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TheTreesCanSaveUs t1_j7flyat wrote

Way to take a picture of a different bristlecone! Original! Fantastic. So many great trees outside the one one the discovery trail.

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kenleephotography OP t1_j7fxic5 wrote

I love that tree you’re referring to as well. In fact, one of my photos of that tree made it into National Geographic Books. But I wanted to take some photos of trees that rarely get photographed. Thanks!!

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TheTreesCanSaveUs t1_j7g2f2u wrote

That tree gets loved to death, the plants around it have been trampled to death, by photographers. That tree is already dead but soil erosion happens at a much accelerated pace there. It's going to topple that tree.

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kenleephotography OP t1_j7g51m1 wrote

“Loved to death” is a very accurate phrase. The last time I photographed there the Milky Way was out. I walked up to find the tree surrounded by 25 photographers. That was a few years ago, probably 2018.

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TheTreesCanSaveUs t1_j7q4udo wrote

I ran into that too. It was a class. I told the forest service and they said they pulled all special use permits for “night photography classes” for this reason specifically. If you see that you should tell someone. Technically the park is closed after 10pm. But there are so many other locations up there not at Schulman grove waiting to be photographed that don’t close and aren’t crazy impacted.

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