When I turned my camera lens towards this climbing rose putting out its new and very special spring leaves I did not expect to see in the image things that my eye had missed.

But this can be the way with cameras and eyes. More commonly it is that the camera has not recorded what my eye was seeing. Â However in this instance it was the recorded image that made me pause.
The grey background of the fence was one detail I had overlooked and in the whole picture it had become a key aspect.  It allowed the light, the gloss and sheen of these fresh, bronzey, silver, green leaves to stand out even more.  Such a display of early new spring growth is very short-lived and within days these leaves look very different. Such is the nature of the abundance of spring energy.
I am still contemplating on this photograph and it may be that no great hidden message exists in it for me. It might just be that the stunning digital workings of the camera, combined with nature in a special moment has offered me a gem to enjoy in many ways.
Delights can come in many ways.