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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)
Dream sequence for a Uni project, self titled 'Recreation of dreams'.
A dream about turning into a doll & thrown around as children do with their toys.
A heavy glass crashes down on an iron plate from about 2,5m above.
The liquid is glass cleaner. It adds a nice colour and some foam.
Time to get back to the present- leaves are turning, water is running high thanks to record breaking rain in Sept. First quick post after a welcome escape to almost heaven W.Va. Dolly Sods Wilderness Area.
what a fantastic mix of colours. rich, not too muted.
i need to make a trip to europe asap.
please Zara, come to North America!
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Pics from Canmore, AB - a little mountain town in Rocky Mountains, located just before one reaches Banff National Park..
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Camera: Zeiss Ikon Contaflex Super B @ Tessar 50mm / f2.8
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Mike and Noelle's cupcakes for their wedding dessert buffet. Quickly took a picture of them on one of the tables in the hall beforehand.
This is all done but the hem. It's made mostly from cord jeans. One of the patches has a pocket. I really like the way it turned out.
This photo was taken during the same group photo session as the 2 space invaders photos I posted a week ago.
This one looks like an infinity sign. It was done in light painting by Julian.
Benoit took this photo with his Pentax DSLR camera.
The setting is an abandoned glass house in Antibes where we stayed a couple of hours taking photos.