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Maria G. Essig, photographer

Slow photography for a frenzied world
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Reflection on a Winter Tree

Reflection on a Winter Tree

27 January 2018 - Reflection on a Winter Tree

January 27, 2018

In line with my continuing obsession with bare winter trees, the photo I am pondering today shows the reflection of the skeleton branches of a tree in a sidewalk puddle. I captured this image just outside the hospital where my mother was recovering from surgery.

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25 January 2018 - Winter Trees

January 26, 2018

The bare, skeleton-like branches of deciduous trees in winter always lower my mood. They appear cold and menacing.  The series of images in today's post demonstrate what I see - bony hands threatening to reach down and grab me. But photography can elevate that image into something approaching (or achieving) artistic expression.

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