Seeing 2011 (#58)

For your consideration: a landscape oddly elegant and yet ominously evocative of one my childhood nightmares, courtesy of H. G. Wells and 1953 Hollywood.

This tiny bastion of organic fortitude - a foothold in the midst of a (relative) expanse of condominium concrete - caught my peripheral vision as I descended the stairs into our underground parking garage.

Photographed at eye-level with my 100mm Macro, the shallow focus combined with stark lighting and barren landscape accentuates both the grace and wonderful determination of life to exist and even flourish despite ostensibly impenetrable obstacles.

Alien Oasis, #0973

© 2011 James W. Murray, all rights reserved.

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Details: April 3, 2011; Canon 20D; f/8 @ 1/500 sec; —1/3 EV; ISO 400; 100mm.

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