Birch Bark

"As the poet said, 'Only God can make a tree,' probably because it's so hard to figure out how to get the bark on."

--Woody Allen

[Kate]

Nice colors and textures

[Mags]

You shot some very nice pastel tones!

[Babs]

Glad you posted both versions, I love the colours.

[Steve Mueller]

Ha ha great quote. I like the colored one better, but both are good.

[Milanie]

Great close-up of the bark

[KV]

@k9photo thanks Kate.
@marlboromaam thanks Maggie... I’m happy to see some color after a month of black and white.
@onewing thanks Babs... it is actually two different shots but they are very similar.
@srmueller thanks Steve... in this case it looks like it might be pretty simple to pull the bark off.
@milaniet thanks Milanie.

[Lesley]

Fabulously captured. I took a photo of a Paperbark Birch today, but it’s not a patch on yours. Lovely!

[Poppo Livy]

Well spotted.

[Debra]

Good find, great close up

[Margo]

This is a very beautiful find FAV

[Elizabeth]

Nice close up of the peeling bark. I like this one in color.

[Ellen Bogenschutz]

Great texture photo, you can see the paper thin quality to the bark. I like the warmer colors, too.

[LManning (Laura)]

Stunning. I love those curls and shadows.

[Esther Rosenberg]

Oh, I like the color version too!!

[GaryW]

Cool. I like the way it peels off!

[Glover Shearron, Jr.]

Great image for a close-up!

[sheri]

Gorgeous papery detail.

[Bill]

Nice decision to go up close.

[Sylvia]

Great shot, super composition and a fab abstract image. Suggest that you tag it to - Abstract-50

[moni kozi]

Excellent. I have a set of barks coming up, but no birch.

[Diana]

a magnificent close up with amazing textures and tones.

[KoalaGardens🐨]

those textures show up really well

[John Falconer]

Well spotted. Great shot.

[Susan Wakely]

Great textures and lighting.

[Wylie]

lovely bark

[aikiuser (jenn)]

Love how the bark peels, this is very nice!

[KV]

@tinley23 thanks...you are sweet to say that Lesley.
@terryliv @dridsdale @777margo @redy4et @theredcamera @ljmanning @dutchothotmailcom @thewatersphotos @ggshearron @sherimiya @cwbill @sprphotos @monikozi @ludwigsdiana @koalagardens @johnfalconer @wakelys @pusspup @aikiuser thanks so much for your awesome comments and for helping this image make the TP & PP.

[KV]

@sprphotos thanks for the tag suggestion.

[mittens (Marilyn)]

I love the textures and lighting.

[KWind]

Nice textures.

[Peter Dulis]

so unique

[Margaret Brown]

Beautiful colours and textures

[tony gig]

Great shot of nature.

[bkb in the city]

Nice shot

[gloria jones]

Super textures, details

[KV]

@mittens @kwind @pdulis @craftymeg @tonygig @bkbinthecity @seattlite thanks so much for the terrific comments y'all.