Pine defying gravity Photo

Photographer’s Note

Finland does not have high mountains, but it wouldn't be fair to call it entirely flat either. Finnish bedrock is remains of ancient mountains billions of years old. And ice ages have removed loose soil revealing uneven rock formations, and lower mostly lake covered areas between them. All that loose soil was pushed to ridge formations made of sand and gravel.

Cliffs of Viitastenperä by the lake Hervantajärvi.

Floydian, phwall, lrw1966, zanzi, bibiweb, AiresSantos, fanni has marked this note useful

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danyy (68088) 2009-05-18 23:02

Bonjour Kari,
la vue naturelle toute simple qui me séduit au premier regard, le symbôle des endroits où j'aime me promener.
Regards.
Daniel.

wolf38 (12549) 2009-05-18 23:04

Hello Kari. The small forest landscape works like a painting from the time of the romance. Above all the tree in the foreground gives shape and expression to the photo. Exemplary composes, very natural colors. Best regards, Wolfgang.

ophelcia (5297) 2009-05-18 23:18

hi,
Finland is so beautiful,full of trees and greenery and I've always wanted to show it but you managed to do it well. Amazing composition.
Gosia

ellelloo (4684) 2009-05-19 0:08

Hei Kari,
A small corner of beautiful Finnish nature in a good composition. The mystical darkness of the lake and the undergrowth of the forest behind the lake are beautifully contrasted by the fresh green of the birches, their white trunks and the blue sky. The foreground pine is the eye-catcher here and the topmost cloud completes the scene nicely.
Lasse

Floydian (30970) 2009-05-19 0:44

Hi Kari,

For us here in this flat country Finland is famous for all the wood we import from there, so no surprise you show some trees ;-)
The pov is nice, just as the exposure because there is a very good balance vetween sky and details deep inside the forest, i like that part a lot.

Regards,

Henk

phwall (5428) 2009-05-19 1:44

Hello Kari,
You wonder how the roots system gets enough purchase from that rocky ground to support that enormous weight.
A very apt title, the tree does look like it is defying gravity.
Well spotted and captured perfectly, a fine quality image.
Regards
Peter

lrw1966 (1630) 2009-05-19 10:44

Kari, Hi:

Marvelous composition of beautiful Nature. Splendid colors and sky.

Larry

zanzi (4419) 2009-05-19 13:31

Hi Kari
Beautiful forest indeed. I am impressed by the black water.
Bravo
Chris

bibiweb (8) 2009-05-19 20:22

Hi Kari,
I've never been to Finland (except for a few days in Helsinki), but this is really the idea I have of the landscape outside of the city areas: huge woodlands with tall pine trees surrounding many small lakes. I like the way you've placed the trunk in the corner.
Cheers.
Bibi

AiresSantos (41468) 2009-05-28 12:33

Hi Kari
Good use of this big tree on left side. Fine picture of nature.
Well managed the light
Have a nice evening
Aires

fanni (8717) 2009-06-04 2:08

Hello Kari,
pine-trees always attract my attention - especially those which grow in the North (for example, if I compare them to those which grow in Moscow and around it) - they are of different colours and shape. Rather curious... and often fairy-talish. And they often grow in incredible conditions (like this one, in your photo)!
Very beautiful capture!
Best regards,
Elena

raszid62 (2795) 2009-06-07 23:47

Hello
Forest how enchanted, beauty this pine on first plan. Finland is very bautiful country, unfortunately pictures do not tell anything about mosquitoes and downs. This so on margin. Congratulations.
Best Regards
Joseph