Early morning light. An ancient tree surrounded by old graves in a rural village. The stupas marking the graves are sharp in the foreground, soft in the background. The tree that stands between them is softly focused as well, but is so massive in scale, and complex in form and texture, that it dominates the image. In the ornamental designs of the Buddhist gravestones, the Lotus motif is repeated constantly, another nod to nature, and another link to the flourishing old tree that fills most of the frame. The mood is one of continuity. Generations come and generations go, but the tree seems to link all of them as children of nature. I used a telephoto lens from a distance to create the zones of selective focusing here. The golden light warms the scene, creates a positive atmosphere, establishing death as part of life.