Lake Wenatchee: the Fallen - Black & White Fine Art Print of fallen tree at buy the edge of a mountain lake

A driftwood tree lies at the edge of Lake Wenatchee with the Cascade Mountains rising in the distance.
Printed on fine art matte paper using archival quality pigment-based inks.

The Story Behind The Image:
A business trip unrelated to photography took me to Washington State, first to Seattle and then to a small town in central Washington. Well since I was going to be driving up and over the Cascades, I figured I drag my photography kit along and take the scenic route (US Rt 2), rather than I-90, up to Wenatchee National Forest and Lake Wenatchee.

I didn't have much time as the light was fading fast and I had an evening appointment to keep. After trying several different compositions, I felt buy this was the best. The fallen tree leads the eye from left to right and then the rocky shore, island, and distant mountains bring the eye back to the left as you go into the frame. The root ball of this tree is the subject of "Roots". The drive from the Seattle waterfront to central Washington takes you through a series of very different ecosystems shaped and defined by the ocean and mountains. Beginning at a coastal shoreline and quickly moving into foothills and temperate rain-forest, and as you head down the east side of the Cascade Mountains the habitat and landscape change very quickly again to that of high dessert and then into wide open plains. I will have to make another trip to the area just to photograph. The subjects and compositions seemed endless as I drove.