Shadow Shot Sunday: Antlers


 

like antlers
erupting from earth—
stripped dead tree

 
© 2010 by Magical Mystical Teacher
 
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Posted on November 6, 2010, in Arizona, my digital photos, my haiku, Shadow Shot Sunday. Bookmark the permalink. 27 Comments.

  1. This is stunning – it really does look as if a multi-point buck is arising, a survivor of the dry desert floor. Stunning!

  2. there is something beautiful about a bare tree. oh the life it lived and the stories it could tell. great shot. happy sss.

  3. What a terrific capture! And it does indeed look like the antlers of a huge deer! Superb!! Hope you have a lovely weekend!

    Sylvia

  4. Beautiful shot — at first glance I thought it really was a set of antlers. Amazing.
    — Kay

    Kay, Alberta, Canada
    An Unfittie’s Guide to Adventurous Travel

  5. Yes, perfect interpretation.

  6. Fabulous photo, and yes, I too think it looks like antlers!

  7. Lovely ShadowShot. Really does look like antlers!

  8. The old tree is magnificent. What a photo op! I enjoyed your haiku too.

  9. Those branches look very much like antlers! Great photo!

  10. wow! Great shot, it does look like deers antlers. Well done.

  11. A beautiful photo! These tree limbs do seem to look like antlers tangled in a life and death battle!

  12. Love, love, love the photo. Does look so much like antlers. Love, love, love your haiku!

  13. great image and one of my fave haiku’s you’ve posted so far!!!

  14. You have given the tree new life.

    Thanks for giving our bridge a poem, too.

  15. In death, revealed:
    The soul trapped inside a tree –
    A broken Hart.

    Cheers!
    JzB

  16. Really does look like antlers! 😉

  17. Looks a vintage reindeer horns… Awesome shot, Lady!

    Have a happy SSS…

    Greetings from freezing Stockholm,
    /chie

  18. Lovely! It really does look like antlers, such an interesting photo.

  19. I clicked on your link and expected–antlers, of course! This tree does look a lot like antlers, and the shadows emphasize the look.
    Thanks for the visit and poem!

  20. Wonderful image. Well done.

    Gina

  21. Great imaginative play on antlers! Thanks for haiku and for last week’s long haiku – last week I couldn’t find a place to successfully comment. Your new venue is looking good!

  22. Interesting photo. Well spotted. Thanks for sharing this.

    All the best, Boonie

  23. very cool ~ both the antler-looking tree and your haiku

    I didn’t get around to doing a shadow shot this week..I had a good one to use too!

    see you this Saturday

  24. Gorgeous! The weathered wood of the old tree looks so nice against the red earth in the background. Lovely haiku too!

  25. Not what I was expecting when I clicked on the link. It’s lovely!

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