Tree Branches at Sylvan Lake, September 22, 2019

Trees on the trail at Sylvan Lake in Custer State Park, September 2019. (Photo by Daniel Binkard)

The trail behind Sylvan Lake has plenty of leafy trees to work with, but this gnarly gnarled specimen was certainly interesting in the mid-morning light. There's plenty of chaos in the zigzagging branches and black and white tones.