Thanks to mizzd, whose picture of a truly ancient I used in this release, I have permission to upload "The Tree Nymph". I have not worked a lot with Photoshop in the past, and I know it's not perfect, but I love it nevertheless. mizzd's picture of a tree offered a marvellous scene to start from. With the use of spiritsighs's extraordinary brushes and much time I tried to craft a hallucinatory vision of nature's spirit, in contrast to the human-wrought pollution stupidity in the background.

The magic is still there in some places, like this magnificent and ancient tree, which proclaims the truth about life and the beauty of nature just by its tranquil existence. Just leave this being alone and it grows to something more magnificient than all the buildings and things we strive so hard to erect. And if you look even deeper than most people care to do, and open your mind and your eyes, you may realize that nature's a living, complex being, and us humans just a small part of it. We should treat it with more respect.

Thanks to *mizzd-stock again for giving me permission to use her contest-stock !

Credits:
Tree by *mizzd-stock. Find her gallery here
Perfect Brushes (foliage, lightrays) by `spiritsighs. Find her stock account here