Lauren, love your challenge. I see a person with a tall pointed hat stretched out on the dragon's back with their arms around its neck.   Posted: 01/08/2025 05:37:27

Hi Lauren, Pareidolia strikes again! Terrific tree. It might be better photographed at maximum aperture like f/2 to show the background more out-of-focus and provide visual separation between subject and background. But you can also do that in post processing by making a separate layer, blurring it, then masking so the blur layer includes only the background. I also slightly brightened the bristlecone and darkened the background. What great fun in imagining what we see in that old tree. Karl   Posted: 01/09/2025 14:54:20

My vote is for the dragon, ready to exhale fire and flames.
I remember Bristlecone Pine Forest very well, up at 10,000 feet; it was like being in another world...and so much to photograph!   Posted: 01/20/2025 00:05:05