This is from that big cottonwood I cut down 5 years ago or so. This is the shape I roughed out back then. I probably should have cut down the rim to remove the pith and improve the proportions. Also, the curve has some flat spots and wall thickness isn't too even. There are better examples of the wood from this tree in the pipeline. I'm getting eager to get some of them finished.

I got a new camera and I've been experimenting with depth of field and lighting. All of these have tungsten floods with a diffused flash assist. Despite shutting down the F-stop, I'm not getting much depth of field with the camera up close to the subject. I'm going to try backing up and zooming in next time.

10" x 6" Watco DO + Minwax WOP, waxed and buffed. Thanks for looking. C&C always welcome.


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