Interesting info. Thanks forsharing this swampy scene.

A lovely picture and most interesting Bill.

That is absolutely fascinating! I thought they were decayed stumps till now!

Or could they simply be remains of tree trunks that have fallen and rotted? Or putative trunks that have not grown any further for some reason? Nice photo of unusual sight and nice mirroring in the water. Keep up the good work! So now we know approximately where you are! :-)

Beautiful,

Very interesting, great photo. X

Great capture and very interesting narrative!!

superb and very unusual

Great capture here Bill!

Louisiana, where I did my Army basic training. Terrific mood in this wonderful capture of the Cypress Knees, looking awesome in their swampy milieu, Bill.

excellent!!

Wonder what the feet at the end of those shins look like! I never knew why they were called knees, but they are quite scenic. Lovely capture!

Whatever they're for, they're fascinating! I had always expected cypress knees to be more of a bent, almost jointed root. Ain't travel grand? :)

Never seen these before - fascinating. Though it looks like you could impale yourself on them if you're not careful...

Very interesting landscape and terrain....

Could have been nature age old way of stopping Brachiosaurus etc from eating the leaves, by sticking in their feet Nifty shot Bill

WOW ! Amazing nature again. I thought the same as Andrea :-) A very beautiful shot.

Great shot. I’ve always thought they look like wooden stalagmites. Many years ago I found a cypress swamp here in East Tennessee, which I had thought was too far north for cypress. At the time I had a canoe but no camera. Now, sadly, I have a camera but no canoe!

Superb capture Bill. God bless.

A great shot of these structures, Bill, and fascinating information as well. Nature still has a few puzzles for us...

there are several around Dallas area. I know from trying to buy some cypress that there is none locally to be bought, at least I found none(if I did, it would be very expensive). outstanding capture

Like something out the movie 'Southern Comfort'.. Excellent shot Bill... Creepy and very cool. Rob

the cyprus knees look like cyprus missile silos, though I don't think trees have evolved that much, lol...You did a fine job of managing so much visual stuff, and so many visual motions and crossovers, etc. The center is quietly dominated by the water, flowing from bottom to top; and that's not easy, considering how much visual interference you have to deal with, from everything around it. The water of course goes in other directions too. You also have a heavier left side than right side---all those thick trunks on the left. But the left is balanced by the longer and visually lighter (and more sinewy) right side. This may all sound like small details, but when you have to deal with all this visual massing, those larger balances of texture, line, etc, pull images like this together. It's intuitively balanced and contrasted. Also intimate and peaceful, for all that activity. (I think those "knees," by the way, are actually trolls who, when everyone disappears, get up and do a dance. I expect them to sing, "hey ho, hey ho, it's off to work we go..." But I look like a bit of a troll, so I have a special affinity for trolls.) (My parents were trolls, and my ancestors were tree-trunks. A little known fact. It'll be in my bio, which is coming out in May. I'll give you guys an advance copy...) Very thoughtful and sensitive work with a very teeming subject, Bill.

They are always looking strange.

they are illegal to cut. this is cool

This is an outstanding photo Bill and since we have lots of Cypress Swamps surrounding us, I always thought the 'knees' were new slow growing cypress trees. Google - here I come!!!