{"id":2034,"date":"2013-07-21T14:56:10","date_gmt":"2013-07-21T19:56:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admiringlight.com\/blog\/?p=2034"},"modified":"2013-07-21T14:57:52","modified_gmt":"2013-07-21T19:57:52","slug":"the-lone-tree","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/admiringlight.com\/blog\/the-lone-tree\/","title":{"rendered":"The Lone Tree"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As I was driving yesterday, I drove through some heavy rain, and after it cleared, I noticed the clouds were simply awesome: tons of contrast and waves. \u00a0I got off the highway and began searching for a subject to highlight these clouds. \u00a0I originally was looking for a vantage point for rolling hills across the scene or such, but I passed a farm with this old, scraggly dead tree perched atop a hill, with some hay bales at the foot of the hill. \u00a0I asked the farmer if he would mind if I took some photos. \u00a0He said to go ahead and I had about 5 minutes to shoot before the clouds had passed and returned to a more normal gray and white.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2037\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2037\" style=\"width: 620px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/admiringlight.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/scraggly_tree_bw.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-2037\" alt=\"The Lone Tree - Olympus OM-D E-M5 with Panasonic 35-100mm f\/2.8 @ f\/5\" src=\"http:\/\/admiringlight.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/scraggly_tree_bw-1024x784.jpg\" width=\"620\" height=\"474\" srcset=\"https:\/\/admiringlight.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/scraggly_tree_bw-1024x784.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/admiringlight.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/scraggly_tree_bw-300x229.jpg 300w, https:\/\/admiringlight.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/scraggly_tree_bw.jpg 1216w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2037\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Lone Tree &#8211; Olympus OM-D E-M5 with Panasonic 35-100mm f\/2.8 @ f\/5 (Click to enlarge)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2036\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2036\" style=\"width: 691px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/admiringlight.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/tree_bales.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2036\" title=\"tree_bales\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/admiringlight.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/tree_bales.jpg\" width=\"691\" height=\"932\" srcset=\"https:\/\/admiringlight.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/tree_bales.jpg 691w, https:\/\/admiringlight.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/tree_bales-222x300.jpg 222w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 691px) 100vw, 691px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2036\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tree with Hay Bales &#8211; Olympus OM-D E-M5 with Panasonic 14mm f\/2.5 @ f\/8<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2035\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2035\" style=\"width: 691px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/admiringlight.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/tree_bales_birds.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2035\" alt=\"Ominous - Olympus OM-D E-M5 with Panasonic 14mm f\/2.5 @ f\/8\" src=\"http:\/\/admiringlight.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/tree_bales_birds.jpg\" width=\"691\" height=\"932\" srcset=\"https:\/\/admiringlight.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/tree_bales_birds.jpg 691w, https:\/\/admiringlight.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/tree_bales_birds-222x300.jpg 222w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 691px) 100vw, 691px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2035\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ominous &#8211; 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