Start of a New Day at Haleakala Size:18"x24" Exploring some of the roads

Exploring some of the roads I came across this tree early one morning and thought the barbed wire and the look of the tree were complimentary in meaning

Snow has not been plentiful during the winter 2012/13

While out photographing on a morning with marine layer in the San Diego area

and as I explored the different angles of the tree I decided to include the sun in this photograph as it had not been possible on the other days at Washington Park

I placed my camera low to the ground to bring in some of the grass for the photograph

Start of a New Day at Haleakala Size:18"x24" Exploring some of the roadsOn a recent trip to Maui, I made the trek up Haleakala for sunrise at 10,000 feet. There was a caravan of cars up the mountain in the early morning hours of my first morning in Hawaii. Using the time difference to my advantage, I went early in my trip as my body was still three hours ahead. Once getting to the top it was a little bit brisk with a constant wind as well, there is not a place to be wearing shorts and flip flops as you wait for the sun to