Yes, those are not friendly trees. Those roots have a hint of old man willow for all that it is a conifer. Also although it is a portrait the sitter is a very small part of the shot.
I seem to remember that this picture was to mark his 80th birthday whereas the others were to illustrate an article - I think in the Daily Telegraph.
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“But Finrod walks with Finarfin his father beneath the trees in Eldamar.”
Christopher Tolkien, Requiescat in pace
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