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Photo posted by Stuart Williams in the Weekly Challenge gallery on 03/30/12 at 09:44 am EST
Registered on 12/07/07, 247 Posts, 4792 Comments
Post last edited by Jim Erhardt on 04/04/12 at 10:36 am EST
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Stuart Williams
Lilongwe, Malawi
"one's destination is never a place, but a new way of seeing things" - henry miller |
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Comment posted by Carolyn Derstine on 03/30/12 at 10:05 am EST
Registered on 02/16/11, 610 Posts, 3684 Comments
Comment last edited by Carolyn Derstine on 03/30/12 at 10:21 am EST
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Wow, the angled face on this has such clear features; those eyes are especially realistic looking! That would be creepy to suddenly come upon this face looking at you. I like your comp on this and the B&W works great for this to accentuate the features. Great find, Stuart!
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Carolyn Derstine
Bucks County, PA
Weekly Challenge Moderator |
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Allow yourself to be fascinated by the beauty in ordinary things,
so all things will prove to be extraordinary.
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Comment posted by Stuart Williams on 03/30/12 at 11:52 pm EST
Registered on 12/07/07, 247 Posts, 4792 Comments
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actually carolyn, the little wood was full of these faces - not just this one on this tree. the eyes were everywhere ....
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Stuart Williams
Lilongwe, Malawi
"one's destination is never a place, but a new way of seeing things" - henry miller |
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Comment posted by Mark Seaver on 03/31/12 at 10:31 am EST
Registered on 01/23/11, 1103 Posts, 17270 Comments
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That's a very neat smile. I like how you've set the tree off against a fractal like background of small branches.
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Mark Seaver
Burtonsville, MD & Emigrant, MT
seaverphotos.com
Weekly Challenge Moderator
Macro/Close Up Moderator |
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Comment posted by Carolyn Derstine on 03/31/12 at 11:43 am EST
Registered on 02/16/11, 610 Posts, 3684 Comments
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Stuart, the fact that these eyes were everywhere makes this even more creepy. Not a place to go alone at dusk!
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Carolyn Derstine
Bucks County, PA
Weekly Challenge Moderator |
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Allow yourself to be fascinated by the beauty in ordinary things,
so all things will prove to be extraordinary.
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Comment posted by scott lanz on 04/01/12 at 09:15 am EST
Registered on 11/14/03, 840 Posts, 12902 Comments
Hey Stuart, excellent submission for the WC theme. 
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scott lanz
Youngstown, Ohio
www.lanzscape.com |
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Comment posted by Eva McDermott on 04/01/12 at 11:12 am EST
Registered on 01/04/09, 1015 Posts, 13229 Comments
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Wonderful find Stuart and definitely a Picasso influence at work here. As Mark mentioned, I too like the delicate backdrop of branches.
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Comment posted by Karsten Wrobel on 04/02/12 at 2:36 pm EST
Registered on 11/01/08, 117 Posts, 851 Comments
great find, Stuart... Picasso indeed... that must have been quite a walk 
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Karsten Wrobel
Munich, Germany |
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Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on 04/04/12 at 12:34 pm EST
Registered on 11/24/03, 3937 Posts, 12909 Comments
Perfect for the theme!
Congrats on the WP!
Sandy
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Sandy Richards-Brown, NPN #0367
Brookings, Oregon (summer/fall) and Sedona, Arizona (winter/spring)
PNW and RMNP Regional Member
NATURE'S MAJESTY IMAGING
http://naturesmajestyimaging.zenfolio.com/
"All things bright and beautiful, All creatures great and small, All things wise and wonderful: The Lord God made them all.
Each little flower that opens, Each little bird that sings, He made their glowing colors, He made their tiny wings."
- Cecil F. Alexander, Hymns for Little Children, 1848, Ireland |
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Comment posted by Daniel & Loana on 04/05/12 at 5:01 pm EST
Registered on 10/07/08, 166 Posts, 3044 Comments
Wonderful shot, Stuart- Very well seen.
D&L
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Daniele Vigo & Loana Musso
Genova - Sanremo
Italy
www.passaggiditempo.altervista.org |
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Comment posted by Wayne Jones on 04/06/12 at 10:40 pm EST
Registered on 04/18/07, 953 Posts, 6435 Comments
Well seen and well named. Excellent choice for B&W, capturing the simplicity of this.
Congrats on the WP.
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Wayne Jones
Upstate New York |
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The beauty and genius of a work of art may be reconceived, though its first material expression be destroyed; a vanished harmony may yet again inspire the composer; but when the last individual of a race of living beings breathes no more, another heaven and another earth must pass before such a one can be again. William Beebe, 1906 |
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Comment posted by Grant Collier on 04/09/12 at 2:54 pm EST
Registered on 07/29/05, 73 Posts, 430 Comments
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Love this one. Well seen!
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Comment posted by Catherine Reilly on 04/10/12 at 8:49 pm EST
Registered on 08/16/06, 603 Posts, 9192 Comments
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Genius! One of the most expressive trees I've ever seen!
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Catherine Reilly
Seattle, WA
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Ad lucem quam inhabitas--
To the light wherein Thou doest dwell
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Before i saw the title, Picasso came to my mind imediately 
The composition and the B&W work splendidly, great find 
Just joking, 
