Chinese Lanterns Triptych and Tetraptych

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© Sybille Sterk
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This is the final set in the series. Promise, there won't be any more. LOL I couldn't decide, which one I liked betters, so here's the triptych and the tetraptych.  I thought they'd make a great Christmas present.

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Chinese Lanterns III and IV

Chinese Lanterns III

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Chinese Lanterns III

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The second instalment in the Chinese Lanterns set. Getting a little closer each time. I am so pleased I invested in these little ornaments - they weren't very expensive but were a great subject to take pictures of.

Two more images to come - a triptych and a tetraptych.

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Chinese Lanterns I and II

Chinese Lanterns I

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Chinese Lanterns II

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This is part of a set, there are two more. I wanted to create a mix and match set that was stylish and a little different with intense colours. There will also be a triptych and a tetraptych in this set. I truly couldn't decide which one I liked best. LOL

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All the new covers... for cushions :-)

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I've finally managed to update all the cushion covers so the images sit nicely on the cover and look pretty. I can't decide which one I like best. Which one is your favourite?

Check them out here.

a song in the dark

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A photograph I took a couple of weekends ago. I love the autumn colours and the last of the fruit of the season. There's something so precious about this and it gives hope for another spring.

The words of the poem are mine:

the pyramids still stand
so why shouldn't I walk away
with a smile in my future and
a seed of hope
like a spark in the night
why shouldn't there be
a crown somewhere ahead or
at the very least
a rosebush
thorns and all

The whole poem can be read here

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Christmas is coming

... get your cards now. :-)

New Christmas Cards

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Some of the designs will be available without the writing after Christmas.

Willow and Autumn Leaves Triptych

Willow Triptych

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Autumn Leaves Triptych

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Three images of an autumnal willow. I love the detail on these shots. And three images of the wood in autumn. I love going to the woods and seeing all the colours any time of year, even in winter when the colours are mostly black and white. There's something so peaceful about a forest.

All six images were shot last weekend by me and have been edited with (bought) textures and actions from Apples & Sisters in Photoshop.

Either or both would make a great Christmas present. :-)

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dreams

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Isn't it strange how in dreams so many things make sense and are perfectly reasonable and even normal and when we wake up we are left with this feeling that we missed something, that there was a message there which we failed to understand?

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Into the Sky

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It's funny how much a place can change from one season to another and how the beauty is different but still there. I love architectural plants, like this (what I believe to be) angelica. It looks so pretty with its umbrella spine baskets and the little tatters of flowers and leaves left on it.

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Kitten Power

Essential Black Cat (Sammie)

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Essential Black Cat is part of my new series of images for licensing on Arcangel-Images - use this code: SYST-00323

Ollie and the toy lorry

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Cats are so special and these two are even more so. They get up to some amazing, endearing and sometimes annoying stuff. LOL

I managed to catch Sammie and his very cute nose with my new macro lenses.

Ollie is interested in anything that moves (and some things that don't).

There's never a dull moment in the house with two kittens around. Right now Sammie is keeping me company (and making sure there are no spelling mistakes). He's sitting on my computer desk and following my fingers as I type. He just tried to give the picture of his brother on the screen a hug. LOL

Created with my own photographs in Photoshop, no stock used.

bitter taste

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only a hint of flowers remains
like a dream and a kiss
a tiny little speck of hope
a seed for a future far away

Words and photographs my own, textures/brushes my own or bought. Edited with Photoshop.

The complete poem can be read here.

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Ivy - Autumn

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Pictures of ivy taken yesterday at Byron's Pool in Cambridgeshire. I love the beautiful heartshape of ivy, and although this part of the ivy was dried rather than juicy and green I loved the copper colour against the rough bark.

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Hug

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I had a play with a toy, my new macro lenses and the depth setting on my camera. :-) I thought it would make a perfect gift for someone you care about, be it as a laptop skin, iPad or iPhone case or just a print. You can't go wrong with a hug. :-)

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Note: New iPad cases on Redbubble!

Over the Hill and Far Away

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Image taken at Orford Castle in England. I loved the magic hills around the castle, unfortunately the rabbits didn't come out to play... I edited it with my own resources to give it this fantastical feeling, a place where the sun always shines and magic is just around the corner or maybe over the hill...

Part of my new series of images for licensing on Arcangel-Images - use this code: SYST-00310

Created with my own photographs in Photoshop, no stock used.

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Magnification

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I had a little play with my new magnification lenses. I liked the effect and the way the object seemed to change depending on how closely you looked at it, so I combined it in a triptych and added the clever quote by Oliver Wendell Holmes.

The mind, once expanded to the dimensions of larger ideas, never returns to its original size.

Oliver Wendell Holmes

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For the Love of Pumpkins

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You can't beat pumpkins and all the other members of the squash family for autumn colour. :-)

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mysteries uncovered

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Taken at the park.

Words my own, you can read the whole poem here:

the heart  

sometimes recovers

in the glow of  

new love and

the warmth of  

a gaze that looks

at it with

an open mind and  

adoration

and takes it  

and all the baggage  

by the hand  

back into the light  

and  

into a new spring

All images/textures/brushes my own or bought. Edited with Photoshop.

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