trees are a for me a symbol for beeing deeply rooted, constant, connected with this planet. always sad to see them fallen, the more so when snow reveals details that could be assumed as remnants of their struggle.
i am constantly learning to make use of even small slices of time for photographing. the price for this is the weight of a not so small camera bag i am dragging around. but with my preferences for raw files and long or short focal lengths, it would not make sense to go with a point’n-shoot or only one lens when i don’t know what will turn up.
I agree with your words trees are indeed very special !
I wish I could do that also. But I don’t seem to be able to reach an even slightly “photographers state of mind” if I don’t have a longer slice of time available.