Gardenbirders 52 for 2020

[LC2]

Strong, punchy. How I like my B&Ws

 

[gardenbirder]

Are the tops in that Black Chrome effect or has it been processed to look like that. Rather nice which ever.

Pete

A colour macro switched to B&W and cropped in Lightroom. Not changed anything else. And thank you

 

[vanishedbob]

Nicely done. I like the way that despite the DOF you can still see the shakers have clear bodies.

 

[gardenbirder]

Hidden (away) - A landfill with a view - this is the river Carron, forever associated with the Carronade (cannon), which were invented and cast a little North of here. Now the man-made weir crumbles and in the background a new hill rises...

 

[-Oy-]

Nice pic - that weir looks like Heron country!

 

[Cobra]

Lovely peaceful image for hidden Michael

 

[Allan.H]

nice place for a walk

 

[Shugpug]

I missed your salt and pepper somehow - nice shot, with lovely processing giving a very nice result.

I like the hidden away Carron as well - looks like a nice place to keep hidden so stop telling people about it

 

[seaodyssey]

Not a bad place for a landfill site, just hope its not going to pollute the river which looks nice and peaceful.

Pete

 

[CliveH]

A very nice hidden away spot.

 

[LC2]

Given your description I'm excepting a mill run somewhere around there too?
Nature does quickly hide the impact of man given even a little time.

 

[Nostromo]

Household item
Nice and sharp, good reflections and dof.

Hidden
Not a bad place to stand and take in the view.

 

[Cloudforest]

What a lovely spot and I like the narrative behind it.

 

[gardenbirder]

Small - the first bloom of our climbing rose after a little dose of Scottish summer rain

 

[-Oy-]

Nice water drops on it.

 

[CliveH]

Nice colour, almost looks like a strawberry.

 

[Cobra]

Nice rosebud Michael

 

[Baloo]

Smashing summer rose shot, lovely colours,

 

[Nostromo]

Small
I'm not sure about the composition, I would like to see the bud on more of a diagonal.
I do like the water drops.

 

[Shugpug]

Nice waterdrops, and lovely muted colours. Nicely taken!

 

[gardenbirder]

A relatively freshly emerged Ringlet for this weeks Snappers Choice:

 

[CliveH]

Nice butterfly shot, lovely detail

 

[LC2]

I don't usually comment on bug shots as well... bugs...
But that's nicely done.

 

[Cobra]

Very nice Michael

 

[HelenC]

A nice shot - wonderful texture.

 

[Cloudforest]

A lovely close-up Michael. Not often you see Ringlets at rest like this.

 

[Phil S]

Well captured.

 

[gardenbirder]

A slowly unfurling Honeysuckle on the path of our regular lockdown walk (we're still in lockdown here in Scotland), a stunning plant and flower:

 

[Nostromo]

I bet they smell lovely. Good colours, the pinky, purple against the green stands out well.

 

[Cloudforest]

A nice tight close-up Michael.

 

[HelenC]

Nicely composed and great details in there.

 

[seaodyssey]

Nice flower Michael

Love the colours against the background and you have captured some Bugs as well.

Pete

 

[CliveH]

Very nice honeysuckle, great detail.

 

[Shugpug]

Very good detail and colour in that shot. Like it!

 

[LC2]

Lovely colours. Similar to the colour of the flowers that were photobombed in my mother nature shot
It's quite central though. Did you try any other compositions? (Nothing wrong with it, just wondering).

 

[DowntonMini]

Beautiful image for Mother Nature Micheal great colours.

 

[gardenbirder]

Had to dip into the archive this week - this is a combination of images of road signs, with the third juxtaposed to the environment, it's sat on a road carved into the mountside in the very North of West Bengal. You can see further degredation in the background:

 

[Phil S]

Nice collection of old signs.

 

[Shugpug]

Love the top right. Just imagining the response of I were to try that...

Nice set of signs you have collected.

 

[DowntonMini]

Great set of images for signs