Project - "Birds on Dead Sticks" - shot in Kruger National Park, South Africa.  I love the    texture of the "Combretum imberbe" (Eng) Leadwood Tree.  Some of these trees have been carbon dated and are over 3000 years old (many have been dead for much of that period, but the wood is dense and resists rotting).  Many of the subjects are backlit I overexposed the sky on purpose to simplify the backgrounds.