Hellebore, Helleborus, Studio shot of mottled dark pink flower head on stem.

Pasque flower, Pulsatilla pratensis, Fluffy seedhead with dark strands silhouetted against pink and blue mottled background.

Osteospermum, a white cultivar, Front view of partially open flower with dark centre against mottled pink background.

Rose, Rosa 'Grand Prix', Single stem red rose with leaves in glass vase against mottled blue wall.

Apple, Malus domestica 'Eady's magnum', Close view of a mottled red single apple with leaves.

Rode, Rosa, glass bowl of pink flowers with a white rose laid beneath, on a textured painterly mottled background, giving a romantic atmosphere.

Wall barley, Hordeum murinum. Studio shot of two maturing heads of Wall barley extending from green to yellow awns in colour and lying on rusty sheet with crossing stems.

Blackberry, Rubus fruticosus. Studio shot of yellow autumn leaf of Wild Blackberry or Bramble mottled brown and dark orange at edges and placed on mottled, rusty metal.

Black poplar, Populus nigra. Studio shot of mottled brown autumn leaf lying on rough, yellow background.

Black poplar, Populus nigra. Studio shot of brown and splitting autumn leaf lying on rusty metal sheet.

Whitebeam,Sorbus x intermedia. Studio shot of mottled yellow and brown autumn leaf of Swedish whitebeam lying on rough, yellow background.

Whitebeam, Sorbus x intermedia. Studio shot of yellow and brown autumn leaf of Swedish whitebeam lying on rough, yellow background.