This lone mushroom raising it's upturned umbrella to the sky seems to be quietly beseeching a grand spirit to elevate it, perhaps to the quiet resting place of trees and markers seen in the upper background.

I was struck by the juxtaposition of this cold, sleek, hard polished grave marker agains the wild, uninhibited color of the autumn foliage behind. Unfortunately it was a grey day, which did not allow my modest lense to yield enough depth of field to capture the shot the way I would have liked, with a bit more definition in the tree itself.

Technically this picture shows the ability of the Nikon D50 SLR to move the focus point around the screen, thereby allowing the close focus on a non-centered image.