During October I’ve again been photographing around the local meadow, wooded area and stream, taking pictures for Cardinal Guzman’s Changing Seasons photography challenge. For those of you who don’t know, local to me is a little village in the east of England, near the border between Nottinghamshire and Lincolnshire. The meadow is my favourite place in … More October 2016
It’s a few days later than I’d intended, but here’s my September post for Cardinal Guzman’s Changing Seasons photography challenge. This year I’m photographing around my favourite place – the meadow, wooded area and stream in my village on the border between Nottinghamshire and Lincolnshire, England. I find the place wonderfully inspiring, and I write … More September 2016
they are the first to fall they will not be the last I had hoped to post my September Changing Season’s gallery today. Unfortunately I’m not yet done with sorting through the pictures! These shots were taken earlier on in the month so I thought I’d share them and the little poem that I wrote … More First to Fall
Wisps of Gold Emily stood beside the piled leaves, peering around the garden for any that might have escaped her notice. It had taken far longer than she’d expected to scrape the mound together, each breeze threatening to undo her work, but she’d been determined to gather every golden scrap she could find. “Well?” she called. “How’s … More Wisps of Gold
golden brown touches subtle hints of Time’s caress life’s wheel turning on
Here’s my final October edit for Robyn’s One-Four Challenge. My main aim for this month was to learn how to layer images to create a composite. I also wanted to build up to a really spooky image for the final week. I’m feeling quite happy with everything I’ve achieved but I’d love to know what everyone else thinks! This … More One-Four Challenge: October Week Four
Here’s my October week three edit for Robyn’s One-Four Challenge. I’ve been playing around with this week’s image so much that I’m really not sure what steps I took to reach the final version – but I’ll try to remember as best I can! I began with the week one edit which I opened in Camera Raw where I increased both contrast … More One-Four Challenge: October Week Three
It’s time for my October week two edit for Robyn’s One-Four Challenge. This week I wanted to focus on the spiderweb and bokeh. I also wanted to give the image a slightly a magical or spooky appearance. Hopefully I succeeded. To create this week’s version I first opened the image in Photoshop Elements 13 where I cropped … More One-Four Challenge: October Week Two
It’s now October and so time for a new image for Robyn’s One-Four Challenge. I took this image just last week when out for a walk around the village. I’ve always found graveyards fascinating places to walk around – I always wonder about the stories of the people buried there. Here’s my first edit: For this first … More One-Four Challenge: October Week One
This post is in response to the Weekly Photo Challenge: Change. Don golden garments Dance through the spiralling year Winter soon will come I love this time of year – as summer shifts into autumn, greens fading into gold. With this week’s theme I thought I’d capture that change in progress. I hope you like them.
Finale As the year draws to an end, exploding in an exuberant display of vibrant reds and golds; as the day fades towards night, bathing the world in a gentle glow, the beasts stand in line with no awareness of their fate. This is my entry into Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge. I’ve never taken part with this one … More Finale
Waiting A flare of colour on the periphery catching the eye, drawing your attention, incongruous amongst nature’s autumnal mantle. Poised, a wild bird frozen in time awaiting youthful exuberance to return it, momentarily to life. Well, I’m a few days late with this theme so I thought I’d make up for it by giving you … More Photography 101 – Pop of Colour 1
From Autumn Embrace the season’s hues, an array of mellow golds and browns, with flame like hints of brighter shades, beguiling hearts and minds with memories of summer’s lost radiance Observe the contours of nature, sweeping, stark and elegant, with myriad detail to entice and enthral, curling reminders of the spiralling year as autumn eases … More Photography 101 – The Natural World
November Rose With raindrops clinging to tips of petals withering with age, still you are enduring when others have faded, a splash of sunlight on shortening days, resisting the call of the earth. I wasn’t sure which of the two pictures I preferred here, landscape or portrait, so I decided to do as was suggested … More Photography 101 – Water
Daylight dims as the wheel turns, encroaching darkness held at bay by autumn’s vibrant expression, a flame-like conflagration painted across nature’s canvas. Seeds settle to ground, cradled amidst fallen leaves; future’s promise nurtured by yesteryear’s sacrifice. A balance of life and death. Time to reflect and remember all that passed before as earth transitions into … More Autumn
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