Jewel Colours in a Pruned Yew

Superbe photo natue . Bon dimanche. . Nicole .

wonderful picture, but where is the old one?

Amazing interior…

What a great idea for a photo..............and very nicely taken Amelia. The textures and colours are fascinating.

Your theory about the oils and resins seems pretty sensible to me!

Makes a good abstract dear LGM

an interesting and well seen nature abstract!!

Great to do something different Amelia and the colours are superb as are all the different shapes and textures. Maybe some of the colour variations might be due due to the time that different sections of wood got exposed to the light.

An amazing range of colours why I have no idea I don't think I have seen one that had been cut. You could send the photo to Amateur Gardening magazine and ask their plant expert if he has any idea what the cause is it would be interesting know

Love the colours and textures

Amazing, like an oil abstract painting. Fine choice Amelia.

Outstanding natural abstract!

Jolie palette, bravo !+++++++++++

great image Amelia, love it in square

Beautiful colours Amelia great Image's of this tree nice one.
Best TOZ

Just beautiful, Amelia!
Nature really is the greatest artist, isn't it?

I wonder if it is the striations you see from various different fungi invading a tree, which leads in the cut timber to the attractive spalting you see in such wood. But these are youngsters compared to the Fortingall Yew, which is reckoned to be between 3,000 and 9,000 years old and at one time had a girth of 52 feet. To meander a little, it is believed Pontius Pilate was born in Fortingall, as his father was an emissary to the the Pictish leader Metallanus, whose base was at Fortingall. He married a local woman and Pontius Pilate was their child, who returned to become in later life the Governpor of Judea.It all depends whether yew believe that or not!