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This solitary tree in the Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest in the White Mountains of California, is not able to survive in the harsh environment and will withstand a long and slow death. With extreme cold, little annual rainfall, the trees in this forest are some of the oldest known living organisms in the known world. Most of the trees in this forest are 2,000 years old or more.

I am a San Diego based landscape and wildlife photographer, born and raised in Stockton, Illinois ( the 'S' is - not - pronounced ). I am one of the many that came to San Diego for a visit and just kept delaying my plans to go home. Although my heart is still pulled to the rural and slower lifestyle of growing up in farm country, my life is in and around San Diego. Over the years, I've grown to appreciate the big city lifestyle, but I always crave getting outside, discovering new places, reaching for those places that remind me of my youth, and to find connections with folks that are also from Northwest Illinois. My love for photography was born out my creative instincts. During my professional training in advertising design, a course in...