As I was climbing down from the hiking path to stand on a granite boulder, I reached out for something to stabilize myself and noticed this dead tree trunk. It looked brittle and I sensed it would be a bad idea to grab onto it because it would likely shatter under my weight. I also immediately knew that I wanted to photograph it. Not so much to create a work of art as to make a visual note to myself. A sketch if you will. At any rate, what I want to remember is how the wood looks petrified and crystalline, with an almost cubic structure. I was also pretty happy with the bokeh under these particular conditions.
