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Picture of Peter De Prez (artist and owner of the 'Useum' in Ghent) taken at De Waalse Krook, where his house and other houses are being demolished to make room for a new library.
Shot using a small softbox left of the camera and a bare flash with flashbouncecard behind the subject
A small unnamed fall in Java Village, NY. Titled so, because it sits on private property below an insurance agency.
I used the Miss Madeline dress pattern from thehandmadedress.net. I shortened it a little. I thought it would make a nice knee length. I first saw this cord fabric at Sandi Henderson's blog and knew that I had to run to Jo-Ann's and pick it up. The Miss Madeline is great in cord fabric, too. I love it and so does my daughter!
Have to admit, I do so love a gown, the feeling of being so feminine, a princess instead of a prince. Maybe having a prince pursue me?
I have been watching this tree for over the past years. Its position has not changed. The tree is very resilient.
A duo of trees processed for that "fall" feel, golden hues and soft textures. Taken on a hazy afternoon on the banks of Traverse Bay, Michigan
“It’s not that we have to quit
this life one day, but it’s how
many things we have to quit
all at once: music, laughter,
the physics of falling leaves,
automobiles, holding hands,
the scent of rain, the concept
of subway trains... if only one
could leave this life slowly!”
― Roman Payne, Rooftop Soliloquy
Song: Autumn Leaves by Eva Cassidy www.youtube.com/watch?v=xXBNlApwh0c
As I parked my car at the kerb these fallen Autumn leaves greeted me as I opened the door
I love the wonderful array of colours from browns to yellow and reds and the way the veins were vibrant red on some of the leaves.
Autumn colour is a fascinating phenomenon, where trees and shrubs that have been green all summer burst into flamboyant shades of yellow, orange and red. But why and how does it happen?
Trees, like most plants, use a green pigment called chlorophyll to photosynthesise – that is to produce sugars from the energy of the sun, using water and nutrients from the soil. This is what gives trees the energy they need to live and grow.
Leaves are the centre for this process, exposing the largest area they can to sunlight to speed things up. But leaves also contain many other substances, some used in photosynthesis and some created as by-products from it.
In autumn, trees that lose their leaves for winter go through a process to shut down photosynthesis and reclaim as many valuable chemicals as possible. Chlorophyll is constantly breaking down and being replaced through summer, but this process slows down in autumn. This reveals all those other chemicals in the leaves that were hidden by the presence of the dominant green chlorophyll.
These include yellow flavonols, orange carotenoids and red to purple anthocyanins. The exact mixture of these compounds varies between species, and hence the degree of yellow or red colour in the leaves.
(source: Royal Botanical Gardens Kew)