Autumn Ginkos

Autumn is late and short in Southern California. One of the only ways to tell that it IS autumn is to catch the leaves changing. 

And Ginko trees are amongst the few deciduous trees we have.

 

Good excuse to try some still lives.

 

Irving Penn did a shot of two ginko leaves and it ended up on the cover of his book, Passage.

This first image is my knock-off of that shot.

 

 

 

The original had a bit less negative space, but his leaves were a different shape. Also, he used a white backdrop but I love my rusty old bit of steel. 

So much for tributes to the master!

 

 

 

A chalice...

 

 

 

 

 

 

And a single leaf...

 

 

 

 

 

 

Another pair...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A softer image to close on...

 

 

 

 

Lots of texture and interesting shapes.

 

A bit of trivia. The Ginkgo is one of the oldest extant trees.  Fossils dating back 270 million years have been found.

Perhaps leading us to hope for the future...