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photoblog image Hidcote flowers 1

Hidcote flowers 1

If you change this to a black background just look and see what happens to the top right hand corner.

This is Hidcote. A stunningly beautiful garden. This is a simple little picture and I just liked the combination of colours. So I hope you like it too.

Hidcote flowers 1

If you change this to a black background just look and see what happens to the top right hand corner.

This is Hidcote. A stunningly beautiful garden. This is a simple little picture and I just liked the combination of colours. So I hope you like it too.

comments (19)

  • Ginnie
  • Atlanta, GA, United States
  • 16 Jun 2008, 01:55
Someone sure had fun landscaping this arrangement, Bill!
Bill Phillips: Hidcote is the work of Lawrence Johnston, who designed and built the gardens over a period of 40 years from 1907. Influenced by the Arts and crafts movement the garden is a series of "rooms" and at every turn you see something different. Johnston was entirely self taught as a gardener!
  • Martin
  • United States
  • 16 Jun 2008, 01:56
Fixing the corner is a simple cloning job smile The does look like a wonderful garden. The sliver of trail invites one to explore. Nicely done!
Bill Phillips: Easily fixed indeed Martin but I was fascinated by how much more obvious it becomes against a black background. This is a fantastic garden, one of my favourites.
  • vintage
  • Australia
  • 16 Jun 2008, 03:28
Lots of flowers thus lots of colour I like it Bill
Bill Phillips: Hidcote is great It will probably feature again later in the year!
A nice simple untwiddled shot here Bill: very pleasing
Bill Phillips: Well I like to show that I can take a proper picturetongue
Its a fabulous place to visit .. so many different 'rooms' within the grounds.
richard
Bill Phillips: Absolutely Richard, and Lawrence Johnston taught himself about gardening!!
  • anniedog
  • Great Britain (UK)
  • 16 Jun 2008, 09:03
I like the way you have focused on the red flowers and the softness of the flowers surrounding them. I think it looks better on the black background - it seems to intensify the colours. The top right corner is easily cloned out. There you are - sorted!
Ingrid
Bill Phillips: I agree about the background but put in on the white because of the difference. I would have cloned out the white and re-loaded it but I thought it was interesting. My default background is white as I found i tended not to try a picture on a white background when the default was black, whereas I almost always try it on black when it's white! How odd is that?
beautiful lighting and colours bill
Bill Phillips: Thank you kindly Doc
  • chad
  • In front of a computer
  • 16 Jun 2008, 10:16
A very well composed photograph, Bill.
Bill Phillips: Thank you Sir Chadwick
  • Louis
  • South Africa
  • 16 Jun 2008, 11:45
Lovely - a flowerbed I always associate with england for some reason. The black background does make a most interesting change to the picture.
Bill Phillips: We do love our herbaceous borders Louis!
  • Aussie
  • Brisbane
  • 16 Jun 2008, 12:29
Beautifully captured flowers Bill
Bill Phillips: Thanks Aussie. One of the things I love about Hidcote is that there are so many delights at every turn!
  • Astrid
  • Netherlands
  • 16 Jun 2008, 13:21
...simple....who is talking about simple, this is just a great capture, love the flowers, love your point of view, very well seen, great job, a joy for the eye.
Bill Phillips: Thanks Astrid. Hidcote is a joy for the eye in every direction. I think you would like it!
  • Sheila
  • Spain mostly, England a little
  • 16 Jun 2008, 13:32
Very nice photo Bill, with nice colours and nice contrasts on the leaves. That tree hiding in the background just adds to the "country garden" feel.
Bill Phillips: Thanks Sheila. It is a wonderful garden
Very pleasant image to look at Bill. I like the colours combination too!
Bill Phillips: I have a friend who never mixes colours in her garden. It's a blue area or a white area. I love this mixed up look, nature isn't regimented!
  • FLOOG
  • THE GARDEN OF ENGLAND
  • 16 Jun 2008, 17:37
A veritable feast of colour, Bill.

I look at this photograph, and it lifts my spirit and cheers me up immediately.

Lovely
Bill Phillips: Well that's more than good enough for me!
  • Alan
  • Southampton.. sunny south coast of England
  • 16 Jun 2008, 18:11
Yep, like this a lot.. a lovely dash of beautiful colours.
Bill Phillips: Thanks very much Alan
Beautiful flower bed shot Bill although I might have trimmed a bit of the OOF forground out. I'm going to Google and see where Hidcote is, I believe you've mentioned it before.
Bill Phillips: Hmm...yes maybe a little off the bottom. Hidcote is in Gloucestershire near Chipping Camden. If you haven't been I am sure you would love it!
  • tim
  • leeds uk
  • 16 Jun 2008, 21:41
lovely shot Bill with a great composition matesmile
Bill Phillips: You are too kind sir!
  • Phil
  • Great Britain (UK)
  • 16 Jun 2008, 22:37
Looks good to me Bill, interesting effect changing the background, question is why, I'm sticking to the visual cortex interpretation thingy. ;-) ;-)
Bill Phillips: Sounds reasonable to me Philtongue
The lighting really pops the colours of the flowers, nice one.
I will have to add this to my wish list of visits.
Bill Phillips: Hidcote is a must see

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