Mizzy Lake Trail Algonquin Green Forest Colour Photography
Sunlit Leaves Around Rough Bark in Algonquin Park
Green fills almost every part of this view from Mizzy Lake Trail in Algonquin Park, Ontario. I photographed the forest close enough for the leaves and rough bark to take up most of the frame. Two substantial trunks provide a clear structure within the foliage, while slimmer trees repeat farther back. There is very little open sky to interrupt the woodland, and that closeness is part of what appeals to me.
The sunlight reaches the leaves unevenly. Some appear almost yellow green where they catch it directly, while others stay darker within the overlapping branches. I like following those small changes across the photograph. They reveal the spaces between the trees without making any single opening the subject. The large trunk near the middle has another kind of detail: coarse ridges, lighter patches and an irregular edge against the leaves. Around its base, exposed roots and a small area of forest floor remain visible beneath the undergrowth.
My attention moves from that nearby bark into the thinner vertical lines beyond it. Some are partly hidden, and others can be followed a little farther into the shaded forest. I wanted to keep that layered quality rather than isolate one tree. In the finished photograph, the bright leaves stay prominent, but the deeper spaces give them somewhere to sit. It is a view of Algonquin at a close and ordinary scale, built from the particular light, trunks and fresh green foliage in front of my camera.
© Dan Kosmayer, 2014
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