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Autumn Light

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It’s that time of the year when the season is coming to an end and the days are shortening, the sun doesn’t climb as high and the light takes on a quality that just can’t be described with words.

The play of light and shadow, contrasts and highlights, leaf-filters and autumn colour as the low sun back-lights the garden is mesmerising. We’ve been lucky to have some very sunny days this autumn and I took the chance to grab some pictures before all the leaves came down.

The glaring overhead sunlight of summer changes to a much more gentle, soft and distinctly yellow light that comes in low and filters through leaves, illuminating the garden from the side. I hope the pictures give some hint of just how ethereal the garden looks in this incredible autumn light.

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gardeninacity 08/11/2018 - 4:53 am

You capture the soft light of the season very well. I never noticed how the ferns seem lush and rested, not stressed as they often do during the height of August.

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Sunil 13/11/2018 - 7:55 pm

Thanks, Jason, the autumn colour was particularly good this year. We think it’s a combination of maturing trees and shrubs and simply having more of them as we plant up the borders. The ferns will quickly look tired after a few rounds of frost.

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