Shades of autumn–yellow

I arrived in Nepal at the end of the Dashain festival so was treated to lights and decoration everywhere.  The festival is the biggest of the year and when many people make their annual trip to visit family.

I was on the lookout for yellow as the shades of autumn colour this week and found plenty in the special decorations – yellow and orange flowers are used to decorate the temples.  Interesting to see that yellow is associated with celebrations at this time of year in other cultures too.

The ‘web board’ is again the Coffee Shop Blog.

I’ll share some more photos from Nepal over the rest of the week.

look at my view !!

This is the glorious view from my hotel room in Kathmandu – part of the Himalaya range of mountains.  This one taken as the sun was setting so the snow is lit and stands out more.

 

just a taste til I get to faster internet connection.

Shades of Autumn - green

I’m joining in the shades of autumn photo challenge which is running over the next 8 weeks with a colour specified each week for photo inspiration.

The trees around me either bare or green at the moment and with all the rain that we have have recently, the grass is also looking lush.  I took these on a walk last week.

The frame is from The CoffeeShop Blog.

hydrangeas

What with overcast weather meaning few photos and lots to do workwise, the only creativity I’ve managed in the last week is some photo art prompted by Bonnie’s Photo Art Friday

I combined a closeup of hydrangea bloom with a photo of the river and tried all the different blending modes.  Then I was thinking about ways to compare the effects and ended up showing 2 effects in each image (I used a gradient mask).  The frames are from The Coffee  Shop Blog

I will definitely be playing with this merging again.