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The colors here haven't been the best. The rain has been almost non-stop. I found this on one of the last days for fall colors.
I'm pleased with this painting - it gives more life to the scene. I had cropped the original photo until I got a composition I liked, but it was on the dull side [see original]. By hand-painting the photo, I could change colors, so I gave more blue to the hills and more yellow to the grass and trees. Painting allows changes to only the parts you want changed [altho the whole picture has been painted - but that's not easy to see because my style is very realistic.].
Slow-stop in the midst of whatever you were doing, conversation you were having, and look up or down together or alone. Everything changes. In the hilltops, right over your talking heads, the trees are dancing.
Out and in, in and out
Water flying all about
Reflections swimming coloured green
In natures mirror, they are seen
Trees that drown, trees that rise
Placing beauty in all eyes
That see water flying all about
Out and in, in and out
Taken in Columbus Belmont State Park, TN. Really like how the limbs on the tree look against the night sky.
It was a more or less starry night when I decided to take my camera to go out at midnight. When I arrived at the top of the small hill the full moon and the upcoming clouds created an interesting atmosphere which I tried to capture in this picture.
after what turned out to be a failed sunset on the slopes of yewbarrow in the lake district, i walked back down somewhat deflated. not wanting to come away empty handed i jumped in the beck beneat and stumbled across this tree with some funghi growing. the detail in the tree is what caught my eye and thought it would look great with the right shutter speed to catch the flow of the passing water.
Coming to the end of our Easter trip, we stopped for a walk on the Ridgeway (an area of elevated downland in Wiltshire)
This has a last of winter feel. At least it did at the time ....
Texture courtesy of Anna-Lenabem
We can shoot the maples on the tree.
We can shoot the maples on the ground.
We can shoot the maples in the water!
I believe water is always friend to photographers as it creates many possibilities of composition including reflection and long expsoure etc.
These are maples in the small creek at Queen Elizabeth Park taken this afternoon.
Happy weekend!
This is most likely the last of my Autumn Dreams series, the extreme wind my area has experienced is certain to have wrecked the last remnants of colored leaves. I'm a sucker for a red tree in fall, this was my last photo on the way out of the highlands Saturday. The pristine look of winter had fallen away in this location, would have been quite the sight a few hours earlier I'm sure. I'm using a black canvas on my snow photos, the bright white border dulls it all down I think.
I have been well satisfied this year with the autumn photos I got staying within 50 or 60 miles from my home. It has helped me find the smaller scenes and I've been blessed to stumble into quite a few gems in a wide variety of circumstances.
The tree stands beside a circular trail which circumscribes the site of an Iron Age hill fort. Around this trail are several ancient beech trees such as this one. On the outer side of the trail are steep wooded slopes. On the inside can still be seen remnants of the 2000 year old stone fortifications. And within the oval shaped platform of the fort itself lie several Celtic burial mounds, now overgrown of course. Incidentally according to the medieval historian, Geoffrey of Monmouth the location was also the site of a 5th century wooden fortress named Caer Guorthegirn , where the fugitive usurper King Vortigern took refuge whilst fleeing from the brothers Uther Pendragon and Ambrosius Aurelianus. Some years prior to this Vortigern had murdered the boys' father King Constans while the two of them were safely in France. Upon coming of age the two young men returned to England to hunt Vortigern down and avenge their father. It was at Caer Guorthegirn that they finally caught up with him and burnt him alive inside his own fortress. Ambrosius then took the crown of England till his death in battle, upon which it passed to Uther, who according to legend was the father of King Arthur.
Another shot of the tree reflections from our kayak paddle down West River.
(Rotated, but otherwise not photoshopped)
The juniper tree has always been a kind of magical evergreen to me. It's berries can be used to spice meet, make a kind of wild yeast, and provide antioxidants and vitamins.