Pretty cool, looks like it could come rolling down on ya any minute! Probably from some old logging mill or something. It looks like there is a groove for some kind of belt sytem on the wheel.

I saw this image in the voting booth. Your subject is interesting - a wheel sitting out somewhere in the forest. There is a lot of clutter though which makes it tough to really figure out what you were trying to emphasize in this image. Your "Just doing his thing" image is a better example if using isolation to emphasize an image element. Also if you use a tripod and a smaller aperture when shooting an image like this you can get more stuff in focus, and make your image a lot more clear.

Sometimes it's hard for me to discard an image I like, or an image that I made of an interesting subject matter, but I wind up throwing out about 99 out of every 100 images I shoot. That's an improvement from where I started when I was throwing out 499 out of every 500 images I shot. Art is cruel. At least it is to me. Keep 'em coming.

No wonder what that was used for? So different and interesting. Love the color btw of the trees. sandi♥

Well, aside from the good advice that ®mar gave you I have to tell you that this wheel is still used, and used to steer the mountain in the right direction when the seasons change. I know you don't believe me, but very few mountains have these directional devices, and the ones that do most usually get their pictures on places like....Caedes :O)

♫ 005 PJ ♫

Nice tree colors,strange with this wheel,good picture.

lovely compo Michael and a great nature shot:))