Post a Photo a Week Challenge Week 1

Autumn Colours.

Shot on : Canon EOS 400D

Aperture : f/4.5

Speed : 1/60

ISO : 400

I found a beautiful sunflower Bram had grown that was still in full bloom with orangey yellow petals. I managed to capture the raindrops on the petals.

Shot on : Canon EOS 400D

Aperture : f/4.0

Speed : 1/60

ISO : 400

I took this photo on our front garden. They are the leaves on our blackcurrant bush. The leaves look bright red.

Shot on : Canon EOS 400D

Aperture : f/4.o

Speed : 1/60

ISO : 400

These are our grapevine leaves. I took the picture from underneath the leaves which had a bit of autumn sun shining through.

Plants make their own food by using water from the ground and carbon dioxide from the air. They turn them into food and oxygen. They also use sunlight and chlorophyll. Chlorophyll is what makes leaves green. In the autumn most plants stop making food and the chlorophyll goes away. This is when we see the leaves go yellow and orange. These two colours were always there but in spring and summer when there is chlorophyll the green covers them up.

Sometimes the leaves turn red. This is because there is trapped food inside the leaves. This colour is made in the autumn. When they go brown this means there is waste in the leaves.