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Old Bones

This rotting, old, partly submerged tree is providing a home for the mosses and tiny plants growing on it. Snow is starting to accumulate and it's falling sideways motion is being reflected in the water.

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Lazy Bones - Leon Redbone

Join me on An Island Walk where I get the exercise so you don't have to.

Old Bones

This rotting, old, partly submerged tree is providing a home for the mosses and tiny plants growing on it. Snow is starting to accumulate and it's falling sideways motion is being reflected in the water.

Click to Play:
Lazy Bones - Leon Redbone

Join me on An Island Walk where I get the exercise so you don't have to.

comments (11)

  • Ginnie
  • United States
  • 22 Nov 2007, 01:56
It's a centipede, it's a fallen-down Ent trying to walk away....it's so many things, Mary. How the imagination takes off with a photo like this! Well done.
Mary MacADNski: I won't even say what Richa thought this was. Shudders! Centipede much nicer.
  • ray
  • Thailand
  • 22 Nov 2007, 03:01
Wonderfully composed image, Mary.
Love the "legs" and the reflection...and the snow.

But its the rotting red core of the tree trunk that really gets me, and all that micro-ecosystem thats taking off in there.
Mary MacADNski: That's what fascinates me too. Ray. I love watching new life grow from old.....the symbiosis.
  • Helen
  • Albuquerque, NM, United States
  • 22 Nov 2007, 04:15
WOW this is a busy shot. I really like the reflection of the "legs" on the water!
Mary MacADNski: It is busy isn't it. Every few days I try for something different than the regular landscapes. Keeps me from being bored.
Rain keeps falling on my head... smile
Mary MacADNski: It will be falling on my head later today too.
  • Richa
  • United States
  • 22 Nov 2007, 08:29
It gives me a feeling of spinal cord being torn out of the back. The red coloration in middle gives the feeling of raw flesh. I guess its great time for me to stop watching horror movies.
Mary MacADNski: What a visual. Now I know why I don't watch horror movies.
  • Louis
  • South Africa
  • 22 Nov 2007, 11:06
Them bones, them bones, them dry bones.

This looks like some visiting alien thingy that will grab the walker and suck her/him dry.

Great shot and reflections.
Mary MacADNski: I love watching new life grow from old.
  • José-Angel
  • Sant Feliu de Llobregat (Barcelona) Catalonia
  • 22 Nov 2007, 14:14
The effect is peculiar that creates the snowflakes when falling! Many different textures in this photo that makes it interesting!
Mary MacADNski: That's a creative way of looking at this. I think you got it.

Ésa es una manera creativa de mirar esto. Pienso que usted la consiguió.
  • Astrid
  • The Netherlands
  • 22 Nov 2007, 14:43
This is wonderful (again) Mary. I can 'feel' that it is cold out there, glad it did not run away before you could take this picture!
Mary MacADNski: Thanks. Astrid. I can't let snow and cold stop me from getting outside.
  • Kathryn
  • Germany
  • 22 Nov 2007, 16:55
The lines made by the tree, its reflection, and the snow are very attractive. Nicely done, Mary.
Mary MacADNski: Thanks, Kathryn.
A very nice result due to this complex draw with colors shapes and reflections !
Hat off !!
Mary MacADNski: It's a small little world inside.
Looks like some gigantic prehistoric insect! Great shot Mary. Like the song to.
Mary MacADNski: Thanks, Bill. I've always been fascinated by Leon Redbone's unusual voice.

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