If you ever wa
nted to know what it feels like to trip around in a forest of trees that were seedlings more then a thousand years before the birth of Jesus Christ, then the Bristlecone Groves in Great Basin National Park, Nevada is the place you seek. I recently visited this very special place with a good friend and captured some fine images of these ridiculously old trees. In fact some of the older trees in the grove are over 3,000 years and still ali
ve!! Most of the trees are not tagged or identifiable for safety reasons and the interpretive trail that you take into the grove isn't much of anything, so it's much more enjoyable to get off the trail and scramble around on the glaciated boulders and explore the many fascinating trees. My friend and I searched three different groves and discovered scenes like Framed by Bristlecone and Bristlecone in Late Afternoon Light. The walking around was much easier then normal because there was still supportable patches of snow covering up the rocks, however some areas were free of snow and you could see that 
these trees grow in very harsh, rocky conditions such as this scene of Bristlecone base and Wheeler Peak. I also like to capture some of the details in images like Mossy Abstract and Twisted Bristlecone in black and white to help illustrate the big picture. I hope you enjoy my gallery and check back to see what's next.
nted to know what it feels like to trip around in a forest of trees that were seedlings more then a thousand years before the birth of Jesus Christ, then the Bristlecone Groves in Great Basin National Park, Nevada is the place you seek. I recently visited this very special place with a good friend and captured some fine images of these ridiculously old trees. In fact some of the older trees in the grove are over 3,000 years and still alive!! Most of the trees are not tagged or identifiable for safety reasons and the interpretive trail that you take into the grove isn't much of anything, so it's much more enjoyable to get off the trail and scramble around on the glaciated boulders and explore the many fascinating trees. My friend and I searched three different groves and discovered scenes like Framed by Bristlecone and Bristlecone in Late Afternoon Light. The walking around was much easier then normal because there was still supportable patches of snow covering up the rocks, however some areas were free of snow and you could see that these trees grow in very harsh, rocky conditions such as this scene of Bristlecone base and Wheeler Peak. I also like to capture some of the details in images like Mossy Abstract and Twisted Bristlecone in black and white to help illustrate the big picture. I hope you enjoy my gallery and check back to see what's next.
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