Newly-opened leaves

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PHOTO
On a misty, and overcast day in the Forest of Bowland willow and larch were showing their spring green. And so too was this recently opened cluster of sycamore leaves on a branch above my head.

QUOTO
"When the hounds of spring are on winter's traces,
The mother of months in meadow or plain
Fills the shadows and windy places
With lisp of leaves and ripples of rain."
Algernon Charles Swinburne (1837-1909), English poet

INFO
Mode: Aperture Priority
Focal Length: Zoom @ 256mm (35mm equiv.)
F No: f6.3
Shutter Speed: 1/800
ISO: 200
Exposure Compensation: -0.7EV

photograph (c) T. Boughen