Oak in Winter
This wonderful oak tree is located in the foothills of the Tehachapi Mountains in Southern California. All the original limbs have been broken off by the snow loads of winter storms. The present limbs were regrown over the years. Photo taken during a blowing snowstorm.
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KCphoto
Lovely capture!! :)K
Antoine Dagobert
Perfect
Wanda Lechene
great capture very pretty
Steven Agius
Wonderful capture !
DawsonImages
Nice choise for B/w, what character the old oaks have when covered with snow!
paul boast
beautiful capture , make a great christmas card
Louise Cooke
I would love a white Christmas, right under this tree…or a window overlooking it! Wonderful Rany :)
Halcyon007
Very grand looking tree defying the elements. The use of greyscale’s just topped it off nicely
storm22
great shot love the old tree!
Deborah Parkin
this is wonderful.
Helene Kippert
Beautiful shot Rany
momleeb
Whoa! This is what I call picture perfect. Stunning shot. ALmost looks like a painting. Great work Rany.
PNFdeb
this looks like a holiday card and I do like the conversion….beautiful
KBSImages
BEAUTIFUL!!!! Kim
firegirl445
Stunning in grayscale. Great lighting, warm & inviting yet cold and perfectly captured!
Rany Lutz
Thanks everyone, for all the compliments. I appreciate it.
Taylor Jury
This is quite a beautiful image. Excellent job.
Taylor
Biswajit Pandey
WoW!, this is awesome.
Charl045
Rany this is very beautiful!!
Mel Brackstone
What a fabulous tree, Rany!
Joyce Dickens,...
Stunning Rany! This is incredible!
Mugsy
Beautiful!
Gayle Shaw
Beautiful, love the conversion, it’s perfect.
MEV Photographs
Stunning tree!
Craig Hender
What a stunning tree! Perfectly captured.
Catalin Soare
Superior!
Jeremy Harrington
this is a fantastic image.. and the greyscale works well..
Tammy Soulliere
beautifuly shaped tree, great capture
Antanas
Great…
stephen jones
wonderful tree
kdm2222
superb sole tree captured
Holly Werner
Stunning and love what you have done with it.
Marvin Tunstall
Really nice shot well done
Luis Correia
Beautiful composition.
dorka31
I just saw this tree in Summer (on your other shot) and now Winter… Great! I love to look at photos from the same place in various seasons :)
Nancy Stafford
Beautifully photograph.
micmac
Wow !!! This is amazing ,fantastic processing ,I love that tree.
Rany Lutz replied
Thanks Micmac, For all the nice comments!
cdwork
Superb winter image- love the tree
mieclarke
Beautiful!!
ECGardner
How gorgeous! Love the tonal range, which is just fantastic; grayscale was the perfect choice for this beautiful shot.
JohnScott
this is captivating is this the same oak in the summer shot?
Rany Lutz replied
Yes it is Scott. It was a slightly different angle of the same tree. Thanks for stopping by.
Mia1
What a beautiful capture. The lighting is SUPERB.
nanarhodes
Oh wow look at that tree…..wonderful capture…..I love this …..the mood is set
Basia McAuley
Very striking and beautiful image.
djlampkins
Very “Ansel” A winner!
JudyBJ
very beautiful and lovely tones
Curtiss Simpson
Beautiful winter scene that old oak tree standing so prouldly in the snow, love it !!!
Nixter
Beautiful!
mieclarke
beautiful image of the winter…great capture!
Mar Silva
Beautiful.
eltotton
This is the kind of shot that we all want to take. Gorgeous. Great lighting and what a tree.
Kim Bender
This is so beautiful as well as the summer shot of the same tree!!
DWarren
What a unique tree and great angle to capture it! I love winter scenes and this one is spectacular
Squealia
Love this capture great
J.K. York
spot on Rany. a simple stark winter scenic always takes the breath away for me. i see you and that tree have a history. well done.
Travis Easton
magnificient old dear, great shot Rany
Anette Tyler
Stunning capture and work
kcranmer
Wow rany this is absolutely GORGEOUS!
Phil Thomson IPA
Congratulations on being “Featured”, Rany !!!! An excellent image, thoroughly deserved of the honour !!
jgmart
Beautiful image!
Claire Armistead
This is stunning, beautiful serene image x
velveteagle
Wonderful old tree.. Moody as heck..
stevendesiow
Superb.
Prasad
Superb again!
Lisa Hewitt
Exquisite!
Rany Lutz
Thanks everyone, again, for all the comments and favorites.
Joseph Freemantle
this is such a soft image
reminds me of christmas :)
OzzMan54
The more pictures I see of winter and trees make me wish for winter to come early this year.
Rany you have a great eye.
I love this shot, and it’s going to stay as one of my favs.
Thanks.
OzzMan54
Mel Brackstone
Beautiful work, Rany. Love the shape of this beautiful old tree
Philip Johnson
great shot great tree
handprintz
Just beautiful wonderful work
John Fish
I love this. the tree is wonderful, and you captured it so beautifully with lighting that is so fanciful and dramatic. great job
julie08
Very beautiful:)
ArtOfficialArt
Lovely piece of work!
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Alessandro Pinto
Wonderful image ! Fantastic work !.. and thanks for your nice comment
solarrain
great work, and Tehachapi is a great photographic area…
Kristina K
great grey scale :) k
NewAgeVisionz
Beautiful winter scene…the trunk looks like a palm reaching from the ground…
Tova Quinif
this is a breath taking photograph rany
Kelly Connolly
Just Beautiful…wonderful shot
Alan Findlater
excellent work well done
Nikki Trexel
wow, i love the silvery feel to this!
Brian Carey
Beautiful photograph Rany!
Rany Lutz
Thanks again, to everyone for all the comments and to the buyers of prints, a special thanks for the compliment.
Jen Millard
Lovely shot…makes me excited for winter!
Chuck Wickham
I HAVE ALWAYS FELT THAT CERTAIN TREES HAVE A PERSONALITY. THIS TREE IS A PERFECT EXAMPLE OF THAT. NICE JOB. DO YOU HAVE THIS SHOT FOR EVERY SEASON?
Rany Lutz replied
Thanks for the comments, Chuck. I only get to this area when we visit, so I don’t have a full leaf or fall version yet…..maybe someday.
nancie
i like this!!
Laree
amazing! totally gorgeous!
Gethin
awesome tree, well captured!!
ChelseaBlue
Lovely image, well captured
Pamela B
I spotted this earlier this morning and reallyyyyy love it! Great work!
Bruce Dickson
That tree is definitely alive
Kinsey Barnard
Gorgeous!!!
Kay Martin
Your work is amazing.
Lucindawind
outstanding ! love it !
amarica
Wonderful capture!!!!!!!
Gary L. Suddath
beautiful shot this old tree has a character all its own
boondockMabel
very nice
terryt
Simply an Awesome capture…...
Stephen Van Tuyl
Great job Rany! I love the starkness of it.
chris Whitney
This is a wonderful tree and great image.
Jan Armor
Lovely, can almost feel the snow crunching underfoot while I set up the tripod.
brigusser
This is the most perfect capture…......Masterclass.
brigusser
Breathtaking capture…..
There’s nothing that keeps its youth,
So far as I know, but a tree and truth.
-Oliver Wendell Holmes
Rany Lutz replied
Thanks, Very apt quote. I love trees as subjects….
Nada Pantle
hey i know you like trees ‘cause you like my boab tree! your tree is amaaaazing. near where you live?
Rany Lutz replied
Thanks Nada. This tree is near where we visit in Southern California. In the Tehachapi mountains.
Scott d'Almeida
excellent;
mikebov
superb capture
Kim Roper
I do love snow scenes, reminds me of home in UK. We have lovely weather here in Sydney, but its too warm for snow.
VintageXposure
beautiful oak tree/fantastic postwork!
GerryMac
stunning capture!
heeb
Hi Rany, What a beautiful photo! Thank you for sharing!
GailD
Postcard perfect. Love the tones. As djlamkins said. Very ‘Ansel”.
Eugenio
:)) Wonderful capture ! !!
John44
Strong picture in mood and sharpness TFS
Adam Gormley
Fabulous find and capture Rany, this is perfection mate! :)
Nature's Realm
outstanding shot. – Dennis
Caterpillar
Wow, beautiful picture!
hellofromearth
Very nice. Wonderful simplicity!
Lois Bryan
Rany, this honestly gives me goosebumps, and not from the chill of the scene, but a deeper more emotional reaction. Glorious … and your story of the re-growth of the limbs could be a metaphor for us all, could it not??? Well found and so beautifully captured!!!!
Rany Lutz replied
Thanks so much Lois….
linaji 29 days ago
Our Cali Oaks are incredible.. nice work Rany!
Rany Lutz replied 24 days ago
Thanks linaji.
EvaMarIza 24 days ago
Wonderful indeed:))))
Rany Lutz replied 24 days ago
Thanks Eva.
Trish Woodford 24 days ago
Wonderful image, stark and perfect :)
Rany Lutz replied 24 days ago
Thanks Trish.
aluzhun 18 days ago
stark and beautiful ;-)
Rany Lutz replied 18 days ago
Thanks Dear.
Rich Gale 9 days ago
super image a wonderful capture of a very intresting tree.
Rich.
Rany Lutz replied 9 days ago
Thanks Rich
Laurie Search 8 days ago
This is gorgeous!!!
Rany Lutz replied 6 days ago
Thanks Laurie.
linaji 7 days ago
Rany.. what an incredible image.. I so love oaks.. they remind me of my mother.. I so loved her..xox
Rany Lutz replied 6 days ago
Thanks Dear, I’m glad.
Elizarose 6 days ago
Breathtaking.
Rany Lutz replied 6 days ago
Thanks Sweetie.
KathyT 2 days ago
Love this! Such wonderful character in the tree and the post processing shows it at its best.
Rany Lutz replied 2 days ago
Thanks Kathy.
Steve Buffington 2 days ago
Wonderful work Rany. Nice job.
Rany Lutz replied 2 days ago
Thanks Steve.