Fallen, rotten and forgotten.

I like to shoot strange objects. Stuff that doesn't draw much attention or is simply not very pretty or desired. Dry plants, rust, and falling apart walls and bricks. It all has its weird charm.
This time I found a motherload of old, fallen trees.... or rather, what was left of them.





All these were shot during one walk in the woods. The place looks so nice and spacious... Hardly any bushes around and not even that many fallen branches as if they were regularly picked to keep the place clean :p
Except for these few creatures sticking out here and there. The textures, twists, turns, and crevasses are just so dramatic and way too irresistible not to be photographed.

They remind me of the driftwood we can find on beaches.





This one 👇 looks like if would just fall apart if I kicked it hard enough :p





Most were covered in lush green moss and lovely lichens. They will just speed up the decomposing process that started a while ago. It looks like the bark is already gone. Now it's time for the harder center of what used to be a nice pine tree.

This last one looks like it is covered in jewels. @fraenk would probably clean it up a bit from all the needles before shooting :p





Look how nice and clean this forest it :)
It is also a great place to pick mushrooms. Since there are hardly any low plants, they are much easier to spot.