When I first created and printed this I was not sure about it.
But in adding it to the archive I had another go at colour balancing and the brighter image, while not as true to life, has more “pop”.
The tree itself we planted on the verge, it usually develops large numbers of blossoms but for some reason this year did not do so. Too wet, too cloudy? We don’t know.
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