Monochrome Madness: Leaves (And Berries)

My guess is that the greater part of flower photography is principally concerned with colours. However, a monochrome conversion of an image of a colourful flower can reveal otherwise hidden textural complexities.

Monochrome Madness: Leaves

Last on the card: Golden leaves

Autumn colours are everywhere at the moment, but this tree in a shop’s car park was a particularly fine specimen, especially in the sunshine.

Last on the card October 2025

Last On The Card: The Fallen Leaf

After a period of strong wind and heavy rain, this oak leaf ended up on top of the wall of one of our raised beds.

Last On The Card August 2025

Lens-Artists Challenge: Cool colours

This is a detail of a variety of golden fern – or so the internet tells me. That’s definitely a cool shade of green, though.

(Sorry, but I cannot bring myself to spell ‘colour’ without the ‘u’.)

Lens-Artists Challenge: cool colours

Coming back to life

The crown of this London Plane tree is showing the first signs of new growth.

Cellpic Sunday 14 April 2024

Cellpic Sunday: Submerged

We’ve had an inordinate amount of rain here recently, so this old cast-iron cooking pot, repurposed as a garden ‘feature’, is full to the brim with water and autumn leaves.

Cellpic Sunday 7 January 2024

Dried peony leaves

Although we didn’t get any blooms on our peonies this year, it has to be said that they are growing old gracefully. I was struck by the way the leaves had curled up on themselves.

The Last Photo August 2023

Dessicated Leaf

At this time of year, everything is in full bloom and, although it has been quite dry, I was surprised to see this dessicated leaf lying on my driveway earlier this week.

The Last Photo

Autumn Leaf

The colours on this fallen laurel (bay) leaf epitomise the autumn season.

CMMC 7 December 2022

November’s Last Photo

I was struck by the contrast of this brightly coloured dead leaf set against the green moss on the top of one of our raised flower beds.

November’s Last Photo