Wild garden by maggiemae

Wild garden

Trying to look at the familiar and use the knowledge of the camera and apps to finish the picture in another way.

This is a wild corner of our garden with poppies growing up through lillies and delphiniums plus ferns or whatever else has managed to survive over there. I liked the softness that a ‘water colour’ could add.

Good in the black.

Three good things:
1. Got up earier due to various reasons and appreciated the extra time in the morning.
2. Didn’t cough much during the night so both of us slept better.
3. Master chef encourages my creativity - I toasted almonds to put in the broccoli salad as well as grapes and chopped bacon.
How on earth do you get a black background like that? Where you up in the night......with the torch light on the flowers? Your garden does you credit! So good when you get up early, you feel virtuous & can get so much done. I watch a Masterchef but it doesn't inspire me to try .....Harry doesn't do fancy!
December 5th, 2015  
@happypat Not in the night but I just increased the contrast, Pat then put a dark vignette around it. The shadows turned black.
December 5th, 2015  
Lovely to see a summer display as the wind howls outside here! Fav
December 5th, 2015  
I agree with @shepherdman the UK is being being blown further away from Ireland at the moment!!
December 5th, 2015  
What a beautiful garden.
December 5th, 2015  
lovely shot - Fav
December 5th, 2015  
Maggiemae this is such a beautiful natural garden --all growing at will --love it -- such vibrant colours ! --fav
December 5th, 2015  
Beautiful colours and shot fav
December 5th, 2015  
Lovely shot...great colors, light
December 5th, 2015  
Beautiful Garden Maggie.
December 5th, 2015  
@tonygig The lawn has been mown since this photograph and it doesn't look so wild now!
December 5th, 2015  
Brilliant lighting, great capture.
December 5th, 2015  
@beryl You know poppies - popping up everywhere! There are some areas in the garden I can't walk because of poppies!
December 5th, 2015  
Lovely capture
December 5th, 2015  
Nice framing...and a good capture of all the spots of red.
December 5th, 2015  
Beautiful pop of colors! Very nicely done!

That salad sounds scrumptious!
December 5th, 2015  
Uau! I love so much this picture! Beautiful garden!
December 5th, 2015  
Lovely image fav!
December 6th, 2015  
@ruiigreja you will have to tell me the translation of "uau'! It sounds great - provided you can pronounce it!
December 6th, 2015  
Beautiful garden! I like your processing!
December 6th, 2015  
Very pretty - Mrs S's thing is have drifts of wild flowers... me, I fancy some of that salad.
December 6th, 2015  
So pretty and spring!!! Love the framing. THat salad sound delicious!! Will have to try that.
December 6th, 2015  
A bright garden to sit in and enjoy the salad.
December 6th, 2015  
i like the wildness.
December 6th, 2015  
Brilliant color accentuation. This is stunning!
December 6th, 2015  
@chard Interesting - wildness, is so different from wilderness!
December 6th, 2015  
@yaorenliu Actually there are a few nasturtiums here too which add to the salad, Yao!
December 6th, 2015  
Wonderful garden flowers! I love the colors.
December 6th, 2015  
@redy4et Orange and red do go together! Thanks Elizabeth!
December 6th, 2015  
I like the watercolor effect that your processing adds to this natural scene, along with the pops of red. Glad your cough is better and your salad sounds delicious!
December 6th, 2015  
What a pretty garden. Your processing really makes the colors pop on the black.
December 6th, 2015  
Your garden is beautiful. I loved all the colors. What a great photo. I need to use what is built into my camera better. Still learning. Glad your cough is better. Reminds me that I have to put more cough drops there as they help me a lot when I wake coughing at night. FAV
December 6th, 2015  
Beautiful photo, I love wild gardens like this
December 6th, 2015  
@darsphotos I have learnt that a wet cough is good - stops the lungs developing pneumonia so mustn't use a medicine that inhibits coughing! Poor hubby has to put up with it, though!
December 6th, 2015  
I really love this image and it looks great with that processing.
December 6th, 2015  
This is so beautiful Maggie. I was going to ask how you did it but Pat has done it for me!
December 6th, 2015  
This is a very beautiful patch in your garden. Love the natural feel of the area and your processing.
December 6th, 2015  
Lové the summer feeling !
December 6th, 2015  
beautiful and bountiful. the soil in your garden must be so rich for the plants to grow at will. i love poppies and hope to grow some next season. the salad sounds nutritious but i will leave the bacon bit.
December 6th, 2015  
Great shot. The red flowers make it.
December 6th, 2015  
Seems so strange seeing those vibrant spring flowers growing with a black background - very clever.
December 6th, 2015  
Very pretty capture, lovely part of the garden.
December 6th, 2015  
I love a wild garden, beautiful!
December 6th, 2015  
A very beautiful fav!
December 6th, 2015  
Really beautiful, what a wonderful garden you have :)
December 6th, 2015  
it is and the splash of colour brightens our grey and damp winter maggie
December 6th, 2015  
I love wild parts of gardens we can b too neat and tidy. Fav. Almonds and a slash of cream add something to finely shredded and fried cabbage or Brussels sprouts also shredded and lightly fried
December 6th, 2015  
so colorful. The black background really works.
December 7th, 2015  
What a wonderful garden and your use of the black frame really makes them poppie.
December 7th, 2015  
This is may favourite kind of garden, a bit wild and very floriferous and colourful. Love the bright colours in this, fav.
December 8th, 2015  
Oh the promise of warmer weather! Lovely editing!
December 9th, 2015  
Very nice :)
December 11th, 2015  
Lovely, sunny side of your yard, and love your processing! FAV!
December 17th, 2015  
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