After my visit to Potarch the other day I was reminded of the photographs I took last year of the old bridge over the River Ythan in Ellon.  The bridge is now for pedestrians only with the traffic leaving Ellon crossing by a new bridge build alongside.   The blossom is now out on the trees again this year but there has neither been the weather or the time to go to Ellon with my camera.   I took two pictures, one with the tree in blossom and the second some weeks later with the leaves in place.   Looking at them again I find it hard to say which I prefer.

Pictures can tell only part of a story.  Any one who has looked at photographs included in schedules for buying a house will know that.  They only show the best bits, and will often hide the unsightly things right next door.   The old bridge pictures only tell part of the story too.  You would never know that I was standing at the edge of the car park right in the middle of town.  Part of the art of a photographer is to choose what to leave out of the picture.