...thoughts of youth by an aging man. This is a primary Ponderosa Pine in Moraine Park in Rocky Mountain National Park. The windward branches were snapped off in recent years. The prevailing wind humbles everyone and everything. The temperature was -10F at 12:04 PM MST. The wind was gusting to 40 MPH. Fresh snow was billowing off the western mountain range.
Image captured in RAW format. Processed in Apple's Aperture 3. Viveza 2, Silver Efex Pro and Dfine 2.
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