Distant Trail

While standing alongside the northern Wisconsin lake in Vilas County in late July, I turned to the forest behind me to evaluate potential images.

This great stand of red pines stood straight to the sky, inviting me over to enjoy their forest-floor carpet of heavy pine needles. Each tree was as stately as the next.

Honestly, I just stood in admiration of these trees.

Imagine what they’ve seen throughout their years here along the shores of Muskellunge Lake.

I also wondered how many people had passed through this area, missing the beauty the red pines had to offer.

I spent quite some time among the pines, working to bring this sense of “being with them” into the final image.