The Tree

When we were visiting Old Westbury Gardens, I saw this tree in the middle of the large field.  I see this tree every time I go there with the astronomy club to do moon observing.  It is a striking tree, and even more so because it is all alone in this field.  So I photographed it in the bright sunlight, as you can see from the shadow on the lawn that goes to the right.  Normally it is too contrasty in bright sunlight - I prefer to photograph in overcast skies.  But I liked the shape of the tree, so I tried converting the color photograph to black and white and it looked somewhat better.  Then I started working with the contrast and softened the image and then I liked it a lot more, so here it is.