civilized ku # 2137-41 ~ trees
Tuesday, March 27, 2012 at 12:36PM ;)
Trees # 1/ Tompkins Square Park ~ East Village / NYC, NY • click to embiggen
Trees # 2 / Tompkins Square Park ~ East Village / NYC, NY • click to embiggen
Trees # 3 / Tompkins Square Park ~ East Village / NYC, NY • click to embiggen
Trees # 4 / Tompkins Square Park ~ East Village / NYC, NY • click to embiggen
Trees # 5 / Tompkins Square Park ~ East Village / NYC, NY • click to embiggenMy first extended night walk in NYC was primarily for the purpose of picturing trees. The walk did not start with that intention but upon first encountering some impressive specimens - primarily American Elms - in Thompkins Square Park, I was hooked on picturing these towering giants. As an added picturing bonus, the fact that most of the East Village was shrouded in fog added a somewhat ethereal sense of mystery to the scene.
How could I (or anyone) resist such a picturing opportunity? Not me. So I made 16 pictures and the results have me thinking that I have to seriously pursue this idea - pictures of trees in NYC made after dark - to its logical conclusion. Hell, serious wise, I might even use a tripod.
While in the act of making these pictures, I was struck by the irony of the fact that, even though I live in the largest wilderness east of the Mississippi, I have not made a picture of a tree or trees - that is to state, a picture of a tree or trees, not a picture with trees in it - since I don't remember when*. And, in order to continue with this series, the notion of driving 300 miles to picture trees, in a city no less, is also a rather difficult to come to grips with (for me) idea.
*when informed of this situation, Jimmi Nuffin said it was because "I couldn't see the trees for the forest". He may be right.
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A quote from Nuffin. That put a smirk on my face.