David Townshend - Hosta Patterns

There are always images waiting to be created, even early on a wet June morning. Pots of Hosta, Heuchera and Libertia on my patio, each with their own distinctive leaf shapes, textures and colours, were transformed as rain droplets collected on them, with the gloom accentuating their colour.

There are always images waiting to be created, even early on a wet June morning. Pots of Hosta, Heuchera and Libertia on my patio, each with their own distinctive leaf shapes, textures and colours, were transformed as rain droplets collected on them, with the gloom accentuating their colour.

Leaning against the house for shelter, and moving my camera during the sequence of exposures, I captured their transient beauty as unique patterns that are at the same time bold and intricate.

A set of six of these images won the International Garden Photographer of the Year Portfolio category and a Royal Photographic Society Gold Medal in Competition 14, 2020.

In 2021 I was awarded a Fellowship of the Royal Photographic Society for a panel of the full set of 21 images.