Photographer’s Note
The Dwarf Beech, Fagus sylvatica Tortuosa Group, is a rare Cultivar Group of the European Beech with less than 1500 older specimen in Europe. It is also known as Twisted Beech or Parasol Beech.
It is a wide-spreading tree with distinctive twisted and contorted branches that are quite pendulous at their ends. With its short and twisted trunk the Dwarf Beech grows more into the width than up.
It comes true from seed and has formed colonies in Sweden ("Vresboken"), Denmark ("Vrange bøge"), Germany ("Suentelbuchen") and France ("Faux de Verzy").
Altough botanists can't explain why the beech grow this way there is severals hypothesis ranging from a virus, a genetic mutation due to an radioactive meteorite or even being curse by the monks who used to live there...
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Lukasso
(644) 2005-08-24 12:19 [Comment]
starbug
(6924) 2005-08-24 12:19
It's amazing what nature can create...a great image of this eery tree whose branches seem to be contorted in pain...perfect composition, and great, strong colours. Nothing else to add:-)
greetings
Sterne
(2949) 2005-08-25 3:50
Bonjour Pascal,
Cette curiosité de la nature est bien rendue. J'aime bien la sorte de voûte que semble dessiner les branches les plus hautes. Belle effet de saturation aussi.
Stéphane
Cricri
(46323) 2005-08-25 5:58
Bonjour Pascal, La nature est parfois étrange ,spéctaculaire, et interressante, les couleurs sont belles, jolie photo.
Bonne journée,amitié, cricri
Georges
(11185) 2005-08-25 6:27
Une image certe un peut chargée en sujet mais j'aime bien ce resultat ou la vrai nature regne en maitresse ici.
Une belle palette de vert sur cette image.
Amicalement Georges
kLe
(2045) 2005-08-25 11:11
I found your note very interesting. So much that I have look for more information in the internet. I have readen that this three was found the first time in 1845.
I like in your photo that it seems we where inside the tree. We can see al those beautiful twisted branches. The name of the three "parasol" what means sunshade or umbrella is explained with this image. No very much light comes through the leaves.
feather
(51050) 2005-08-26 4:33
A very strange tree indeed! Excellent composition. Your long exposure has rendered a luminous quality to the branches, which I like, but the over-exposure of the light through the branches is just a little distracting. Nevertheless a good shot
Kath
nicole80
(2162) 2005-08-26 6:41
Salut Pascal,
C'est une photo surprenante. Elle a quelque chose d'iréel. J'aime beaucoup le constraste de ces arbres deformés avec le feuillage.
Bravo,
Amitiés,
Nicole
jean-marie
(3088) 2005-09-01 8:14
Couleurs bien saturées juste ce qu'il faut pour mettre en valeur nos branches tordues de la région. L'arrière plan contribue également a mettre en valeur ces arbres si particuliers. bravo.
antho
(408) 2005-09-06 5:12
Photo à la fois originale et magnifique. Cette variété d'arbres est vraiment superbe et la lumière de ta photo est parfaite.
Bravo
baudinm
(347) 2005-09-19 7:19
Bonjour Pascal,
Cette photo des faux de Verzy est très réussi.
La lumière qui traverse les feuilles est très belle et le contraste de couleurs entre le vert des feuilles et le bois fonctionne bien.
Par endroit la photo a un aspect très lisse (peut-être l'algorithme de suppression du bruit) qui lui donne un aspect irréel.
Je ne savais pas que d'autres forêts de ce type existaient dans le monde.
Félicitations !
Amicalement,
Michaël
kclai
(2267) 2005-10-26 4:26
Yo Pascal
Really soory that I missed out this unique shot of yours.
Well, it's quite difficult to come across such roots that are growing in such odd ways.
And you got one of this in your galleries.
Congrat.
Ok, the exposure is good and that brings the greens to live while the roots makes it more interesting.
Cheers.
Eric Lai
Photo Information
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Copyright: Pascal Lav (hexagon)
(284) - Genre: Lieux
- Medium: Couleur
- Date Taken: 2005-00-00
- Categories: Nature
- Camera: Canon PowerShot G2
- Exposition: f/8, 1/10 secondes
- Details: Tripod: Yes
- Versions: version originale
- Thème(s): Flora [view contributor(s)]
- Date Submitted: 2005-08-24 11:59








