Sylv, my friend, sitting in the oak leaf shelter                       by quietpurplehaze

Sylv, my friend, sitting in the oak leaf shelter

She took me to the arboretum yesterday and we had a fab afternoon, tea and cake (note what I mention first!) photographic exhibition, and a long walk finding fungi, colourful leaves on the trees and many more flowers still in bloom than I had expected. I only saw the little blue tractor on loading the pic on to the computer.

(Can't get my head round word of the day today....)
Lovely shot. What a great shelter.
October 25th, 2012  
Great backdrop for a portrait of your friend, Hazel. Nicely framed with the shelter and softened by that delightful view in the distance.
October 25th, 2012  
Thats a great shot Hazel, the oak leaf shelter is amazing.
October 25th, 2012  
great shot ..........Hazel what an interesting shelter.
October 25th, 2012  
Haha - but we know you went and bought some slippers!! I love this shot, what a wonderful shelter in the form of a leaf.
October 25th, 2012  
Beautiful photo. Really like the portrait of your friend in this interesting shelter!
October 25th, 2012  
Love the shelter, love the pic. you friend looks great
October 25th, 2012  
@pyrrhula Thank you - it's lovely, isn't it, the shelter? I found it a bit confusing as I thought it was meant to look like an oak leaf, which doesn't have that shape - but think it's meant to look like a usual shaped leaf and is made of oak!! Yes, she's a good friend!
October 25th, 2012  
@tishpics Yes, but that was afterwards!! I got some socks and some tops too! It was hard taking a pic of black slippers and had to resort to picmonkey to get the colour right.
October 25th, 2012  
@chris17 @purdey @dreams @debihas27 @gnilrets Thanks all. yes the shelter is lovely - I wanted to crop the pic so Sylv could be seen more clearly but didn't want to lose the shape of the shelter.
October 25th, 2012  
Sam
That is some structure !! ....wonderful shot :))
October 25th, 2012  
great job with the framing of your friend! nice shot!
October 26th, 2012  
This is a really nice angle.
October 26th, 2012  
A really nice shot, great background and wonderful angles. Your friend fits into the whole frame beautifully.
October 26th, 2012  
What an amazing shelter, your friend sits just right in the picture too!
October 26th, 2012  
@gemtumble @creativeamateur @carwyn3 @vickisfotos @samr

Thank you everybody for stopping by and for your encouraging comments. I think I'll have a sit in this lovely structure myself next time I go to the arboretum!
October 27th, 2012  
Oh I like that!! Be lovely to have one of those at home! Sounds like a good day.
October 27th, 2012  
Love the perspective and how your friend is almost camouflaged. This looks like the Harold Hillier gardens? Another place with fond memories.
January 7th, 2013  
@lucyk Lucy, it is indeed. We go from time to time. Sylv has had a project this last year of going every month to record what's going on in the gardens and she is going to put all her pics on a DVD.
January 7th, 2013  
@quietpurplehaze Sounds like a lovely idea!
January 7th, 2013  
Leave a Comment
Sign up for a free account or Sign in to post a comment.