Woof woof! These are good images for layering. At the seminar, the instructor said he has a special folder for textures. This would be great in a 'texture' contest. We should have one.
This is so unlike you, Rob. As noted above I've come to expect an extraordinary photo of the textured bark to be only a layer in your shots. Didn't you forget to add a rose or a windmill? I mean you've done a magnificent job of capturing the colors and the textures, but you always add that Robbish twist to your postings.
Since you're a grandfather and not the young man prowling the back alleys of Rotterdam that I thought you were, I'll assume that you're tired from baby-sitting your grandchild or were out buying Pampers for the child or Depends for you and just ran short of time and energy.