Rising

I took a drive to the summit of Cement Ridge Lookout Tower in the Black Hills of Wyoming hoping to get a panoramic image of the fall colors in the valley below with the rising sun providing directional light. Well, heavy fog blew up that idea so I started searching for more intimate scenes and caught this small birch tree rising from the dense foliage instead. Since it had already lost its leaves, it stands in stark contrast to the surrounding brush and the fog in the background adds a little mystery.

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