The tree

[Kaustuv Chatterjee]

Every once in a while, one comes upon a place where time stands absolutely still. As if in deference to the elements of the cosmos coming together in a silent womb like moment. I felt the 'force' looking at this scene. Katerniaghat, May 2013
Shot with the Nikon D 90, Nikkor 18-105, at 18mm, ISO 500, 1/1600s - F/5.6

[Saktipada Panigrahi]

Lovely image. Nice poetry flowing out of your mind. Thanks for sharing.SaktiWild

P.S.: I have to lean on the Nature when sometime I try to practice stopping the mind thinking. That is another story.

[Mrudul Godbole]

Beautiful composition. Nice description of the image. The reflection makes the composition more interesting. Thanks for sharing.

[Abhirup Dutta Gupta]

Great image.

[Kaustuv Chatterjee]

Thanks....have done a black and white rendition too, uploaded now

[Kaustuv Chatterjee]

A black and white rendition of the same photo....

[Roopak Gangadharan]

Nice concept.

rgds
Roopak

[Sabyasachi Patra]

Nice one. In the colour version the attention goes to the grass in the background due to its colour. In the black and white version our attention stays on the tree.

Slightly less space at the left would have been better due to the dead trees lined up on the right.

Shaktipadaji,
Dada, I had read that one of the meditation techniques is to allow the mind to initially wander and then slowly the thoughts will vanish. I was trying to meditate and was fighting my thoughts. I was advised to gently allow the thoughts to move away rather than try to banish those at one go. Never had the discipline to try it in a systematic manner.

Sabyasachi