Posted March 15th, 2008

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Dancing Stumps
A snowshoeing neighbour down the road recently broke a trail connecting to my network of snowshoe trails, giving me easy access to an area further down in the valley where I seldom explore. It is mostly swampy ground with scrubby brush and no scenic vistas, but it adds some welcome new subject matter to the too familiar surroundings along my usual circuit. In this area there are many heavily weathered stumps that appear to be remnants of an ancient forest fire, including these ones which piqued my imagination with their arrangement.
Pentax K10D, Tamron 18-250mm f/3.5-6.3 DiII LD IF @ 35mm, f/11; image inverted horizontally