Golden Autumn
by Darren Fisher
Title
Golden Autumn
Artist
Darren Fisher
Medium
Photograph - Photography/ Digital Art
Description
A beautiful image of the Ginkgoes trees in full color of Gold in Bernheim Forest in Kentucky as a young doe enjoys her Fall breakfast. It was a great day for capturing fall colors as the sky was overcast and made all the colors pop and gave me nice even lighting. I then edited the image to look like a painting with effects and textures.
Ginkgos are large trees, normally reaching a height of 20�35 m (66�115 feet), with some specimens in China being over 50 m (164 feet). The tree has an angular crown and long, somewhat erratic branches, and is usually deep rooted and resistant to wind and snow damage. Young trees are often tall and slender, and sparsely branched; the crown becomes broader as the tree ages. During autumn, the leaves turn a bright yellow, then fall, sometimes within a short space of time (one to 15 days). A combination of resistance to disease, insect-resistant wood and the ability to form aerial roots and sprouts makes ginkgos long-lived, with some specimens claimed to be more than 2,500 years old.
Ginkgo is a relatively shade-intolerant species that (at least in cultivation) grows best in environments that are well-watered and well-drained. The species shows a preference for disturbed sites; in the "semiwild" stands at Tian Mu Shan, many specimens are found along stream banks, rocky slopes, and cliff edges. Accordingly, ginkgo retains a prodigious capacity for vegetative growth. It is capable of sprouting from embedded buds near the base of the trunk (lignotubers, or basal chi chi) in response to disturbances, such as soil erosion. Old individuals are also capable of producing aerial roots on the undersides of large branches in response to disturbances such as crown damage; these roots can lead to successful clonal reproduction upon contacting the soil. These strategies are evidently important in the persistence of ginkgo; in a survey of the "semiwild" stands remaining in Tianmushan, 40% of the specimens surveyed were multistemmed, and few saplings
Uploaded
November 5th, 2014
Statistics
Viewed 802 Times - Last Visitor from Fairfield, CT on 04/19/2024 at 4:19 AM
Embed
Share
Sales Sheet
Similar Images
Comments (14)
Recently Viewed
