Texture photo - Interesting, but . . : Okay. I cant wait until this weeks photo challenge ends to ask this question - I must ask it now. There is a submission titled Oak Tree with...

STVest Loc: LA - that's Lower Alabama

Okay. I cant wait until this weeks photo challenge ends to ask this question - I must ask it now. There is a submission titled Oak Tree with acorns. I have oak trees and I have acorns. And I have NEVER seen anything like this. Can someone please answer my question: Whaaaaat?!

St3v3M Loc: 35,000 feet

STVest wrote:

Okay. I cant wait until this weeks photo challenge ends to ask this question - I must ask it now. There is a submission titled Oak Tree with acorns. I have oak trees and I have acorns. And I have NEVER seen anything like this. Can someone please answer my question: Whaaaaat?!

Woodpeckers!

rook2c4 Loc: Philadelphia, PA USA

With a few drops of super glue anything is possible.

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

STVest wrote:

Okay. I cant wait until this weeks photo challenge ends to ask this question - I must ask it now. There is a submission titled Oak Tree with acorns. I have oak trees and I have acorns. And I have NEVER seen anything like this. Can someone please answer my question: Whaaaaat?!

A link, please?

joehel2 Loc: Cherry Hill, NJ

Thanks for pointing it out. I'm with you-never saw one before and don't see how it is possible.

Kimbee Loc: Dunedin, Florida, USA

You made me go look....I hope that contestant shares how that was done!

STVest Loc: LA - that's Lower Alabama

jerryc41 wrote:

A link, please?

http://www.uglyhedgehog.com/photo_contest_entry_details.jsp?pcenum=13562

I think (hope) this will get you there. If not, I don't know how to provide the direct link. It is an entry in this week's Weekly Photo Challenge.

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

STVest wrote:

http://www.uglyhedgehog.com/photo_contest_entry_details.jsp?pcenum=13562

I think (hope) this will get you there. If not, I don't know how to provide the direct link. It is an entry in this week's Weekly Photo Challenge.

Thanks. I wonder what kind of animal put them there. I've never seen that before.

EDIT: Acorn woodpecker.

http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/acorn_woodpecker/lifehistory

STVest Loc: LA - that's Lower Alabama

jerryc41 wrote:

Thanks. I wonder what kind of animal put them there. I've never seen that before.

EDIT: Acorn woodpecker.

http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/acorn_woodpecker/lifehistory

Thanks, Jerryc41. You are a treasure trove of information, and quick, too. St3v3M had said "woodpeckers", but I didn't understand how that addressed anything except the holes. Can't tell you how much time I spent googling this. But, I was doing the search for tree information.

Hubby says if the woodpeckers around here start doing that, he'll shoot'em (and not with a camera). He thinks it's one of the nastiest looking things he's ever seen. I found it quite peculiar!

Now I'm curious to see which part of the country the entrant is in.

joehel2 Loc: Cherry Hill, NJ

Google research: Acorn woodpecker indigenous in American southwest, will places acorns in holes drilled in wood; bark. fencing. siding, etc. Some trees may have up to 50,000 holes drilled in them, each filled with an acorn in autumn.

STVest Loc: LA - that's Lower Alabama

joehel2 wrote:

Google research: Acorn woodpecker indigenous in American southwest, will places acorns in holes drilled in wood; bark. fencing. siding, etc. Some trees may have up to 50,000 holes drilled in them, each filled with an acorn in autumn.

The habitat map shows a really narrow range. I guess most Hogs were bumfuzzled by this!

STVest Loc: LA - that's Lower Alabama

rook2c4 wrote:

With a few drops of super glue anything is possible.

Those woodpeckers will really be upset if you go and glue their food to the pantry!

Armadillo Loc: Ventura, CA

STVest wrote:

Okay. I cant wait until this weeks photo challenge ends to ask this question - I must ask it now. There is a submission titled Oak Tree with acorns. I have oak trees and I have acorns. And I have NEVER seen anything like this. Can someone please answer my question: Whaaaaat?!

STVest,

It looks to me like the photographer was trying to show the difference between the coarse texture of the Oak bark, and the smoothness of the Acorn skin. Not a real good illustration.

Another example would be to take a young 16 year old girl, her Mom, a Yellow Rose, out to a park with Oak Trees. Place the Teenager up close to the Oak tree, and capture the soft smoothness of her complexion in contrast to the coarse texture of the Oak Bark. The Yellow Rose can complement her Blond Hair.

Take a second image of Mom as a gift for the opportunity to photograph daughter.

Michael G

PS You can use the same technique with old barn doors, fence posts, and other natural objects that have aged well.

MG

STVest Loc: LA - that's Lower Alabama

Armadillo wrote:

STVest,

It looks to me like the photographer was trying to show the difference between the coarse texture of the Oak bark, and the smoothness of the Acorn skin. Not a real good illustration.MG

I think it's a very interesting photo with lots of texture. I just couldn't figure out what the heck was going on or how the acorns got where they are.

Maybe if you're from an area where this happens you would find the photo mundane. But for my household members, none of whom has ever seen this before, it is quite attention-getting.

Brian in Whitby Loc: Whitby, Ontario, Canada

STVest wrote:

Those woodpeckers will really be upset if you go and glue their food to the pantry!

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