sky - more nothing. I do have another shot where the trunk is less prominent and there are two brave souls having a short sit on the small bank between the waves and the sand but I couldn't get this kind of singular, total aloneness in the image when trying to force a wider angle to include them.

I suspect like most everything else on the Oregon shores, it came from Russia or Japan, perhaps even riding the Humboldt down from Alaska or Canada.

 

[Asher Kelman]

More sand (more like small rocks), more water, more salt spray, more sky - more nothing. I do have another shot where the trunk is less prominent and there are two brave souls having a short sit on the small bank between the waves and the sand but I couldn't get this kind of singular, total aloneness in the image when trying to force a wider angle to include them.

Beach Tree: Chris Calohan[/CENTER]

Was there any more of that beautiful tree trunk?

I suspect like most everything else on the Oregon shores, it came from Russia or Japan, perhaps even riding the Humboldt down from Alaska or Canada.

Those are pretty amazing travels! That coast receives a lot of gifts from the ocean.

Imagine the surprise when giant masses of a steel and concrete dock from the Japanese Tsunami that destroyed Fukushima, was dumped on Oregon too!

This is also a way foreign plant, insect and animal species get to invade our ecosystems too.


Asher

 

[Chris Calohan II]

There was this much to the shot. Originally I made the shot because of the juxtapositioning of the two people leaning against another stump but couldn't get close enough to them without disturbing their private moments.

I did like the tenacity and sturdiness of the flowers nestled up close to the buried end of the trunk. I guess in some ways it was life hanging on, life just beginning and stone cold death in their midst's, completely ignored.