Survivor by photosynthesis

Photography • Landscape • posted on Dec 23, 2013

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Description

This old oak tree sits near the edge of a five acre field on my property. It has been in pretty sad shape since we moved here a little over ten years ago & has been slowly deteriorating ever since. This past year, the tree split almost in half & the fallen half lay on the ground for a few months until someone we hired to work on our property offered to take the wood as partial payment for his services (although some was rotted, a good portion was still usable as firewood). Despite it's condition, it still manages to survive somehow. I see an angry face, with one eye blackened, on this tree (in the brown area near the top where the bark has worn away) & that truncated limb seems like a defiant fist that it is waving, as if to say to whatever gods have wreaked this misery upon it, "You've done your best to destroy me, but I'm still here!" I used the Context-Aware Move Tool to remove some electrical wires from the sky, as well as a barn & one other small structure. I also recently acquired the Topaz Adjust 5 set of filters & used it for the first time on this photo & did some layer blending to try to add drama to this image...

Comments (11)

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jayfar

5:34AM | Mon, 23 December 2013

Still photogenic. Nice shot.

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dakotabluemoon

6:37AM | Mon, 23 December 2013

Makes for a beautiful image.

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ArtistKimberly

9:21AM | Mon, 23 December 2013

Marvelous,

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moochagoo

2:40PM | Mon, 23 December 2013

An amazing find. Bravo.

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Faemike55

5:42PM | Mon, 23 December 2013

I see the defiance as well Great capture and cool story

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auntietk

7:54PM | Mon, 23 December 2013

I like the defiant fist. :P Whatever postwork combinations you applied, the result is just right. Nice contrast and color, making this tree the star of the shot.

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