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Carlo Didier
Carlo is an amateur photographer from Luxembourg. His love for Scotland and the outdoors is reflected in the choice of his subjects. But he also often wanders around the woods and a former open-air iron mining area turned natural reserve, just a short walk from his home.
He says “I have been trying to learn landscape photography for the last 35 years” and he hopes to get there some day.
The "Giele Botter" (Yellow Butter) is at the centre of an abandoned open mining area for iron ore, which I still remember being active when I was a kid. It's now mostly a nature reserve used by walkers, joggers and mountain bikers (though, officially they are not allowed there). Our dogs get their daily 16-20km walks there. Many paths criss-cross the whole area and you can widely vary your walks, between open air and more wooded parts, ideal when the summer heat gets too much.
The red rocks (from the iron ore) and the birches give a nice contrast and there's a lot of moss on the rocks in certain parts. And then there are the flowers. Lots of them in many colours, changing through the months. Including over 20 varieties of wild orchids. So far we have only identified half a dozen! Not far away, at the "Tëtelbierg", there are excavations of Roman settlements.
