Nov 6, 2009

Wooden Beauty


I love branches. They serve in purpose as the arms and veins of the trees as they carry the nutrients and water up and down the plant. I am always drawn to their twisting and reaching and the interweave of the leaves that conceal them and am often trying to get a 'new' shot of them.

The variety found in nature is just incredible......some are smooth, some straight, some craggy and some rough, some wide and hanging low, others short and tall on the trunk, but all beautiful to me. Once a friend had told me that they really liked Cedars as they reminded them of muscular arms, all sinewy and flexed. Now I see them that way too..... as muscles holding up the dense canopy.

Here is a grouping photographed in Arizona a while ago. I have always liked this image and it's soft hues of color and focus. I hope you do as well.