At 9,560' in elevation, this old snag has seen some severe weather - both winter and summer. Over the decades it survived everything Mother Nature could invoke and grew to be a tall sentinel overlooking the once verdant Paddy Creek drainage on the west flank of Escudilla Mountain. However, in 2011 the Wallow Wild Fire killed much of the vegetation on the mountain, including this monarch. While certainly not as regal as before, he still stands tall with the thousands of other aspen, spruce, and pine skeletons as a reminder to what was. I was very lucky and caught a ¾ moon moving across the sky at sunset. Sometimes things work out. Click on image for higher resolution on my Flickr page.
PADDY CREEK SNAG and MOON - Escudilla Mountain, Arizona
Camera: Arca-Swiss 4x5, Developer: Ilford Ilfotch DDX, Exposure: 1/2 sec @ F/32, Film: Illford FP4+, Filter: B+W #16 Orange, ISO 100, Lens: Nikon Nikkor-SW 120mm f/8, Scan: Epson V850, SP-445 Compact 4x5 Film Processing System
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