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good tree spot

joni sky's picture

For my scape, I chose the hill that overlooks the athletic fields. I sat in a bench under the trees. I couldn't find a picture of my scape, and I didn't want to just point to it on a map, so I attached a selfy that I took a few months ago under my favorite tree there. A thing that I like about this selfy is that the exposure is adjusted to show the tree clearly; my face is overexposed. So though my face is techically in the foreground, the tree is in focus. Today when I sat under the tree, it was less green than the photo I attached. The sun was out though, and the snow was melting. I'm traveling this weekend, so I had my bag with me and it was hard for me to focus. I was excited to get off campus. I started to think about how this was my last contact with Bryn Mawr for the weekend and that was a nice reminder. I often sit under this tree when I'm stressed and this wasn't really any different. When I look out over the athletic feilds, which aren't visible in my photo, I like to see the sky and people going about their activities. When I look up at the branches of the tree, I feel connected to it and like I could spend my day sitting in that spot. I'm not sure about the boundaries of my scape; I think I'd like to have it be just under the tree but I might like to walk around in that area sometime.