Rotten Wood Magnets

Sometimes a tree is just a tree, but when it's rotten, it's a whole different story.

Wood texture of rotten tree trunk, close-up, texture, background

Wood texture of rotten tree trunk, close-up, texture, background

Wood texture of rotten tree trunk, close-up, texture, background

Sometimes a tree is just a tree, but when it's rotten, it's a whole different story.

Rotting wood is one of the most unsightly problems that can plague a woodpile. This process, however, does more than just make the wood unsightly—it helps prevent decay.

Colourful Wood Rot

A close up photo of an old, mature tree.

A dark piece of slimy rotten wood from up close.

Wooden texture

An abandoned wagon in St Charles, Missouri, USA.

Did you know that if you count the rings of the tree you can tell the age of the tree?

Rotting birch tree logs in a Suffolk bluebell wood

Cove Harbour, Loch Ewe, Wester Ross

Cove Harbour, Loch Ewe, Wester Ross

Dead trees littering the beach at Covehithe. The result of rapid coastal erosion.

The interior of an old wooden carriage. HDR created from one RAW file processed as three DNG files in Photomatix, adjustments in CS6 with some help from Topaz filters. Nikon D7200 with Sigma 10-20 zoom.

Distressed wood

Tree art