First things first, today’s picture is not very good in terms of color and contrast. It is not especially composed or cropped well, and to be honest, it is not quite square. Some days, I try to photograph things that are visually pleasing, other days the idea is to bring you something of interest from my life. Today’s photograph falls into the second category. At first glance, it will look like a very poor picture of a tree and if it were a tree, you would be absolutely right. But this is not a picture of a tree; this is a photograph of a cell tower. In some areas around Birmingham, attempts have been made to make the cell towers more visually pleasing and to have them blend in more with the local surroundings. If you enlarge this image to its original size and take a close look at the branches you can see they are not real. If you take a close look at the top of the tree you can see the wires and panels that are camouflaged beneath the fake greenery. For all I know, you have similar towers in your area. If so, then you will not be at all impressed. At least in my experience, they are somewhat unique. It was tough to get a good angle on the tower, there is a fence around the base of the structure.

There is no PP beyond slight sharpening and cropping on this photograph.

First things first, today’s picture is not very good in terms of color and contrast. It is not especially composed or cropped well, and to be honest, it is not quite square. Some days, I try to photograph things that are visually pleasing, other days the idea is to bring you something of interest from my life. Today’s photograph falls into the second category. At first glance, it will look like a very poor picture of a tree and if it were a tree, you would be absolutely right. But this is not a picture of a tree; this is a photograph of a cell tower. In some areas around Birmingham, attempts have been made to make the cell towers more visually pleasing and to have them blend in more with the local surroundings. If you enlarge this image to its original size and take a close look at the branches you can see they are not real. If you take a close look at the top of the tree you can see the wires and panels that are camouflaged beneath the fake greenery. For all I know, you have similar towers in your area. If so, then you will not be at all impressed. At least in my experience, they are somewhat unique. It was tough to get a good angle on the tower, there is a fence around the base of the structure.

There is no PP beyond slight sharpening and cropping on this photograph.