Friday, 31st December 2010
Cathedral in the Desert
by John Mumaw
The only cottonwood tree for miles around is nurtured and protected from a harsh environment by the cool, moist soil found in this unique, teardrop shaped sandstone alcove on the Utah/Arizona borderlands.
The hours I spent in here waiting for the light were one of the finer moments of my life.
Equipment: Canon 5DII w/Sigma 15mm lens
John Mumaw
Allowing the light of the Colorado Plateau to capture me for 20 years.
Website: www.johnmumaw.com
Cathedral in the Desert by John Mumaw was photo of the day on Friday, 31st December 2010. It is tagged Trees. You can leave a comment below.
19 Comments
Stanza
This is sublime!
Sig Lefsrud
Beatiful photo. Indeed a cathedral–and gothic at that! Hard to fathom how many have a hard time seeing beauty and meaning in the world. It is out there. Thank you.
Jermaine
to beautiful for words
Malta Photography
Very intuitive shot and great idea. I like this creative look. the framing of the image is also very creative and very pleasing.
Helen Hart
Another winner, what a breathtaking shot. Love the colors!
PlanetLover
How very beautiful on so many levels, but I’d like to highlight the spiritual force I sensed when I saw the rock protecting and nurturing the tree.
Lil
I love this photo, it’s beautiful.
Sage
My backyard….you captured it well. We live in a special place.
Kirk Kimble
Just one more of your many many fabulous images !!!!
Terri
I hope you were in good company in your waiting
Thanks for sharing.
Gary Hamburgh
Great image. I would have love to be there to share that moment when the light arrived.
Terri
PS The title of the photo is perfect as well.
Maybe it’s just me, but if you look at the sandstone on the inside upper left of the “window of light”, there appears to be an oval face (abstract) in the stone and below that a pair of praying hands . No wonder you picked up a chapel-like feel in this “cathedral.” It is as if a woman is looking down or praying on knees towards a symbolic tree “of life.” Spiritual force indeed.
larry reeves
this is brilliant. definitely worth whatever amount of time it took to make this photograph.
Helen
The perfect name for this truly inspiational picture, you are almost drawn into it and I too get a very deep spiritual sense of being from it.
Laura Milholland
The reverence of nature displayed to perfection!
Marie Dunphy Harding
Your time & patience gave us this spectacular image! A worthy grande finale for the end of another wonderful Earth Shot year! Happy shooting in 2011!
Pauline Jones
Well worth the wait; the light is just right.
Eileen B
Definitely an inspirational photograph, John!
Blackmagdalene
Cool stupenda fantastica