I sometimes like to think of myself as an artist. I don't use paints, but I do love to use the medium of digital photography to explore form, colour, light and shade. Today my palette is loaded with Autumn colours...
Although Autumn is in many ways a sad season - seeing the final moments of many short-lived plants, and the annual shedding of the leaves of many longer-lived ones - it is also a time of glorious colour, as the predominant greens of Summer begin to give way to reds, yellows and browns. My posts today and tomorrow are a celebration of this time of year - taking a close look at some of the stems, leaves and berries of some of the plants in my garden.
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| Dogwood stems |
Lots of these photos are of my favourite Dogwood bushes (you will have guessed that). If you like Dogwoods, you should have a look at the photos that Kelli Boyles published a few days ago on her blog
Kelli's Northern Ireland Garden:
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| Dogwood leaf backlit with evening sunshine |
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| Dogwood: the branch line |
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| Dogwood leaf - faded glory |
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| Dogwood: the junction |
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| Dogwood leaf |
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| Blueberry leaves against a background of Mint |
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| Cotinus |
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| Maple leaf |
More tomorrow...
Definitely some artistic talent there! The Dogwoods are winners, love the Blueberry too.
ReplyDeleteReally lovely photos - my personal favourite is the Cotinus shot.
ReplyDeleteLove the cotinus photo. Was the light for all the photos natural or did you have some artistic licence.
ReplyDeleteSue; It was all natural. No "smoke and mirrors" at all.
DeleteAbsolutely beautiful photos Mark. Beautiful.
ReplyDeleteLovely photos Mark.
ReplyDeleteAutumn is a lovely time of the year. Here it is fabulous, usually still pretty warm and relaxed, but as most of our natives are evergreen I do miss the lovely colour changes of the season.
ReplyDeleteI think I like the Continus most of all, Very striking. Sunny autumn days are wonderful. Unfortunately we have rain the next two days.
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