Here is something a little off the beaten path (though not far at all from the paved road that constitutes the Raleigh Greenway). If anything can be described as a serendipitous natural sculpture, this should qualify. A tree simply split in this fashion without help from human hands. I think I can say there's a strong resemblance to the body - and especially paw and head - of a quadruped mammal. There are aspects of bear, cat, dog, and rodent, but no matter, we'll simply declare it a newly discovered genus:
lignupodia. Special thanks to Pam for spotting this a few days ago on one of her walks, and telling me where to look for it. I don't think I would have missed it, but there's no telling when I would next have gone past that section on a nice sunny day. Planning meant I could coerce Ziva dog into taking my chosen route, and also that I had a suitable camera and lens for my anticipated subject (a 70-200 zoom, used at the long end on a Canon 5DII).
I suppose that I could stretch a label and call this an
objet trouvé, a "found object". Even though I left it completely undisturbed, by capturing it with a camera and bringing its image into my studio, I have in a sense incorporated it into my "artwork" (said with a smile).
f/8 and be[aver] there?
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