Fringe Tree
Mar 28, 2020 17:46:24 #
Chionanthus retusus...a beautiful spring-blooming deciduous tree. Here on the gulf coast, ours has great fall color, loses its leaves in December and leafs out again starting in February. Native to China, Japan and Korea, the fringe tree is small, well-behaved and non-invasive. The fringe tree native to the USA is the Grancy Greybeard. Canon 70-200. Please try the downloads.
Mar 28, 2020 17:52:06 #
Beautiful. I liked the #1 especially at first glance, but looking at the download of the second one the light coming through the petals and the shadows on the leaves make for a pretty great image, too. Reminds me of our Serviceberry trees, which will be among the first plants to bloom here.
Mike
Mike
Mar 28, 2020 17:57:29 #
Mar 28, 2020 18:07:55 #
You know I'm all about backlighting, Donna, so #2 for me. Very lovely.
Mar 28, 2020 18:08:12 #
Blenheim Orange wrote:
Beautiful. I liked the #1 especially at first glance, but looking at the download of the second one the light coming through the petals and the shadows on the leaves make for a pretty great image, too. Reminds me of our Serviceberry trees, which will be among the first plants to bloom here.
Mike
Mike
Thanks so much, Mike. Our local botanical garden sells Serviceberry trees in its spring sale each year, and I've been intending to buy one. They're beautiful trees.
Mar 28, 2020 18:11:04 #
kpmac wrote:
Beautiful, Donna. How large is that tree?
Thanks so much, Ken. They grow to about 20ft tall and 20ft wide as well. Very slow-growing. Here's a link if you'd like to see a picture of the tree in bloom.
http://www.monrovia.com/plant-catalog/plants/754/chinese-fringe-tree/
Mar 28, 2020 18:13:39 #
Linda From Maine wrote:
You know I'm all about backlighting, Donna, so #2 for me. Very lovely.
Thanks so much, Linda. Oh yes I do, and the light is why #2 is my favorite as well.
Mar 29, 2020 05:32:17 #
Mar 29, 2020 06:22:22 #
Dixiegirl wrote:
Chionanthus retusus...a beautiful spring-blooming deciduous tree. Here on the gulf coast, ours has great fall color, loses its leaves in December and leafs out again starting in February. Native to China, Japan and Korea, the fringe tree is small, well-behaved and non-invasive. The fringe tree native to the USA is the Grancy Greybeard. Canon 70-200. Please try the downloads.
Beautiful images Donna
Mar 29, 2020 07:14:21 #
Mar 29, 2020 08:41:04 #
Mar 29, 2020 10:16:05 #
Dixiegirl wrote:
Chionanthus retusus...a beautiful spring-blooming deciduous tree. Here on the gulf coast, ours has great fall color, loses its leaves in December and leafs out again starting in February. Native to China, Japan and Korea, the fringe tree is small, well-behaved and non-invasive. The fringe tree native to the USA is the Grancy Greybeard. Canon 70-200. Please try the downloads.
2 beautiful shots of that gorgeous fringe tree, donna! love the lovely dls and compositions of both.
do you have one in your yard? are there different colors of fringe trees, or just the white?
Mar 29, 2020 10:44:05 #
Bout damm time you post 
It's Beautiful Donna and I can't pick one both are great shots.
It's Beautiful Donna and I can't pick one both are great shots.Mar 29, 2020 11:15:20 #
Mar 29, 2020 11:33:34 #
These are lovely, but #2 captured my heart. I love the sharp focus on the blossoms and the beautiful, buttery background.
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