The inter species interaction that I decided to use for my project was between a tree and the Ivy branches climbing the trees. I started my search for pictures of this interaction by walking along the West side of North Pleasant St between Puffton village and UMass Amherst campus. While there were several examples of this interaction along this route, I wanted to look for a example that had a thick layer of Ivy branches going up at least 10 ft in the tree and a tree that was more than a foot in diameter. The example I picked for this was a tree in front of Puffton Village, approximately 100 ft from the first intersect For the individual species I took a photo of the Ivy branches from approximately 1 foot away from their side to try and isolate them in a picture. For the tree I searched around for another tree in the nearby area that did not have any Ivy branches climbing its trunk and used that for the picture. For the interaction pictures I took two pictures both from around 5 ft away from the tree. The first angled downward showing the base of the tree as well as the Ivy branches coming out of the ground and climbing the base of the tree. The second was angled slightly upward, showing the Ivy branches climbing higher up the tree wrapping around the branches of the tree. After taking these 4 photos I proceeded to return home and upload them to my computer to prepare for construction of my figure.
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If I had to follow this, I
If I had to follow this, I would have trouble locating this tree. "Approximately 100 ft from the first intersect" is good that it provides a magnitude, but does not provide a direction. North, south, east, or west would be a nice addition.
Suggestion
"I wanted to look for a example that had a thick layer of Ivy branches going up at least 10 ft in the tree and a tree that was more than a foot in diameter."
-I think you could condense this and make it a little less repetitive. Maybe saying something like "I wanted to find a tree with a diameter of at least a foot and a thick layer of ivy branches"
suggestion
I would suggest rereading your paragraph. It can be a little hard to follow at times and some of the sentences seem broken/cut off. Example, "The example I picked for this was a tree in front of Puffton Village, approximately 100 ft from the first intersect For the individual species I took a photo of the Ivy branches from approximately 1 foot away from their side to try and isolate them in a picture."