The bottle trees of Socotra are only the 2nd most popular endemic plant of the most isolated continental island in the world. My trip to Socotra in Yemen was a journey of a lifetime and this just may be my favorite photo from the entire week of camping just off the Arabian sea. I remember walking the area at sunset with my GPS unit just marking my favorite trees and knowing that this was the one. I came back hours later and photographed her with the moonlight illuminating the pink flowers. Just an incredible moment that I wanted to last forever.

For this photo I tried out a new technique that allowed me to get incredible details from the tree and sky behind it. This bottle tree portrait is a certified banger and will be hanging up in my own office as soon as I finish typing this.

PS I highly recommend this in the 13x19” size. the extra lengths does wonders for how it’s presented trust me.