I recently headed out to the Franklin Parker Preserve near Chatsworth, New Jersey very early on a foggy morning. While hiking there last year I saw three dead cedar trees in the middle of one of the lakes and wanted to photograph them in these conditions.
What was waiting for me was an almost mystical world. Instead of the photograph I was planning to make, I ended up with a series of images that I call “Dead in the Water.”
This lake is a mix of living and dead trees. Add a mystical fog and it inspires a reflection on the cycle of life and how it pertains to our lives and the people we are connected to. We are the result of our ancestors’ actions. Our actions in this life set the stage for those who will pass through the world after us. This thought puts a perspective on our place in the universe. Who would have thought that an old swampy lake would “put me in my place?”
My friend and fellow photographer, Denise Bush, has also found this place and made two lovely photographs of these trees. Click here to see them on her blog.
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Well done Rich!!! I like all the different views!!
Thank you Kathleen.
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Nice set! Love ‘Standing Alone’!
Thanks Bonnie, this was the first photo I processed in this series and it is probably my favorite too.
Nice Rich! They work really well in the fog. Thank you for the link. There is a pingback in my comments now.
Thanks Denise. I really love your version of these trees. It is amazing how photographers can get such different spins of the same place.
Magical indeed!
Thanks Pat.
You know you have a good set when I can’t pic a fav. You have caught the essence of the day in each one!!!
Thanks Mike, I appreciate you comment very much.