I left early that morning to capture some photographs in Emeryville. After I finished, I was driving through Berkeley on the freeway. Then I noticed a massive graffiti calligraphy sprayed on a park cabin. I circled back and drove to the park. After photographing the graffiti, I started to return to my car. That’s when I noticed a strange-looking tree stump. It stood alone, facing the pinkish overcast lake. Since it wasn’t apart of a group, and the morning clouds were still decorating the reflective lake below it, it presented an excellent photography opportunity.

While processing the series of photographs, I noticed an”oozing” effect with the green moss growing on it. It appeared that the stump was “bleeding.” After playing with special filters in my image editing program, I produced a separate image that resembled the tree dripping blood. And produced a darker background tone as well.

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