"If you look closely at a tree you'll notice it's knots and dead branches, just like our bodies. What we learn is that beauty and imperfection go together wonderfully"
-Matthew Fox
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| "Gnarled Roots", 2012 Yellowstone National Park, WY |
Yellowstone National Park is a photographer's dream come true. The colors are vivid, the scenery amazing, and everything just seems to scream to be photographed. During our RV trip out west we spent quite a bit of time exploring Yellowstone. I was amazed by the beauty of everything. The colors were spectacular and there was such a variety. I was particularly impressed by the combination of new and old growth throughout the Park. In 1988, Yellowstone National Park experienced its largest wildfire in history - over 793,880 acres or 36% of the Park was burned. Still today visitors to the Park can see the remains of this fire throughout its scenery. It is very common to see a tree that has fallen due to fire or other means amidst the rebirth of grass. In "Gnarled Roots" the beauty and shape of the roots of a dead tree is captured among the green of the new grass. The image reveals the dead branches, knots in the trunk, and the variation in the roots. It is the imperfection of all these that makes this dead tree a beautiful combination of shapes and colors.
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