Cradle of Life

The long dead and forgotten tree is cradling new life, on the horizontal log at the left and the one standing.
This 35mm, full frame, 47 megapixel monochrome, high key photograph, was shot at a forest preserve in Northwestern suburbs of Chicago, IL.

Camera Leica Q2 Monochrom.
The early morning, 120 second long exposure was achieved using a Gobe 10 stop ND filter + Polarizing filter.
While shooting, the camera was deliberately set to overexpose, to lighten and alienate the background, as I had planned to darken and retrieve the details on the main subject, the dead tree, in postprocessing.
A perfect Golden Spiral composition.
Postprocessed exclusively on ON1.