Maple Cross Section

It's an art.Nature's way of showing off. This is beautiful,Len. Thanks for sharing.

Have a nice Fall Season...

the ET!!! good colors, sharpness, and above all, good composition. compliments -koushik

My thoughts also when I first inspected it. We just have to keep our eyes open for stuff like this. Best, LM.

Good eye! My thoughts turned to the movie 'Alien' when I studied this one a bit. Best, LM.

Very nice LC - I like it alot ... !

Good to hear from you again. Long time, no see. I took many versions of this tree stump but this is my favourite. Best, LM.

Len, this works very well. It's amazing the compositions that are out there for the seeing

Nice of you to pop in. Yes, nature provides. All we have to do is see. Best from up over, LM

Len, very good find and shot. The colors and details are superb. My favourite subject.

Good to hear from you again. 'Found' shots are a large part of my portfolio. Some die an early death but many make it to 'keeper' stage. I believe this is one of the latter category. I might just end up printing it. Best, LM.

eyes wide open Len - very well seen and photographed.

Good of you to stop by with your comments. Good of you to take the time to view & contemplate this one. Many thanks, Best, LM.

Quite extraordinary wood-art :-) Well seen, and captured. In B&W, the mystery factor could be intensified further, color gives a small hint to decode the image. Very good, holds my interest for a while

Good of you to take the time to view & comment. I tried this one in B&W but to me the coloured parts look 'dirty' when converted so I left it in colour. I agree it's unusual appearance tends to hold one's attention for a while until the mind figures out what it really is. Best, LM.

I join the line, very Interesting wood cut, it is known that every round ring in a tree is a year of its life( as far as I know) so this looks quite an aged one. I wonder what is the significance of the dark line that devides it to two parts?is it natural or man's doing?In any event it is very unusual and well observed.Great texture.

I believe the center part (dark line) is where a split in the tree begins. It's probably why it was worrisome to the power transmission company and ultimately why it was proactively cut down; to prevent it damaging the power lines if it came down in a windstorm. Thanks for your interest & thoughts on this one. Best, LM.

This is super. Makes me want to see the rest of the tree. That's great color. Probably would've made a pretty nice piece of furniture.

Good to hear from you again. The rest of the tree is no longer pretty except for this type of shot. I was thinking at the time I was looking at the pieces laying on the ground that some of the larger slices would indeed make some interesting, if rustic, furniture; coffee tables for the cottage at least. As of now I think they are all slated to go into someone's fireplace. Best, LM.

Comments\critiques will be gratefully received. Best, LM

Wonderful, wild and a Worthwhile subject. Good eye.

Thanks for digging deep for this oldie.  This was an old maple cut down to reduce the hazard to a nearby power line.  Thought it worth recording.  Best, LM.