Cypress mulch

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Most of Florida is underlain with dissolvable limerock. When the rock below has dissolved, the surface sinks and thus the Florida landscape is potmarked with circular depressions. In shallow depressions with clay bottoms wetland ecosystems develop, such as this Pond Cypress pond found in the Gothe State Forest. The bad news is that this particular pond was harvested for a cypress regeneration study. The good news is that the research may form the basis for the sustainable management of cypress in Florida and the pond is regenerating quite well. But it will be about 40 years before it looks like this again.



-- Larry Korhnak (lvk@gnv.ifas.ufl.edu), August 26, 1999

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Really beautiful as usual, Larry. I don't see any room for improvement. I'm fascinated by the way the reflections of the thinner, more distant trees seem clearer than the trees themselves.

-- John Sullivan (sullivan@spies.com), August 26, 1999.

Sorry, the tree core data just came back and it indicates that most trees in this pond were 60-80 years old, so it won't look like this in 40 years.

-- Larry Korhnak (lvk@gnv.ifas.ufl.edu), August 26, 1999.

Larry, this is beautiful. I feel as if I'm right there looking into the swamp. You have a way of capturing such a feeling. If I understand you right, these trees are gone now? What a shame! Donna

-- Donna P. Bollenbach (cassidy@icubed.net), August 26, 1999.

I like your b/w work best, but this is an interesting image, I would like to see it on a sunny day at the same time, I think the colors would be richer and the reflection of the sky would help seperate with the flatness of the water, and liven up the colors a bit. Pat

-- pat j. krentz (krentz@cci-29palms.com), August 27, 1999.

Beautiful image. Great composition and I like the colours specially the brown spot works great. And I am impressed that there are no distracing elements. It must have been difficult to prevent a branch or twig coming into the picture from the side.

-- Hakan Liljenberg (coracias@hotmail.com), August 27, 1999.


For cypress ponds, this one is particularly deep (and it gets deeper-see water mark on trees). Thus there wasn't a lot of bushy understory.

-- Larry Korhnak (lvk@gnv.ifas.ufl.edu), August 27, 1999.

Larry,
Because of the grey/brown tree bark and the color at the base of the trees, this image, for me, feels like a hand colored black and white imgae! I know that this is not the case (because I know you), and I think that the effect is a beautiful one. I like the interesting foreground and the way that the trees in the horizon blend together to form a nice grey background. These last few shots have been excellent, Larry! You're making the rest of us look bad. Keep it up!

-- Joe Cheatwood (cheatwoo@ufl.edu), August 27, 1999.

Excellent shot.

Any lens, film and exposure data?

-- Shun Cheung (shun@worldnet.att.net), August 27, 1999.


Truly beautiful. Gives one the feeling of seeing the beginning-- form and color taking shape out of a grey void. I love the lines of the trees and their reflections and all that grey but then the gold, green and brown at the base of the trees. A wonderful image.

-- Chris Varner (Johnny_Pinto @msn.com), August 27, 1999.

Larry: This one is a nice image and has a great feel to it. Keep up the good job. Bahman.

-- Bahman Farzad (exposeit-right@spotmetering.com), September 01, 1999.


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