There is this magnificent Magnolia stellata, Royal Star Magnolia Tree in Bayard Cutting Arboretum in Oakdale, Long Island and every Spring I return to photograph it. My polarizer filter was on the macro lens and I aimed through the branches into the sky to create the stained-glass-like background. Every year I go back to see if I can top this image that was shot with film in the 1990’s….and it hasn’t happened yet.
