Are you one who sees another object within the original?
The New Forest offers ample opportunity for imaginative portrayal of shapes from standing or fallen trees – a pastime that becomes addictive.
An early autumnal morning – crisp air and bright sunshine was perfect for walking through one of the older woodland areas – a mix of deciduous trees – oak, beech, ash, birch interspersed with holly. All around are fallen, decaying branches or trunks home to numerous insects and fungi and of course one’s imagination seeing shapes resembling animals or fictitious characters.
Textures of tree barks, knots, cancer growths and upturned stumps feed the imagination for patterns in various media
whilst the seasonal colours of leaves, lichens, fungi and flowers create a rich palette.
Even the coniferous plantations have their beauty as sunlight filters through the canopy highlighting the undergrowth of bracken.
Certainly our walk around Wakehurst Place yesterday was an education as regards seeing another object within an object. I often saw you prostrate on the ground photographing the underside of the spectacular fungi on show!