A black and white tree

This is from Downtown Bakersfield, CA. I have this thing for what I consider nice looking trees. So many are unfortunately butchered in the pruning process by yahoos that do not have a clue what they are doing.

This is one of those pictures, in my eyes, where the image just doesn't capture what it was I was seeing. This truly is an amazing looking tree in person. I think it is because it just doesn't do the scale and size of the tree justice.