"Can you hear me now?"

Here's a shot used to illustrate a news feature about a protest at

Cornell University over the institution's plans to cut down a wooded

area to make way for a parking lot. Students and their supporters

camped on platforms high in the trees and dug in on the ground in an

effort to thwart the construction. After more than a month of

negotiations, Cornell agreed to increase its efforts to discourage

students' use of cars on the cramped campus and to step up its

environmental programs, and the demonstrators came down from the trees

and allowed the work to progress. In this photo, a student climbing to

a treetop platform takes a cell phone call from a former room mate now

living in California. "I'm in a tree...I'll call you later," she told

the friend. Your comments and critiques are always welcome. Thanks...

Bill

Great photo and story...

Not enugh photos have good storys to go with them on here.

She seems a bit out of focus though.

Keep shootin' and God bless.

-Micah

Thanks for the kind words, Micah. I agree that there is little storytelling in most of the images posted on photo.net. Documentary photography sparks very little interest here--as evidenced in the meager response (positive or negative) to this posting. But storytelling is what I do, and the shot did get viewed by about three million readers of the newspaper that assigned the job, so I guess I'll keep doing it--and posting a few here now and then. Cheers, and thanks again...Bill

Like you I love story telling, and this one is fantastic!