Sometimes you can be caught totally off guard by a beautiful scene like this wonderful oak in a vacant lot nearby. I would hazard a guess that I am the only person to photograph this particular tree for a very long time. The image was captured using the Fujifilm X30. The sky is blown out, but in a way that reminds me of the photographs of William Christenberry. I saw one of his images in the Philips Collection the other day. It is always worth it to look at the actual work of famous photographers. Christenberry made most of his photographs in Hale County, Alabama, but he taught photography at the Corcoran in Washington, DC for many years. He is known to have shot with a box Brownie in addition to an 8x10.
