Description

A close-up stock photo showing a decaying tree surface with a softly blurred forest background. The shallow depth of field keeps attention on the decayed texture while creating natural copy space in the out-of-focus background.

This image is suitable for editorial, educational, and professional design use where decomposition, natural texture, or forest process imagery is needed with a clean, design-ready backdrop.

⚓Designed as a visual foundation:

The sharp foreground texture paired with a blurred background creates clear separation for captions and overlay text. The composition supports flexible cropping while maintaining a strong subject-to-background hierarchy.

Suggested Uses & Value

• Editorial content about forests, ecology, or natural processes

• Educational materials discussing decay or habitat cycles

• Conservation or environmental nonprofit communications

• Background imagery for reports and presentations

• Design layouts requiring texture with readable copy space

📝Visual Insight & Design Tip

Blurred backgrounds improve legibility when paired with text. The defined foreground texture provides context while the soft background supports headline placement without visual clutter.

Clear Licensing for Professional Use

License
Clear lifetime commercial license

Use
Marketing, websites, blogs, educational materials, and editorial graphics

Credit
Optional, never required

License Scope
Commercial use permitted
Resale as a standalone image not allowed

Delivery
Final sale digital download

Additional Information
Made by one artist — Katie Dobies Photography
No subscriptions
No AI imagery
Clear licensing you can trust

📷High-Resolution Digital File Size:

5472 x 3648 px