SOMERSET LEVELS 467 – FOGGY MORNING (MONO)
May 25, 2020 7 Comments
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Pollarded willow appearing out of the mist, early in the morning, beside Swanahard Lane. Pollarding of trees is a common practice on the Levels; I discussed it recently here . Its shown well in this tree, which has a really thick trunk, with large numbers of much thinner branches emanating from it: pollarding has been carried out sometime back, possibly more than once, but then discontinued, so that the cut stumps of the branches have grown to great lengths. The problem here is that the thick, original trunk is leaning slightly so that, as the weight of the thinner branched above it increases, there is the danger that the whole tree will topple over.
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Technique: Z 6 with 70-300 Nikkor lens at 300mm; 3200 ISO; Lightroom, starting at the Camera Graphite profile; Swanshard Lane, on the Somerset Levels southwest of Wells; 23 Aug 2019.
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Is it raining or it is misty?
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This is mist and fog, although on a morning like this light drizzle can easily get going. 🙂
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At 45 degrees C it is so difficult to imagine.
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Hahaha >>> 45 C is difficult for me to imagine!!!! Although I’ve been in such temperatures, but decades ago. But if you come down to the Levels on a morning like this, you might turn a nice shade of blue!!!!! 🙂 🙂 🙂
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Hahaha. Possible.
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Whether appearing out of the mist or disappearing into it, the natural world’s occupants usually benefit from its enshrouding cloak.
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Absolutely true, my friend! 🙂
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