Spring may spring sometime or other

tgame

We had a couple of fine days but have since gone winterward again. Still I got a couple of pics of daffs to play about with:

Regards,

Tony Game

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tgame

And there were the snowdrops of course.

gus

They are great...how did you do the snowdrops one ?

lynnma

tgame wrote:

And there were the snowdrops of course.

When I was a child/teen in Cambridge I loved the bluebell woods.. I LOVE BLUE BELLS.. any chance of a picture Tony?

fish

Cool images, tgame.

ian408

I like the images. Could you write a little on how you created them?

Thanks,
Ian

tgame

Nostalgia for Lynnma
I've tried to choose a couple with nostalgia value. They are not technically very much - taken in early digital days with an el cheapo camera. Hope they take you back to Cambridge for a moment or two.

lynnma wrote:

When I was a child/teen in Cambridge I loved the bluebell woods.. I LOVE BLUE BELLS.. any chance of a picture Tony?

tgame

Memory
Afraid my memory nowadays isn't up to retaining a lot! I use smart blur a lot, and play about with saturation and colour. I seem to end up always with about 50 layers to play with! Anything useful is as much luck as judgement. I love playing around.

Mary is a photographic purist in the Cartier Bresson mode!!! It makes for much domestic jossing!!

ian408 wrote:

I like the images. Could you write a little on how you created them?

Thanks,
Ian

tgame

Smart blur and Nik's lighten centre I seem to remember. Sorry can't be more specific.

Humungus wrote:

They are great...how did you do the snowdrops one ?

lynnma

tgame wrote:

I've tried to choose a couple with nostalgia value. They are not technically very much - taken in early digital days with an el cheapo camera. Hope they take you back to Cambridge for a moment or two.

Oh thank you Tony... thank you how beautiful.. it took both me and husband back to Good Fridays in the English woods.. I used to collect them by the armfuls on my dads farm, up in the spinny. I loved them so much.:cry Scuse tears... brings back so many lovely memories.. I can almost smell the fragrance... I have'nt seen them for years. I used to sit in the spinny for hours on a damp log and just watch the sunlight play on the brilliant greens and blues of a carpet of sweet fragrant bluebells:cry :cry ...

Thank you so much.

tgame

Scent
Yes - the dainty fragrance of bluebells is a glorious experience. One not easy to find now alas. So glad you enjoyed the pics. More at my Smugmug site http://candlet.smugmug.com/gallery/88446 together with poppies and all sorts of stuff. I've only just joined SmugMug and am really enjoying it all. So much talent about. You muggers are a great crowd.

lynnma wrote:

Oh thank you Tony... thank you how beautiful.. it took both me and husband back to Good Fridays in the English woods.. I used to collect them by the armfuls on my dads farm, up in the spinny. I loved them so much.:cry Scuse tears... brings back so many lovely memories.. I can almost smell the fragrance... I have'nt seen them for years. I used to sit in the spinny for hours on a damp log and just watch the sunlight play on the brilliant greens and blues of a carpet of sweet fragrant bluebells:cry :cry ...

Thank you so much.