Seemed unusual to me. I'm used to seeing burls on spruces, where they are common, and sometimes on birches, but I don't recall seeing them this large on willows before. Perhaps I'm just not observant.

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TtW.
Ilford B&W disposable camera.

Scan of optical print processed by Blue Moon Camera and Machine.

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Playing with a texture. Not sure if I'm successful or not.
Lost in the Woods texture thanks to DancingShiba.

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Brave Helios Wake up your steeds.
Bring the warmth the countryside needs.
-Moody Blues

Try as it might, the sun again fails to perform it's earthly duty.

View from the corner, Lower Steele Creek valley and looking out across the vast, fog draped flatlands of the Tanana River to the distant mountains of the Alaska Range, 100 miles away. January 6, 2009. view 180°

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