Winter Leaves Abstract
by Sandi OReilly
Title
Winter Leaves Abstract
Artist
Sandi OReilly
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
We have had snow, two rounds of it. Something about getting snow when you are not used to it all of the time, brings out the wonder in a person. I got my camera and went looking for something to take a picture of. I looked up and saw these two leaves curled up together in our Live Oak tree. The light was hitting them and I shot this image up toward the clear blue of the sky. I used textures with this to bring out the shapes and the fact they are old leaves that are still on the tree and their beauty still shines. I am amazed that God's handiwork is all around us if we just stop and look, no matter what the season. This image looks great vertical or horizontal.
Those dead, bleached-brown beech and oak leaves rattling in a January wind � but somehow still clinging to their twigs � are symbolic. Like ecological pennants, they announce that beech and oak are not quite finished; that these species are still works in progress. We have a third class of tree in beech and oak that seems to represent a middle ground of sorts between evergreen and deciduous. Their leaves die, but many don�t fall when they die. Botanists call this retention of dead plant matter marcescence. And at least one study suggested that marcescent foliage could be a deterrent to browsing by deer and moose. Buds hidden by clusters of dead leaves do not get eaten and thus live to become new shoots and leaves in spring.
Fine Art Nature Photography by Sandi O'Reilly, All Rights Reserved in the US and Internationally.
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January 30th, 2014
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Comments (126)
Paul Meinerth
I like the picture. I saved a whole bunch of these leaves a year ago and still wondering how I am going to use them in my art. Now u have my mind moving again.
Dawn Senior-Trask
Wow, love the poetry and sculptural grace of this remarkable image! Beautifully done! fav