Bent Trees at Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore
November 04, 2013
Photographer: Ken Scott
Summary Author: Ken Scott
During a hike late this summer I noticed the oddly bent trees shown above in Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, Michigan. It's likely that snow loading or extreme icing from big storms during a previous winter caused this bowing. These trees were perhaps big enough to bend but not yet so inelastic as to break beneath heavy the snow/ice load. In subsequent years, with less damaging weather conditions, their crooked trunks may begin to straighten. Photo taken on September 21, 2013.
Photo Details: Camera: NIKON D600; Lens: 70.0-200.0 mm f/2.8; Focal Length: 70.0mm (35mm equivalent: 70mm); Aperture: f/16.0; Exposure Time: 0.333 s (1/3); ISO equiv: 400; Software: Adobe Photoshop 7.0.
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