Wide Angle Wednesday - Foreground Interest

Bit of different day today which involved Joseph doing a photo-shoot for a friend. She needed some shots for her counselling website and he did a great job. I joined in too and posed as a client. Afterwards we went along to a lunchtime talk the same friend was doing about Well-being and Balance in life. It was very encouraging and helpful, she did great job.

This shot was taken for hobbs Wide Angle Wednesday Challenge down by the Elizabeth Marina in St. Helier looking out to West Park and St. Aubin's Bay.

The sculpture in the foreground is Freedom Tree by Richard Perry. It was unveiled by HRH Queen Elizabeth II and on 9 May 2005, the sixtieth anniversary of the liberation of the Channel Islands. The bronze tree stands 20 feet tall and carries 30 oak leaves and twelve acorns – one for each of the parishes of Jersey. It stands in a granite-paved public space named La Pièche de L’Av’nîn, the Place of the Future. This name, and the symbolism of the tree as an emblem of fresh growth and continuity, point Jersey away from the past while still acknowledging its power and presence.