"An Oak Tree in Winter"

This beautiful silhouette of an oak tree is displayed in a winter's day. The object stands out more in this type of season rather than a summers days as the bright glare of the sun would intrude on the delicate details of our magnificent oak, the white mist and stillness of the tree combine an image in which Talbot had imagined to create. In is photograph it seems to just have the oak tree towering over some fragile petite figures, these are the other trees. 
I see in this image being more of a self portrait of Talbot, as a reflection of his success in his creation and invention. His marvellous understanding and furthering on his knowledge has proven to be one of the glorious things we still use today, with out picture how will we know what we read if we do not see. A visual choice would be that he chose the tree to signify a greater being among others that it beauty is not always seen, the unusual in the usual if you may! 
Another could be that he wanted to just take a picture of the tree as it would have made the image clearer and easier to take as the tree's detail was striking and a still image is the most simplest of images to do and to create, as the object is not moving it would not show and signs of blurriness. The representation of the image on the other hands is more discrete, this being that maybe Talbot didn't think he was portraying himself on a conscience level but rather more on an un conscience level, the image communicates a more visual aspect rather than the story, the image of the tree could have been more of proving an idea rather than Talbot's need for attention.