Spring Light, Winter Shade
“People who shine from within don't need the spotlight.” – Anonymous.
It is still winter where I live, with crisp and cool mornings and plenty of rainy and overcast days, and yet for all that, there are a few early spring blossoms appearing in the streets and gardens. Last Sunday was a beautiful blue sky day, mild and sunny, so I decided to venture out with my camera and try and capture some of the first flush of delicate pink Japanese cherry blossoms on display.
The theme for “Smile on Saturday” for the 16th of August is “light and shade”, where an object is required to be in light, and an object is also required to be in shade. I had a completely different image planned for this theme, until I went out last Sunday to capture the cherry blossoms. Here we can see one blossom with is caught partially in the bright late winter sunlight of the afternoon, and partially in the shade cast by some of the branches and blossoms further up the tree. I do hope that you like my choice for this week's theme, and that it makes you smile!
A cherry blossom, also known as a Japanese cherry or sakura, is a flower of trees in the genus Prunus or the Prunus subgenus Cerasus. Wild species of the cherry tree are widely distributed, mainly in the Northern Hemisphere. They are common in East Asia, especially in Japan. They generally refer to ornamental cherry trees, not cherry trees grown for their fruit. The cherry blossom is considered the national flower of Japan.
Spring Light, Winter Shade
“People who shine from within don't need the spotlight.” – Anonymous.
It is still winter where I live, with crisp and cool mornings and plenty of rainy and overcast days, and yet for all that, there are a few early spring blossoms appearing in the streets and gardens. Last Sunday was a beautiful blue sky day, mild and sunny, so I decided to venture out with my camera and try and capture some of the first flush of delicate pink Japanese cherry blossoms on display.
The theme for “Smile on Saturday” for the 16th of August is “light and shade”, where an object is required to be in light, and an object is also required to be in shade. I had a completely different image planned for this theme, until I went out last Sunday to capture the cherry blossoms. Here we can see one blossom with is caught partially in the bright late winter sunlight of the afternoon, and partially in the shade cast by some of the branches and blossoms further up the tree. I do hope that you like my choice for this week's theme, and that it makes you smile!
A cherry blossom, also known as a Japanese cherry or sakura, is a flower of trees in the genus Prunus or the Prunus subgenus Cerasus. Wild species of the cherry tree are widely distributed, mainly in the Northern Hemisphere. They are common in East Asia, especially in Japan. They generally refer to ornamental cherry trees, not cherry trees grown for their fruit. The cherry blossom is considered the national flower of Japan.