Afternoon Shadows

3 days of abstracts and I felt hungry for a photo of something recognisable - no need to comment, this was purely for my benefit! Whether I will manage a month (a whole month?) of abstracts is looking rather remote right now.

[Wendy]

Oh this is just so beautiful with those diagonal layers of hills!
A superbly composed shot
I know what you mean about a month of abstracts .... I'm only doing them every now and again, I know I could not do a full month so am not even going to try!
Like you, I am not a fan of abstracts. Just cannot wrap my head around the concept.
A FAV, BTW

[FBailey]

@farmreporter Oh thank you! Am so glad it's not just me. Am finding Abstract August tough going, can feel my resolve ebbing away rapidly.

[Beau]

I literally made one day of abstracts and couldn't continue. Lmao. This is an amazing capture. Love the tones and pov.

[Helen Jane]

This is such a calm and peaceful scene - beatuifully captured. How about you create an album for themes, which allows you to post the abstracts when you can, and also carry on with your recognisable scenes in the main album?

[Jacqueline]

Beautiful Felicity. I hope to visit the UK again in the future I always loved it there

[Pigeons Farm]

This is so beautiful :)

[Susan Wakely]

Our green and pleasant land. Lovely.

[Kaylynn]

I think abstracts is not easy. I’m barely able to point my camera and take a picture every day. Good luck pushing your abilities. Nice picture

[Catherine P]

Beautiful landscape and composition

[Marij]

great landscape

[Esther Rosenberg]

Beautiful scenic shot.

[Joan Robillard]

Love the coloring.

[Shutterbug]

You have some beautiful, serene colors in this shot with a touch of beautiful sunlight on the grass. You could turn this into a beautiful soft abstract with some processing. Have you ever done a tiny planet type of process or something like that? I use iColorama and Circular.

[gloria jones]

Super composition, light

[Lynda McG]

Beautiful scene - fav

[Bep]

What a lovely landscape!

[Beryl Lloyd]

A wonderful landscape !

[Kas]

Beautiful lines, shadows and light!

[Catherine Otley]

One of my all time favourites! That light!!!

[Islandgirl]

Beautiful scene!

[KoalaGardens🐨]

and what a scene you found!

[Clare Gadsby]

a really painterly landscape

[Phil Howcroft]

just go with whatever you feel comfy with Felicity, your 365 is for your fun , your rules , this is beautiful

[Babs]

Always nice to have a break. I don't think I could do a whole month on a particular subject either. I usually give up after a week, ha ha.

Beautiful countryside, I love the feeling of freedom in this shot.

[Melvina McCaw]

Oh this is lovely, I know what you mean it isn't easy following a theme, it's like a diet somethimes you just need a piece of chocolate. LOL

[Kathy]

A lovely landscape. I like the effect you used to give this a rather painterly look. Desaturated a bit?

[FBailey]

@helenhall Thanks Helen, that's a good idea:)

[FBailey]

@randystreat Thanks Kathy. I use the Nik collection a lot, especially Silver Efex for b&w. This is the Colour Efex Black Gold. It brings out the textures and does something interesting to the tones, can't take the credit here! If you Google 'downloading Nik collection free and legally' you should get something. Believe you can use it as a standalone.

[Peter Dulis]

Sweet landscape - fav

[haskar]

Great layers and tones.

[KWind]

Beautiful landscape.

[sarah]

Just stunning

[Kathy]

Thank you Felicity for the information. I have Silver Efex on my computer but haven't used it in a long time. I'm afraid I'd need to pay for this program now since the company that bought it has started charging. I need to get a computer that has a bit more memory or delete a bunch of stuff from this one in order to add any more processing programs.

[Walks @ 7]

Life in general is so very abstract these days, grabbing onto a bit of reality is healthy now and then. I love this, there is a soft almost musical flow to your composition. Fav!

[Wylie]

lovely