Saturday, October 16, 2010

Oakleaf Hydrangea


Oakleaf Hydrangea
Originally uploaded by
randubnick

This is a photograph that I took during a walk at Long Hill Gardens on Thursday afternoon. I saw this shrub while I was walking down a path. The leaves are huge, probably about a foot long from stem to tip. And right now, they are transforming themselves from from green to dark purple. I like the color and the shape of the leaves, which look like oak leaves (hence the name, oakleaf hydrangea). Tonight I used iPhoto to do a little bit of retouching and then cropped it to get this composition.

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