ToddHPhoto

  Recently on my photographic outings, I have been looking down a lot! Looking for small details, looking for the patterns in tree bark, the colors of the lichen on the rocks, a collection of perfect mushrooms, the dewdrops on a fallen leaf. All the while I have almost completely ignored the grand landscapes surrounding me. Not because they weren’t beautiful, they most certainly were.               Instead of photographing the grand sweeping vistas, I was focused (pun intended) on small details. It is, after all, the little things that make up the Grand Landscape. I would get lost in the twisting patterns of tree bark. I can imagine a far-off planet in the ridges and valleys of the rocks. The small detail leaves so much to the imagination. I think that is what I like most about them. I am so often impressed by the things that mother nature can do. The way a tree will bend around a rock, or the way rock formations resemble an alien world.