A proverb restated since the third century, B.C., is that beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
One might look at Mark Harding’s photographs of June Lake, post peak, and see nothing but gray, bare limbs.
Mark recognized the beauty within the austerity of the forest.
Just because an object, a plant or a person is worn, past peak or aging does not mean it is without beauty, character or interest as Mark so artistically depicts in his photographs. 
- June Lake Loop (7,654′) – Past Peak, YOU MISSED IT. Or, did you?
