These photographs were captured at Shipley County Park, which covers 700 acres of attractive and varied landscape and forest.
Captured on a NikonD40 SLR. 18-55mm Lens.
The first image is a rose hip, it is the accessory fruit of the rose plant. It is typically red to orange, but ranges from dark purple to black in some species. Rose hips begin to form after successful pollination of flowers in spring or early summer, and ripen in late summer through autumn.
The second image is a pine cone. The members of the pine family (pines, spruces, firs, cedars, larches, etc.) have cones that are imbricate: that is, with scales overlapping each other like fish scales.
The third image is a Quercus robur; commonly known as: common oak, European oak or English oak. It is a species of flowering plant in the beech and oak family native to most of Europe west of the Caucasus. The tree is widely cultivated in temperate regions and has escaped into the wild in scattered parts of China and North America.
I really wanted to exaggerate these images as they are simple but elegant. The composition of these images varies from light to dark and focuses in on the exquisite detail and emphasises the true beauty of nature.