John Sheldon's photos with the keyword: Dead tree

A tiny sapling has taken root in the deteriorating fibres of a dead tree. Hanbury Hall is near Droitwich in Worcestershire, UK.

A view of Stockport and Manchester, in the North West region of England. Stepping Hill Hospital shines in the distance. Lens: SMC PENTAX-DA 18-55mmF3.5-5.6AL WR.

A dead tree that has been included in a number of my pictures, now reduced in size as a result of high winds. Monochrome processing of DNG in SilkyPix Developer Studio Pro 9, Pentax K3ii camera with 18-55mm kit zoom lens.

I photographed scenes with this tree several times in 2020. This is my first picture of it in 2021. Totentanz (Dance of Death) is the name of a more-or-less grotesque piece of music by Franz Liszt (1811 - 1886) which seems to reflect the obsession with the Dark Side that was part of the 19th century Romantic movement in Europe. Although Liszt's music prompted the name I have given to the tree, I don't think of it as macabre at all. It is not really dead until the last ripples from its existence have disappeared.

Chronicle Of Vital Individual Distancing, day 82.

Chronicle Of Vital Individual Distancing, day 34. DNG processed and manipulated using Affinity Photo software.

Chronicle Of Vital Individual Distancing, day 32.

Chronicle Of Vital Individual Distancing, day 28.

Chronicle Of Vital Individual Distancing, day 25. This tree is positioned horizontally across a path, so where the upper branches would normally be against the sky they are resting on a bank of earth. Sadly, this is not obvious in the picture so it is on the same level as a joke that has to be explained. I have manipulated the tones in the picture to some extent to enhance the strangeness.