Photograph of the Month January 2010 Dawn of a New Day

This month’s photograph is titled “Dawn of a New Day.” I hope you like it.

I found this tree while hiking with my wife in the Sunol Regional Wilderness Area. I saw the placement of the foreground elements, structure of the tree and the open meadow and knew it would be a good photograph.

To create this photograph I had to hike two and a half miles and down hill a thousand vertical feet in the dark. It took longer to reach the tree than I had planned and I was concerned I would loose the light. As I arrived these clouds, lit by the glow of the rising sun drifted through and made the shot. I had to set up my camera quickly to capture the moment and as I clicked the shutter I knew all my efforts were paying off.

You can view and download both the Wide Screen and the narrow Scree versions from my portfolio galleries or simply click on the image above and a full size image will open in the same widow.

All images in my “Photograph of the Month” series are sized and formatted as a screen saver or computer desktop wallpaper. Please, share it with your family and friends, with my compliments.

Thanks and Have a Happy New Year,
Dean