Spring is not only an ideal time to go out looking for colourful flowers, there are also plenty of floral structures to be found. Withered skeletons of what was once fresh and juicy. Faded colours of what was once bright in bloom. Hydrangeas offer a great motiv for those structures. Here I found some with their heads in front of a background of dead leaves, leading to a wonderful monochromatic landscape with various contrasts.
I played around with saturation and colour temperature, resulting in images with completely different moods. However, I find both versions very beautiful and both highlighte the delicate details of the composite flowers. Which ones do you like best?
Letting dead plants stay until spring hasn’t only a decorative purpose, many components of these plants offer shelter for insects and other small animals during winter time as well as nesting material for birds and mammals.
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