spring sunlight on new green beech leaves

the old copper papery last-autumn leaves are still clinging to the branches - seen at the swimming pool car park

[David Pryde]

Alive and fresh versus withered and rusty - great contrast of colour and textures.

[Paula]

Very nice capture. Lovely contrast of old and new. Colours are great.

[Hazel]

@doblaine @creativeamateur thank you both (I'm trying to work out where I come between alive and fresh versus withered and rusty, and contrast of old and new - just my joke - I'm not fishing!)

[David Pryde]

Hmm how about alive and a little rusty? But still vibrant.

[Hazel]

@doblaine Perfick (as Pa Larkin would say in H.E.Bates' The Darling Buds of May!)

[David Pryde]

:-D

[Wendy]

That is lovely Hazel. The colour and the translucency are so beautiful.

[🐓 Patricia Fletcher]

Lovely idea - the old and the new together. Contrast of colours and textures.

[Hazel]

@w3n6y @tishpics Thank you both. Now I've got to wondering why those copper leaves stay on the beech hedge so long - I can't think of any other tree that follows this pattern?