Monochrome Madness | Trees

One thing that I noticed whilst living in Shropshire was the way the trees looked, especially in winter. Weirdly shaped limbs reaching for the sky, often looking as though they were leaning over to have a conversation.  I called them my Ent trees.

 

Ents are a species of sentient beings in J. R. R. Tolkien’s fantasy world of Middle-earth who closely resemble trees; their leader is Treebeard of Fangorn forest. Their name is derived from an Old English word for “giant”.

I always thought Shropshire and the Welsh Marches were the inspiration behind Tolkien’s novels.

Join in with Sarah this week if you have some black and white trees to share.

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I have lived in the UK for most of my life, but when young I definitely had wanderlust and even ended up living in South Africa for several years which was a wonderful experience. I now look forward to a long and leisurely retirement doing what I like most - gardening, photography, walking and travelling.

27 thoughts on “Monochrome Madness | Trees”

    1. Thanks Pete. I think trees in winter are fabulous when you can see the structure. Mindst you I also like them in autumn colours and fresh spring green!

  6. Hill tops and bare trees always make great subjects, your wonderful photography makes them exceptional.
    I like the one at the end of the crop furrows

    1. In Shropshire they used to very neatly cut the hedges, which look stunning in winter. Here they just hack them down which upsets me.

  7. These are great Jude, and I’m looking forward to seeing some of them for myself, as we’re house-sitting for friends in Shropshire for a fortnight next month. It’ll be fun getting to know this glorious county better.

    1. Ooh, lovely. I think you’ve mentioned where they live before. Near Shrewsbury? You must pop into Ludlow on a market day, and walk in Cardingmill Valley. Are you meeting up with Tish?

      1. I need to contact Tish. And yes, Ludlow’s on the list. Our friends have already taken us to Cardingmill Valley a few times. Love it! They live in a small village a few miles south of Shrewsbury so it’s a good base for exploring.

        4. I have been there, but many years ago. We won’t have time to look after the garden and veg. garden, which is what we’re actually house-sitting for!

        5. Garden in August? What’s there to do? Mow the lawn once, pick the veg. Water first thing in the morning if necessary then out for lunch!

        6. We’re there as much as anything to make sure they don’t come back to prize marrows rather than dinky little courgettes, juicy young beans rather than tough big lengths of rope. So I think our duties may include a great deal of eating!

  8. These are fabulous Jude! Winter trees are the best for B&W I feel, and you have some amazing examples. I especially like the three in a row on the gentle hill ridge (above your explanation of ‘ents’) and that last one with the leading lines of the ploughed field. And I see why you made that link to Tolkien as they really do seem like sentient beings, but then, so do all trees to me 🙂

    1. I think trees on hills spaced out like that always look interesting. And the last one was indeed taken with leading lines in mind! Glad you enjoyed them Sarah.

  9. FAntastic trees, I love the structure of them. I think that is the great thing when they lose their leaves you see something else.

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