Shot a ton of pictures in 90 minutes, had a couple keepers of snow covered trees that were interesting. But for an arboretum it was very random. A lot of the arboretums I've been to have very planned out, orderly designs, this seemed more natural. I was looking for those tree lined roads, trees standing alone in empty fields. Maybe it was something about the winter weather that encouraged me to look for that stuff, don't know; the first few things I shot didn't overwhelm me.
That's why I was happy when I found this stand of spruce trees. Something about spruce trees, standing very straight and tall; I find them really interesting to shoot. There are so many ways to approach them.
One day I took a little side trip to Lake Catherine, which is in Palos Heights, IL. It's a man made nature preserve and education center. A man made waterfall that feeds into a small lake. It's a nice area to take a short walk, see some ducks and geese.
Nothing too out of the box, just a nice way to spend the holidays taking pictures and being creative.
Back in a few days with more from Chicago.
All Images copyrighted by Erik Markov
