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Sunlight Filtering Through Leaves

Marc Christensen • Dec 06, 2018

"There’s nothing quite as refreshing and reaffirming as a bright morning with sunlight filtering through the leaves."

Here is the latest for our Profound Picture Series, by Marc Christensen

Marc's Profound Photos for this month were taken on a recent trip to the Talimena Scenic Byway in southwestern Arkansas.

You can learn more about Marc on our Profound Pictures Contributor's tab. Marc is a regular contributor to this series, where the artist/photographer selects a photo they consider profound and then describes why, or simply lets the image speak for itself.

Sunlight Filtering Through Leaves MIchael Kroth Profound Living
Sunlight Filtering Through Leaves Michael Kroth Profound Living
Sunlight Filtering Through Leaves Michael Kroth Profound Living

Why I Chose These Photos

By Marc Christensen

I made these photos on a recent trip to the Talimena Scenic Byway in southwestern Arkansas in search of fall colors. I captured these scenes in the early morning, which is a time of day I should experience more often than I do. There’s nothing quite as refreshing and reaffirming as a bright morning with sunlight filtering through the leaves. I say reaffirming because it is the birth of a new day, one that I have been granted the privilege of enjoying one more time. And, as we age, this becomes increasingly relevant. It is also an opportunity for me to refresh my soul, to pause even for just a minute to consider what opportunities are before me and how I might bring some sunshine to someone in my life. I’d like always to be more like a bright morning than a fog bank. I don’t always make it.


"I’d like always to be more like a bright morning than a fog bank. I don’t always make it."


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