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PostPosted: Sat Jun 25, 2011 10:55 am    Post subject: Roots of a Pine Reply with quote
Here are three photos of the roots of a pine at the edge of the outer earthen wall of Porvoo Fortress Hill. The bank gravel has been eroding away during the centuries so that the roots are bare. This specific pine is rather famous in Finland. There is a painting with the pine quite prominent, "Porvoo as seen from Fortress Hill" from 1896(?) by Albert Edelfelt, one of the most famous Finnish painters, and a similar photograph "The Pines of Fortress Hill and the Railway Station" from 1894 by I. K. Inha, the most famous Finnish photographer of that time. I couldn't find a picture of the painting from the net, but the photo can be seen at http://www.vanhatkuvat.fi/product/27/porvoo-linnamaen-vanhat-mannyt-ja-asema, click the picture on the page to see a larger copy.







Taken with my tuned Schneider-Kreuznach Radionar 105/4.5 at f/4.5 on 350D, local contrast has been enhanced.

Veijo


PostPosted: Sat Jun 25, 2011 1:28 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Very interesting shapes, thanks for sharing. It would be nice to see a picture of the whole tree.


PostPosted: Sun Jun 26, 2011 10:13 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Orio wrote:
Very interesting shapes, thanks for sharing. It would be nice to see a picture of the whole tree.


OK, this morning I went to Fortress Hill and took some photos of the tree and the scenery.

It is practically impossible to get a decent photo of the whole tree because of its location. After climbing about 15 meters up an about 45 degree gravel slope, I got this view of the tree:



Later I approached it from another direction in order to get a view of some of the slope - although not quite the steepest point:



Here is a photo from the top of the outer wall with the Cathedral in the background:



Then a photo somewhat like the one taken by I. K. Inha in 1894. A lot of gravel has been added to protect the roots of the pines as a lot of people visit the hill. This is the top of the outer wall. On the right, there is a moat, the inner wall and still another moat surrounding the centre of the hill, where there was a wooden fortress for a short time in the late fourteenth century.



Another photo taken from top of the inner wall:



Finally, a view down the river as seen from the outer wall, about 25 meters above the river. The nearest water is just a small bay, the river is flowing from the right and turns at the bridge visible behind the yellow house to flow more or less straight ahead through the city. All the visible buildings are situated in the Old Town surrounding the Cathedral



(Photos taken with Summicron-R 35/2 and Macro Elmarit-R 60/2.8 on 350D)

Veijo


PostPosted: Sun Jun 26, 2011 10:31 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
what a tree...
and your effort to capture it...
good job


PostPosted: Sun Jun 26, 2011 12:08 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Spectacular!
It really has a dramatic impact... a living being literally clinged to life, for it's survival... makes me think of a person in a wreck at sea, clinged to a wood board in order not to drown.
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