
There's something about the use of wood in Romania. It seems to age more gracefully than we're used to in Ireland; it must be the climate, which is much dryer in Romania. The working is usually fairly rough to start with, for objects like this in any case, and age adds to both the grain texture and the natural lumps and bumps in wood.
The light in this was interesting, but made for fairly strong contrast between the top, which is in full sunlight, and the lower part, much of which is in deep shadow. Happily the light was spring rather than summer and in a forested area which seemed to help keep the sunlight manageable.