Damian Shields Photography

Ancient pine roots

While on the approach to the head of Loch laidon across the rock and heather strewn bogs of Rannoch moor I stumbled upon this beautiful convoluted pattern of roots that had bee revealed due to the gradual erosion of the peat around the waters edge. I was drawn by the skeletal whiteness of the sun bleached foundation of a once majestic pine that had towered over the now bleak moor in earlier times.

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Image Size: 3456x5184 / 25.2MB; Loch laidon rock heather bogs bog Rannoch moor roots trunk erosion peat water edge skeletal whiteness sun bleached foundation pine bleak barren atmospheric moor scotland perthshire argyll mono wood moss riverbed sky twisted broken shattered Scotland scotland scottish damian shields landscape photographer photography panoramic atmospheric atmosphere moody nature scenic land light sky country
Contained in galleries: 2011, Argyll, Clyde and Trossachs

While on the approach to the head of Loch laidon across the rock and heather strewn bogs of Rannoch moor I stumbled upon this beautiful convoluted pattern of roots that had bee revealed due to the gradual erosion of the peat around the waters edge. I was drawn by the skeletal whiteness of the sun bleached foundation of a once majestic pine that had towered over the now bleak moor in earlier times.