A study in Black and White.jpg
by Rtwo

Comment by Mona:
Lovely pic.

Our Largest Fire
by Rtwo

Comment by momamon:
excellent shot!!

Our Largest Fire
by Rtwo

Comment by Ecce_Signum:
I liked the composition of this shot and am suprised there were not more sun images. I had to download the picture to see the foreground (I need to sort out my monitor). the red sky at the top seems a too manipulated, maybe its my monitor again?

Silent Sentinal
by Rtwo

Comment by Artifacts:
Elementary my dear Watson...

This hue of blue sky over a Eucalyptus tree photographed in February obviously indicates this crime could only have been committed at non-other than Boyce Arboretum near Superior, Arizona by an outsider from a city like San Diego.

The photographer would have to come from a place where Eucalyptus is commonplace. He would not expect to find this unusual flora in Arizona. Therefore he would take a picture of it.

The perpetrator is a lone, male photographer aged 45-70. This is indicated because there is no one else pictured in the frame and only middle-aged and older men take pictures of tall trees.

Fess up! You did it, didn't you?

Sherlock (Besides, I think I have photographed that exact tree)

Our Largest Fire
by Rtwo

Comment by vtruan:
Nice shot..

Silent Sentinal
by Rtwo

Comment by jpochard:
The photo appears just a little too dark to me. I see the connection to "silence" only through the title. Without that, I think the connection is weak.

Silent Sentinal
by Rtwo

Comment by dhare:
Looks like a eucalypt. nice highlights

Our Largest Fire
by Rtwo

Comment by lwkimages:
Very good work! It's surreal how the sun just sits there without really illuminating the landscape. - 7

Our Largest Fire
by Rtwo

Comment by boomer:
Pretty! It's easy to forget that the Sun is the mother of all fires, at least in this solar system!

Silent Sentinal
by Rtwo

Comment by boomer:
Lovely tree, if it could only talk! The image is slightly desaturated for my taste. It doesn't exactly convey silence to me (that's not what comes to mind, if I didn't know it was this challenge my first thoughts would hav been strength, or age, or steadfastness, etc.). On my monitor the background shadows are really dark.