Cattails at Cottonwood Lake, November 20, 2018

Cattails on the shore at Cottonwood Lake State Recreation Area, November 2018. (Photo by Daniel Binkard)

Most of the time when I'm at Cottonwood Lake, I try to include plenty of obvious water in my photos. On this particular visit, I found myself looking for details. Seems like I'm still working on a good photo of a cattail, but this is a bit closer to my goal. I like the dimensionality the side lighting on the fuzzball provides (plus a little back-lighting). It's the curved shapes of the grass in the background that I really like, and which provide a fitting backdrop for the cattail.