I normally don't photograph trees, but I somehow found myself tree obsessed in Bishop. Perhaps this stems from the fact that I don't experience Autumn in San Francisco. I never purposefully set out to capture tree reflections... it was just something I stumbled across as I was trying to prevent my dog Butters (whose name is actually Buttermilks, named after the bouldering area in Bishop) from jumping into the water canal. As I was screaming at my dog to get out of the frigid water, I was fortunate enough to find that the afternoon light was casting beautiful reflections. I took a few shots and decided I liked the impressionist feel of the photos....which is totally NOT my style. I struggled in terms of post-processing and couldn't decide how I wanted to color and tone the images. Eventually I decided to hit a few Lightroom preset buttons and will perhaps revisit these photos at a later point in the future if I ever decide to do a series on tree reflections. Consider these rough drafts.
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