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Why do you post a blog about 'Shades of green' in a community for monochrome photographs?
Because I selected the wrong template for my post 😂
Sorry for that. I quickly made a change and added a monochrome version of all the photographs.
Some actually work out nicely!
Sorry for the inconvenience!
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This week of the Qurator Photo Quest the subject is green. And this happens to be one of my favorite subjects.
I like both photography and nature. I often go out for a walk in the park. Often, I head out for a walk in the park. Walking and cycling in nature during holidays and weekend trips is something I really enjoy as well.
And during these trips I make photographs. And when you are in nature it's often mostly green. Green also also contrasts beautifully with other colors, like the blue of the sky.

When I searched my photo archive using the keyword green, I got a whole lot of results. I will share a couple of them in my post.

The one I submit for the Qurator Photo Quest is the following;
I don't actually remember taking this photograph. I do know I liked it because of the combination of the dark green grass during the overcast day. The contrast of the cloudy sky and the dark green is really nice I think. And then there is this lonely tree in the meadow.

But green also contrasts nicely with a blue sky. Here's a photo I took last year during a bike ride in the Eifel. What I also like is the many different shades of green of the trees.

Last summer we went to the Pyrenees. I made a couple hikes in the mountains there. During one hike I had this beautiful view over a valley of trees after a tough climb. It was so nice and quiet up there.

And it's not only plants and trees that are green in nature. It's not a very common colour for spiders, but I found this cucumber spiders once in my backyard.

And green also stands for new life. This is another shot from my backyard. It is a close up from one of the stems from my raspberry plant. Every year after the harvest I cut down all the stems up until a couple of centimeters above the ground. These seemingly dead stems always produce new green shoots which will grow into branches and will give us new raspberries again.

Another green animal we regularly spot in our backyard are these Ring-necked parakeets. These birds are originally from Africa and South Asia, but they are quite common in the Netherlands now. It is said that these birds once escaped as pets and started breeding. '
They seem to have adapted to the cold Dutch winters pretty well.
I don't really like them since they are quite noisy and also outcompete native bird species for nesting sites.

Another place I often go for a walk are the Dutch dunes. The Dutch dunes, especially the front row of the Dunes are full of Beach grass. This grass is really important for the preservation of the dunes since their roots, which can grow up to 2 meters deep, hold the loose sand together and prevent is from being blown away.

So, this was it for my lessons in nature again. I hope you enjoyed my post!

If you have any questions of comments, feel free to reply to my blog.

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