Pic(k) of the Week: Gnarly tree in winter

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Nature as artist;

Tree as canvas.

A winter portrait.

A January pine tree on Stone Mountain.

Stone Mountain Park: DeKalb County, Georgia, USA.
16 January 2017.

Looking back through the portfolio can occasionally reveal a hidden gem, such as this painterly arboreal portrait. Well done, nine-year-younger Thomas!

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Freddie Hubbard: Karioka (composition by Kenny Dorham)
Album: Goin' Up (Label: Blue Note (recorded 1960; released 1961)

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• Musicians:
  • Freddie Hubbard – trumpet, leader
  • Hank Mobley - tenor saxophone
  • McCoy Tyner - piano
  • Paul Chambers - bass
  • Philly Joe Jones - drums

Thank you to Atlanta, Georgia-based jazz deejay Austin Wheeler for turning me onto this phenomenal album by then 23-year-old Freddie Hubbard.



• Pic(k) of the Week: one in a weekly series of images posted on Saturdays.
• Photo 2 of 52, for year 2026. See a larger, hi-res version on Flickr: here.


• Camera: Olympus Pen E-PL1.
• Lens: Olympus M.14-42mm F3.5-5.6 II R
• Settings: 30 mm; 1/100 sec; ISO 200; ƒ/5.6
• Edit: PicMonkey.


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