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23 Apr. 2009 - Shot at Ipiros county somewhere between Preveza and Ioannina (during a business trip).
Taken in front of the local school, the cherry blossoms on these trees are always spectacular! Took the shot through the forefront trees of the 2 trees further back.
Created For~Make It Interesting Challenge #1
With Kind Thanks to~
Original Source~Stephen the Photofan
Tree~My Own
Background Tree Brushes Purchased from~PNG Tubes
Moon & foliage Brushes from various sources
Girl~grabbaggraphics
With its presence, the olive tree has marked the landscape as well as the everyday life of the Greeks and the other peoples of the Mediterranean, has been connected with the rituals, the nutrition and their daily habits, thus having created a totally unique culture, the culture of olive tree.
Mamiya RZ67Pro
Sekor Z 110mm/ f 2.8
ilford FP4 125
Many of our contacts, friends and family know that we really enjoy going and having a good ‘snoop’ in other people’s gardens! So, for quite a few days in our year, usually from early spring to late autumn (and occasionally winter too) we go and support worthy charities where possible.
On Saturday 18th April 2015 we went to Denham village and Higher Denham, which is not too far from Uxbridge and Gerrards Cross. On this day we chose to support the Thames Valley Air Ambulance Service. You can find out more about them here:
This particular charity depends totally on charitable donations. Through Open Days in 2014 they raised £54,000!
I was staggered to discover that they launch a helicopter, an average of three times a day. Each flight costs £2,500. So there annual running costs is an eye-watering £2.8 million! They provide a vital emergency service that would not survive without the help of the public and events like these, and the generosity of people like you and us.
We went to four gardens on our tour; one very large one at a house called the Wind In The Willows, two smaller gardens and one garden that was very long and divided into 5 ’rooms’.
The photographs in this album are of all four gardens and contain flowers, trees, people, a lovely young dog (a Rhodesian Ridgeback who was only seven months old), and some close ups of nice people who allowed me to put a camera in their face!
It was a very bright afternoon and strong sunlight is often not too good for photography, but I did my best to make use of shadows and backlighting when I could.
My special thanks to the owners of the gardens for allowing me to take photographs of their hard work!
I hope you have a good look through the pictures and please comment on any you like, or add them to your favourites. Also I hope you will consider donating to this worthy cause, wherever you are in the world. Thank you.
A favourite tree at Coaley Peak Viewpoint, likely to be photographed in many moods over the next months.
11 March 2008
It has been cold here, 29F at night I forced myself out for half hour to take some shots yesterday. It was cold to hold the camera.