Nature and garden

In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks. John Muir

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One of the gardens at Tiger Hill, Suzhuo City, China. The hill is so named because it is said to look like a crouching tiger. This is a popular tourist destination and is known for its natural beauty as well as historical sites. (These photos were taken in late March.)

There are FIVE (5) garden images in this series. Please let me know which one(s) you LIKE best.

Flowers have an immediate impact on happiness. All participants expressed smiles upon receiving them, demonstrating delight & gratitude. This reaction was universal, occurring in all age groups…

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Flower flower,
Seasonal art;
Gracious thing
Glory all worth,
New in each spring.

Beauty you are,
Breaking a heart;
Of you I sing,
With my full breath
And spiritual wing.

Flower flower
Fragile and new,
With summer so sweet;
Beauty beyond,
Tenderly treat.

Forever newborn,
When summer shall start;
Crossing my feet
When laid across ground,
In a garden or a street.

Peter S. Quinn

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full of divinity

–Henry David Thoreau

by LaTur

Nature . Beach . Sea . Sand . Landscape . France . Europe . Aquitaine . Waves . Ocean . Sky . Clouds . Water . Paradise . Holiday . Vacation . Summer . Beautiful . Picture . Mer . Plage . Paysage . Image . Photo . Sable . Art

Christmas Cactus No Photoshop, signature added.

Explore #248 December 20, 2009

View On Black

El arte es en Japón naturaleza — Large — Blog — Slideshow.

This photo belongs to The Asiain Gallery and is for Anna, with thanks.
From a series taken on a two days trip to Kyoto with Verónica and elcalamar.

© Billy Wilson 2010

Spring flowers surrounded by snow. It has snowed since I posted the last picture. Its funny to see snow considering that only about a week ago it was nearly 30C.

About the Photo
*Camera: Canon EOS Digital Rebel XS *Lens: EF 50mm ƒ/1.8 II *Shutter Speed: 1/500Sec. *Aperture Value: ƒ/1.8 *ISO: 100 *Focal Length: 50mm (80mm Equivalent in 35mm Film)

I shot this handheld using live-view and manual focus because I didn’t want to get my knees wet on the grass by using the optical viewfinder. I overexposed by two stops over the metered exposure. I opened the RAW image in ACR and increased the recovery slider slightly and also increased the blacks slider to make the dark parts of the flowers stand out more. I increased the clarity, and manipulated the tone curve slightly to maintain a high-key feel to it. I slightly saturated the yellows and the greens and opened the image in CS4 where I cloned out a few distracting weeds. I then converted to sRGB colourspace and saved as a JPEG to post online.

Large: View On White

EXPLORED!

these are natural reflections from a pine forest canal,the ripples were pure good fortune(there was still water dropping from the trees from earlier rain)

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