Summertime Sights / Day 6: ETSOOI Carnations. by darrenboyj

Summertime Sights / Day 6: ETSOOI Carnations.

Day 6 in a set of summertime pictures for July.

In celebration of what seems like the summer finally arriving, i'm going to post a set of shots taken on various walks and visits made recently (and upcoming), to numerous places along the South coast and here in the West Midlands.

These carnations have been threatening to bloom for a few days now and it seems with the sunny warm weather - it's finally about to happen. It's pretty incredible what happens in the garden when the temperature rises and the sun shines.
Just for a bit of fun I thought i would turn this shot into something more colourful and vibrant than it already was and enter it into this week's ETSOOI competition.
Tom
Lovely shot, dreamy feel, and really great colours, a well deserved Fav from me Darren!
July 6th, 2013  
Wonderfully fun, bright colors. Great editing!
July 6th, 2013  
Very pretty.
July 6th, 2013  
Excellent shot, Darren! Vibrant and colorful bokeh too! Exactly what I had in mind when I picked the theme. Tastefully done vibrance. Perfect shot for the challenge.
July 6th, 2013  
@ikamera Thanks kindly :) I had fun messing around with this one!
July 6th, 2013  
Fantastic colours and composition ツ
July 6th, 2013  
love the colours and the processing
July 6th, 2013  
Great colours and bokeh, fabulous processing!
July 6th, 2013  
@tomo87 Cheers matey :)
July 6th, 2013  
Fab all round image & editing Darren --love it & I would love to try to capture it in a painting !! A fav
July 6th, 2013  
@beryl Thanks Beryl - very kind of you. You're more than welcome to use the image for a painting should you wish :)
Thanks for the fav too btw!
July 6th, 2013  
Very well done. Very summery, puts a :) on my face just looking at it.
July 6th, 2013  
Very Cool!
July 6th, 2013  
Beautiful, colourful, dreamlike capture. Excellent editing too. Instant fav.
July 6th, 2013  
@steviepix Cheers - very kind of you :)
July 6th, 2013  
This is awesome ... luv the subtle colors
July 6th, 2013  
Stunning
July 6th, 2013  
Oh this is so artistic and dreamy. Nice work Darren.
July 6th, 2013  
Great mix of colours, looks abstract.
July 6th, 2013  
this is so cool. very well done!
July 6th, 2013  
Very cool! Love all the colors!
July 6th, 2013  
Sue
Lovely!
July 6th, 2013  
Cool psychedelic-like image.
July 6th, 2013  
This is so pretty! just love the processing on this ..... fav :D
July 6th, 2013  
Fantastic shot, the processing is wonderful!
July 6th, 2013  
Very joyful. Never seen a carnation that's not totally flowering. Nice. Great colors and bokeh. Gives me that summer feeling. Great pic :)
July 6th, 2013  
wow!!!!!
July 6th, 2013  
So very beautiful :D
July 6th, 2013  
ooooh! A delight for the eyes! lOVE IT.!
July 6th, 2013  
I love this. It looks great viewed large. Your processing is amazing: what programme do you use? Fav by the way.
July 6th, 2013  
Darren, this shot is fantastic. Love the processing. FAV.
July 6th, 2013  
great shot Darren
July 6th, 2013  
Beautiful, love the colours, really gives it that dreamy summer feel. What a great idea.
July 6th, 2013  
Like the play of light and reflections, pretty!
July 6th, 2013  
Great shot, the colours are awesome
July 6th, 2013  
Hurray for a pop of magic in the garden! Really beautiful photo, and stunning editing - a fav!
July 7th, 2013  
Wonderful editing, I love the colors in this.
July 7th, 2013  
Beautiful!! Love the amazing colours:)
July 7th, 2013  
fab shot. love what you've done to it. fav
July 7th, 2013  
Totally awesome...fav
July 7th, 2013  
The picture of summer--beautiful!
July 7th, 2013  
great shot
July 7th, 2013  
Beautiful colours!!! Gorgeous shot!!!
July 7th, 2013  
Wonderful, extravagant colour image, fav!
July 7th, 2013  
Very creative and artistic Darren. Fav.
July 7th, 2013  
Beautiful and dreamy!
July 7th, 2013  
Gorgeous tones and bokeh! Quite beautiful! A fav. Congrats on pp too!
July 8th, 2013  
@ashesand thanks kindly Cindy :)
July 8th, 2013  
@helstor thank you Helge :)
July 8th, 2013  
@ivan cheers matey :)
July 8th, 2013  
@swilde thanks kindly Sue :)
July 8th, 2013  
@jaynspain thanks Jayn :)
July 8th, 2013  
@lunaksi thank you :)
July 8th, 2013  
@anazad511 thanks so much for the fav :)
July 8th, 2013  
@dolphin thanks Molly - I skip between elements and picmonkey - just starting out with elements and there's a lot to get my head around!
July 8th, 2013  
@stimuloog thanks Marloes :)
July 8th, 2013  
@willowdragon thank you Al :)
July 8th, 2013  
@darrenboyj thanks for replying Darren. I tried elements some time ago and never did get my head round it. I'm enjoying using Lightroom though. I noticed the other day you had the same Sony as me: do you use manual settings? I find it really fiddly to set the aperture and shutter speed.
July 8th, 2013  
awesome colors / comp. between all the natural movement and the bokeh it has a rly surreal feel. fantastic.
July 8th, 2013  
Fav. Fabulous ETSOOI shot xx
July 8th, 2013  
fav:)
July 9th, 2013  
Wonderful. Congrats on PP. Fav
July 9th, 2013  
@libertylady thank you :)
July 9th, 2013  
The bokeh really adds to this.
July 9th, 2013  
Love this :)
July 10th, 2013  
So beautiful...the colors are wonderful!
July 11th, 2013  
Beautifully done.
July 11th, 2013  
love this, beautiful colours, voted as my fav in the comp :)
July 11th, 2013  
Wow!!! Gorgeous!!!!
August 11th, 2013  
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