defacing nature in the name of christ....you see these all over North thailand

Same tree (the National Tree of Thailand, I believe!)

This on Samui today, at the Temple of the Mummified Monk.

Kao Koh 2013

Our fallen tree from yesterday's storm.

Oh dear.... that must have been some storm ... lucky it did not land on the house ..VF ....

This dead tree has not fallen down yet, good perch for birds~ !!!

Oh dear.... that must have been some storm ... lucky it did not land on the house ..VF ....

This dead tree has not fallen down yet, good perch for birds~ !!!

Thats not his house, it's his garage...

Our fallen tree from yesterday's storm.

Always seems a shame when it only takes a few minutes for a tree to fall but years for it to grow.

And sometimes a tree is just in the way.

And sometimes a tree is just in the way.

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See now DAL, after CP's comment in the other thread, these images have better contrast and "pop" not so faded out.... you did listen to me!

And sometimes a tree is just in the way.

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See now DAL, after CP's comment in the other thread, these images have better contrast and "pop" not so faded out.... you did listen to me!

Thanks! but i dont see the difference on my crappy notebook..

1 i need a set of glasses(i have been ignoring my loss of eyesight the last years)

2 Need to get to a good screen..

3 I need more knowledge

I suspect it's about the ISO settings i always fiddle with. I'll do so research. Thanks for the critique!

koh samet

koh samet

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i like the photo but what plant is it . Looks like a very old bougainvillea vine to me but i could be wrong .

koh samet

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i like the photo but what plant is it . Looks like a very old bougainvillea vine to me but i could be wrong .

Looks more like a Flame or Flamboyant tree to me...Delonix regia.... (if you want to get technical! ) ... they flower in red, orange or yellow... (Orange is most common, at least in the south! )

Pretty sure not Bougainvillea

koh samet

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i like the photo but what plant is it . Looks like a very old bougainvillea vine to me but i could be wrong .

Looks more like a Flame or Flamboyant tree to me...Delonix regia.... (if you want to get technical! ) ... they flower in red, orange or yellow... (Orange is most common, at least in the south! )

Pretty sure not Bougainvillea

Hi Jimmy

The two photos that Fabianfred posted are Delonix or poinciana as we commonly call them . Great trees they are, particularly the red which is one of my favourite trees for a specimen tree in a garden .

What i was referring to was the tangled vine that Candypants posted , or is it not a vine but an canopy of a tree. Looks like a very old vine to me. . .It is a great photo wither way and especially dramatic in black and white..

koh samet

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i like the photo but what plant is it . Looks like a very old bougainvillea vine to me but i could be wrong .

Looks more like a Flame or Flamboyant tree to me...Delonix regia.... (if you want to get technical! ) ... they flower in red, orange or yellow... (Orange is most common, at least in the south! )

Pretty sure not Bougainvillea

Hi Jimmy

The two photos that Fabianfred posted are Delonix or poinciana as we commonly call them . Great trees they are, particularly the red which is one of my favourite trees for a specimen tree in a garden .

What i was referring to was the tangled vine that Candypants posted , or is it not a vine but an canopy of a tree. Looks like a very old vine to me. . .It is a great photo wither way and especially dramatic in black and white..

ah!!! OK well hard to say on CP's pic could be a tangle branches, of just about anything! Bougainvilleas can be very mean when one has to cut or prune them, with the spikes on the branches

FF's pic post # 61 is a Flame tree too...

not sure what it was, unfortunately i didn't take any pics of the whole thing

Two trees going out for a romantic breeze @Hua Hin 2013

koh samet

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i like the photo but what plant is it . Looks like a very old bougainvillea vine to me but i could be wrong .

Looks more like a Flame or Flamboyant tree to me...Delonix regia.... (if you want to get technical! ) ... they flower in red, orange or yellow... (Orange is most common, at least in the south! )

Pretty sure not Bougainvillea

Hi Jimmy

The two photos that Fabianfred posted are Delonix or poinciana as we commonly call them . Great trees they are, particularly the red which is one of my favourite trees for a specimen tree in a garden .

What i was referring to was the tangled vine that Candypants posted , or is it not a vine but an canopy of a tree. Looks like a very old vine to me. . .It is a great photo wither way and especially dramatic in black and white..

it is a tree though, definitly not a vine

Tree spared by the heavy road construction along route 12 Kao Koh area

Tree spared by the heavy road construction along route 12 Kao Koh area

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That is great to see somebody doing that altho the compaction around the base will be detrimental to the health of the tree. Or else it will jump out in front of somebody when they are driving home at night after the karoke. Great photos DL.

There is a giant tree at the Gymkana golf club in Chiang Mai that is a real beauty. Its huge limbs stretch way out to either side.There is also a giant fig tree at the top of Doi Sutthep above the temple. Its above ground root system is about 4 or 5 metres wide and comes together about 5 metres above the ground..

There is a giant tree at the Gymkana golf club in Chiang Mai that is a real beauty. Its huge limbs stretch way out to either side.There is also a giant fig tree at the top of Doi Sutthep above the temple. Its above ground root system is about 4 or 5 metres wide and comes together about 5 metres above the ground..

The fig at the temple could be a ficus religiosa or the Bo Tree which is the same tree Buddha sat under when he attained enlightenment. They are often found in templesand are often very big.

Are you able to take a photo for us Rene?

There is a giant tree at the Gymkana golf club in Chiang Mai that is a real beauty. Its huge limbs stretch way out to either side.There is also a giant fig tree at the top of Doi Sutthep above the temple. Its above ground root system is about 4 or 5 metres wide and comes together about 5 metres above the ground..

If you just told me 1 week ago i was in CM on a photo trip.. I cancelled the Doi Sutthep trip. When you're around DO take a picture please..

There is a giant tree at the Gymkana golf club in Chiang Mai that is a real beauty. Its huge limbs stretch way out to either side.There is also a giant fig tree at the top of Doi Sutthep above the temple. Its above ground root system is about 4 or 5 metres wide and comes together about 5 metres above the ground..

The fig at the temple could be a ficus religiosa or the Bo Tree which is the same tree Buddha sat under when he attained enlightenment. They are often found in templesand are often very big.

Are you able to take a photo for us Rene?

For the past 8 months I was using a borrowed computer where I could post on topics but not show pictures. Today I have my own new laptop and can now download all the pictures I've been saving on back up flashcards. Hopefully, in the near future I'll be able to contribute to this forum.

Palms and other shrubs growing out of the rock face. Antong National Marine Park.

I think these two trees have to be the largest on Samui !

Got close up but not to personal! (sun sort of in the wrong place, but waht can you do! )

Tasmanian Tree fern, we don't see too many of them here on Samui... except at higher elevations.