forest child (little sequoia)

Falstaff · Aug 14, 2005, 07:12 AM

CDsDontBurn · Aug 14, 2005, 07:40 AM

dunno, but it looks drawn in, like photoshoped or something. could be wrong though. Looks so small compared to it's older kin though.

MiDri · Aug 14, 2005, 07:57 AM

ya, looks photoshoped hehe

Light reflecting off the leaves, crazy how real can seem not real...

daedal · Aug 14, 2005, 08:06 AM

Hah hah, it does look Photoshopped.

Falstaff · Aug 14, 2005, 09:18 AM

Well its not folks, it is just a little sequoia struggling for sunlight and space amid trees that are hundreds and thousands of years old. With the changing climate, and warmer summers and less rain, young trees that desperately cling to life have a really rough time till they stand almost 20 feet tall and even then there is no gaurantee that they will survive because they depend on so many things. Our legacy that existed in California less than a hundred years ago is trying to make a comeback. But tree years much like geological years pass so quietly that I think we will not notice the loss of so many saplings. I picked up several pine cones from the great tree and gave them to a friend to plant in a sub-alpine zone in the Sierra Nevadas to see if they might survive, who knows, but I tried.
I love trees, and the Sequoia's will no doubt see perhaps 100 more years of sustained growth before dramatic weather changes affect them.

Aug 14, 2005, 07:12 AM	#1
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Aug 14, 2005, 07:40 AM	#2
CDsDontBurn Lurking DriverHeaven Join Date: May 2003 Location: Southern California Posts: 22,779 Rep Power: 235 System Specs	dunno, but it looks drawn in, like photoshoped or something. could be wrong though. Looks so small compared to it's older kin though. __________________ Her First Day \| A year later

Aug 14, 2005, 07:57 AM	#3
MiDri DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 930 Rep Power: 0	ya, looks photoshoped hehe Light reflecting off the leaves, crazy how real can seem not real... __________________ [COLOR=Red] [COLOR=black]He is so happy, I just don't have the heart to tell him...[/COLOR][/COLOR]

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daedal Uber Coffee Drinker Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Gatineau, Quebec Posts: 2,250 Rep Power: 0	Hah hah, it does look Photoshopped. __________________

Aug 14, 2005, 09:18 AM	Thread Starter #5
Falstaff Old Codger Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: USAFA Posts: 19,048 Rep Power: 207	Well its not folks, it is just a little sequoia struggling for sunlight and space amid trees that are hundreds and thousands of years old. With the changing climate, and warmer summers and less rain, young trees that desperately cling to life have a really rough time till they stand almost 20 feet tall and even then there is no gaurantee that they will survive because they depend on so many things. Our legacy that existed in California less than a hundred years ago is trying to make a comeback. But tree years much like geological years pass so quietly that I think we will not notice the loss of so many saplings. I picked up several pine cones from the great tree and gave them to a friend to plant in a sub-alpine zone in the Sierra Nevadas to see if they might survive, who knows, but I tried. I love trees, and the Sequoia's will no doubt see perhaps 100 more years of sustained growth before dramatic weather changes affect them. __________________ "Inspiration is always a surprising visitor."