I know this is a pretty loose composition, even for me. But it is structured. It is a tree portrait as well as a portrait of the little valley this spring creek flows through. The trees are osage orange, Maclura pomifera, a North American native imported to the east from the midwest. I don’t know why but I take considerable and almost physical pleasure in the unique structure of each species of tree. It is remarkable that each individual tree can be completely unique in form, yet conform to the structure of the species to the extent that it makes visual sense. Maybe another way to say it is that within the framework provided by its genetics a tree is free to respond over time to the unique circumstances in which it lives.

80-200mm Zeiss Vario-Sonnar CY, Canon 5D Mk II, Lr4, Ps CS6.