Originally, this photograph was in colour – but I think I prefer it in black and white.
Like the capitals of many once grand empires, Lisbon has an air of beautiful decay. This picture is authentic, with steep, cobblestoned pavements threaded through with trees which touch surrounding buildings.
Sometimes, when we are very fortunate, the weather gives us what we want for a photograph. On this occasion, I noticed that when the Sun flickered into sight, it made the blossoms on this tree almost glow. But then, as suddenly as the light appeared it vanished under a thick rain-coud. More time spent hovering in the park staring at a tree
Sometimes, taking my camera for a walk, we find something colourful and interesting. In this case, I found this tree in Tavistock Square.
Being quite near the Winter Solstice, the days are very short right now. I think I took this at 10am and, as you can see, it is quite foggy. I think you can just make out roofs, just to the right of the tree, but until the fog lifts, you might think the field just stretches on into the distance.
Another tree! I couldn’t resist.
I like how the red contrasts with the green in the frame. The foliage on the tree makes an ‘almost’ circle of pinkish red. You wouldn’t expect to see such a colour on a November morning.
And the leaves scattered under the tree remind us that we are leaving autumn and soon to enter winter, where the tree will be bare.
I still think it looks beautiful.
Having had a very dry summer, autumn has been a wet one so far.
Sometimes, I dream of a really long lens which can telescope in on whatever I see, but I don’t have one, so I had to walk across a wet football field to get to this. So I did.
Mid-October. When the Sun is out, I can almost believe that it is late summer, but the scattering of red leaves under the maple tree says otherwise.
I am trying to practise gratitude. One of the things COVID-19 gave me, was the opportunity to appreciate the beauty of trees, on early morning walks before anyone else was around.