Essence Size:6x9 Durbin Creek

Durbin Creek

The lifeless trees were still and offered no protection from the wind

Frustrated by the traffic on the road

there is a brief period of color before everything goes to brown

Essence Size:6x9 Durbin CreekSanta Fe River Park I am always in search of the perfect tree. I really dont know what Im looking for but Im sure Ill know it when I see it. This photograph comes close. It fits a preconception I have of Tree. Many times these preconceptions get in the way of seeing. As I sort through thousands of trees I have photographed I ask what makes this special? I concluded that it was not the tree, for all trees are special. It was my reaction to this tree,