Wooden Fencing, Muir Woods, California

@Andrew Gould: Thanks for all the comments mate -- really appreciate it! Glad you like this too... Sometimes i see these compositions and i just take the shot... have no idea what drives me sometimes... It's instinctual! :)

@Lilo: Cheers mate!

@fcofont: Thanks kindly Francisco! Always a pleasure to hear from you and read your comments! :)

@Joy: Hello and thanks Joy! :)

@Dhini: Thanks Dhini! :) Cheers!

@Michael Skorulski: Thanks Michael! This is one of the rare times i get close to my subject as i tend to heavily prefer wide, sweeping landscape shots... but i do enjoy the 'vastness' of this close up photo too -- so i think i should spend more time within the world of smaller things! :)

@Mirko Herzner: Howdy Mirko! :) This is one of those pics that i remember taking -- but don't remember thinking about... it just happened -- i saw something -- it 'clicked', and then i clicked the shutter. I was completely on automatic... (i had been shooting for about an hour and was feeling very warmed up!) it was wonderful! :) Thanks!

@Namaki: Thanks Namaki -- welcome back and great to hear from you! :)

@linerberry: Thanks Linerberry! Yes -- this is even better than a secret garden (although i love secret gardens!), this is a secret forest! :)

@Monique: Thanks for the comment and honest feedback Monique! :) I am still very new at this and am very happy to hear opinions as i can then take all of it into account for later! Would you say the light or the color was too dark and heavy then? What would you have done in my place? Thank you in advance for your time and critique!

@Lorraine: Thanks Lorraine -- it was very rainy that day -- and the sky was dark and the ground was quite wet! :) It was a wonderful fresh smell! :)

@shahab: Thanks Shahab!! :)

@grouser: Thanks Grouser! Yes -- i do prefer trees to speak completely honestly. ;) The dots you can see are different molds and or Lichens that live and grow on decaying wood -- or wood that is often moist. :) In this case -- a bit of both!

@saman: Hello and thanks for the comments Saman! Very appreciated! :)

@Eric Fry: Thanks Eric! Hehe -- are you left handed by chance? I have noticed that most of my shots have a right hand dominance... so you are the opposite? Very interesting! :)

@yiannis krikis: Cheers Yiannis! Loved your shot today -- very different for you -- but beautiful all the same! Bravo!

@hugo poon: Thanks Hugo! Yes -- not my usual vein of photography -- although i do like it... might have to work like this more often! (too bad about the 1600 ISO though...) :(

@willow: Thanks Willow! A very happy Thursday to you! :)

@Saeed: Cheers Saeed -- thank you!

@Thomas Griffioen: Thanks Thomas!!

@gbe: Thanks Grant! I love the solidity of this one -- reminds me of your style of photographs... darker and heavier! ;)

@Michael Rawluk: Yes -- it was raining quite a bit, although the canopy blocked a lot of the water from falling onto us -- however i just realized that i had the ISO on 1600!! Yikes! Oh well -- so much for enlarging this one! :(

@crystal: Hello and thanks Crystal! :)

@Paco Díaz: Cheers Paco! :)

@Ina: Hello and thank you for the comment Ina! :)

@kerfendal: Thanks mate! :) I would love to enlarge this -- but i just realized this morning that i shot this on 1600 ISO (ouch!) oh well -- i have learned my lesson! :)

@Alun Lambert: Thanks heaps Alun! :)

@Graham Russon: Thanks Graham! I quite like these darker tones too -- not sure how i will get more of these... unless i shoot in lower light? Gotta work on that! Cheers mate!

@Stephen Phillips: Thanks Stephen! I need to go back -- so many great photo opps there! :)

@bluechameleon: Thanks BC! I always love your descriptive comments! :) There was so much moisture in the air and the ground was very wet -- very refreshing indeed! The moss and lichen and grasses and clover bunches were all very happy to just 'be' -- as most certainly was I!

@Steven: Thanks Steven! Yes -- there was another shot from the same trip -- but further up the road and the mountain towards the falls! (great memory!) It wasn't raining as hard at this point -- i actually thought it might clear... boy was i wrong! :)

@Ekaputra Tupamahu: Thanks Ekaputra! Cheers! :)

@Monique: Thanks Monique! Great to hear from you! :)

@rasCAL_LITTLE: Thanks mate! :)

@Observing: G'day Mike (good evening is probably much more apropos) and thanks! Yes -- i think this was one of those 'had to be there' moments! But i was fascinated with the lichen and moss growing on the fence rail... the rest just fell together nicely! :)

@Fliss: Hello and thanks Fliss! :) It is a beautiful place! This day was stormy so everything was wet and grey -- but it made for nice deep tones! :)

@DarkElf: cheers mate! thank you kindly! :) i do admit i like certain things: details or colors or shapes... these things just appear to me 'i can't explain them'... and then the need is there and i simply have to take the shot! it is as close to automatic as i get. :) thanks again -- you comments and feedback are always a pleasure to read! cheers.

@Querques: Thank you mate -- thank you kindly!! :)

@Laurent: Thanks Laurent! :) You must be up quite early! I have yet to go to bed... :) Hope your day is good!

@lissa: Thanks Lissa! :)

@Sandrine: Hello & thanks for the comment Sandrine! :)

@Carlos Palma: thank you kindly Carlos! don't worry, it certainly takes a good amount of time to meet people on this site. keep up the great postings and regularly visit other blogs -- the attention will certainly come your way! best wishes and thanks for the pleasant comment! :)

@Scotfot: Thanks Scot! :) Cheers mate!

@sunder iyer: Thank you kindly! Cheers! :)

@Twelvebit: Hehe -- i had angst all day at work... not enough sleep -- too much blogging last night! :)

@Vaishali: Thanks a bunch for the beautiful comment Vaishali! :)