Cherry tree bark

A maxim I thought up many years ago goes like this: "if you look at something twice or more there's a good chance there's a photograph in it." It's proved to be right much more often than wrong, though that may have something to do with the kind of photographs I take. I've looked at the subject of today's photograph a lot more than once. It's the bark on a cherry tree next to a public playground that we sometimes go to with our grandchildren. I've photographed it a few times too and been unhappy with the shots. But I got something that satisfied me when we were there recently.

photo © T. Boughen     Camera: Sony DSC-RX100

Cherry tree leaves

One of the houses we have lived in had several cherry trees. Most were ornamental species and if they did produce cherries they were mostly small fruit. One tree sometimes had larger cherries to the delight of the local blackbirds. However, what all of them did produce in abundance was colourful autumn leaves. The depth of the autumn colour reflected the weather of the growing season, but more often than not they had leaves of a brightness rivalled only by the acers. Walking through the park in Great Malvern recently we came across a cherry tree with deep red, orange and yellow leaves, probably as bright as they ever get.

photo © T. Boughen     Camera: Olympus OMD E-M10