From this angle the Pinyon Pine is backed by Checkerboard Mesa slickrock.
ISO 250 1/800 sec at f/2.8
For humans travelling on foot this weather worn sandstone is anything but slippery, If we wore iron horseshoes the sense of slippery, or slick, rock becomes apparent. It was ranchers mounted on horses who coined the name slickrock.
For this shot we approached Zion National Park from the east, via route 9, past Checkerboard Mesa.
Captured with a Kodak DCS Pro SLE/c dslr and a Canon lens EF 200 mm 1:2.8 L II stabilized with the Manfrotto Studio Tripod model 475 and the 468 Hydrostatic ball head. This series explores the possibility of the iconic “Lone Pine.”
Here is a gallery of the four Lone Pine images.
Michael Stephen Wills Photography 
Great picture! It looks like some ancient Chinese or Japanese painting.
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Of the four, this is my favorite. The backdrop of rock, out of focus, brings out the details of the subject.
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Reblogged this on Ned Hamson's Second Line View of the News.
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Fabulous, Michael!
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Thank You, D. Wallace, for the compliment.
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Given the opportunity trees will grow almost anywhere!
This image is amazing, Michael. I agree with neihtn above. It looks like a Japanese/Chinese painting/landscape.
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Your good words are most appreciated, Carolyn.
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I love them Michel . those images are like paintings !
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Marvelous, Waruni. Great to read this. Thanks!!
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