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Autumn colours (Acer palmatum (Japanese maple))

Acer palmatum at Queenswood Country Park.



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That's a very unusual and clever photo.
Sid ~ well done on this one.

12 Oct, 2008

 

thats lovely the way you have caught the light

12 Oct, 2008

Sid
Sid
 

Thanks folks - it's my favourite one I took this afternoon :-) Very peaceful don't you think?

12 Oct, 2008

 

Just gorgeous Sid, love the light and colours.....great!

12 Oct, 2008

 

love the photo... makes me wish i'm there right now and not here... :)

13 Oct, 2008

 

Is it still rainy where you are Snowkrystal? We lucky to be enjoying a few days of warm decent weather.....about time!

13 Oct, 2008

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Sid
 

Amen to that!

14 Oct, 2008

 

Janey, it's been raining every day and night!!! When it's not raining, it gets really hot instead. :)

15 Oct, 2008

 

Sid!...this is a wonderful picture!! the silhouettes and the light! GORGEOUS! My favourites file is growing like my wish list. Makes my fav list for sure...thanks for posting.

16 Oct, 2008

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Sid
 

Thanks Lori! You've got 270 Likes - ha ha. I see Birtie is there too - she will be pleased! :-D

16 Oct, 2008

 

~ where is that,Queenswood country park?~

23 Oct, 2008

 

The light is amazing in this photo. Sometimes when I have light in the background like that it washes out the rest of the color. Great capture! You've got the silhouette of the trunks and the sprinkling of color throughout :) :) :)

24 Oct, 2008

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Sid
 

Arlene - it's in Herefordshire on the A49 between Hereford and Leominster.

Tastey - thanks - to be honest, I was surprised how well it came out - my camera (like yours it sounds) tends to make pictures a bit pale when there's lots of light involved. :-)

25 Oct, 2008

 

Stunning! I never got to Queenswood this year, but it was equally beautiful last autumn.

10 Nov, 2008

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Sid
 

Thanks Madmum :-)

10 Nov, 2008

 

~ nice to know-thankyou!

10 Nov, 2008

 

this photo has great atmosphere Sid, This is the sort of picture I like to paint. I shall get the paintbrushes out when we get settled in a bit more. Had the chimney sorted yesterday!! The workmen took it apart and put it together again and made a fab job.

20 Nov, 2008

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Sid
 

hi Lindak - thanks - feel free to use the picture if you want to paint it :-) I've been learning pastels, so I might try this picture with those when I've got time and a rainy day! Congrats re chimney!

20 Nov, 2008

 

I've just got the brushes out today and am using Acrylics for the first time. In fact I have quite enjoyed the experience and may well continue to use them in my art work. The Baptist church have asked me to paint a few pictures for Christmas so I am painting from my imagination a picture of the shepherds guarding their sheep sitting by the fire on the hills of bethlehem with a light blue going to dark blue sky with a few starts twinkling up there. I have one of the angels singing to do as well. I have drawn it already but will paint it in a few days time. Thought I'd get a little gold paint for the halo's just to add a splash of colour. Thanks for letting me use the photo. I've had a go at pastels but couldn't get on with them very well. Just enjoy your artwork as it doesn't have to look like a photograph to be a good picture, it's what people see in the picture for themselves that counts.

24 Nov, 2008

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Sid
 

Hi Lindak - Acrylics are one thing I've never used - I paint in oils alot of the time, occasionally watercolours, and I love working with charcoal. I'm just learning with pastels at the moment. I had a 'try' with them about a year ago and hated them! But now I'm doing a little evening class and learning how to use them properly and I'm starting to work out how to get the good effects with them - the key seems to be to keep 'fixing' it with fixative spray. I posted a picture of butterflys I did recently with them. The hardest thing I find with pastels is that you're pretty much stuck with the colours you've got - not easy to blend them together to creat a new colour, if you see what I mean. Your Xmas scenes sound really lovely and festive - I do hope you will post pictures of them - I think several people on here draw/paint, so I'm sure a lot of people would be interested to see them :-)
Sarah.

24 Nov, 2008

 

Nothing to add. The artists have said it all.

10 Dec, 2008

 

My pictures are on my page for you to have a look at if you want to.

10 Dec, 2008

 

Exquisite!

23 Jan, 2016



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