Tree Ring Abstract 4 is a photograph by Sarah Loft which was uploaded on November 4th, 2016.
Tree Ring Abstract 4
Per Wikipedia: Growth rings are the rings inside a tree, or any other living thing with similar marking. Some shells and corals also have annual... more
by Sarah Loft
Title
Tree Ring Abstract 4
Artist
Sarah Loft
Medium
Photograph - Photograph With Added Texture
Description
Per Wikipedia: Growth rings are the rings inside a tree, or any other living thing with similar marking. Some shells and corals also have annual growth rings.
You can tell how old a tree is by its rings or how old a house is by the wood in the furniture or walls. Counting the growth rings of a tree is a way to tell how old a tree is. Cut all the way though a tree horizontally, like a stump, to find the growth rings.
Tree rings grow under the bark, and the bark is pushed out while the tree is growing. The inner part of a growth ring is formed early in the growing season, when growth is fast and is known as early wood. The outer portion is the late wood, and is denser than early wood. Many trees in places with hot summers and cold winters make one growth ring a year.
For the entire life of a tree, a year by year record or ring pattern is formed that reveals the climate conditions in which the tree grew. If a tree grows in a dry place, you can tell its age better than when it grows in a wet place. Switching in between bad and good conditions can result in several rings forming in one year. Tree ring growth patterns are affected by the climate, weather, rain, temperature, soil pH, plant nutrition, CO2 concentration, and sunspots.
Rings happen because of the change in growth speed through winter, spring, summer and fall, so one ring usually marks the passage of one year in the life of the tree. Tree rings are more visible in places where the seasons change between hot and cold. Enough moisture and a long growing season result in a wide ring. A dry year may result in a very narrow ring. Trees from the same area will tend to grow the same pattern of rings.
Tree growth rings can tell us about the ancient climate and growth rings can be used to tell the age of a tree. Growth rings can also be used to date the wood in old buildings, ships and frames for paintings. Tree rings are used to make radiocarbon dating more accurate.
Per Wikipedia: Abstract photography, sometimes called non-objective, experimental, conceptual or concrete photography, is a means of depicting a visual image that does not have an immediate association with the object world and that has been created through the use of photographic equipment, processes or materials. An abstract photograph may isolate a fragment of a natural scene in order to remove its inherent context from the viewer, it may be purposely staged to create a seemingly unreal appearance from real objects, or it may involve the use of color, light, shadow, texture, shape and/or form to convey a feeling, sensation or impression. The image may be produced using traditional photographic equipment like a camera, darkroom or computer, or it may be created without using a camera by directly manipulating film, paper or other photographic media, including digital presentations.
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November 4th, 2016