Tree Rings

As I walked around the grounds of my family’s cabin, I noticed a pile of firewood stacked up very neatly and from afar it didn’t look like anything special. However, I framed the image to only focus on the rings of the wood and I thought this picture turned out beautiful. It’s simple but it reminds me of autumn and warm fires and all things comforting during the cold seasons. Happy Fall!

Bark 01

This week I would like to continue to photograph structure, but totally different. Last weeks exercise dealt with man made structures and forms. This weeks we want to take a good look into mother nature’s structures. Since color can get into the way sometimes I want you to do this exercise in black and white. Go out onto your local park or forest and photograph the structure of tree bark. As always, enjoy this exercise!

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This is the structure of a large fir tree which I photographed in the high Sierra Nevada. Enjoy!