The branches of Sumac are a great subject for abstract treatments.
Gets even better when snow is involved.
Tag Archives: sumac
Sumac Glow
When autumn comes, the rather unremarkable sumac bush takes on very remarkable colours.
Filed under Uncategorized
Rhythm in Sumac
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.
Filed under Photographs
Sumac Red
I can’t think of a deeper, darker, richer red than sumac in the fall. 
Filed under Photographs
Sumac
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.
Filed under Photographs
Sumac Rhythm II
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.
Filed under Photographs
Modern Dancers?
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.
Filed under Photographs
One More
Couldn’t resist posting one more sumac shot:
This one I played with the processing a bit.
Maybe it works, maybe it doesn’t.
Filed under Photographs
Winter Colour
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!
Filed under Photographs
Fall Is Definitely Here
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.
Filed under Photographs
