Snowy Dawn

Yeah, I know, this is a technical disaster: noisy as times Square at

rush hour. Still, I really like it. I use it as my desktop wallpaper

and I enjoy looking at it (surprising since I really hate winter!)

I like the color and mood but the trees are not dramatic enough to be a good subject. Therefore, I think it lacks a subject, as if there should be something else there, maybe a bird.

Thanks for the comment, J. I think your observation, "as if there should be something else there" is exactly right. Perversely, that helps explain why it has such fascination for me: the layers of trees suck you in toward a vague focal point--but there's nothing there! Not only do I fall for it every time, but there's something metaphorical in that for me. Then it's, "Oh well, it's dawn--maybe a bird will show up."

 

The background of the picture is that it was one of those sticky, windless snows so the branches were covered out to the very tips. I stumbled out of bed, grabbed the camera, went out on the back porch and shot. When the flash went off, I grumbled, thinking it a stupid mistake, and I shot a few more, flashless. Of course, the flashless shots were really dull: it's the flash on the foreground trees that gives the first shot interest.

 

 

Have to learn to use my flash also :) Ps. You are right about this too, some pics are just meant to be viewed, no matter what the subject was.