Strength

Strength, originally uploaded by dabi.

IR image made at Cavalry Park, Duddingston, Edinburgh.

View from Roussillon

View from Roussillon, originally uploaded by dabi.

On the Ochre Trail

On the Ochre Trail, originally uploaded by dabi.

Image made on the Ochre Trail in Roussillon in the Luberon - Provence, France.

A legend from the Middle Ages recounts how this area came to have the distinctive red ochre soil: The young Lady Sermonde, wife of Raymond d'Avignon, the local seigneur, was neglected by her husband who was too preoccupied by hunting. She fell in love with a young troubadour, Guillaume de Cabestan. Raymond d'Avignon got wind of their affair, and mad with rage, he plotted a cruel revenge. He killed the troubadour and had his heart served to his wife during a meal. Lady Sermonde, having learned what had happened, threw herself off the cliff, her spilled blood colouring the hillside forever.

Talking tree, Newhailes

Talking tree, Newhailes, originally uploaded by dabi.

This infrared image was made at th National Trust for Scotland's Newhailes estate in East Lothian. This is one of a group of nine fascinating trees near the house which I have been making a study of during this year.