A palm tree on San Francisco's Treasure Island was bent toward the San Francisco skyline. It almost appeared as if the tree wanted to break free and fly over the bay and into the city.

A palm tree on San Francisco's Treasure Island was mildly bent as if a giant hand had happened along to squeeze the tree trunk.

Four palm trees on San Francisco's Treasure Island stood in various stages of bent. Two were outside a zone of construction, and two were inside.

A cypress tree in the center of an empty field was bent over and grew upward away from its horizontal trunk.