A small fig tree on a knoll in southern France. I don't know how old it is, with the drought here it won't grow very fast. It stands alone in the field and bears a lot of fruit.
In the photo, the sunlight gently streams between the tree's leaves. Strong, sturdy leaves whose thickness ensures that not all the water in the leaves evaporates. The pale green veins are especially easy to see from the underside of the leaf.
Between the leaves are the figs, they grow directly on the branch and are protected from too much sun by the leaves. They are still small and green now. In the coming time they will grow bigger and at the end they will change colour, the green becoming a beautiful deep purple.
If I look closely, the figs seem to have similar veins to the leaves. Lines running through the fruit from the branch to the top of the fig. I wonder what they are for, would the nutrients for the fruit pass through here?
It is July and the green leaves and figs are bathing in sunlight and solar heat, quietly day after day until the figs are ripe.
So much beauty in the world! I share here what caught my eye and where I looked for frame and position. I hope you see what I see: beauty in landscapes, cut-outs, abstracts and macro photography. With minimal editing and therefore with imperfections. Because in my image, .. Read more…
Netherlands
Netherlands
Germany
Netherlands
Germany
Netherlands
Germany
Netherlands
Germany
Netherlands
Netherlands
Germany