Lonely Tree, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger.

On the outskirts of abandoned Fort Ord, California, an overpass leads from the ruined rows of barracks across the highway. I stood on this bridge in the fog, waiting for darkness to fall.

This tree seemed to me to stand alone, heedless of the traffic zooming by. I underexposed the image to increase the effect of isolation and gloom, and with the plan of brightening car lights later in the Photoshop darkroom.