Shadow Shot Sunday: The First Autumn Leaf

The first autumn leaf
took a bold jump off the tree,
shouted: Look at me!

Shadow Shot Sunday 2

Friday My Town: Shallow Depth of Field

A new butterfly friend I found in a wetland meadow near the lake outside town some weeks ago.

In Swedish there is one name covering a number of look-alike butterflies (‘pärlemorfjäril’ = ‘mother of pearl butterfly’). In English/Latin it turned out to be a little more complicated… I think it is probably a Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary (Boloria selene). (Feel free to correct me if you think I’m wrong!)

We haven’t had much of a butterfly summer this year, but here’s another one – the Common Brimstone:

Have to confess I’ve not had much luck with the shallow depth of field thing except when zooming in on small things, like insects and flowers. So I think for this post I shall stick to “field” rather than “town”…

Thistle

 

 Haven’t got a clue what the flower is called.

 

Himalayan Balsam (Impatiens glandulifera / jättebalsamin)

Wordless Wednesday

(Not my car…) For Wordless Wednesday

Ruby Tuesday: Rose Hip

Rose Hip for Ruby Tuesday

Friday My Town: Black and White

 

 

 

 

The FMTSO theme this week is Black & White. I haven’t really been in the right kind of mood though. I tried a few shots outdoors earlier in the week, but all looked better in colour… (I’m so not looking forward to winter…)

But then today I re-visited this sculpture (entitled House 18) inside a church, and against the black background here, I quite like the B&W effect. The sculpture is cut out of blocks of alabaster and marble. The name of the artist is Lars-Åke Åberg; and the sculpture has been part of this summer’s sculpture biennal in my town.

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See more ‘black and white’ here.