Verdancy

I write the picture posts to this blog, using the images in the order that I took them. Currently, I am trawling through my photographs taken in 2016 and have now got to August of that year. My wife and I were on a trip to Batsford Arboretum in Gloucestershire on a (probably) rare sunny warm day which is where I took the following three photographs.
As I looked at the images, I was struck at how vibrant the green was in each of the images and how enjoyable it was just to look at them. They gave me a feeling of peace and well-being. Of course, green is supposed to be a more restful colour to the eye.

Our eye sees colour via the cone cells. People who see normally have three different types of cones cells, red, green and blue. Of the six to seven million cones cells we have, 45% are green. Our eyes need to work less to perceive a green colour. That must be the reason why hi-viz vests are fluorescent green.

All of these images were taken in the Arboretum using the sky to back-light them.

NATURES ROADMAP
Fujifilm X-T1, Fujinon XF35mm F/2 R WR

I particularly like the detail that has been picked up in this image by the light showing through the leaves. The venation pattern or veins in the leaf are clearly visible. What an amazing piece of natural architecture.

GREEN MANTLE
Fujifilm X-T1, Fujinon XF35mm F/2 R WR

This next shot is taken further away from the tree to show the leaves attached to the branch. Once again the contre-jour allows the construction of the leaf to be easily seen and the greens enhanced.