Outside Thorncrown Chapel

The group of trees shown here greeted us along the entrance road to the Thorncrown Chapel in Eureka Springs on November 8th, a blue-sky day given over mostly to sightseeing in nature. What first attracted me was the low branch whose leaves shone dazzling yellow in a shaft of morning sunlight. Had I waited till after visiting the chapel to photograph these trees, the light would already have moved on and left the low leaves no longer gleaming.

© 2013 Steven Schwartzman