Older, but no wiser

Yeah, I know... the composition isn't what it could have been. I needed a 28mm or 24mm lens (bad workman etc...). I'd just rounded a corner in the path, and there ahead stood this beautifully shaped tree, it's silhouette forming the outline of a candle flame. But all I had was a 35-135mm zoom, and if I stepped any further back the bushes at each side would have obscured the shot. In hindsight, perhaps I should have lost the base of the tree in order to get the top, like the very tip of flame, in the shot. Ah well, we live and learn...

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