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I encountered this beautiful old ponderosa pine on 03/07/2011 while hiking along the Robber’s Roost Trail off NV State Road 158, also known as Deer Creek Road. Though it certainly appears dead, it was still firmly rooted in the ground stretching towards the heavens – holding on for dear life. | ||
 When I took the shot, I was trying to capture a silhouette of its beautiful branches against noontime sky. Unfortunately, the sky was so bright that the tree and branches ended up becoming quite dark and lacking desired detail. However, after ‘punching’ up some of the color channels, converting the shot to a black and white and increasing brightness and sharpness, I was able to bring out more of the detail and texture in its bark and barren branches, yet at the same time providing a nice silhouette. | ||
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