This Glorious Redbud

I was packed up and  headed home, down the mountain, when I spotted this glorious redbud, all lit up from the Sun rising above Monte Sano.  I had to pull over and get a picture of it.

You never know when all the elements will come together.  I pass this spot (and this tree) every day.  If it's not in bloom, a week earlier in the year, if it's cloudy, or rainy, or if the wind is blowing too hard — there are a dozen reasons why I've never stopped for this tree before.  Just as there are a dozen reasons that it all came together this morning.

My point being, if you see it, stop and enjoy it.  You may never see it — just like this — again.

On the Bankhead Parkway in Monte Sano State Park in Huntsville, Alabama.

Nikon D7200 — Nikon 18-300mm F6.3 ED VR

105mm

F8@1/80th

ISO 400

White Balance on Flash

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