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Okay, so the tree isn't 40,000 years old, but it sure is pretty old. I thought the title was catchy though, and would work with a thread to thank all of you for putting up with me for this many posts. I happened to notice a couple of weeks ago that I was almost to 40,000 and it seemed rather shocking. It's hard for my mind to get wrapped around that number, it doesn't seem possible, and almost feels like infinity!
But again, thanks to all of the friends I have met here, all of the people I have had a chance to help, but also to all the people that I have learned from here and have helped me. FM Landscape is an awesome place to learn and grow as Landscape Photographers, so it's a blessing to be here and have been able to share with so many for so long.
Thanks!
Jim
PS. This was shot this last Sunday late afternoon. I was up in the Bristlecones with the GF, some friends and with Sunny. In the late afternoon Sunny and I ran out to this tree to scout it for some possible Milky Way shots later, but the clouds looked so awesome, I had to take some shots then. Fortunately I had grabbed the D810 and 16-35mm to run up there with just in case, and I took probably a dozen shots before we ran back down to scout a couple of more locations before sunset.
Excellent angle for the branches, and good job at positioning to block out the tree behind it. Was there any snow left from Friday? Did you hang around Schulman and Methuselah, or did you go up to Patriarch as well?
Excellent angle for the branches, and good job at positioning to block out the tree behind it. Was there any snow left from Friday? Did you hang around Schulman and Methuselah, or did you go up to Patriarch as well?
Tim
Hey Tim,
Thanks so much! Yeah, that background tree can be a bother, this composition lined up perfectly with the clouds and hid that tree. A double win.
I had some with me who had never been to the Patriarch Grove (it was there first time in the Bristlecones) so I did take them up there and everyone walked around for about 20 mins or so. But we had really gotten hooked on this tree, so we needed to hightail it back to the Schulman grove to get setup before sunset.
Jim
PS. No snow on the ground that I saw. But it had rained there on Saturday, so the road was a bit wet.
Yes, that image is fabulous, Jim. Your work has really gotten dialed in over the years I've been looking at it. But, I always wonder, how do you get time to photograph when you are always posting here?!! Perhaps there are two Jims.....
OK... first you post a cell snap making me think you didn't take your "real" camera along only tell me that you did and it would be a month or two before you get to processing it. Then, the next day I see this post!
I'm glad you decide to jump on processing it. This one is stellar. I can only dream to have such trees to photograph. Nothing even remotely cool out here .
I thought the title was catchy though, and would work with a thread to thank all of you for putting up with me for this many posts. I happened to notice a couple of weeks ago that I was almost to 40,000 and it seemed rather shocking. It's hard for my mind to get wrapped around that number, it doesn't seem possible, and almost feels like infinity! 
