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A few years ago I found this old downed tree trunk, and it had this hole with a very cool design in the wood around the opening. I thought it was really cool looking, but on it’s own I didn’t think it had enough going on to photograph by itself. I came up with the idea of turning the hole into a natural flower vase, and inserted these Marsh Marigolds and called it, Stump Art.
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After this shot, I was on the look out for any stumps or downed tree trunks that I ran across that had holes that I could add flowers too. Here is another cool opening I found that worked well with these nice Orange Star flowers I picked up at a flower shop.
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I used the same hole from the last photo and placed these small white flower and made it a horizontal.
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I liked this little slot in this stump, and added these little flowers. I liked the nice texture in this stump.
So keep your eyes peeled for old tree trunks with holes to create your own Stump Art.
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Mike Moats 
Very cool and intriguing. I like the top photo best because of the power of 3 (yes, there are 4 flowers, but only 3 are prominent), and contrast: simplicity of flowers’ texture vs. complex texture of the wood.
Thanks Kendell, lots of fun composing these.
What a neat idea. The stump is just like having a backdrop canvas.
Exactly Sandy, it’s what I referred to as a “two subject composition” main subject and a background subject. very successful style for me.