Perhaps when you look at this image, despite the pretty flowering trees dispersed throughout, it just seems like a big mess. That's ok, sometimes I feel that way too. In fact, I debated a lot over making this photograph part of my collection. After several views though and transporting myself back to this moment in a place I treasure every Spring, it hit me. The very reason I composed the scene the way I did was to encompass everything I could in the frame about this place that is special to me this time of year.
Picture yourself sitting peacefully in this tangled mess of forest bursting with new life, it is a beautiful Spring morning with the perfect mixture of a warm sun and a cool breeze. Vibrant green surrounds you, such as the leaves of this young Sugar Maple hanging right in front of you, destined to be a majestic Autumn dazzler someday. As you look all around, purple and pink dots of the Redbuds are everywhere, entrancing you with happiness. And front and center, growing just enough year after year to work it's way into this clear open view, is the White Flowering Dogwood, brilliant as can be. Unable to resist smiling with the joy of this re-birth of the forest, you just sit there and take it all in, the air filled with the sweetest scents of lilac and fresh flowers wafting in the breeze and the morning chorus of the birds rejoicing these sweet songs of Spring!
Brandon Kline
"Sweet Songs of Spring"
