It's a type of pear tree that is usually used for root stock for grafting. These were never grafted and survived to become food for the local wildlife..
They do that with walnuts in our area. The black walnut root is hardy, but people prefer to eat the English Walnuts. So they graft the English onto the Black. I love the softness and hint of a glow in this image.
@joysabin Hi Joy - thanks for your interest and your fav. :) It is IR and pretty much SOOC. I'm starting to get a bit better at using the camera - not too much blue most times! Cheers Rob
@olivetreeann Hi Ann - thanks for your interest and your fav :). I had to fess up - this one is pretty much SOOC - I didn't actually have much input into how it turned out. I took it with the IR camera and these are the tones that were produced. I really liked it too. :) Cheers Rob
@shutterbug49 Hi Debbie - that was interesting about the walnuts - and it sounds like it's the same sort of reason for doing it too. The IR camera did a good job on this one - it's pretty much SOOC. Thanks for your comment and interest. Cheers Rob
@wakelys Hi Susan - you are so right with your comment about japanese art - as soon as I read it I had to agree.. Thanks for mentioning it. Cheers Rob :)
Ian