The Eye in the Wood is a photograph by Norman Gabitzsch which was uploaded on December 15th, 2014.
The Eye in the Wood
21st Century Photographic figurative Abstract of a saltwater weathered timber in a storm damaged pier in the Gulf of Mexico off Longboat Key,... more
Title
The Eye in the Wood
Artist
Norman Gabitzsch
Medium
Photograph - Fine Art Photography
Description
21st Century Photographic figurative Abstract of a saltwater weathered timber in a storm damaged pier in the Gulf of Mexico off Longboat Key, Florida. Longboat Key is a town in Manatee and Sarasota counties along the central west coast of the U.S. state of Florida, located on and coterminous with the barrier island of the same name. Longboat Key is south of Anna Maria Island, between Sarasota Bay and the Gulf of Mexico.
The timber photographed came from hurricane damage of a pier. Salt crystals can be seen on the timber. Photograph taken with a Nikon D3300.
Copyright (c) 2014 Norman Gabitzsch, All rights Reserved.
Houston Photographer.
1st Place tie - Contest - Abc Group - W Is For Wood (out of 571 entries)
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Uploaded
December 15th, 2014
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Comments (152)
April Pilley
Nice!
Norman Gabitzsch replied:
April ... thank you for the comment on the Florida Gulf Coast storm damaged timber picture, "The Eye in the Wood".
Art Sandi
Excellent work
Norman Gabitzsch replied:
Art ... I want to thank you for responding to the Florida Gulf Coast storm damaged timber image, "The Eye in the Wood".
Diana Rajala
Such wonderful texture!
Norman Gabitzsch replied:
Diana ... I want to thank you for the comment on the Florida Gulf Coast storm damaged timber photog, "The Eye in the Wood".
Joan Carroll
nice!
Norman Gabitzsch replied:
Joan ... thank you for commenting on the Florida Gulf of Mexico Coastal storm distressed timber photo, "The Eye in the Wood".
Angelo Marcialis
Terrific textures and form Norman...
Norman Gabitzsch replied:
Angelo ... thanks for the comment on the Florida Gulf of Mexico Coastal storm damaged timber photograph, "The Eye in the Wood".
Juli Scalzi
Great texture and detail. Nicely done!
Norman Gabitzsch replied:
Juli ... thank you for the comment on the Sarasota Florida Gulf of Mexico Coastal storm damaged timber photo, "The Eye in the Wood".
Michael Mazaika
Well seen and well titled. Wonderful color and texture, Norman. - Mike (V)
Norman Gabitzsch replied:
Thank you, Mike, for commenting and supporting the Florida Gulf of Mexico Coastal storm damaged timber photo, "The Eye in the Wood".
Christina Ford
my favorite of yours! I too love nature's textures!
Norman Gabitzsch replied:
Christina ... thank you for such a wonderful comment on the Florida Gulf Coastal storm damaged timber nature photograph, "The Eye in the Wood".
Alexey Stiop
Beautiful texture!
Norman Gabitzsch replied:
Thank you, Alexey, for commenting on the Florida Gulf Coast storm ravaged timber nature photog, "The Eye in the Wood".
William H Freeman Jr
👍🏾 nice.
Norman Gabitzsch replied:
William ... thank you for looking at the Florida Gulf Coast storm damaged timber nature photo, "The Eye in the Wood".
Delphimages Photo Creations
Beautiful !
Norman Gabitzsch replied:
Delphi ... thanks for the comment on the Florida Gulf Coast storm damaged timber nature photog, "The Eye in the Wood".
SC Shank
Very interesting!
Norman Gabitzsch replied:
Thank you, SC, for commenting on the Florida storm damaged timber nature photo, "The Eye in the Wood".
Jennifer White
Wonderful natural abstract capture!
Norman Gabitzsch replied:
Jennifer ... thank you for responding to the Gulf Coast nature abstract, "The Eye in the Wood".
Lisa Wooten
So very cool. L F
Norman Gabitzsch replied:
Lisa, thank you for visiting and supporting the Gulf Coast driftwood nature image, "The Eye in the Wood">
Paul Quinn
Wonderful texture and detail.
Norman Gabitzsch replied:
Paul ... thanks for the recognition you are giving to this salt water nature photo, "The Eye in the Wood".
Kathy McClure
Simply beautiful.
Norman Gabitzsch replied:
Kathy ... thank you for commenting on the salt water nature photograph, "The Eye in the Wood".
Judy Foote-Belleci
great color and texture ... nice treatment !
Norman Gabitzsch replied:
Judy ... thank you for commenting on the the close up nature abstract salt water photo, "The Eye in the Wood".
Fei A
Love this ! v.f.l
Norman Gabitzsch replied:
Fei ... I want to thank you for looking at and supporting the salty nature image, "The Eye in the Wood".
Mona Stut
Wonderful LF
Norman Gabitzsch replied:
Mona ... I want to thank you so much for the support of the close up nature abstract photo, "The Eye in the Wood".
Mona Stut
Wonderful LF
Norman Gabitzsch replied:
Mona ... thank you for the support of the abstract Nature image, "The Eye in The Wood".
Kim Lessel
Congratulations Norman! Your excellent image has been featured in the group "Symbolism in Photography". Because we are only keeping 30 featured images on the group front homepage at a time, I recommend that you post this and all future featured images into the group discussion gallery for featured images, in order to allow interested buyers to see your work among the selected featured images of our group
Norman Gabitzsch replied:
Kim ... thank you for featuring the abstract Nature photo, "The Eye in The Wood", in the Pixels Fine Art America FAA group, "Symbolism in Photography".
Robert Bales
Love the texture and detail!! v/f/t
Norman Gabitzsch replied:
Robert, thank you for the comment and support of the Florida Storm damaged Pier, "The Eye in the Wood".
Kelley Freel-Ebner
Congratulations! Your extraordinary work has been Featured in the Fine Art America group “The Earth Is Art”! You are invited to archive your featured image for permanent storage and for viewing on the Discussions Page in: “2018 Member's Extraordinary Features Images Archive 3.0!” theme. Simply copy your image’s Embed URL on your image’s profile page, and paste it into the Discussion Topic site: https://fineartamerica.com/groups/the-earth-is-art-.html?showmessage=true&messageid=4138611
Norman Gabitzsch replied:
Kelley ... thank you for featuring the Gulf of Mexico salt storm weathered photo, "The Eye in The Wood".