The Splotch...

Oh - the perils of shooting into the sun! i would really like this picture if it weren't for the alien toadstool spaceship that landed on this tree when i wasn't looking ;p

I've now cropped this and posted a new version here:
http://365project.org/northy/somebody-stop-m/2012-09-17

Thank you all so much for all the comments and favs... I'm afraid i'm a bit behind in commenting and will likely remain so for the next day as I must spend the evening reviewing a lengthy and extremely tedious document for work tonight... catch up with ya'all soon!

[Paul]

But what a nice alien toadstool spaceship. What did the aliens look like?

[☠northy]

@wardie didn't see 'em - they must've snuck away whilst my eyes were blinded by the sun ;p

[Lisa Pouncy]

Love it. The texture on the trunk is awesome. Fav xx

[Alison Tomlin]

Love that twisted trunk and the flare.

[Tracy]

LOL :D I love Aliens, beautiful texture.

[Carol Estes]

Beam me up Scotty! I love the rays across the trunk.....it would be a great extra crop shot all its own.

[Simply Amanda]

Yikes, they are coming. Fun description! Doesn't the sun do weird things in shots sometimes. I seem to remember a certain dinosaur that visited a previous shot of yours.;)

[Kerri]

Cool

[Colleen]

Super sunflare

[Lorraine]

I love the texture, the flare and the toadstool!

[Cathy Donohoue]

It is perilous but I kind of like the alien toadstool.
You have marvelous "flare."

[hellcat]

LOL... I thought it just looked like a flare, but now, you're right, alien toadstool. Oh maybe little garden gnomes are manning the spacecraft.

[Peter de Graaff]

It is alien life

[e.gad]

Beautiful light and flare!

[Kathy Burzynski]

Great for this weeks theme too! Love that HUGE sun flare coming through

[aurorajane]

Lovely light flares

[Stacey]

I bet you could clone it out pretty easily with all the texture on the bark if you dislike it that much. I don't know, it looks kinda cool. Great flares.

[☠northy]

@newbie I re-edited last night and cropped it - I think I like the result better... Will post tonight after work... I am soooooo behind!

[Joy Morley]

Really cool light in this photo! Looks so weird!

[Stacey]

@northy I am too...ah well just go with it, I haven't taken a new pic in a while, will be doing some today. Sometime life gets in the way of your hobby dang it!

[Shirley Jess]

Very enchanting!

[ladyjane]

Love that alien toadstool spaceship that obviously beamed down from the sun. That's a fantastic tree trunk.

[☠northy]

@newbie actually - i've been taking lots of pics - just limited time to edit and post.... and lots of the photos have been very kid focussed and not really what i would be inclined to post here...

[Robyn]

Pretty shot and light. I may have been inclined to clone out the alien form, but I think it adds interest in the end.

[Brenda T. Schwartz]

I don't see an alien toadstool...Have you ever had a Sprinkles cupcake? They put a "toadstool" on top of some of their cupcakes.

[michelle mcintyre]

Great toadstool - love the flare and the trunk!!