The branches that radiate out from the trunk help to spread the viewer’s attention out to the deeply saturated fall leaves of the tree. The trunk creates a strong graphic element that draws the eye onto the frame. Looking upwards from the base of the tree, she used an Apple iPhone 11 to photograph it. Sydney Spurgeon of Stockton spotted a tree while out for a walk along Brookside Road in Stockton. The addition of moss and gnarled bark on the branch brings some interesting textures to the photo as well. The gray squirrel is nearly the same color as the tree but Silva places it against the lighter sky which helps to bring the viewer’s eye to it. The branch runs from the bottom corner of the frame to the opposite upper corner and creates a strong diagonal compositional element. With her Nikon D7500 DSLR and 70-3900mm telephoto lens she captured a squirrel on a branch in an oak tree on her property. With his Nikon D7100 DSLR camera, Skinner used a long branch of a nearby gnarled oak tree that arched out and down to the ground to frame the rustic building to help bring the views eyes to it.Ĭarolyn Silva of Jackson also didn’t focus on a tree itself, but rather one of the many kinds of wildlife that live in trees. He spotted a picturesque stone farmhouse along Jackson Valley Road outside of Ione. Here are some of the best examples.Ī tree isn’t the main subject of Stocktonian Dave Skinner’s image but he used one to enhance the composition of his photo.

“Trees” was the latest subject of the latest Readers Photo Challenge. Thirteen readers sent in 64 photos. Poet Joyce Kilmer may have never seen a poem as lovely as a tree but Record readers have captured the loveliness of trees in their photos.

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