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Category: California Landscapes    Title:  Sun Rays Through Trees    By:  Susanne Leasure
Rays of golden sunlight beam through the eucalyptus groves in Montana de Oro State Park. Misty ocean air floats across the road, filtering the light with an ethereal quality. This photograph evokes a variety of emotions, drawing you into the depths of its forests and inviting you to hide among the sun-dappled boughs. Hollister Peak, between Morro Bay and San Luis Obispo, is usually seen from Highway 1. This spectacular view is from the top of Black Mountain on a blustery Spring day. Lush green fields surround the peak as cloud shadows scurry across the hillsides. The rolling hillsides speckled with sprawling oaks is a classic scene in California. They are particularly beautiful in the glowing late sun, which defines and colors them. Stretching shadows cast purple shapes onto the mountains, abstract forms that take on a life of their own.

Eucalyptus Trees in the early sunlight

The deep eucalyptus groves of Montana de Oro State Park are one of the enticing things that I love to photograph as well as paint. The swaying branches rustle, creak and click, wafting the strong smell of the fragrant oils through the misty air. Eucalyptus bark peels in jagged colorful strips, exposing bright orange, gold and even mint green colors in the many layers. Leaves scattered on the ground like multi-colored crescents, are catching spots of sun in shifting shapes between the trees. There is nothing quite like spending time in a forest of these other-worldly trees, especially when the Monarch Butterflies fill the air and cling to the blossoms laden branches. What an awesome sight that is!