Autumn Detritus
by James Aiken
Title
Autumn Detritus
Artist
James Aiken
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
Maple tree seeds, fallen leaves, sticks, and twigs lay strewn on the forest floor in a blanket of autumn detritus hoping to help germinate a new maple tree seedling.
Detritus occurs in a variety of terrestrial habitats including forest, chaparral and grassland. In forests the detritus is typically dominated by leaf, twig, and bacteria litter as measured by biomass dominance. This plant litter provides important cover for seedling protection as well as cover for a variety of arthropods, reptiles, and amphibians. Some insect larvae feed on the detritus. Fungi and bacteria continue the decomposition process after grazers have consumed larger elements of the organic materials, and animal trampling has assisted in mechanically breaking down organic matter. At the later stages of decomposition, mesophilic micro-organisms decompose residual detritus, generating heat from exothermic processes; such heat generation is associated with the well known phenomenon of the elevated temperature of composting. (Information obtained from Wikipedia)
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July 29th, 2015
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Comments (19)
HH Photography of Florida
Makes a beautiful natural abstract James. Great textures and cool, metallic tones.
Allan Van Gasbeck
Congratulations! Your outstanding artwork has been chosen as a FEATURE in the “The Grayscale Outdoors” group on Fine Art America.
James Aiken replied:
Thank you so very much for featuring my work in your great group Allan.Your continued support is greatly appreciated.