Standing in a wonderful light

I didn’t notice at the time how scraggy this tree looks – emphasised all the more in this photograph since it takes up the whole frame! 

What drew me was the effect of the fog and beautiful sunlit clouds in the background – and usually a lone tree in the foreground makes a good subject. 

If there’s any virtue in its presence here, I think it’s the way it leads you in to marvel at those liquid gold clouds. They look like they’re flowing like a river.   

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Again in black and white:

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Taken on a Canon 400D with an EF 50mm f/1.8 II lens, at Boltons Bench, Lyndhurst, New Forest. January 2014. 

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Photo ref: 20140125-Boltons-Bench-009
Notecard ref: NF028