A wonderful album of these very old and very rare trees. Thank you for sharing. Ray

said mccoyray 2006.08.14 at 16:17:55 PDT

You love everything I do, and old trees are something on the top of my list! I downloaded several of your trees so I won't lose track of your site and can come visit you again. Soon I will be getting a second site and I will surely add you as a favorite list there! Best to you Eric, Laura

said hereslaura 2005.11.29 at 12:55:25 PST

Hi Eric, Thank you for inviting me to this wonderful album! You came a long way to look at those trees! I am really grateful you did! Those tree sculptures are amazing. How do they survive in that height and how do they grow one the bare rocks. Some of them look like cork screws with hands risen up in the air. It seems you had wonderful weather on your trail! I have lots of favorites: # 23 the huge base is an extraordinary shot # 41, 45 + 56 are wonderful details # 63 beautiful bird of fire # 78, 79 Wow! Meanwhile my PC was down for 2 weeks and I am still not really back. Thanks for the compliments about the Jacarandas and my Bottlebrush trees. When I came to Israel they were just in full bloom. It was unbelievable beautiful and unforgettable. Here the streets are lined by both trees and by a lot of other trees. Have a wonderful day! Galit from Israel

said 854847 2005.07.05 at 11:15:49 PDT

Visiting this album again because, well I love trees and these ancient beauties in particular just beckoned to me again! I loved seeing the detail photos best and seeing the amazing spirals and twists and turns that the branches made, such a fascinating tree! Many thanks for sharing, keeps getting better each time I view!!! :) cheers, amy

said kester110 2005.07.04 at 01:28:00 PDT

Good evening Eric. Thank you so much for taking a moment to view my feature and sign my g/b's. I appreciated your visit, because it has given me the opportunity to view this amazing album of yours. Wow!! Extremely interesting images, well presented and informative too. Great stuff!! Must plod on with my thankyous. I never realised Ombersley would be so successful and popular. When I get through them, but it could take me a while, I shall return to look at your latest holiday albums. Have a good week. Cheers. Jayne xx

said hjaynefoster 2005.06.27 at 12:44:54 PDT

Thanks very much for inviting me to this beautiful, and most intersting album. Excellent photos of old pines, and details. In our mountains are also sculpture like dead trunks but nor so spectacular nor so very old. Maybe few hudred years some even around thousend but not more. Must be wanderful trail, seeing personaly all these oldies, and taking photos. Thanks again, and I'll be around when I am back from Dalmatia. Regards, Ludvik

said luka_15 2005.06.24 at 08:24:37 PDT

Hello Eric, love these trees...I've never seen them, manzanita resembles a little. These are really great shots...glad to be able to see. Thanks for your kind comment on my feature today. Will be back to view more. Thanks for sharing. Sharon/Arizona

said sedona908 2005.06.19 at 12:58:59 PDT

Great pictures! I've seen photos of these oddities before,but never in quantity or quality.Thanks.-Nancy

said greyhairs1 2005.06.19 at 08:22:40 PDT

Dear Eric, this is a MAGNIFICENT ALBUM!!! What beauties!!!I watched the photos one by one to be able to enjoy Nature's sculpures. I have a lot of favourites:#6/12/16 - all beutiful compositions;#23 and 26 - marvellous shots;#28- wonderful contrast, shot against the blue sky; #30 and 31, indeed fantastic sights; under impressive shots I can list #40/57/63/67/76/78/83/86/ 93; #70 is a good composition, while #95 such a beautiful view, I like the blue touch of the mountain rock.It would be a good idea to take those trees no longer attached to the soil and put them together in a gallery at a range more accessible to people. That would make a fine view and I believe people would like that.I thoroughly enjoyed your photos. Thanks for sharing. Gabriela

said shukun20 2005.06.16 at 19:20:36 PDT

Wonderful bristlecone pine photos, Eric, and thanks for the comments on my White Mountain pines page. DO come see Death Valley this spring -- we've had splendid rains and the wildflowers will be spectacular! Email me at joan_73@yahoo.com for more info is you wish -- I know Death Valley very well. Joan (aka eowyn on Webshots)

said eowyn 2005.01.24 at 14:54:00 PST

http://www.wollemipine.com/ is the official site for an Ancient Pine you may be interested in, as these ancient trees have only been discovered near the end of the last century in the 1990's or must before? and there are only a hundred of them in existence. They are highly protected and their site is a secret known only to the protectors...but we all know that it is generally down in the Blue Mountains N.S.W. Aussie. You may have had a look at the stuff on them, but it is highly interesting and they date back to the Dinosaur ages. Google is great for research and I had a good look at the Bristlecone Pines.....Tks. Anyways...have a peek and they are coming down from high up on a rope from a helicoper to collect the seeds to cultivate and grow them. They are tons of seedlings now and it is a way of protecting the trees...and keeping them in existence. The scientists who go in there have to wear special clothing etc. so as not to carry any form of human bacteria near them. Though you may be intersted anyway....Take care....Em

said emphotos103 2005.01.16 at 18:10:31 PST

Hi Eric and what a wonderful and yet sad album in search of these amazing old Pines. I am enlightened and shall do some research too. The thing I love about webshots is the sharing of knowledge and when it comes to trees, there cannot be enough. So you are coming out to go to W.A....well you shall find some wonderful big old trees over there, although Tasmania has some of the oldest in the world...which like soo many trees to day,,,they want to chop them down..and destroy the nature that has survived since the dawn of ages...until man got his machines...and ploughed away the ancient history of this beautiful world. These Pines are just soo beautiful and graceful...and look very mystical like the kid that hobbits would live around. Love the rabbit and it did soo look like one. I really loved this album and am soo glad that you enlightened me to some more beauty of this world and thrilled that you shared. Keep me up to date with your tree travels as I would just love to see all that you capture...Tks for sharing the beauty of trees, a major passion of mine...Take care.....and also tks for your kind words in my album....Em from Aussie

said emphotos103 2005.01.16 at 17:43:41 PST

Talk about some tough terrain and climate trees! These guys are brutal! Amazing to capture through the lens these tough plants! Great job and thanks for sharing, so happy to be the first to sign. Take care and all the best!

said kester110 2004.11.16 at 03:25:45 PST