Sunday 1 September 2013

Garden Bark.

While pottering about in the garden a while ago - removing winter debris, weeds and finding long lost kids toys - I noticed the bark of one of the few mature trees on our block.  The tree is a Chinese Elm - a semi-deciduous tree with a fine shape and interesting bark.  The patterns on the bark give rise to another of its common names - Lacebark Elm.


You can find more close up type images at Macro Monday 2 and I love Macro.

SM

19 comments:

  1. That's very interesting look bark! Almost like the tree is diseased.

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  2. Beautiful tree, the bark is so quite special.
    Greetings Irma

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  3. Very creative macro and love the textures you have captured ~ carol, xo

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  4. Great macro shot for the day, Stewart! Have a great week!

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  5. Very nice shot. Trees have such interesting bark.

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  6. Oh heel mooi om zo naar een boom te kijken.

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  7. you know how I feel about trees Stewart... this is beautiful, so much color when we really stop to look! Thanks for sharing the love up-close with I Heart Macro :-)

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  8. Love the abstract nature of this photo.

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  9. Beautiful colours Stewart!!!Great macro shot!!!Have a lovely new month of September!
    Dimi...

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  10. Yes it is unusual and lovely. I guess maybe temperate barks are more colorful than the tropical ones, but i love shooting them too!

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  11. A whole landscape on such a small piece of bark...lovely!

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  12. This looks like Nature's answer to our artists' "pointillisme" - creating images by dots. Fascinating design.

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  13. Hi Stewart! I love the textures and colors on this bark. Very pretty! Have a happy day!

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  14. fascinating photo, really shows the lumps and bumps and colours

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  15. Lovelly. It looks like a picture of a distant planet :)

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