On Bended Knee
I had ventured down into the area my research had pointed to this wonderful oak lined drive being. Driving along the road I came upon a small lined drive, I was extremely disappointed, I had anticipated so much more. I decided that photographing the drive wasn't even worth it.
Pulling over I grabbed my atlas and started looking at which roads I could connect to. I pulled back onto the road and continued. While driving along, out of the corner of my eye I saw it, the entry I had been looking for! All along I had come upon the back entrance to the property without ever realizing it.
This was the main entrance and it was beautiful!
I hit the brakes on my van and pulled over as quickly as I could! I hopped out and shot down the drive as I had planned and then shot some down this side with a telephoto lens.
When I had gotten home from my trip I went through all of my images and this image never made the cut.
I was showing my mom the images that did make the cut and I decided to show her this image so she could see how the oaks draped down to the ground and would grow back up. She loved the image! After some convincing, I touched the image up to look like it did when I was there and cropped in a little. After that I fell in love and this image became one of my favorites from the trip and the first to be released!