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Almost everything I'm shooting at the moment is frozen and snow-covered .... the winter snowed-in landscape and garden is so beautiful, especially when the sun shines!

Shot with the NEX-6 and the Helios 44-2 lens

 

Happy Bokeh Wednesday

 

Helios 44-2 and 44-M set: Here

The winter garden: Here

My Hydrangea set: Here

Once in a great while, we get a truly spectacular sunrise - this was Sunday's.

 

Next time a sunrise steals your breath or a meadow of flowers leave you speechless, remain that way. Say nothing, and listen as heaven whispers, "Do you like it? I did it just for you."

- Max Lucado

 

Explore - Oct 4, 2010 #153

Wishing Everyone a Happy Holiday Season!

The landscape here is shot through with a patchwork of bright yellow as the rapeseed blooms. Set against the greens of the barley fields and pastures, and the deeper greens of the stands of forestry pines, it makes for a lively quilt ;o)

Texture: 2 Lil Owls: Vanilla Cream

 

Happy Fence Friday, and have a relaxing weekend too!

 

My landscape set Here

My Fence Friday photos set: Here

My drive-by shots: Drive Bys!

The Stem of an old Purple Cone Flower serves as a dish for snow to produce a perfect snow-cone effect.

 

Textured layer by Playingwithbrushes.

 

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TITLE inspired by Gordon Lightfoot.................He came down through fields of green on the Summer side of life............

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I appreciate. LARGE SIZE IS BETTER .

  

We Brits often hope for snow at Christmas. But we are nearly always disappointed!

This picture is here too www.flickr.com/cameras/sony/dslr-a200/ !!!

 

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Cornus leaves scattered on wet grass with droplets shining through the hazy sunshine. The colours of the leaves in Autumn are stunning !

 

Thank you all so much for your kind thoughts and encouragement - You inspire me to keep going :)

 

View On Black

 

View Large On Black

 

Texture:

 

Dappled Sunlight On A Wall

A cold foggy morning presents all kinds of photo ops.

Thank-you to pareerica for the texture.

www.flickr.com/photos/8078381@N03/3183786287/

 

Often the wildflowers are multi-stemmed. Alone, they're quite insignificant but together they make beauty.

When life gives you sour lemons, make lemonade.

♪ ♫ The Forgotten Love ~ BrunuhVille ♪ ♫

Stream Moose, 36X36", acrylic on canvas, 2009.

The weather today was perfect: A balmy 80C, virtually no humidity, fluffy clouds against an azure sky.

People on the deck gazing over the pond.

Now you know where I get my painting ideas from!

of beauty within our hearts.

Katherine Walsh

 

Connecticut River Conservation Area, Hadley, MA

  

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~ love and peace ~

"What can you ever really know of other people's souls...of their temptations, their opportunities, their struggles? One soul in the whole creation you do know and it is the only one whose fate is placed in your hands."

C. S. Lewis

 

The background of this was kind of orangey and really looked pretty bad with this lovely pink oleander bloom. I added a Hue Saturation layer and checked off the colorize box....took the saturation slider right over to the left and then just starting slowly painting the color back in. No texture used.

Quiet moment between Cadaques and Port Lligat , Spain

This year the tapestry has been cancelled due to Covid-19. In 2016 it was nearly cancelled because of the terrorist attacks in Brussels that happened in March. But it was not cancelled after all. The theme of the design in 2016 was: Japan. Let us hope that great cultural events are no longer cancelled from now on.

 

Brussels - Belgium for the propagation of beauty in the world:

 

youtu.be/-QlAjtTDOD0

 

A quick visit to one of the most deadly beaches in California. Ocean Beach in San Francisco...it is extremely dangerous to even wade in the ocean at this beach.

 

Taken the day before the entire state got hit by a series of 5 storms in 5 days....each one worst than the last.

Especially a heartly wish for the Japanese people

View On Black

 

Made Explore! Highest position #116 Saturday, 8 August 2009...

 

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Taken during the "golden hour", SOOTC and a thin frame added and a little softness...

 

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Zugerberg, canton of Zug, Switzerland

“The snow was coming down so hard. It looked like the flakes were hurrying to get out of the sky so the next ones would have room to fall.”

― Bill McKibben

 

Hill Country, Charlemont, MA

 

Textures added by:

Jerry Jones-Skeletalmess - www.flickr.com/photos/skeletalmess/15897424967/ and www.flickr.com/photos/skeletalmess/7992151900/

 

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Just taking in the sunset after arriving in Santa Barbara. I hope everyone had a wonderful Valentine's Day..

A copse of trees in the Derbyshire Peak District catching some soft winter light

***There is no AI in this image ***

All manipulations were created in Adobe PS 2024.

From my archived folder.

 

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Entered in a TMI contest September 2024 here:

September Contest "Leaf Study"

www.flickr.com/groups/impressionists/discuss/721577219215...

 

Also in: New!! Challenge #5 of 2024 ~ Signs of Fall ~

www.flickr.com/groups/tistheseason/discuss/72157721921694...

I meant to give these flowers... something happened and they

lost their power...but they still mean a lot to me, she will never

never see...I can't tell her,it will hurt....she will try and then avert...

and the blame still lives in me....but she will never , never see...

  

View On White

Taken on my drive yesterday morning on our clear day between snowstorms. This morning, as I type this, the snow is falling again. Tomorrow is forecast to be clear again and then more snow on Tuesday. I love White Christmases!

 

My friend Gail told me one thing she took away from a photography course she just did was to reset your camera settings after each use. I should have taken that advice, I realized half way through my outing yesterday that my WB was set to flash and I wasn't shooting RAW. Still, this worked out OK. I added a cooling filter in Photoshop.

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The winterlude at the river.

New!! Challenge 49.0 ~ Winterlude ~ Feb 12th -20th

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... on a small wooden fence by the house. A bit blurry, but it was melting fast!

Shot with the Lensbaby Sweet 50 optic and an 8mm macro ring

 

Happy Fence Friday! ;o)

 

Lensbaby Sweet 50: Here

Fence Friday set: Here

Winter through the lens Here

 

Came across this swamp land in a clearing and was struck by the bleach white cadavers of trees. A stark reminder of how fragile nature truly is.

 

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