@scroggin So pleased you enjoyed Phil's photos I will let him know. He works with a photographer called Charlie Waite who has been a judge and maybe still is on LAPOTY.
I have worked as a Gardener for 24 years. My latest garden is a new build garden on heavy clay.
@NormandyLiz Your photo of a hummingbird moth is amazing. I am not a photographer but I do know how difficult they are to photograph always moving and you can finish up with just a blur. They really love Verbena bonariensis, late summer they visited my garden for the first time much to my enjoyment.
I have worked as a Gardener for 24 years. My latest garden is a new build garden on heavy clay.
Brilliant, @CrankyYankee. Not only the technical side but also the imagination.
I know what you mean about being a purist, and then not. I did some online courses where, naturally, you were taught to get it right through your lens, and I certainly got to feel it was wrong, or cheating, to do anything else. But now I just do it for me, process as I feel suits the shot and it's so much more creative.
The creativity found in editing is what I love. I keep in mind the advice my mother gave me regarding makeup; it's meant to enhance, not overshadow. I look back on some of my photos and cringe at the over-editing I did, but it's all part of learning. For landscapes and plant photos I generally only adjust basic things like exposure, cropping, sharpness, etc. But once in a while, it's fun to just have at it with a photo. I can't photoshop for the life of me, but on sites like ipiccy I can add filters and textures and just play around.
New England, USA
Metacomet soil with hints of Woodbridge and Pillsbury
The funniest part of my trip was - the little hotel I stayed in at Drumbeg was owned/run by a couple who had lived about half a mile away from me, near the primary school. Small world.
Small world indeed. We were once staying in a farm caravan near the western end of Loch Shiel and rowed for about 2 miles to the little uninhabited island Eilean Fhianain to visit the remains of St. Finan's Chapel and to enjoy our lunch in beautiful isolation. We were most put out to get there and find someone else already on the island. However we couldn't quite believe it when we got talking to the woman and she told us she worked at the same company as me in Cheshire
Clay soil - Cheshire/Derbyshire border. I play with plants and soil and sometimes it's successful
I'll take a look at that too @GardenerSuze, thanks Aeroplanes right enough @rowlandscastle444 There's a wee bi plane that comes overhead here on a regular basis. Always nice to see it. Those are great fun @CrankyYankee, and the h'bird hawmoth is a beautiful pic. Many forum members get them in their gardens, so I'm always a little jealous as we don't get them round here. I'll 'see' your Stac Pol @punkdoc
and raise you a Suilven and Cul Mor from S. Pol. I was lucky with the weather that day as it started to close in once I was back at the car, hence the clag round the ridge in the first pic. The pinnacles are great fun for scrambling. Assynt is a unique area of Scotland due to the geology. Superb on a good day when you can see it.
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
@Fairygirl Oh Scotland is so beautiful, I love the top photo the plants echo the mist and mountain in the background. I first saw a hummingbird moth on The Isle of Wight 20 years ago. I think they have been seen locally for some years now so they are moving up the country. Yesterday we had something very different in the garden a gos hawk.
I have worked as a Gardener for 24 years. My latest garden is a new build garden on heavy clay.
I think there's some in the east of Scotland @GardenerSuze. Different conditions there though. I don't know enough about them to know what's suitable for them. Everyone takes that pic of S.Pol because the car park is just on the other side of the little road
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
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The creativity found in editing is what I love. I keep in mind the advice my mother gave me regarding makeup; it's meant to enhance, not overshadow. I look back on some of my photos and cringe at the over-editing I did, but it's all part of learning. For landscapes and plant photos I generally only adjust basic things like exposure, cropping, sharpness, etc. But once in a while, it's fun to just have at it with a photo. I can't photoshop for the life of me, but on sites like ipiccy I can add filters and textures and just play around.
Small world indeed. We were once staying in a farm caravan near the western end of Loch Shiel and rowed for about 2 miles to the little uninhabited island Eilean Fhianain to visit the remains of St. Finan's Chapel and to enjoy our lunch in beautiful isolation. We were most put out to get there and find someone else already on the island. However we couldn't quite believe it when we got talking to the woman and she told us she worked at the same company as me in Cheshire
I play with plants and soil and sometimes it's successful
Aeroplanes right enough @rowlandscastle444
Those are great fun @CrankyYankee, and the h'bird hawmoth is a beautiful pic. Many forum members get them in their gardens, so I'm always a little jealous as we don't get them round here.
I'll 'see' your Stac Pol @punkdoc
and raise you a Suilven and Cul Mor from S. Pol.
I was lucky with the weather that day as it started to close in once I was back at the car, hence the clag round the ridge in the first pic.
The pinnacles are great fun for scrambling. Assynt is a unique area of Scotland due to the geology. Superb on a good day when you can see it.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Everyone takes that pic of S.Pol because the car park is just on the other side of the little road
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...