Photo of the Week: Noir Tree

We could assume this photo was taken in the depth of night, under a fulgent moon, as owls who'd and, perhaps, paranormal entities lurked.

We could assume that, but we'd be utterly, devastatingly wrong.

I took this photo in blinding daylight, shooting straight into the sun, not the orb of night, which turned everything else in the frame, including that unholy tree, into a silhouette. Later, feeling whimsical, I drained all the color out of the image and surprised myself by creating a noirish chimera. In other words, I faked it. And there's a certain thrill in that.

Click on the photo to experience your own thrill.