I came upon this tree and saying in Oakwood Cemetery. I stripped out the color from the original image by adding Adobe Lightroom’s “Red Hi-Contrast Filter” preset. What may (or may not) be obvious is the other photoshopping I did to the image to increase the “canvas” size around the carving to make it more horizontal that it actually was in real life.
(I have gone back to re-shoot it and this version does not have the expanded canvas. I have put a smaller copy of the photoshopped version down below.)
Here’s a wider shot of what the tree looks like. The rope hanging from the branch is a nice “touch”. I’m guessing / hoping that it was from an old swing. How long the chair has been there is anybody’s guess.
Oh, like me you’re probably asking yourself “What does it say?”. My best guess is this:
“WE ARE HERE TO CREATE NOT MERELY SURVIVE”
