This is an incredible image Paul! The color effect is splendid! The star burst too! What a wonderful old pine! I would love to frame this and hang it on the wall!
'Lisa
Oh wow! This is poetic and thought provoking too. I love the effect, (in camera?). This one is just highly pleasing and very creative. I can see all kinds of figures in those tree roots. Beautiful and mood setting.
You will be led to the knowledge of the internal things which are invisible to you, by the external things which you see before you. . . . Even so then, we can represent to ourselves in thought the Author of all that is, by contemplating and admiring the (visible) things which He has made, and ever brings into being.
- Hermes
All of earth is crammed with heaven And every bush aflame with God But only those who see take off their shoes. - Elizabeth Barrett Browning<p>
mygallery
I love this too!! First I saw it in the voting booth and gave it hight marks even though it looks much better full sized like this. I know I'm late, but it was worth the wait to be able to slip it into my fave file....which one, though?
"I never looked for it, gave it no name; yet I knew it always, when the gift of peace came. I stood quite still for the moment that it lasted...Then the light shifted slightly and the moment passed, leaving me...with the lasting echo of its presence.." Diana Gabaldon
Oh Paul...this is not only an unusual photo from you..but it's also got such a unique colouring on it.That tree is actually grousing ON TOP of the ground..so amazing. You got the starburst perfectly, and the background is wonderful too. The whole photo is just awesome. Thank you so very very much. Verena
Paul, I knew this was yours the moment I saw it on the front page (congrats). I feel like I'm looking at a living ghost. It's both eerie, and beautiful, in it's own way. Great capture and composition.
Rob