Trunks Tank Tops

Close-up abstract image of black and white trembling aspen tree trunks and branches in early springtime. Photographed in the Cariboo Chilcotin region of British Columbia, Canada.

When on a visit to Vancouver, we went to the Capilano Suspension Bridge Park. While the walk across the swaying suspension bridge over the gorge is a highlight, the majesty is in the remarkable forest that surrounds the area. The park lies within the wider rain forest that predominates the west coast, where trees grow really tall. This image is of some mighty Douglas firs who compete with each other for light at their tops. Their trunks are so straight and so vertical, as if it's a race to get to the top. I love this image because of the way the trees converge to a distant vanishing point, each radiating from a hub, as if they are the spokes of a wheel.

Big Basin Redwoods State Park, California (USA)

a calf wandering in the African nightscape