ART MONKEY
A BUS RUT
Posted by Art Monkey (Salt Spring Island, Canada) on 15 May 2007 in Plant & Nature and Portfolio.
Manuela Photography from Hainburg, Germany
Don´t quite know what it is but... like the details and texture!
15 May 2007 8:00am
@Manuela Photography: it is the trunk of an arbutus tree - this tree only grows in this area of the world!
tengtan from Melbourne, Australia
Imaginative close-up making for an unusual composition. So what is a "bus rut'?
15 May 2007 8:27am
@tengtan: it is an anagram for arbutus - a tree that grows in this area
Rahul from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Whats that btw ?? Its kinda rock with a hole ?? Or tree trunk ? :)
15 May 2007 9:17am
@Rahul: arbutus - a tree that grows in this area - this is the shot of the trunk
@Anup: arbutus - a tree that grows in this area
Morris J. Chisholm from Thunder Bay, Canada
When I saw it in the thumbnails I thought it was a belly button on a statue.
15 May 2007 10:28am
Daroru from Amagasaki, Japan
Great AM, really pushing into abstract territory, very impressive.
15 May 2007 10:50am
Helen from Melbourne, Australia
Is this something I should look at or avert my eyes?
15 May 2007 11:03am
@Helen: look at the tree trunk - it is an arbutus tree
Jen from Jessup, United States
Okay you got me stumped!!!
It looks like some sort of tree or hive??
15 May 2007 12:50pm
@Jen: arbutus - it is a tree that grows in this area - this is the trunk
Kairospix from Singapore
ver interesting close up shot of something i simply just can't figure out what it might be!
A BUS RUT=? can't figure it out... it's a tough one!
15 May 2007 3:14pm
alla from Toronto, Canada
A bus rut? hmm.. Arbutus? It looks like some kind of plant.
Interesting shot, makes me wonder what it is exactlly! Hm, abstract!
15 May 2007 3:50pm
@alla: you got it! - it was a hard one - arbutus trees only grow in this area of the world! - they are very cool trees
SPunkt from -, Germany
Fascinating, interesting - mysterious thing! I think, alla is right. And Helen made me laugh.
15 May 2007 4:11pm
Richard_Irwin from Belper, United Kingdom
Had me looking for clues for ages, will have to keep coming back to see if anyone else has cracked this one, very intriguing....
15 May 2007 6:48pm
@Richard_Irwin: arbutus - a tree that grows in this area - this is the trunk of one of these trees
@badala: the trunk of an "arbutus" tree
L.Reis from Lisbon, Portugal
So that's what a "bus rut" looks like...Very impressive! I haven't seen one for ages... :):) It looks amazingly well on your picture, great use of the light.
15 May 2007 7:38pm
Craiger from Vacaville, California, United States
Good one! I spent all day trying to figure out what that was! An arbutus tree huh! Never would have gotten it. Well done! I think the lighting helped through me off.
16 May 2007 3:22am
Helen from Melbourne, Australia
Wow. The title is an anagram of the name of the tree. Too good, I love it!
16 May 2007 8:47am
Amy from Canada
I'll have you know I spent hours trying to figure this one out... and was still stumped and now that I see Arbutus I'm banging my head against the computer monitor!!! Jeesh, I knew it was one word... Excellent anagram and great shot. Yes, I'm late visiting... yesterday was just nasty... sigh
16 May 2007 2:28pm
Sash from Adelaide, Australia
Excellent use of light/shadow. I'm glad you kept the blue in the frame as it adds and extra dimension to the image.
16 May 2007 11:08pm
Nikon D70
1/2500 second
F/4.5
ISO 400
105 mm (35mm equiv.)