Recipe for Candied Wood

Select a nice grained wooden log
Bury in mineralized soil
Apply water, heat and pressure
Simmer for 175 million years
Serve with your favorite wine

This photo was taken by an Asahi Pentax 6 X 7 medium format film camera with a Super-Multi-Coated Macro-Takumar/6X7 1:4/135mm lens attached to a #1 extension tube (14mm) and Kowa L1A ø67 filter using Fuji 160NS film, the negative scanned by an Epson Perfection V600 and digitally rendered with Photoshop.