Exif data: NIKON D300, Focal Length: 82 mm, Aperture: f/5.6, Exposure: 1/1000 sec, ISO Speed: 800, Flash: Not Fired
04/02/2010 at 20:00
Category: [landscape]  
44 comments
 

• Looks like the cows have been busy. The tree is far more graceful in Winter. best...jerry
  ordinaryimages @ 2010-02-04 20:54:19
• The shape of the tree is one of my favorites....
  Yvonne @ 2010-02-04 22:07:51
• such a contrast - the pole and the tree. as others say - gorgeous tree shape. i like the empty sky too.
  michele @ 2010-02-04 22:13:42
• J'aime la sobriété de tous tes paysages ruraux.
  JMS* @ 2010-02-04 22:22:10
• Looking for the animals to come out and enjoy the green fields that is bound to come sometime.
  Nice image with a feel of solitude.
  Ivar @ 2010-02-04 22:50:03
• oh how beautiful, Sherri!!! i love solitary tree pictures, i never see them around here, and the fence in the background... just perfect....
  Elaine- @ 2010-02-04 23:02:14
• I like the "image notes" that accompany this; Winter solstice is only a moment in time, but this certainly captures midwinter very nicely. I've always noticed during the Summer, that cattle will sometimes gather around and beneath a tree like that during the approach of a storm - wouldn't be neat if a tree could talk.
  Don @ 2010-02-04 23:15:59
• are all those things in the foreground
  groundhog holes or cow poops?
  either way, you have to be careful
  i guess, where you step...
  Seraphine @ 2010-02-04 23:43:12
• This is poetic, Sherrie...and another fabulous quote!
  Ginnie @ 2010-02-05 01:04:51
• a very poetic image with this solitary tree and a soft fog
  fabrizio @ 2010-02-05 01:16:50
• really pastoral mood
  yz @ 2010-02-05 02:50:15
• I like the poetic feeling in this image.
  Frida @ 2010-02-05 03:09:57
• Such perfect simplicity. Love the vastness of the landscape.
  Marcie @ 2010-02-05 03:21:59
• Bonjour, beautiful achievement you presented to us, the tree right good framing of beautiful detail, successful, bravo
  THEYS @ 2010-02-05 04:10:13
• Alone tree... BRAVO~ :)
  Ida @ 2010-02-05 04:39:38
• Well, it reminds me of the pastures around here in my country .. seems to be at home. Nice work!
  Angelo @ 2010-02-05 04:49:31
• Big fan of the isolated tree. =) Nice one.
  Shawn Bierman @ 2010-02-05 06:46:24
• Beautifully serene... where is this? Looks like a great place for a picnic.
  Geoffe @ 2010-02-05 07:34:55
• I like the solitary tree standing alone in the pasture. The dots on the ground are cow pies or they could be gopher mounds or.....hmmm. Anyway, I like the mood of this shot very much.
  Don @ 2010-02-05 10:08:28
• The lonely tree is very inspiring, I love open and interesting photos like this.
  Scarabaeus @ 2010-02-05 11:23:12
• Trre, snow and power lines. It's got all.
  Nick @ 2010-02-05 11:38:45
• excellent tree, mood and framing
  yiannis krikis @ 2010-02-05 11:42:31
• i love how the tree is standing alone.
  Robin @ 2010-02-05 11:55:40
• I do love coming here to read your quotes as well:) I love how you have managed to capture many misty days..how wonderful.
  kyungmee @ 2010-02-05 17:04:05
• such a "common" site made uncommon by you behind the lens~elk
  red or gray black and white @ 2010-02-05 18:18:12
• Brilliant composition in cold colors.
  frankdejol @ 2010-02-05 18:45:17
• feels so empty and lonely.. nice catch.. :)
  
  are those lumps on the ground what i think they are? :)
  rian @ 2010-02-05 19:53:13
• Oh, look at that solitary tree. He look so lonely: but once spring arrives, he'll be filled with blossoms and then leaves.
  Kala @ 2010-02-05 22:11:11
• a beautiful lone tree. Great tones in this image too.
  Andrés @ 2010-02-05 23:00:22
• It's always beautiful to see a sole tree in winter time, it reminds us the strongness of the nature even in the coldest season.
  Oeilonirique @ 2010-02-06 00:52:58
• I like this landscape with the lonely tree. It gives me a feeling of peace.
  Guido @ 2010-02-06 14:14:28
• there's something about solitary trees in fields. like the tones.
  Otto K. @ 2010-02-06 14:29:24
• Very simple and effective....it yields a feeling of solitude.
  Susan @ 2010-02-06 14:40:06
• Lovely composition and tones!
  Pavan Kaul @ 2010-02-07 05:39:28
• Beautiful solitaire. It's your tree.
  Joachim @ 2010-02-07 12:43:45
• Love your quote, Sherri - perfect for this lovely image.
  Toni @ 2010-02-07 12:44:33
• I agree...the quote fits very well. I don't understand how you get that look you get with your photos. I call it "the pearweed look", and during my hiatus I tried to recreate it but failed miserably.
  
  
  Dustin @ 2010-02-07 13:00:12
• After nine months - our planning leaves no option but to go forward - or in whatever other direction that leaves us. And after several decades - in spite of our best laid plans - the options narrow to zero again.
  
  Curious.
  Stephen Phillips @ 2010-02-07 13:14:40
• The trees form is beautiful.
  Terry H. @ 2010-02-07 16:44:32
• a lonely old tree !
  crash @ 2010-02-07 19:37:17
• What a quote! I love lonely trees.
  Standley @ 2010-02-08 03:42:37
• Very moody image, really like this.
  Ashish Sidapara @ 2010-02-08 08:10:29
• Those are some busy moles! Or are these left overs from busy cows.... That tree does look really cool though.
  Arjan - PlasticDaisy @ 2010-02-08 15:03:00
• Lovely, lonely tree! Nice colors here..
  Abhijit Dharmadhikari @ 2010-02-11 00:31:28

Except during the nine months before he draws his first breath, no man manages his affairs as well as a tree does.
- George Bernard Shaw