Saturday, September 15:  Ailsa of Where’s my backpack? has challenged us to a new travel theme this week: texture.  She writes: Texture adds something wonderful to a photo, drawing you into the image and creating impact. Texture can highlight details on the surface of an object; macro photography often works with texture in such detail that it is not immediately apparent and not necessary to recognize what the object is. The beauty is in the detail.  Texture in relationship with other  elements in a photograph can create drama, and it can also provide information about the object being photographed.

Here is the texture of frankincense trees in Salalah, Oman.  The stuff that oozes out of the tree is what harvesters scrape off to create frankincense.

the texture of a frankincense tree in Salalah

From Oman Off-Road:  Frankincense is the hardened aromatic resin of the Boswellia tree, and is burned for its medicinal, aromatic and insect-repelling qualities.  The resin is produced by careful shaving of the bark of the tree.  A good tree may produce 10 kg of frankincense in a season, which runs from April to the beginning of the monsoon.  The trees grow wild and are located where the southern mountains of Oman meet the desert plateau.

frankincense ~ the whitish ooze on the tree

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