{"id":108486,"date":"2022-12-05T05:14:31","date_gmt":"2022-12-05T12:14:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=108486"},"modified":"2023-09-08T02:46:15","modified_gmt":"2023-09-08T08:46:15","slug":"sycamore-bark-close-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2022\/12\/05\/sycamore-bark-close-up\/","title":{"rendered":"Sycamore Bark Close Up"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday afternoon, after I walked around my local pond and the Jordan River Parkway Trail, I stopped to take close up photos of the bark on my neighbor’s American Sycamore tree.<\/p>\n

\"AmericanAmerican Sycamore bark close up \u2013 Nikon D500, handheld, f11, 1\/400, ISO 640, Nikkor 70-300mm VR at 70mm, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

The American Sycamore<\/span><\/a> tree in Shane and Kimmie’s front yard has always reminded me of my time of living back east where these trees are native. I love the varying colors and patterns of the bark, the way the bark peels off in large irregular sheets, and how the bark feels to my fingertips. I notice the flaking of the bark more in the spring, summer, and fall than I do during the winter.<\/p>\n

I had only a few minutes to take photos of the bark of the sycamore tree next door before the sun set behind the rooftops of the houses across the street.<\/p>\n

\"InIn the gum trees at Pigeon House Mountain Didthul walking track, New South Wales, Australia<\/span><\/p>\n

When I wrote about cottonwood tree bark in October<\/span><\/a> I mentioned this:<\/p>\n

When I visited Australia for the first time in the late 90\u2019s, I touched the bark of many kinds of gum trees, or as they are also known, eucalyptus trees. I was intrigued by how some were smooth to the touch, while others were almost spongy, some were rough, and a few felt as if I were touching hieroglyphics engraved on the tree trunks. Those gum trees fascinated me and I touched a lot of them. All these years later, I can still recall how they felt. Our sense of touch can create memories as strong as those created by sight, hearing, and smell.<\/p>\n

I recently located this photo of me on that trip to Australia wandering around in the bush at Pigeon House Mountain Didthul walking track<\/span><\/a> on the trip. I enjoyed touching the trees there immensely. To my right in this in this image there was a huge termite mound that was taller than me. Regrettably, I wasn’t able to walk the track up to Pigeon House because the area had flooded just days before I went there and the hike would have been too dangerous.<\/p>\n

I’ll probably continue to touch and photograph trees as long as I live. Why change something so wonderful now? I’m always happiest when I am out exploring nature no matter where I am on the planet.<\/p>\n

Life is<\/em> good.<\/p>\n

Mia<\/p>\n

Click here<\/span><\/a> to see more of my wildflower, shrub and tree photos.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Yesterday afternoon, after I walked around my local pond and the Jordan River Parkway Trail, I stopped to take close up photos of the bark on my neighbor’s American Sycamore tree.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":108482,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13504,709,26],"tags":[13506,13511,970,10484,4142,13508,13513,4620,13512,13509,13505,13507,13510,4427,10660,4076,12949],"class_list":["post-108486","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-american-sycamore","category-salt-lake-county-utah","category-utah","tag-american-sycamore","tag-australia","tag-autumn","tag-bark","tag-close-up","tag-deciduous-tree","tag-eucalyptus-trees","tag-fall","tag-gum-trees","tag-pigeon-house-mountain-didthul-walking-track","tag-platanus-occidentalis","tag-sycamore","tag-termite-mound","tag-tree","tag-tree-trunk","tag-trees","tag-trunk"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/american-sycamore-bark-mia-mcpherson-5504.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p11Mom-sdM","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":156366,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2025\/09\/17\/great-blue-heron-in-a-sycamore-from-a-distance\/","url_meta":{"origin":108486,"position":0},"title":"Great Blue Heron In A Sycamore: From A Distance","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"September 17, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Today I\u2019m sharing a photo of a Great Blue Heron perched in a sycamore over Sally Jones Lake at Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge in Oklahoma.","rel":"","context":"In "Birds"","block_context":{"text":"Birds","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/category\/avian\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Great Blue Heron in a sycamore tree, Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge, Oklahoma","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/great-blue-heron-sycamore-mia-mcpherson-8791.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/great-blue-heron-sycamore-mia-mcpherson-8791.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/great-blue-heron-sycamore-mia-mcpherson-8791.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/great-blue-heron-sycamore-mia-mcpherson-8791.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":128539,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2024\/05\/17\/my-mom-would-have-been-92-today\/","url_meta":{"origin":108486,"position":1},"title":"My Mom Would Have Been 92 Today","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"May 17, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"My mom would have been 92 today. 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