More Mukilteo Beach

Those if you who have followed this blog for a while know that I enjoy photographs that belie their era or location by hiding the clues or simply being sufficiently abstract. This image above is one of these. This could be a swirl in the mud, a aerial photograph of riparian habitat, or, as in this case, the crosscut view of the twisted growth of a tree.

 Portions of this tree limb have a texture suggestive of the skin of a crocodile. This is encouraged by the general shape of the upper portion. It reminds me of a side view of a croc with his/her mouth open. the the strongly blurred background showing through the "open jaws", it is almost as if I had done a bad job of digitally erasing the meal the croc was eating.

I may complain a lot about the monotonous weather here in the PNW, but there are advantages. For example, this light on this stone sitting on the weathered log is just about perfect. There is enough to get a slight shadow of the stone but there is nothing that is over or under exposed. There is detail everywhere.

This last entry seems to give us a portal to another world. Reminiscent of the rock formations at the Arches National Park, this lichen covered limb provides an inviting entryway into another place, another perspective, a more strongly lit world where you just know that life is better.