Photos in the garden - Sun in the eyes

 

 

I'm not a photographer at all, I just take quick snaps for reference, and I've always known that “one” should not take photos facing into the sun. Last week, though, I learned that it is actually possible!

We were giving a Weeping Pear (Pyrus salicifolia 'Pendula') tree its annual prune: these ornamental trees (also known as Willow-Leaved Pear) need annual pruning for two main reasons - firstly because otherwise they turn into a fluffy muppet on a stick: here it is, back in September:

  ... secondly because if they weren't pruned, the weeping branches would reach the ground, and thirdly - and this is the main reason - to remove the dead wood inside the canopy. Oh, did I say two main reasons? Ok, three main reasons then. (“no-one expects the Spanish Inquisition...”) 

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