The real title for this photograph is "Death Is But A Part Of Life".  In a cemetery setting, the maple in the background in losing its leaves - apparently dying.  We know that the maple does not really die, but takes a winter's rest until it seems to be reborn in the spring.  Consequently, this photograph suggests that human death may be similar to the maple tree - perhaps going through a phase of transformation rather than ceasing to exist.

This was a whiplash photograph.  On vacation with the family, I saw this scene as we were driving down the highway.  I set a new record for "the fastest turn off a highway" (my apologies to the passengers in the car).  I walked around until I found a perspective where I could include a few headstones in the foreground and lead to the tree in the background.  I liked this angle because the dark shadows on the headstones seemed to enhance the "death" theme and helped the tree stand out more as the focal point of the photo.