Tree Captures Wolf as Cardinal Looks On - Wolf Moon with hackberry tree - Horizontal crop Metal Print

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"Tree Captures Wolf as Cardinal Looks On" - Wolf Moon with hackberry tree - Horizontal crop
My front yard has a gnarly, somewhat contorted, hackberry tree that makes an interesting subject when I want "something quick" for a foreground. Last night's full moon, known as the "Wolf Moon" (in January), was such a time. I thought about composing the image without the cardinal (a metal cutout decoration), but decided it added an interesting foreground element, apparently watching the tree capture the wolf, so left it in.

A vertically cropped version is also available - just search "Wolf Moon" to see both.

Image captured 1/7/23 with Pentax K-1 and DFA 50mm f2.8 macro lens

Peter Herman was born and raised on a farm in North Dakota. He first became interested in photography during high-school, and after acquiring a Pentax SLR, began taking photos for the school yearbook and developing/printing B&W images in school darkroom. He continued shooting through college, taking portraits, group pictures, weddings, but after beginning his engineering career at Cummins, he let his photography interests go dormant until about 2005 when he acquired his first DSLR and started shooting scenic landscapes from around the US, but concentrating especially on rural areas in ND and WI. Many of his images were encountered while riding motorcycle down random backroads during "golden hour", searching for that magic light...