Heroes Not Zombies

When I went to the cafe on Saturday morning my attention was caught by the colours of the autumn leaves around the Place Francois Premier.

One particular tree attracted me. It was just behind a beautiful old street lamp and I noticed that the colour of the leaves made one of the lamps appear orange, as if dimly lit, but another one, with the pale stone of the hotel behind it remained grey.

I love to notice an interplay like that…..where it takes both the foreground and the background to create the image. It reminds me of the importance of context and the way everything in this world is interconnected.

Once I’d approached the tree and the lamp to get the composition I was after I noticed the stencil on the concrete base of the post. That gave me a different interplay – the juxtaposition of human creativity and natural beauty.

So I took that photo too.

You know my favourite adage – and not or!