“Cottonwood and Sandstone” — A cottonwood tree with autumn foliage grows against Utah sandstone.

Right up front, a few things about this photograph. First, it is not recent — I photographed this scene back in 2014. I have been busy reviewing old raw files recently, and this one came up during that process. Second, unlike some of the others resulting from this review, this is a photograph that I have shared before, albeit in a different form. What you see here is a very different crop from the original, and by eliminating some elements from the original image I think I have significantly changed the effect…continues: https://gdanmitchell.com/2025/11/04/cottonwood-and-sandstone/

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