2011, Day 302 - Towering

Sometimes we are so busy looking where we're going that we fail to see what is around us.  Even photographers, that strange breed of person, whose success depends of observation and perspective can be guilty of this failing.  This is one of my favorite perspectives, we walk through woods and around trees, we're used to seeing them from a distance but the most spectacular vantage point may be laying in the sweet smelling litter of pine needles with the cool refreshing air of the shade and our heads cradled in the roots of a giant that watches over us benevolently.

Canon 1D Mark IV, Canon 16-35/f2.8L Mark II
16mm, f4, 1/125 sec @ 320 ISO