The branches of Sumac are a great subject for abstract treatments.
Gets even better when snow is involved.

The branches of Sumac are a great subject for abstract treatments.
Gets even better when snow is involved.
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Sumac grows with most rhythmic branches.
Different exotic, elegant curves form when the plant develops.
This dead bush, missing its bark in places, provides texture as well as curve.
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Fall sumac colours are most spectacular.
In the days before Kodachrome, colour photographs employed the autochrome process.
This is a Photoshop simulation of that process.
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The skiing was great but left little time for making photographs.
So here is another in a series of rhythmic trees:
The patterns remind me of the figure skating and painting style of Toller Cranston.
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The branches of Sumac bushes remind me of a troup of modern dancers.
Arms upraised, all angles and contortions.
Dressed in blue.
No two identical. Each doing their own different thing but somehow similar to the others.
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Couldn’t resist posting one more sumac shot:
This one I played with the processing a bit.
Maybe it works, maybe it doesn’t.
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Sumac leaves turn the most gorgeous red in the fall. The seed pods are also a deep red. It seems that red and sumac go together.
Against a white background, they stand out even better!
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When the sumac turns its glorious red, we know fall has arrived.
Recently we have experienced bright blue sky sunshine. Yesterday’s rain and cloudy skies produced a pleasant change in the light making it much more gentle.
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