Life on a Rock

I overslept this morning — and the portion I got to see of the morning was overcast. So I'll take this opportunity to show you a picture I took of Oscar (the rock) the other day.  99% will just speed by without reading this (I always hate to think about how many people only see my pictures on their phone) but this is the kind of picture where you want to look at it in detail.

First, in the lower left corner, you'll see a piece of pavement.  Ooops.  (It'd be easy enough to crop out.)  But that's just an example for the non-photographers that might want to learn how to see.  In the top left corner you'll see the rock I call PE — Potential Energy.  It's just hanging there, by  a geological thread.  Sooner or later gravity will win and Oscar will have a companion sitting by the paved trail.  

But what I really want you to notice is how much life there is — on a rock. Look at all the little plants growing on it.  All the moss and lichens.  It's solid rock.  Yet life finds a way to flourish. 

Along the Bankhead Trail in Monte Sano State Park, Huntsville, Alabama. 

Nikon D7500 — Nikon 18-300mm F6.3 ED VR

18mm

F8@1/2 second

ISO 400

Polarizer

White Balance on Flash

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