Young spruce needles and park canopy

The young needle-shaped leaves of conifer trees are pretty at the beginning of spring, with their vibrant green colour (before the stem develops lignin) and soft stems.

What they looked liked a few days prior:

Pointing the camera skyward some meters aside:

I used a Lǎowā 15mm f/4 macro lens on a Sony α77 camera, with a Kenko Black Mist filter.

-aoi
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