The Trail of the Lonesome...Sycamore
This solitary Sycamore tree stands in the Pennine Hills just above the village of Holmfirth. I have passed it many times and thought it looked photogenic but last weekend the light was wonderful so I stopped to photograph it. The sun was just setting, backlighting the Sycamore with the trees and walls casting long sunset shadows on the patchwork quilt of fields on the distant hillside. The song "Trail of the Lonesome Pine" was sung in the Laurel & Hardy film "Way Out West" (1937) but it was a familiar song of my childhood when it was rereleased in 1975 and reached number 2 in the charts.
The Trail of the Lonesome...Sycamore
This solitary Sycamore tree stands in the Pennine Hills just above the village of Holmfirth. I have passed it many times and thought it looked photogenic but last weekend the light was wonderful so I stopped to photograph it. The sun was just setting, backlighting the Sycamore with the trees and walls casting long sunset shadows on the patchwork quilt of fields on the distant hillside. The song "Trail of the Lonesome Pine" was sung in the Laurel & Hardy film "Way Out West" (1937) but it was a familiar song of my childhood when it was rereleased in 1975 and reached number 2 in the charts.