Fine Art Portfolio | Wind Cave Lone Tree

Fine Art Portfolio | Wind Cave Lone Tree   Each national park has a character of it’s own. “Solitude” describes Wind Cave NP, above the ground, particularly in the off-season.  At solitary Wind Cave, it’s all about the land and its wildlife; a nature photographer’s heaven.  This image tries to capture some of that solitude with a lonely gravel road as far as the eye can see.  The tree is almost a silhouette against the wild clouds of a stormy day.

The Back Story  A really good image of this tree had eluded me for several years.  I have probably taken hundreds of images of this tree.  However, this image is the first that I really like.  It all started on my first trip to Wind Cave NP in 2008.  Wind Cave is secluded and quiet with a feeling of remoteness.  You can drive through the park on the one gravel road, stop the car, turn off the engine, and hear: nothing, for a moment, then the sounds of nature.  It is totally quiet of the sounds of man and screaming with the sounds of pure nature.  I have returned several times since my first trip.  Each time capturing images of this lone road tree.  Sometimes the sky was not creative, sometimes I did not get the angle, etc.  I tried color, HDR , and now B&W.  When the composition is off; well, it’s off.  Perhaps, my eye for composition is getting better.  Perhaps, it was just luck.  Anyway, this image is my best so far.  For more about Wind Cave NP, see Solitude @ Wind Cave | a 7 Image Story.

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