Photograph a scene - Kendra

 

For my scene I chose to do this one tree outside my apartment. Most of the trees out there look the same, no leaves and covered in moss. But this stuck out to me because of the long curved branch covered in moss. I took these photos on Friday when it was super sunny, because I knew throughout the day the sun would move positions so all the photos would look different. Another reason I chose this tree and this branch was that most of the other trees were hard to photograph when the sun was out and shining on everything because my photos were too bright and I didn’t know how to make them less bright. But this tree was perfect. 

The sun was hitting it at a perfect angle so I took the first photo early in the morning probably around 9:00 before class when the sun was shining directly on the tree. The second photo I took was directly after I got out of class, probably around 1:30 ish. At this point the sun had shifted a little and was now blocked by this giant building. So when taking this photo it was all in the shade. Then later I came back right before the sunset around 4:30. This photo was a bit challenging because the light was kind of dim but definitely still here and it was hard to get the camera to focus on just the branch. Then later I took my last photo in the evening time, probably around 7:00 or 8:00 when it was fully dark out. I was skeptical of how the photo would look because it was so dark. I tried no flash but just wasn’t able to get any clear photos of the branch. But then I tried with flash and it turned out to be my favorite photo out of all of them. I struggled to get them all taken from the same position but I tried my best to make them look as similar as possible. 

To relate this to winter natural history you can see in my photo that this tree has no leaves. As we know all the leaves of some trees fall off in the winter time. This is what trees do to reduce their water loss in the winter. This is part of the process of conserving energy for the spring. I think this is just a maple tree and maple trees are deciduous trees which means they lose their leaves every winter annually, to conserve energy.