Off to Skyline Drive; only 1/3 of it was open due to ice & snow.
This is a view of Old Rag from about milepost 46 or 47. Had to tromp through some deep snow to get to a vantage point that had a foreground element. This was an experiment to see if I could frame the view with branches less than a foot from the lens and keep the entire scene in sharp focus. At a wider focal length the answer is yes, but at 70mm - which gave the composition that I wanted - the answer is no. At first this image bothered me, but as I looked at the subject (the mountain) the framing branches seemed entirely natural (the way we'd actually see them) even though slightly out of focus.