Friday 6 December 2013

Magritte and the Ginkgo

What is it about the cloven-hoof of the Ginkgo leaf and its saffron-colour in autumn that makes it so appealing; or is it the age of the species, over 250 million years, which tugs at us?
Magritte's Golconda comes to mind in some of these pictures, though my primary aim this time 
was to try and capture the dance of leaves on a blustery day: