Hints of Summer.....and Winter.....

I thought that the summer flowers and our winter log burner made a nice contrast. I converted it to BW, then added a muted colour layer of the flowers only, with the White Balance tweaked to warm them up. Hope you like it.

Uploaded28/07/2011 - 22:03

CategoryStill Life

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Aperturef/5

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ISO100

Focal Length40mm

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Tagsflowers summer winter log burner

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Aperture	f/5
ISO	100
Focal Length	40mm
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autumnlight autumnlight

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Derbyshire

Posted 28/07/2011 - 22:45 Link

Lovely idea, two contrasing items and the colour pop really works.

Kind regards Maria

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sandinista sandinista

441 posts
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Bollington,
Cheshire,
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Posted 28/07/2011 - 23:10 Link

Nice treatment which works very well, good juxtoposition, I like it a lot.

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davidstorm davidstorm

4934 posts
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Sheffield,
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Posted 28/07/2011 - 23:21 Link

Thanks to you both - sometimes they seem to work and sometimes they don't.

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trixie trixie

97 posts
15 years
Sheffield

Posted 29/07/2011 - 08:41 Link

Very good David, I love the colour pop, and it works really well summer and winter next to each other, cheers Trixie

GIULIO57 GIULIO57

31 posts
17 years
Firenze-Italia

Posted 29/07/2011 - 12:04 Link

Delicate compo

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Cliff-P Cliff-P

1000 posts
17 years
United Kingdom

Posted 29/07/2011 - 20:41 Link

This is a very good, love your idea and I think you have got the tones just right. A+ from me.

Cliff.

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puma puma

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Posted 29/07/2011 - 22:25 Link

Great treatment and i really love this shot well done

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davidstorm davidstorm

4934 posts
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Sheffield,
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Posted 29/07/2011 - 22:44 Link

Many thanks to you all - it's gratifying to receive such nice comments.

Regards
David

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szgabor szgabor

84 posts
16 years
Budapest,
Hungary

Posted 30/07/2011 - 04:26 Link

Lovely composition, well taken shot. I also like the good use of the colour-pop.

Regards,
Gábor
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