Seeing in monochrome

As always, not only was I was struck by the beautiful patterns that nature offers, but also by the beauty of monochrome colours.

Black1 Red Black 3 White

Let there be light!

Yesterday afternoon was very dull and overcast, so much so, that I needed to turn on a table lamp.  Inspired by the lampshade design I decided to make a rudimentary lightbox by placing sheets of baking paper over the top of the shade and covering this with an old piece of  fish tank glass.  The experiment worked reasonably well apart from the size constraints of the opening of the lampshade!

Plum leaf
Plum leaf
Pansy
Pansy
Green leaf
Green leaf
Dandelion
Dandelion
Sage leaf
Sage leaf

A riot of colour!

I’m always fascinated by the symmetry in nature and even though these Gerbera are so brash there is something very delicate about them.

Gerbera 1 Yellow tips Orange centre Liquorice allsort orange