The Crowning Glory of Spring

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I love magnolias. They are so amazing with the big blowsy and waxy blossoms in all shades of pink, lilac and cream, and some of them looking like stars. It doesn't get much better than that. :-)

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Love Me in Spring

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This was taken at the same time as the other spring pictures, just took me a little while to upload it. LOL It's a Japanese quince and I love their bright colour amidst all the soft pastels of Spring. Textures and colour adjustments added, but mostly as is. :-) 

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Spring Light

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Picture taken last week and since it is almost the weekend (and it's of course raining) I thought it'd be the perfect image to spread a little cheer. Textures and colour adjustments added, but mostly as is. :-) In case you're wondering, I think the flower is called a grape hyacinth.

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Spring Magic

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Found these lurking in my garden and couldn't resist, especially with all the snow this morning and the cold this time of year. You wouldn't believe it is Easter if not for these littel guys hiding away or the buds on the trees... Brrrrr....

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Red Winter Berries

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Red winter berries, taken a week ago. I love that there is still colour, even in the midst of winter, if you know where to look. :-)

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Lost Souls

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Taken yesterday in the snowy, icy cold. A weed in the wind flowing backwards and forwards. Cropped and edited with colour adjustments.

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Lonely Winterberry

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Merry Christmas everyone! Have a lovely holiday (even if you don't celebrate).

This was taken last week when I went out to coffee with a couple of friends. I couldn't resist the red berries against the foggy background. I seem to have Snow White on my mind all this winter. LOL

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A Touch of Frost

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Taken in my garden. I have no idea what this plant is - it's probably a weed but it looked totally magical covered in frost. The picture on the right-hand side is of the frost collected on a wheel barrow. It might be cold but it's pretty. :-)

No textures, just cover adjustments and a little cropping. All my own images edited in Photoshop.

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Icy Needles

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Taken in my garden a few days ago when it was cold rather than raining. I love the icy needles on the gooseberry leaves. They look like glitter. :-) The images were taken with a macro lens and then edited with curves and colour adjustments in Photoshop. No textures.

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Winter Blossom I

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This was taken in my garden in the fog a couple of days ago. I am not quite sure what this winter flowering shrub is but it looks very pretty with its waxy pale pink flower baskets. I love the way the stark bare branches look against the pale winter sky. It always reminds me of the beginning of the Snow White fairy tale.

"Once upon a time in the middle of winter, when the flakes of snow were falling like feathers from the sky, a queen sat at a window sewing, and the frame of the window was made of black ebony. And whilst she was sewing and looking out of the window at the snow, she pricked her finger with the needle, and three drops of blood fell upon the snow. And the red looked pretty upon the white snow, and she thought to herself, "Would that I had a child as white as snow, as red as blood, and as black as the wood of the window-frame."

(Read the whole tale here.)

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Winter is coming

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I love the Game of Thrones series (and, yes, I did read all the books, can't wait for the new one). This image was taken in my garden last week to try out my new wide anlge lens. I had a play with it in Photoshop and that is how it came out after lots of colour adjustments and a few snow textures.

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Feet Firmly on the Path

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Taken in November in Cambridgeshire. No textures, just colour adjustments and a little lensblur to the bottom and top. There is something so special about the colours of autumn, with the last remnants of green and the bright yellows, oranges and vibrant reds of the leaves against the stark black of the bark and soil.

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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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every leaf speaks of bliss to me

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"every leaf speaks of bliss to me,
fluttering from the autumn tree."
Emily Brontë

Taken at the park a couple of days ago. I couldn't resist the wonderful colours. :-) More to come.

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Ripples

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In this image I tried to re-create the 'Natural Mirror' shot I did with my Hiptstamatic camera, it's not quite the same, but it comes close. I used two shots of puddles with reflections and ripples and overlaid them plus textures and colour adjustments.
It is also part of my 1/52 project, week 17.

There's something therapeutic about looking into a puddle and seeing the reflection in it change. I always imagine it to be a crack between (alternative) universes where I can catch a glimpse of what's happening over there....

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

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Spring Glory

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I love spring. By the end of winter I usually feel so depressed by all the grey and dreariness that spring can't come soon enough and the first little sign of it cheers me up no end. Suddenly there's colour again and light and everything and everyone seems to wake up and come alive again. That's what this image is all about. Dig it?

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