My goal with this photo was to take something from nature and photograph it in an original way, and I wanted to create art that challenges the viewer to look at the natural world in a new way. The unique characteristics of the maple samaras are emphasized when rendered within the rotational symmetry of the mandala form. The design invokes a sense of movement and the samaras become wings in flight. An in-camera multiple exposure of eight exposures was used to create the effect.