Today, while waiting on platform 1 at Wakefield Westgate station I shut my eyes and turned my face to the sun. For the first time this year I had a moment to sit and feel the suns rays on my skin and it was marvellous in its newness and familiarity. A wood pigeon cooing nearby brought memories of summers past and bright orange light streamed through the skin of my eyelids.
I wondered at this particular shade of orange, wanting to capture it somehow and decided to find its match by searching my photographs. This is the closest I could get...
Tulip, Chatsworth House, Derbyshire, 2011
Camera Obscura, Edinburgh, Scotland, 2013
Balloon, Flekkerøy, Norway, 2013
Rose in Mum's garden, Loughton, Essex, 2013
