Christmas tree graveyard

I scoured the beach here for discarded and burned christmas

trees to assemble this line of trees... Its a yearly ritual in SF to

haul the trees down to the beach and have huge bonfires, but a

high tide and poor timing reduced my available subject matter.

Nice moody picture, cought my eyes right away. Nitpicks - most of the photo is out of focus and the in-focus tree just doesn't attract enough attention to compensate - perhaps because it's too dark (including the sand around it) or because it's just a pole among many others. I would try to keep more trees in focus.

Unfortunately, this roll was underdeveloped at the lab; I lost quite a bit of detail in the charred portion of the in-focus tree. This was my best effort at salvaging the shot. If I printed the tree/sand any lighter, I'd lose the blacks.

There's a version of this shot, with a DoF that includes more of the trees, that I've yet to print- from the contact sheet it seemed less visually interesting, but who knows?

I can't believe there is another "Christmas Tree Graveyard" site out on the net. Your's is certainly a lot more dark and sinister than mine.

Christmas Tree Graveyard

Bill Austin