Death can dance

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Death can dance
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Many of my abstracts involve water and this is one of my favorites. I was hiking in the Musquash Nature Preserve near my house in NH and saw this reflection of some trees and stopped dead. It has energy somehow.

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Is this a composite: No
Handheld with the legacy 135mm f/2.8 Zuiko lens which was a favorite when I shot 35mm.

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Processed in Lr for a tiny crop, white and black points and a nice curve adjustment to maximize contrast. A little vibrance & texture, too.

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You win!

I love the dancing trunks, popping in and out of degrees of reality like virtual particles*! The darker trunk on the right anchors things perfectly.

*See: Quantum Mechanics 101.

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Lovely, Kris. The energy and movement is quite engaging. Great capture.

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The dancing trees look great, Kris. Nicely seen.