# Cedar Plank Driftwood Topography

**URL:** <https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/cedar-plank-driftwood-topography/24172>\
**Category:** Image Critiques\
**Tags:** macro-close-up\
**Created:** [September 5, 2021, 9:29pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/cedar-plank-driftwood-topography/24172 "2021-09-05T21:29:39Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![johnwayne](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/johnwayne/32/18751_2.png) [@johnwayne](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/johnwayne)\
**Post date:** [September 5, 2021, 9:29pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/cedar-plank-driftwood-topography/24172/1 "2021-09-05T21:29:40Z")

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### Description: Curious as to what others see in this driftwood canvas. I see Homer Simpsons Wife and a girl sitting on a chair. . . .

### Specific Feedback Requested: Any

### Pertinent technical details or techniques: Canon 5dMkIII with 180mm Macro lens at 1/80sec, f 9 and ISO 800 against a black background.

Is this a composite? (focus stacks or exposure blends are _not_ considered composites) Not a Composite.

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 ![BJ7A7689-Edit](https://images.naturephotographers.network/original/3X/9/d/9de37c8d64003a1fabc3a1c0a0f2c23a73b1b80f.jpeg) elwise44

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**Author:** ![David\_Wallace](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/david_wallace/32/24603_2.png) [@David\_Wallace](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/David_Wallace)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2021, 11:43pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/cedar-plank-driftwood-topography/24172/2 "2021-09-06T23:43:47Z")

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Hello John! I love the swirls at the end of this piece of wood. They really make the image for me. You might be able to crop a bit away from the right side, but then again, probably not because of the second prong at the top. I could see warming up the wood to bring out some richness although it is drift wood and what you have here probably resembles reality pretty accurately.

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**Author:** ![Ola\_Jovall](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/o/779978/32.png) [@Ola\_Jovall](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Ola_Jovall)\
**Post date:** [September 7, 2021, 5:04am UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/cedar-plank-driftwood-topography/24172/3 "2021-09-07T05:04:12Z")

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I guess you could find a lot of different things in the detailed pattern, but for me the overall shape reminds me of the front half of a fish.

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**Author:** ![johnwayne](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/johnwayne/32/18751_2.png) [@johnwayne](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/johnwayne)\
**Post date:** [September 7, 2021, 5:36pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/cedar-plank-driftwood-topography/24172/4 "2021-09-07T17:36:03Z")

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Thanks David and Ola, I too thought of a fish when I started working with this.  
Wayne

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**Author:** ![Shirley\_Freeman](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/shirley_freeman/32/11361_2.png) [@Shirley\_Freeman](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Shirley_Freeman)\
**Post date:** [September 7, 2021, 6:31pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/cedar-plank-driftwood-topography/24172/5 "2021-09-07T18:31:05Z")

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Wayne, I guess I made my comments on this one in another category. It looks pretty much the same anyway. It does remind me of a fish, in the shape of it. A nice find.