Photos

Hello again!
Taking a break from my usual seaside sunset theme, ok it's still a sunset but there is no sea...

Photo was taken last night at a campingsite in a place called "Evje" in Aust-Agder.

I rigged up my tripod, leveled it and took some shots with different shuttertimes and F-stop.
This one was best centered and had the least motion blur, gotta get me remote operator some day...

Ok facts, the following was taken from Wikipedia.org:

The Scots Pine (Pinus sylvestris L.; family Pinaceae) is a common tree ranging from Great Britain and Spain east to eastern Siberia and the Caucasus Mountains, and as far north as Lapland. In the north of its range, it occurs from sea level to 1000 m, while in the south of its range, it is a high altitude mountain tree, growing at 1200-2500 m altitude.


Range map of Scots Pine.In the British Isles it is now native only in Scotland, but historical records indicate that it also occurred in Ireland, Wales and England as well until about 300-400 years ago, becoming extinct here due to over-exploitation; it has been re-introduced in these countries. Similar historical extinction and re-introduction applies to Denmark and the Netherlands.

It grows up to 25m in height when mature, exceptionally to 35-40m on a very productive site. The bark is thick, scaly dark grey-brown on the lower trunk, and thin, flaky and orange on the upper trunk and branches. The habit of the mature tree is distinctive due to its long, bare and straight trunk topped by a rounded or flat-topped mass of foliage.

On mature trees the leaves ('needles') are a very attractive blue-green, 3-5 cm long and occur in pairs, but on young vigorous trees the leaves can be twice as long, and occasionally occur in threes and fours on the tips of strong shoots. The cones are pointed ovoid in shape and are 3-7 cm in length.

The wood is pale brown to red-brown, and used for general construction work. It has a dry density of around 470 kg/m3 (varying with growth conditions), an open porosity of 60%, a fibre saturation point of 0.25 kg/kg and a saturation moisture content of 1.60 kg/kg.

Enjoy!

Odd Jarle



Make: Canon
Model: Canon EOS 350D DIGITAL
Exposure Time: 1/2
F-Stop: f/14.0
ISO Speed Ratings: 200
Focal Length: 18/1 mm
Date Taken: 2006-07-15 22:57
Metering Mode: Pattern
Flash: Flash did not fire, compulsory flash mode
File Size: 96 kb