Green in the Gray

Love the contrasts and detail Vance. Beautiful find. Stunning detail in the large view.

The contrast between the old gray wood, intriguing in its own right, and the vibrant green yarrow is like chocolate and peanut butter. Nice combo!

Love the comp and the texture in the tree. Could maybe see lightening the green a bit.

Very good work Vance. I agree, it is a meaningful composition. I enjoy the texture of the wood.

I definitely enjoy what I like to call portraits of nature, very nice detail and composition, and the little green plant brings it to life. Beautifully seen and presented Vance.
John

Really a story telling image for me, Vance, wonderfully crafted to show all the details and textures.

Peter

I like this; the contrast between what was and new life. And visually what everyone else observed; you have the contrast between the fibrous structure of wood in the process of decay against the symmetry of new life; sort of a contrast involving the idea of entropy and how it is the engine for localized areas of increasing complexity; thinking of Teilhard de Chardin...

So while all of that is wonderful about it, including the off-center sort of rule-of-thirds placement of the subject plant, the one suggestion I would make would be to decrease the saturation in the leaves of that plant. The current level, at least on my monitor which is not calibrated, approaches being almost garish. And I think that is exactly the right adjective.

I think the subtle meaning of your composition would work so much better if the green were muted in the subject, even though you are playing that against an essentially B&W background. It can be toned way down it it will work so much better, IMO.

Sometimes less is more.

Wonderfully unique capture here, Vance. This old piece of driftwood has really been bleached to almost a state of white. No nits at all.

Vance, This is very nice, and a great find. Something many would walk right past. You saw it and made a piece of art. Really enjoy the contrast of the green with all the gray...all shown off so well with your comp. The detail is fantastic! Excellent...

Nick Bristol
Lone Rock, WI

A very nice contrast. Ron

This is wonderful. The textures, details, contrasting colors all add up to terrific. Good eye to see this. Excellent image

Great details and contrast. Great work, Vance

Beautiful. You have a good eyes. Nice comp. and contrast

My first impression of the comp was that it is a bit tight on the top. but the more I look at it seems to balance out.

Beautiful Vance. This would still be wonderful even without the yarrow, but with it, it's even better. Love the texture of log - great detail.

Hey, good to see you posting again. Love all of the contrasts in this one.

Don't know how this slipped under my radar, because I love it! A meaningful comp indeed. Love the color contrast, and the impressive details.

Chris

A little late to the party but this is a really unique image..the texture in the bark is very nice and the greens really make it pop. Nice eye spotting this!