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Derry Road, Strabane, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland
It’s currently that wonderful time of year when Spring is in the air and all our flowers are starting to blossom. My favourite are cherry blossoms as they radiate the most stunning colours of pink & reds especially once sunlight illuminates them.
For this scene I travelled to Strabane Presbyterian Church as there are a lot of mature cherry blossom trees there and I have been eyeing them up for weeks now, just waiting on the ideal conditions to photograph them. These trees only hold their flowers for two weeks at most, so I had to be fast before the “April Showers” arrive and wash all the petals off their buds.
Yesterday I knew it was time, as the first petals started falling onto the pavement confirming that their blossom were coming to an end. I composed this photo from under the tree facing up through its branches into the direct sun. This allowed the light to penetrate and illuminate these flowers from behind to show their full colours and wash out any dark shadows. I only wish these flowers lasted longer each Spring 🩷
