Twisted Root

This image just fell into my lap. It had almost perfect composition. The central focus, of course is the twisted root, and it is nicely balanced by the green shrub just below it, to the left. The root forms a diagonal line from the top left corner, across the center of the image. There is also a balancing element at the lower right hand corner which is the lower edge of the red sandstone, and the grassy shrub to the right keeps the eye focussed in the middle of the scene. The eye shifts between the green shrub on the lower left and the grassy shrub to the right. The red - green color opposites create a nice color vibration. I find that I am creating less color saturated images than I used to. I toned down the reddish and yellowish colors somewhat. This was shot with my Nikon D700, and the original scene was quite well reproduced.