...or at least, two of them - the third is farther back in the forest and masked by trees and vegetation. These three large boulders are known as 'pudding stones' as they are of a type of rock completely alien to the area. They were most probably deposited by an ancient glacier many tens of thousands of years ago.
Local legend has a different story: three fairies, having heard of the wonderful construction of Mont Saint Michel, thought they would help out by bringing some stone. During a rest pause in the forest of Brocéliande they learned that the construction had been completed so they left the boulders where they lay and went on their way.
Wonderful composed , great foreground detail and yet one is drawn deeper into the image from the boulder to the trees to the tree. Gsreat tones and texture. fav
Intriguing! We have puddingstone here in Michigan. People find it at the Lake, slice it like bread, polish it, then sell it. It's tan and speckled with various colors, mostly red.
@juliedduncan These three large boulders are of a dark reddish brown stone studded with grains of quartz... they're called 'puddingstone' because their texture is said to resemble that of a Christmas Pudding stuffed with raisins!
We've seen these before I think... well worth shooting them again .. and again and again! Beautifully composed and exposed shot... so much depth. Fav. I'll go for the second explanation... if glaciers had dragged them there why aren't there more of them? Oh I get it... the fairies used them elsewhere!
March 22nd, 2018
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