Nita - Trees and Heat

Mandy and I had two key photography themes on our trip to Balingup in mid December - Trees and Heat. Considering we were going to be bushwalking through some beautiful trees on a VERY hot day I don't think there was any shortage of inspiration!

This hot dry field was one of the sights on the longest, hottest stretch of our hike.

Almost home and these 'burning' grasses served as a reminder of how hot the day had been.

Backyard Birch. This beautiful tree was in the backyard of our cottage. Look forward to seeing it again in autumn.

Burned out bush tree. We saw quite a few of these on our hike.

Had to photomerge two photos together to depict the height of this tree Mandy is standing at the base of. Is it a Jarrah or Marri tree?

I think this was a silver-leafed poplar tree. The shining velvety silver on the underside of the leaves caught the sunlight on our drive back to Balingup from Bridgetown (via Nannup).

STOP!!! How many stops did we make along the road back to Balingup to take a photo or two? This huge pine tree was unfortunately dead, but interesting to photograph against the blue sky.