When all else fails, go back to basics. Or in this case, go back to what you know best and for me it’s detail. A birch as a whole is tragically un-photogenic at this time of the year, but this bark detail caught my eye and I was happy I had the little Powershot in my pocket, ”just in case”. Just in case of just this!

The sunlight was diffused by high cloud which was fine in this case. I even considered making it b&w and really bring out the texture, maybe I will play around with it later. This colour version seems unnecessarily pale and there’s no point in trying to boost any colours anyway!

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EDIT: I got around to the b&w process sooner than expected, so I’m adding the new version for comparison.