And so another month finds its way into a numerical summary, thanks to the meme started by Julie.
As I’m typing this I turned to look out of the window at the garden an noticed 2 more dandelions that need removing !! Looks like weeding will feature this month too.
I was reminded recently of the fabulous resource of colour palettes on design seed – each drawn from a beautiful photo. As I looked through the archive and admired the new ones that popped up on my blog reader I wanted to do something with them, to have a play with the colour combinations.
Quite separately I took a photo of a carnation that is on my shelves because I loved the shape and structure and with the black background I knew it would be easy to extract in PSE
The I had the creative lightbulb –use this shape to create a multi layered flower that I could then apply the colours to.
It worked [I turned the flower image black and white then copied 4 times so I had 5 layers and made each layer progressively smaller and rotated each the same amount clockwise – then applied a different colour to each layer using a design seed palette to select the colours]
And then I tried another, and another, and another, until I had 21 ! Totally addictive and creatively rewarding and I only stopped to make a cup of tea.
I put them all together on one page and I love the repetition of shape and form with the lovely range of colours.
Do you have a favourite?
One of my regular walks is along the promenade by the beach with a stop at the cafe at one end, before heading back again. This cafe makes great coffee but I also enjoy the seats outside next to the beach and, in particular that there are always pots of flowers on the tables.
At the moment there are small daffodils which I couldn’t resist snapping; in December there was heather, even when there was frost on the sand; and last summer there were geraniums. No, I don’t have a fantastic memory for such details – I clearly find the image of the flower pots of the tables irresistible as I easily found these in my albums
Do you have any shots that you find irresistible and have taken several times over the year?
Last December, when I was thinking about starting this photo theme for 2013, this was one of the pairs that I had thought about.
I love that daffodils appear over most areas of grass in Edinburgh – and they did too in Aberdeen where I grew up. I love the riot of bright yellow as the weather improves. And because Edinburgh is built on the sides of hills, I knew that I would be able to take both an up and a down of the flowers.
