Old growth by ChrisArmytage
© 2010 Chris Armytage, Fine Art Photography, Daylesford
Our roots are ancient, gold and gray, a buried treasure
Laying deep and secretive beneath the sunlit world.
My curling root grasps the woody starch of yours:
I can hear you, and the echoes of the animals and stars
Roosting and high in your broad-leafed canopy.
Our invisible links, a hand in hand network, echo
To the furthest reaches of our wet and fertile home.
And because we stand together, each of us …
Can hear the distant murmur of a rainforest’s heart.
We stand together: they cannot destroy us.
- Juniper Russo, Underground Forest
FEATURED in The World As We See It, or as we missed it, 9 October 2010
FEATURED in Representational Digital Art, 30 April 2011
April 2011 SoJie 10
Earth Day exhibition
Photo taken in nearby Wombat Forest, Victoria, Australia, where logging has finally been stopped after years of desecration. Canon EOS 450D, layered with textures from my own photo stock.
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Comments
What a gorgeous tones and composition…love the written words you choose from Juniper Russo for this beautiful work!
Thanks so much Evaline, I was thinking of this poem as I was processing the image – so glad you like it :)
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Hi Trish! Thanks so very much for featuring “Old Growth”, I’m delighted :))
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VERY INTERESTING WORK AD WORDS… I LOVE THE PASSION IN IT
Hi Anna! I am passionate about our old growth forests – rhere are very few old growth trees left in our forests, so we should honour them I think. Thank you my dear generous friend :) x
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Congrats on your amazing feature, great work and well deserved.
Thanks so much Andrea :)
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Very cool, great job.
Thanks Steve, much appreciated :)
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Wonderful words and image!
Thanks so much Pauline :))
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Wonderful work Chris, love it.
Many thanks Gabrielle, I appreciate your generous comments :)
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Love this Chris- such beautiful treatment.
Thanks so much Rose :) x
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Love the fall of the bark and the tiny cross, lovely work and sentiment.
Nature’s patterns are always fascinating – I found the pointing finger of bark intriguing too! Thanks Lorraine for your lovely comments :)
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excellent work well done
Thank so much Alan, I appreciate your comments :)
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