Shades of the Country

Been Ruby biking again and feel it is such a privilege to be traversing the beautiful countryside around Oamaru, only a short time away from my home!

Three good things:
1. Sleeping in.
2. Getting fibre broadband - 30Mb per second!!
3. A letter arrived saying we are now allowed to bury the ashes of my half sister and her husband in the plot of her mother who died in 1933.

[Jamie Moore]

Lovely colours and composition - great shot

[Tony]

Fantastic composition and amazing processing.

[Margaret Obey]

What a great landscape, love it

[Sheila G]

A lively scene

[Terry]

great editing.

[Sarah Munnings]

that does look like a lovely place to be able to cycle.

[Elisabeth Sæter]

Wonderful shot.

[katy]

Very dramatic looking!

[Kerri]

Beautiful

[Daisy]

I absolutely love this picture, everything about it, processing, landscape, big fav from me

[Margaret Pengelly]

Beautiful New Zealand captured so well from Ruby . Love those soft rolling hills

[Margaret Pengelly]

We are still waiting for broadband - very envious. I can imagine how you must appreciate the speed. We can't even get mobile phone reception yet so think broadband will be well down the track.

[Beryl Lloyd]

A very beautiful scene

[Kathy Burzynski]

very pretty! fav

[Phil Howcroft]

when you got for high impact post processing maggie, your shots really do have high impact :)

[Irene]

Marvellous landscape. I love the sublety of the two main colours

[tony gig]

Lovely capture Maggie...Fav

[Daisy Miller]

Lovely shot.

[Ashley]

What a stunning shot Maggiemae!

And I thought I was already following you!

[Gena Pegg]

AHhhhhh Maggie. This is luscious! The light and how you processed it is just lovely. WOnderful scene and reflection. FAV for me.

[Yao RL]

Amazing view and you live in a lucky town in NZ to have the super fast broadband.

[Maggiemae]

@oopsadaisy Thanks Daisy - you are with me on this one!

[Maggiemae]

@eyesmile You are very kind with your words, Gena - and your favs! Makes it into a moment for me!

[Maggiemae]

@yaorenliu The first in the South Island, Yao! Got a bit of News in that event!

[Sandy]

Wonderful processing, and how wonderful that you can go off cycling by yourself in your neck of the woods. Sadly, I wouldn't feel very safe taking off on my own to solitary destinations in my neck of the woods.

[Maggiemae]

@skstein I have my mobile with me all the time, Sandy. I could pretend to talk to someone if somebody stopped on the road in front of me that could be suspicious! I have done practices with this but in fact, it has never happened

[Corinne]

Very dramatic !

[Darlene]

This is a gorgeous shot. I love your framing, Maggiemae. I love to sleep in too. How wonderful that you will be able to bury the ashes of your 1/2 sister and her husband with her mother. Will be nice to close that chapter. FAV for this amazing photo. You are sure getting out and about a lot. Good for you.

[Maggiemae]

@darsphotos It is a chapter, thanks for that word, Darlene! Part of a book but the final chapter!

[Andrea]

Great processing.👍😊

[Darlene]

@maggiemae It is nice to close chapters in our life. We do not forget but we get to move forward. Take care.

[Joyce]

We are still waiting for our broadband it is now supposed to be January but I'm not holding my breath. We have been promised so many dates and two years on we're still waiting with a steadily worsening connection.
I love this picture your processing is amazing. Fav

[Maggiemae]

@thistle Are you in NZ? It is supposed to be available to most of the country here! Thanks very much for the fav, Joyce!

[Joyce]

No I'm in the UK and they tell us it is all set up and ready to go but for some reason they can't switch it on yet! Frustrating but if that's all I've got to worry about I'm one very lucky aged lady!!

[Jenny Ren]

Beautiful shot!

[Dione Giorgio]

Stunning image. The capture, the view and the processing are magnificent. Fav.

[John]

What an amazing landscape and such beautiful light! Fav

[Rona]

Beautiful, great processing and view :)

[Mags ッ]

Gorgeous - lovely gentle mood :)

[Molly]

Really creative processing, conveying a beautiful scene.

[Rosie White-Hlouveraki]

Beautiful scene and lovely processing, it gives the capture a moody atmosphere!

[monday west]

lovely :)

[Stephanie Swift]

Love the comp, light, processing, in fact everything in this one, fav of course.

[Bev]

Wow. What a gorgeous shot, Maggie. Love the processing. It gives the sky a little bit of a glow. I like your 3 things. Sleeping in is the best one. That's great you got permission to bury the ashes. 30mb broadband??? Wow. I have 3.0 mbps and it's pretty fast. I think yours will be supersonic speed!

[Maggiemae]

@prttblues Thats what appealed to me too, Bev - the glow. Let you know what happens with 30mb per second - going to be connected on the 31st Dec. Thinking about a huge party!??

[Keri]

I like your processing. Hope you are enjoying your rides.

[Maggiemae]

@pitasmum Thank you Keri - its like the world has opened up for me with this electric bike that makes you go up hills like a speedster!

[Richard Sayer]

Love your treatment of this landscape, how nice to have this on the doorstep.

[Jen Hudson]

I like how you are processing your recent shots. Lots of highlights in this. What are you using?

[Maggiemae]

@jennywren With this shot, Jen, I used FX Photostudio Pro. Lots of fun!

[Ann H. LeFevre]

Pretty shot!

[Gillian]

Fabulous scene. And really interesting processing.

[Leslie]

What a serene feel this picture has.

[Kerri Michaels]

beautiful!! fav