Winter colours: red, russet and grey
January 3, 2011
With the landscape muted by ice and snow, the odd spark of colour becomes extra vivid and welcome. Here are some that I have enjoyed in the past few days. The textures, I think, are vivid too: the softness of feathers, the smooth shiny rosehips, the powdery ice crystals, the knobbly, spiky tree trunk. Noticing colour and texture makes me happy. I hope you like these too.
dog rosehips in fresh snow
ice crystals on the walls of the castle
a plantation of larches turns russet in the sunrise
the whiskery bole of an old lime tree
- pheasant plumage
a cobweb of fresh snow crystals
See also: Finding colour in a monochrome landscape
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Just the most exquisite time of year!
Wonderful photos of winter.
A symphony of color!! Thank you for sharing!
Mary
We’ve had such grey weather here recently that I can appreciate what you mean about those small splashes of colour being even more valuable. The pheasant plumage is stunning in all its wonderful shades, lovely pics.
We were both obviously in need of colour just then!