Summer Roses

Top: Summer Rose.
Bottom: Summer Flower.

I was only going to upload one of these pictures, but I couldn't decide which one to upload, so I uploaded them both instead!

Again, they were created in Photoshop. For the first one, I applied a rose paintbrush to a white background and for the second one, I applied the same paintbrush to a coloured background before adjusting the tone and colour to achieve the highlights and shadows that I wanted.

To be honest, I'm quite pleased with the end result. They turned out better than I expected!

A Pocketful of Spring

I was just messing around with patterns and colours - and came up with this one by sheer accident!
I was quite pleased with the results, though. :-)

A Single Berry

It's freezing here in the UK at the minute! It snowed for most of last week - and it looks as if the bad weather is set to continue for a while yet.

Anyway, I took this one on Friday. This is a close-up of the view I get of one of our holly trees from my study window. We have two beautiful holly trees - and this is what they look like covered in snow.

I wish they had more berries on them, though. Sadly, the birds ate them all. :-(

Barren

I had a little bit of fun with this photo...

and turned it into this, he he!

Barren Beauty

I can never resist the stark beauty of nature in winter...

Eternal Spring

Here's another one that I created using a flowery paintbrush...

Beauty's Dream

Again, I created this one in Photoshop, using a rose paintbrush plus...
...yes, you've guessed it, another picture of the sky.
I took the photo a couple of weeks ago and thought it would make an effective backdrop, so I began experimenting with it. I only added the roses just to see what they'd look like against a cloudy backdrop - and I was quite pleased with the result!

Evening Skies

Sometimes, I just love to sit back, relax and watch the sky! I like to sit and watch the clouds drift by - and this was no exception! I took this one a few days ago, just a couple of hours before sunset. It had rained earlier that day but, by the evening, the sun was shining brightly and there was barely a cloud in the sky (apart from this one, that is).

A Snail's Life

I couldn't resist this shot either, he he!

Purple Pansies

We have some beautiful purple pansies in our garden - and I just couldn't resist getting a couple of shots...

Unfortunately, I had to brave the rain in order to take these pictures, though. Typical British weather!

Abstract Rose

I think the title says it all really...

Spring Warmth, Summer Yellow

Here's 2 that I made earlier, he he!

Well, actually, the first one is a photo taken on a hot day in June a couple of years ago. We had an abundance of buttercups back then - and when I say abundance, I mean it! They were all over the park, in our gardens...
Basically, they were everywhere! A sea of yellow flowers. It was a beautiful sight!

The second picture was one that I created just a few days ago, after I'd created yet another flower brush in Photoshop. I must have tried around a dozen different colours before I settled on the soft pastel shade above.

Skies and Seagulls

Just some more shots of my two favourite subjects; skies and birds (in this case, seagulls)...



Beauty of Light

I took this photo a few days ago. Dark clouds had formed but luckily they passed, leaving us with sunshine and clear skies for the rest of the day. Perfect weather for a gentle stroll around the park (or, in my case, a good run).

The Essence of Trees

Sometimes, when taking photos, you have to be quick to get the shot that you want!
I love taking pictures of birds flying, but you have to be quick in order to do it!
Sometimes, I've been lucky and managed to get the shot I wanted, but there are other times when I haven't been so lucky.

This time, though, I just grabbed my camera and went for it!

Pink Beauty

I took this one while I was out on my travels a couple of days ago.

I don't know what it is about nature, but something attracts me to it, rather like a moth attracted to a flame (no pun intended). Perhaps it's the poet in me speaking out, or perhaps it's the desire for solitude - or even the desire to get away from it all, since I live in what I call a "concrete jungle".

I don't know exactly what attracts me to nature, but all the same, I like what I see - and if I like it, I take pictures!

Portraits of Light

Top: Still Life with Roses.

Centre: Portrait of Light.

Bottom: Saccharine Roses.

While sitting at my computer last night, I had an idea.

I thought that, as it's Mother's Day this coming Sunday here in the UK, I'd try my hand at creating something.

Now I admit that I'm hardly the world's greatest artist. Far from it, in fact - but I must admit that I felt quite pleased with myself when I finished these pictures. In fact, you should have seen the grin on my face!

Saccharine Roses was my first project of the night, created using Photoshop. I then experimented with styles and filters to create Still Life with Roses. A further experiment with filters resulted in Portrait of Light.

I don't often say this, but I'm actually quite pleased with the way they turned out!

Visions of Life

This is another one of my accidental creations. I'd just created my own daisy paintbrush in Photoshop and I wanted to experiment with it. I used light colours on a black background, added a few filters - and I was surprised with the end result!

Let's just say that it wasn't quite what I expected...

Hazy Days

This is just a quick one that I created a couple of days ago using Photoshop.

Nature's Night

Nature's beauty stands against a stormy sunset.