Tuesday, October 9, 2012

Vine and Tree, Blue Mountains


That's one fairly enormous vine, emerging from the ground in a fistlike bundle in front of the tree, climbing up and wrapping around the tree, continuing upward.

Taken at the Cathedral of Ferns, Mt. Wilson, Blue Mountains, New South Wales, 8 October 2012

6 comments:

  1. Cool, digital B&W? What time of day?

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  2. Digital, yes. $300 Kodak, 6mp, 6 years old - breaking down. This was on manual, 2.8, probably about /1/100. Afternoon, bright day, but pretty dark in this little rainforesty area.

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  3. For some reason I like B&W pretty dark.

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  4. Very cool...what kind of tree? What is the vine? I need Sue!

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  5. I do not know, Jude. almost certainly a kind of gum (eucalyptus) tree, although it could have been a possumwood: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quintinia_sieberi

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  6. Just found this. Page 3 shows lots of vine species there: http://www.mtwilson.com.au/images/stories/Bushwalking_Group/2010_Newsletters/March_2010.pdf

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