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Photographer’s Note

Many years ago a beautiful lane of trees lined a farmroad. Then more water was needed and an earthwall was piled up across the farmroad. As rain fell in the summers, the water started rising and rising. Slowly but surely the trees had their roots soaked and as the water rose higher and higher their stems got waterlogged. Inevitably even their waving crowns in the sun could not prevent a slow death from drowning.

Now a picturesque row of stems and branches create a palisade across the dam telling a story of old.

Technical: Sharpened and resized for upload.

nithin1, gbeli, Royaldevon, wimmels2010 has marked this note useful

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nithin1 (242) 2007-07-24 9:51

Beautiful Kessi..Great job!! More than the beauty, its very informative; thanks for your note too! The reflections again, beautifully captured!

gbeli (2026) 2007-07-24 10:46

Hello Irmgard.
Beautiful photo of the african nature.
I espacially like the reflection on the lake.
Regards

Royaldevon (5824) 2007-07-26 15:16

Hello Kessi

Sad notes but a lovely memorial photograph! A natural grass framework, lovely composition and beautiful reflections in the still water.
Kind regards,
Bev :-)

dareco (17024) 2007-07-29 11:58

This is so pretty! Just the way I imagine it there!! A small piece of heaven!

wimmels2010 (122) 2007-07-30 10:37

nice picture Kessi, thanks for sharing, regards
Wilmotz

WepWaWet (3955) 2007-08-09 11:41

Hello Irmgard,
A very beautiful nature scene from Africa.The reflections on the lake are very very beautiful. The colors, sharpness, depht and POV are excellent. Regards,
Seref