Death
by Bill Chambers
It's been a rather overcast day today, and I spent most of it snoozing in my Lazy Boy, but my wife came home from shopping and gave me a choice - go shooting or do chores. Five minutes later I was happily skipping out the house with gear in hand.
I went to the Naval Live Oaks section of Gulf Islands National Seashore and was just wandering around in the woods when I came upon some palmettos changing color. Pretty enough, but not real inspiring. I looked down at my feet and noticed some dead oak leaves, pine bark, and palmetto fronds in sort of a natural arrangement. This intrigued me more than the changing colors.
This may not appeal to most folks but, frankly, I enjoy the subtle beauty that death in nature often provides.
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D2X w/ 70-200 VR @ 120mm
2.5 sec @ f/16 - MLU and mc-30 remote release
100 ISO
No filters
Tripod
Capture One 4, CS4, TK's Luminosity Masks, Marc's web sharpening
Critiques, suggestions, and comments always welcome and greatly appreciated. Thanks for looking.
Comments
17 commentsThe palmettos add a wonderful structure to this, I can certainly appreciate the collection of decaying matter and subtle brown tones. I think the orange oak leaves add a great accent too.
Nice work, Bill. This scene is loaded with interest.
I, too, like the imaging opportunities of the life/death cycle. Some of my most important and prize winning images are of the remnants of death.
Guy
Chris
What a wonderful capture and crafting of this nature's design. Perhaps a "Cycle of Life?" but a beautiful, intimate scene that is of course so often overlooked. Beautiful work Bill.
I'm sure there has to be some grains of white sand in here somewhere too?
Lon