Last week, I put out a question on my Facebook page asking if anyone had a great tree in their neighborhood. I received a few responses including one remarking on the near-peak maple at the corner of Bowden and Bessom. As the sky cleared after a light rain and the light dipped lower in the sky, I decided to head over and check out the tree. The report was spot on and I quickly set up in the parking lot at Gilbert and Cole to capture the maple. The most nagging part of this image was what to do about [...]

Mother under the Maple Tree

This is the perfect ending to Halloween week on Wednesdays in Marblehead. I was biking around town in search of foliage when I spotted this maple outside the cemetery on the corner of Elm and Creesy Streets. I couldn't find the right angle to shoot it from outside the cemetery so I ventured inside. Once there, I found a few gravestones that would make for a nice foreground but the light wasn't quite right. Then the clouds shifted and the light illuminated the singular word 'Mother' on the one gravestone standing apart from the rest. I dropped to the ground [...]

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The Maple Tree on the Corner

Mother under the Maple Tree