Tuesday, January 03, 2006

Branch and moon

Long story short. It snowed. I went outside with my camera. I stood under a tree. I took a picture. Here it is.

Longer story. Overnight snow left a coating on the trees. The next morning, I stood under an oak tree looking through the viewfinder of the camera at various limbs, trying to frame a pleasing set of branches. I got to this branch which brought to mind the look and feel of a Japanese woodcut print.

Interesting how an idea may crop up while exploring nothing in particular. Some process-oriented people might call it wasting time. We intuitive types know better.

Click on picture to enlarge. Photograph © 2005 James Jordan.

10 comments:

Lynn Green said...

could you send some that snow down to Oklahoma?

James said...

I would if I could. Hope you're not affected by the fires going on down there.

Carol said...

What a beautiful photo! I've always loved the look of snow on trees. Great photography!

~pen~ said...

james, this is wonderful - it almost looks like you have photoshopped it to appear as a print instead of a picture!! but of course, i know you wouldn't do that so i will simply acknowledge a wonderful shot :)

James said...

m2,
I can freely confess that the image you see is what hit the film in my camera. Thanks for the comments and for stopping by!

Anonymous said...

I love it.
I think I would like to paint something like that some time.

Stargazer said...

This is a great shot. The view through the snowy branches to the moon is very impressive.

James said...

Thanks, everyone, for your kind comments.

Anonymous said...

ooh my -- I love this

snow on trees carol? We've got plenty!!!

Anonymous said...

interesting composition. I like it. I think this shot would look pretty cool in black and white or a sepia/quadtone type thing. I would also maybe try to photoshop out the branches in the background in the bottom right corner. That's weird that I'm saying that cause I don't like 'faking'.