Saturday, January 8, 2011

Highrock Skyline

Victoria's looking pretty craggy and Gothic in this photo. It's hard to believe this is in the middle of long settled residential area, at the summit of the small Highrock Park. It's a favorite place for me in the spring and summer when its luscious greens are overlaid by Sea Blush and Camas and its gnarled Garry Oaks are in leaf.
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6 comments:

  1. RedPatJanuary 8, 2011 at 10:43 AM

    Very moody! Love it.

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  2. Mike LaplanteJanuary 8, 2011 at 11:55 AM

    I always think of Garry Oaks as the perfect Halloween tree with their bare gnarly branches in October.

    Get thee to Christmas Hill to see some big ones...

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  3. AnonymousJanuary 8, 2011 at 3:54 PM

    What a great, great picture !


    Please have a good Sunday.

    daily athens

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  4. JoJoJanuary 8, 2011 at 4:26 PM

    I love this; very dramatic textures. What time of day did you shoot this?

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  5. LouvregirlJanuary 8, 2011 at 7:17 PM

    Awesome beauty there. Lovely moodiness and color. The trees look like trees here above 6000 feet; craggy and dwarfed or deformed looking; intriguing! Thank you.
    :-D

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  6. Benjamin MadisonJanuary 9, 2011 at 7:45 AM

    Thanks all for your kind comments. JoJo, this was taken just before sunset.

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