Isn’t it strange that most landscape photographers from California do not photograph the oak woodlands that cover most of the state???
I can’t blame them, there are tons of other iconic stuff to shoot in California. But that doesn’t mean they should skip out on something only minutes away from their homes. Coast live oak can get pretty big like this one located in the Central California Coast. Just stay out of the pretty colorful stuff below this gnarled giant or you may begin to itch….
Hope this inspires the lazy photog to get off their butt and go shoot an oak a few minutes from home!!
Oak Tree Challenge
You can’t be from California and not have a pic of oak tree……
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September 16, 2014 at 12:58 pm |
That is sooooooooooooooooooo totally awesome and I’ve been in So. Cal. for years and haven’t seen any oaks, where are they and are there any maps to some of these gorgeous trees? Thanks for sharing and prompting me to get my lazy ass off to shoot.
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September 16, 2014 at 1:22 pm |
David, The oldest oak is in Riverside, it’s about 13,000 years old. It’s not much of a tree, more of a large shrub. Still interesting though. Someone could make a map to them, only takes time.
According to Google there is a map http://www.mapquest.com/us/nj/oak-tree lol
September 17, 2014 at 2:22 pm |
NIce shot of this old oak, those branches are amazing. Is that really true – oaks more than 13000 years old?!!
September 23, 2014 at 9:12 am |
Yes Truels, you can read about them in the book, “The Oldest Living Things in the world” by Rachel Sussman
http://www.amazon.com/The-Oldest-Living-Things-World/dp/022605750X
September 23, 2014 at 4:11 am |
I LOVE the oaks in CA and do miss them – seeing your images always makes me long for home Steve!!
September 23, 2014 at 11:22 am |
Well I’m glad to spark some memories for you Mary! The area we recently moved to has a street you come in on that oaks completely cover the road. We even have wild turkeys to go along with the oak forest ecoystem here.
October 1, 2014 at 3:39 am
Well that sounds pretty awesome! We have oaks out my back door, but not the cool kind from CA. I love it when I see wildlife out there – a couple of weeks ago we saw a weasel chasing a small rabbit (who got away). Never a dull moment near the woods, right?!