Tribute to a Dead Tree

[Sanford]

<p>Over the years this dead tree on Carmel Beach has provided a lot of photos, almost always something there.</p><div></div>

[Sanford]

<p>2</p><div></div>

[Sanford]

<p>more recent</p><div></div>

[Sanford]

<p>So when I went to look for it the other day it was gone, either the recent storms or vandalism. Well, we needed more places to sit.</p><div></div>

[William Kahn]

<p>Sanford, I know what you mean. Many moons ago, working for the Forest Service, I knew several impressive dead trees that marked waypoints on wilderness trails. Even dead, they contributed to our lives in ways we never appreciated until they came down. Then, they were wounds in the land that never healed, scars that never went away.</p>

<p>Here's one I haven't seen for at least 20 years. I'd like to think it's still there, but...</p><div></div>

[DavidTriplett]

<p>Living, travelling, and shooting in the American West, dead trees are a frequent and engaging subject for me. They tend to stand out more, as opposed to the Eastern model where they get lost in the forest. Here is one of my favorites:</p><div></div>

[DavidTriplett]

<p>And another:</p><div></div>

[DavidTriplett]

<p>And just one more...</p><div></div>

[mwtphoto]

<p>A dead tree continues to provide for many.</p><div></div>

[Leslie Reid]

<p>That's a poignant series of wonderful images, Sanford--a suitable tribute. I also have a tree that has long stuck in my memory, but only revisited once. To get this view I climbed about 800 ft above Deep Lake in the Marble Mtns Wilderness. I just checked Google satellite imagery, and it's still present, but it looks like it's on the ground. What is it about snags that make them seem so much more compelling than leafless deciduous trees (with the possible exception of oaks)?</p><div></div>

[Glenn McCreery]

<p>This dead tree lasted for years next to the creek until the creek dug a wider channel and the tree roots were quickly undercut. The tree is still there, but is lying horizontal and half submerged when the creek is flowing string.</p><div></div>

[Glenn McCreery]

<p>Here was another of my favorite dead trees. This one was in Coal Creek, also near Victor, Idaho. For years it stood sentinel at the entrance to the trail up the creek. It finally fell over sometime about twenty years ago. </p><div></div>

[david_henderson]

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[glen_h]

<p>My first thought was all those dead trees that made the photographic paper we print on.</p>

<p>(For paper that still has some tree material in it.)</p>

<p>But yes, I like pictures of dead trees, too.</p>