I wanted to enter since I am in the Team Suck challenge, but was about ready to give up when I saw this on my deck. Not a great shot, but it will let me hit the update button next week.
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Nice rustic representation. I would have been inclined to crop some of the left side out. The angle of the sycamore seed might have been changed too, perhaps bringing toward the horizontal the wood grain to reduce some of the 'out of balance' rhythm in this photo.