Bogoroditskaya church on river Vyazma by vladspesivtsev

Posted on October 10, 2015October 10, 2015 Posted in GalleryTagged august, beautiful, beauty, Bogoroditskaya church, clouds, dome, fun, landscape, leica d-lux 5, morning, nature, of Russia, plants, reflection, relaxation, river Vyazma, sky, Smolensk region, summer, temple, traveling, trees, Vladimir Spesivtsev, VyazmaLeave a comment

On the river Vyazma in the town of Vyazma of Smolensk region

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Red Clover in Autumn by PiviVikstrm

Posted on October 7, 2015October 7, 2015 Posted in GalleryTagged august, Autumn, beautiful, beauty, bokeh, Close-up, clover, color, colorful, colors, dew, Drops, fall, flower, green, light, päivi vikström, pink, red, red clover, sun, yellowLeave a comment

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……… by usagi505

Posted on September 28, 2015September 28, 2015 Posted in GalleryTagged 2015, 500px, august, Autumn, beautiful, bokeh, chinese lantern plant, elegant, 透かしほおずき, image, Japan, macro, nature, Olympus, osaka, photo, plant, red, red and white, reflection, summer, tag, usagi moti, winter cherryLeave a comment

Winter Cherry

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Giftland by stiann

Posted on September 16, 2015September 16, 2015 Posted in GalleryTagged august, boat, canon, clouds, Dingy, fjord, Golden, Golden hour, Lake, noruega, norway, Painterly, reflection, reflections, Sogn og Fjordane, summer, sunset, VestlandetLeave a comment

A fjord landscape in western Norway. It’s an age old shot that had become a seemingly permanent resident in my todo-folder, so recently I figured I’d better get to it. I did go for a painterly look a bit on the surreal side. Maybe I went a bit mad but you’ve got to have some fun!

The idea behind it in the first place was to lend elements typically used by great Norwegian romanticist painters. The big landscapes, the human made element, the fairly intense always complementing colors, the too perfect conditions and scenes etc. I won’t claim that I succeeded in resembling that, but that was my initial thought with it.

Full disclosure as I’m putting this in the landscape category. Obviously there’s a fair bit of editing going on here, but nothing was dropped in that wasn’t there. I did however remove some human made elements that I found so distracting that it was either that or scrapping it. To do that I had to lend some details from the sky and displace it back on the original water texture. Basically cloning it out as far as I’m concerned. It’s as far as I’ll take it and still label it landscape, but only when disclosing it.

Thanks for stopping by, any feedback appreciated!

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