The Screaming Tree......

[ShakeyBlakey]

I saw this tree and thought it had a screaming face calling to me to take its portrait....

A BIGGER version

 

[Apex]

woah, thats crazy.

the texture is unreal, it almost looks like a painting.
cool shot!

 

[Chris Stegner]

This wants to be a poster very badly!

Nice shot!

 

[Artograph]

Wrong forum........should be in "The Dark Side"!! ;O)

Very spooky.....very cool!!

:O)

 

[jas00n_86]

Wow I can't stop looking at it, very nice find and a nice shot!

 

[invisible]

What a unique tree (and great photo to go with it)!

 

[kundalini]

Such a cool tree. Nice shot.

Very Brothers Grimm.

 

[LaFoto]

Edvard-Munch-The-Scream-tree, indeed! Whoa! Cool! ... So is the bowed and bent tree anywhere near it?

 

[ShakeyBlakey]

Thanks all, it's a unique tree alright.

Edvard-Munch-The-Scream-tree, indeed! Whoa! Cool! ... So is the bowed and bent tree anywhere near it?

yes LaFoto, its about 10 metres away, their actually in the botanic gardens so theres all sorts of weird and wonderful trees and plants in the one place and the best part is I can drive there in about 10mins..

 

[Resin42]

Great find, any idea what it is?

(I did half expect this thread to have something to do with Mark Lanegan )

 

[ShakeyBlakey]

Resin42 It says it's a "Taxus baccate"..................................

Here's an old scan of a sepia print from about 10 or more years ago, I must go back and try do it justice sometime soon, the old headstone is half inside the tree, hate to think where the roots are

 

[matt-l]

Wow its like a demon tree!! great job!

 

[AF44]

nice shot! talk about good timing too because if you showed up any earlier or any later im sure the shadows for the "eyes" would have been very awkward

great capture