A Very Brighton SpringA Very Brighton Spring by Daz Hamadi
It was a typical spring day in Brighton where one minute the sun was beaming down on us and the next sprinkling us with rain, I saw a group of exchange students walking down the pier looking very shocked that they had to use their hoods as the sun was glorious a few seconds before!
Colour Me Spring by Leanne LindsayColour Me Spring by Leanne Lindsay
My husband surprised me with this beautiful bouquet this afternoon, and the vibrant blooms instantly filled the room with sunshine! As always, I couldn't wait to get creative and capture their beauty through my lens. By the time I got around to photographing this particular flower, the late afternoon sun had cast a warm glow across the room, and the bloom itself had begun to gently wilt. But instead of discarding it, I was drawn to its unique kind of beauty. The flower's head dipped a little lower, its petals starting to soften and curl at the edges. Yet, the rich color remained, and the delicate veins in the petals seemed even more pronounced. I arranged it on a simple background, letting the soft light bathe it in a warm spotlight. Focusing on the details through my lens, I captured the quiet grace of this wilting flower. There's a certain elegance in its surrender to time, a reminder that beauty can exist in all stages of life, even in the impermanent.
The Abandoned Bicycle by Wilfried ClausThe Abandoned Bicycle by Wilfried Claus
The concrete-dominated, unadorned railway underpass is part of the station in Pulheim, a medium-sized town west of Cologne. The numerous mounted bike racks are hardly used despite the morning rush hour, obviously because the atmosphere here is quite uncomfortable and parking the bikes in this remote place is hardly theft-proof. A planning mistake on the part of the city? The individual bicycle makes the abandonment of the place clear.