Close-up of a fresh conifer shoot emerging from rough, flaking bark on a tree trunk at Petrova Island. — Lazovsky Reserve, Primorsky Krai · May 2008

New Growth Through Peeling Bark

A single conifer shoot breaks from the peeling bark of a trunk on Petrova Island in May. The shallow focus softens the surrounding needles to green blur, leaving the raw reddish wood and fresh growth sharp against each other.

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Nikon D70s105mmf/91/13s10 May 2008

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