Light Falls

Yellow Trees

Roads lined with yellow trees, a red ant mound, and the sun going down behind pylons and a single tree.

Channel
CH 19
Frames
35
On air
26 October 2024
Camera
X-H2S
Lone tree silhouetted against an orange and pink streaked sky, distant hills and dark fields
Narrow road lined on both sides with trees covered in yellow flowers, under a pale sky
Both sides of the narrow road are lined with trees in full yellow bloom, as though someone painted the hedges gold. The asphalt runs straight ahead into the distance. The sky is pale, the light soft. It is the kind of road that seems to exist only for slow walking and for the colour.
Mound of red-brown earth in tall green grass with yellow flowers above
A cone of red earth rises out of tall green grass, its surface crumbly and sharp at the peak. Yellow flowers hang overhead, out of focus. The mound looks built, deliberate, as though something small spent a long time making it. In the evening light, its colour is almost unreal against the green.
Large weighing-scale dial sign with a needle and Thai text, mounted under a concrete slab beside a hedge
A giant white dial, shaped like a weighing scale, hangs under a slab of concrete above a trimmed hedge. Its needle points toward the left, and Thai text curves across the face. It looks like a scale big enough to weigh the whole field, or perhaps just the evening. The needle is not moving.
Electricity pylon and distant mountains against a pink cloudy evening sky, dark field below
A steel pylon stands far off across the field, its wires sweeping up and out of frame. Behind it, the mountains are soft blue shapes, and the sky above is washed with pink and gold. The field is darkening. Everything in this landscape seems to be humming quietly, carrying something from somewhere to somewhere else.
Red dirt road curving past power poles with a transformer, trees and pink evening sky
The asphalt has turned to red dirt, glowing almost orange in the last light. It curves away past a pair of poles carrying a transformer between them. Trees stand against a pink sky. The earth is so vivid it looks lit from below. It is a road that seems to belong to another planet.
Pink evening sky over dark trees and a field with tall poles
The pink has spread across the whole sky now, soft and glowing above a dark row of trees. Two tall poles stand in the field, thin as pins. Everything below the horizon has gone shadowy. It is a quiet, almost abstract frame, half colour and half dark.
Pink evening sky over a long mountain range, a dark field in the foreground with faint lights
Pink sky over a long range of blue mountains, a few faint lights glowing in the dark band of fields below. Clouds drift in thin lines. It is quiet and wide, the kind of view that makes the world feel very large and very still. The colour fades even as it is being looked at.

All 35 framesin the order they were made

  • Tall tree trunk with a hollow at its base and an orange mark, surrounded by green vines and leaves
  • Narrow road lined on both sides with trees covered in yellow flowers, under a pale sky
  • Vertical view of a road forking between rows of yellow-flowering trees, a red sign at left
  • Road lined with yellow-flowering trees and palms, a walker and a motorbike rider in the distance
  • Mound of red-brown earth in tall green grass with yellow flowers above
  • Branch with clusters of yellow trumpet-shaped flowers and green leaves, blurred field behind
  • Vertical close-up of a cluster of yellow trumpet-shaped flowers against a tree trunk
  • Green arch covered in climbing vines with a weathered wooden sign, grassy ground below
  • Curving road beside tall palm trunks, low buildings and a motorbike rider in the distance
  • Curving road with parked cars under large trees, a dog at the right edge, pale sky
  • Parked cars under large spreading trees beside a road, gravel in the foreground
  • Silhouetted palms and trees against a pale pink evening sky, a white tent at left
  • Large weighing-scale dial sign with a needle and Thai text, mounted under a concrete slab beside a hedge
  • Pink-roofed building with a white pickup in front, red railing and trees, pale sky
  • Shelter with a long sloped roof sheltering green open-air trams beside a field and trees
  • Narrow lane curving past palms and fields with a white dog walking, power poles along the edge
  • Green fields and a distant tree line under a pale pink evening sky with power lines
  • Dry field of orange-brown grass with green patches, a tree line and trees beyond
  • Person in an orange top with a yellow bag walking away along a narrow road beside fields
  • Person walking away down a narrow path toward a tall electricity pylon and a small white building
  • Silhouette of a shelter roof and a distant pylon against a pink sky, dark grassy field below
  • Small white building with a lit fluorescent light, a power pole and a water tank under a pink sky
  • Electricity pylon and distant mountains against a pink cloudy evening sky, dark field below
  • Narrow road curving past a pylon and power poles under a pink evening sky, mountains in the distance
  • Red dirt road curving past power poles with a transformer, trees and pink evening sky
  • Tall electricity pylon at the left against a pink sky with distant mountain range, dark fields below
  • Electricity pylon centered against a pink sunset sky, mountains and dark fields below
  • Lone tree silhouetted against an orange and pink streaked sky, distant hills and dark fields
  • Tree-lined path with joggers in the distance, bare and leafy trees, golden evening light
  • Pink evening sky over a long mountain range, a dark field in the foreground with faint lights
  • Curved metal trellis arches over a red earth path with blue barrels, vines climbing the frames
  • Path between leaning trees with green grass verges in warm evening light
  • Pink evening sky over dark trees and a field with tall poles
  • Person in a blue T-shirt walking along a path past tall grass and leaning trees, another walker far ahead
  • Person in a red T-shirt seen from behind with arms stretched wide over a dark field at dusk