My purpose here was to celebrate the tree, not its size. And I was doing so to please a very nice lady. Hence, I didn’t want to include a figure or anything else that might indicate scale but would distract from the tree itself. The path is a standard city sidewalk, about five-feet wide. The width of the crown is impressive. More than 150 feet I would guess. But I didn’t make much effort to determine the diameter of the trunk or the expanse of the crown. I will someday if I’m by there again and have some time to spare. I thought I might find that data on the web but all I’ve found is that based on a formula that considers height, the width of the crown and the width of the trunk it is tied with another tree as largest in the United States. I think there is a larger Bebb Oak in Canada. Because Bebb Oaks are hybrids they’re not listed in some of the books that recognize record trees. In the end, it’s just a nice tree in a very unfortunate spot. I had to dodge rush hour traffic to get a decent pic. Apparently rush hour starts before dawn in Rochester Hills.
Paul > On Oct 12, 2016, at 2:08 PM, Larry Colen <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: >> I like this photo as it stands. >> >> I'd also like to see a scale photo … something with a person or a car next >> to the tree to get a feel for the tree's size. > > Good point. In case I didn't make it clear, artistically, it is an excellent > photo, it would also be nice to see something showing its scale. > >> >> G >> >>> On Oct 11, 2016, at 9:20 AM, Paul Stenquist<[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> This Rochester Hills, Michigan tree is said to be the largest Bebb Oak in >>> the United States. It measures about ten feet in diameter at its base, and >>> one of its weighty limbs rests on the ground. It >>> is estimated to be at least 250 years old, although that has never been >>> determined for certain, because common testing means might injure it. >>> Sometimes we’re so caught up in things, it’s hard to see the trees for the >>> forest. I must have driven by this massive tree dozens of times since I >>> arrived in Michigan and never noticed it. I only discovered it after a lady >>> friend, who arrived here from Italy just a dozen years ago or so, pointed >>> it out to me and asked if I would photograph it for her. I finally did so >>> this morning, just before sunrise. It’s on a busy street, so my angles were >>> limited. I cloned out a couple of street signs and a bit of pavement. The >>> tree predates them by hundreds of years, so I figured its entitled to a >>> clean environment. >>> >>> http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=18297169&size=lg >> >> > > -- > Larry Colen [email protected] (postbox on min4est) http://red4est.com/lrc > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
