weekly Susiejb 52 in 2016 Celebrate

Flora ... wow ... lovely light on the flower, and those green leaves look pretty amazing on the dark water. :clap:
 
Emja said:
That's gorgeous Susie - what beautiful light! I love your tiny mushrooms too - what a brilliant idea to add the pin for scale.
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Than you Emma :)

sirch said:
That is great, love the light and that the flower is perfectly placed against the dark water
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Thanks Chris (y)

Carl Ayling said:
That is excellent Susie - as already commented, the lighting is just beautiful. :clap:
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Thanks Carl :)

Cobra said:
I do like Water Lily's Susie, and that is very nicely presented, well captured too :)
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Thanks Cobra, just caught that one right.
 
Dark Knight said:
That's a lovely lilly Susie, one of my fav flowers, I really struggle with the colour of poppies, would love to see one of your images, not sure if my monitors are not set well for pure red, but I struggler to get colour depth and detail in the petals :)
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Thanks DK ....unfortunatelymy poppies weren't the red ones :( but I love them all ....here's a purple one :)


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Love that water lily Susie. The lighting is superb.

It reminds me of Monet's garden in Giverney which I visited a few years ago. Amazing place and would have been perfect for this week's theme.
 
Susie, the light is spot on, together with the few water droplets on the leaves just adds the finishing touches.
 
I'm massively behind on comments - sorry!
Flora - Beautiful shot! As others have said, the lighting is gorgeous and sets off perfectly against that dark background. Nice! :thumbs:
 
Hi Susie, Love your water lily, the only one thing I would say is that I might of lifted the shadows on the petals more to give it more of a spot light feel as overall it just looks a little under exposed, just my thoughts still a good capture thou :-).
 
Hi Susie can only agree with the above love how the light is hitting the water lily well spotted
 
That's some lovely light Susie on the lily. Really nicely spotted and well captured. Personally, I'd like a touch more light on the scene, as Nigel says above, but sometimes these are more artistic decisions than purely technical, and if you prefer your scene like that who are we to argue - it's a great image (y)
 
Downton Mini said:
Hi Susie the Waterlily is a stunner I can not fault it.
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Thank you Mark ...much appreciated.

Bruja said:
Love that water lily Susie. The lighting is superb.

It reminds me of Monet's garden in Giverney which I visited a few years ago. Amazing place and would have been perfect for this week's theme.
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Thanks Jill .....I can imagine that must be a fantastic sight.

rpn said:
Love both the Water Lily and the Poppies shots. The strong shadow on the Water Lily works quite well against the light just on the Lily. :clap:
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Thank you Stan (y)

chrispp said:
Susie, the light is spot on, together with the few water droplets on the leaves just adds the finishing touches.
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Thanks Chris :)

WMD said:
I'm massively behind on comments - sorry!
Flora - Beautiful shot! As others have said, the lighting is gorgeous and sets off perfectly against that dark background. Nice! (y)
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Thanks for taking the time to look in Matt.
 
alsjazzera said:
Hi Susie can only agree with the above love how the light is hitting the water lily well spotted
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Thanks Allan ...yes I was really pleased with the light.

wallyboy said:
The light makes the lilly a real atmospheric photo, nice compo as well well done.
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Thank you Walter :)

thirsty_camel said:
Hi Susie, Love your water lily, the only one thing I would say is that I might of lifted the shadows on the petals more to give it more of a spot light feel as overall it just looks a little under exposed, just my thoughts still a good capture thou :).
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pjm1 said:
That's some lovely light Susie on the lily. Really nicely spotted and well captured. Personally, I'd like a touch more light on the scene, as Nigel says above, but sometimes these are more artistic decisions than purely technical, and if you prefer your scene like that who are we to argue - it's a great image (y)
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Thank you Nigel and Paul ....I did try it with a lift, but I felt it lost the lovely light a bit, so I left it :)
 
Busy, busy this week and I didn't want to fall behind so it was a quick walk around the garden to find something. Last year we had loads of spiders webs, which I thought would fit the theme well, but I couldn't find one today. So I decided on this one, an Allium 'actively' making seeds ready for next year ....I know, it's a bit of a shoehorn and a bit boring , I'll put it on the re-shoot list :thinking:

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Active TP 2016 by Susiejb, on Flickr
 
I love Alliums we have a few in the garden though they are well past it now, works well enough for me
 
Beautifully colourful Susie - it's shape & spikes makes for quite a dramatic image. :clap:
 
A shoehorn it ay be Susie but it's still a cracking photo love the colours and detail
 
Hi Susie,
There is quite a delicate feel to the water lily and I think it works well against the dark water and green pads. The poppies work well too but I think I agree with your choice of the water lily.
Active - A bit of a horned shoe yes, but a good crisp shot none the less :)
 
Hi Susie,
"active" may be a shoehorn, but it is a great well composed photo!
 
chrispp said:
Shoehorn or not Susie it's still a great photo;)
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alsjazzera said:
I love Alliums we have a few in the garden though they are well past it now, works well enough for me
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Carl Ayling said:
Beautifully colourful Susie - it's shape & spikes makes for quite a dramatic image. :clap:
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Downton Mini said:
A shoehorn it ay be Susie but it's still a cracking photo love the colours and detail
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LC2 said:
Hi Susie,
There is quite a delicate feel to the water lily and I think it works well against the dark water and green pads. The poppies work well too but I think I agree with your choice of the water lily.
Active - A bit of a horned shoe yes, but a good crisp shot none the less :)
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brrnd said:
Hi Susie,
"active" may be a shoehorn, but it is a great well composed photo!
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Thank you very much all ...I'm pleased that you liked it :)
 
Funnily enough I was just this minute contemplating a bowl of cherries !!! Great minds Susie - like it. :clap:
 
Striking image for activity Susie, nicely focused.

Love the bowl of cherries, great idea nicely lit
 
Carl Ayling said:
Funnily enough I was just this minute contemplating a bowl of cherries !!! Great minds Susie - like it. :clap:
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Is that to eat them or photograph them Carl :) mine got less by the minute, grandson kept eating them and making them fall over!

wallyboy said:
You have made a plain image look really interesting like the PP you have done,
nice bowl of cherries my favorite.
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Thank you Walter ....I tried a white bowl too but preferred the glass one.

sirch said:
Striking image for activity Susie, nicely focused.

Love the bowl of cherries, great idea nicely lit
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Thanks Chris ....bit of a rush job but I think it's turned out alright.
 
Size - great detail the pin highlights the size and I like the jaunty angle
Sign - well composed I like the shadows
Flora - Wow the Water Lily is great I like the way the light is on the flower the Poppies are pretty too but the lily is a stunning picture
Active - A shoe horn maybe but a great picture
Life - I like the dark red against the black the glass bowl works well
 
Life is well lit Suzy love the reds you have achieved but, there is always a but isn't there, its a little floaty it needs a reflection maybe to anchor it down or perhaps crop the bottom to fairly close to the bowl and move the writing :thinking:
 
Nicely presented Susie, it works well and bang on theme too.
 
I had to google that reference, Judy Garland huh?
I was thinking it should be a Minestrone, served up with parmasan cheese.

But anyway ;) I like what you've done there. Allan may have a point regarding cropping it differently, but all in all, it's nicely imagined and taken.
 
Active may be a bit of a shoehorn Susie but it's a cracking photograph and I wouldn't change anything about it.

Bowl of cherries is just my kind of take on a theme but I couldn't have done it as well as that. Spot on :clap::clap:​
 
That's a great picture Susie. Well lit and processed.
 
minx said:
Size - great detail the pin highlights the size and I like the jaunty angle
Sign - well composed I like the shadows
Flora - Wow the Water Lily is great I like the way the light is on the flower the Poppies are pretty too but the lily is a stunning picture
Active - A shoe horn maybe but a great picture
Life - I like the dark red against the black the glass bowl works well
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Thank you for taking time to comment ....very much appreciated :)

alsjazzera said:
Life is well lit Suzy love the reds you have achieved but, there is always a but isn't there, its a little floaty it needs a reflection maybe to anchor it down or perhaps crop the bottom to fairly close to the bowl and move the writing :thinking:
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Hi Allan @alsjazzera ...it's the BUTS that spur me on to do better :) I did do a different crop with it close to the bowl and the writing to the right, but it seemed to look too much 'in your face' and I wanted to throw it back, I could perhaps still have positioned it more to the the left which might have looked better.

posiview said:
Hi, Susie, liking the idea.

Looks slightly OOF?? but I do like the text and slightly under exposed processing.

Cheers
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Thanks Andy @posiview yes, shame on me, it is slightly OOF, and I knew it was. I'm annoyed with myself for rushing it as I think it could be better.

Cobra said:
Nicely presented Susie, it works well and bang on theme too.
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Thank yoooo Cobra :)
 
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LC2 said:
I had to google that reference, Judy Garland huh?
I was thinking it should be a Minestrone, served up with parmasan cheese.

But anyway ;) I like what you've done there. Allan may have a point regarding cropping it differently, but all in all, it's nicely imagined and taken.
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Thanks Tim ...I didn't actually know where the saying came from o_O...I just knew the saying and thought it would fit the theme, yes, I agree with Allan, have answered him above.

Downton Mini said:
I like that Susie love the lighting and processing
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Thank you Mark (y)

Bruja said:
Active may be a bit of a shoehorn Susie but it's a cracking photograph and I wouldn't change anything about it.

Bowl of cherries is just my kind of take on a theme but I couldn't have done it as well as that. Spot on :clap::clap:​
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Thanks Jill ...lovely comments ...very much appreciated.


brrnd said:
That's a great picture Susie. Well lit and processed.
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Thank you Bernd ...much appreciate you looking in.
 
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