arbutus branches
by lightning

Comment:
wonderful. I think this is called the 'strawberry tree?'

Hanging on a Limb
by stek

Comment:
lurid!

Climbing the sky ...
by Prophecy

Comment:
what an unusual tree!

Plentiful
by chele

Comment:
love the uplighting.

Stick With Me
by cheegirl

Comment:
suspect this was a really hard shot to take! excellent subject

Hangin' On By A Limb
by jonnie

Comment:
what a fantastic tree. would love to know the story behind it.

Paper
by londonlime

Comment:

Thanks for all the great comments. The reason I left the edges in view was that I felt that it wasn't obvious enough that it was a photo without it (you might laugh but looks like at least one person didn't realise that, even -with- the edges there). Totally true about the color and lighting, the light was fading fast and it was my last chance (indoors is a joke). My little sony was already having a fit trying to get a decent focus at all.
I wanted it to be on paper rather than on grass, to emphasise the 'paper' aspect of both the photo and the shoe. the grass you can't run on, the paper shoe you can't wear (its SO delicate, its quite hard not to squash it!)

For anyone who wants to make that shoe, its from the best ever origami book by Steve and Megumi Biddle "Step-by-Step Origami". I used the very thin Japanese calligraphy paper.