Simplicity

Between the short daylight hours and predominance of cloudy days in Northern Michigan on the lee of Lake Michigan I don't get many chances to take photos in winter. So, here is one from this past fall. This year, this old sugar maple did not really turn orange as much as it turned bronze. Interesting to me that the crown is not symmetrical. There is some color banding in the sky, maybe this is a .jpg issue. Also, I waited as many days as I could for a more dramatic sky. Alas, the leaves were gone with the wind soon after I took this photo.