For The Beauty of The Earth

For the beauty of the earth,
For the beauty of the skies,
For the love which from our birth
Over and around us lies,

Lord of all, to thee we raise
This our hymn of grateful praise.

Text: Folliott S. Pierpoint, 1835-1917
Music: Conrad Kocher, 1786-1872

It is a rainy cloudy day. A good excuse to feel forlorn. But in every gray cloud there is a silver lining!

I took this photo in camera raw but when loaded into Lightroom it darkens it. So I converted it to a jpg which lightens it. Nothing else done to it other than resizing and adding my signature. So is this SOOC?

[Jennifer Ruge]

So very beautiful!

[Lisa Pouncy]

Superb xx

[gloria jones]

Lovely shot, colors, details

[KWind]

Very pretty! Nice colours and focus.

[Denise Wood]

Beautiful :)

[Steve Angell]

Lovely words.
Great shot Skip.

[Beryl Lloyd]

Beautiful --fav

[Joan Robillard]

Lovely

[Dyan Stevens]

Really needs nothing else. Beautiful as is!

[Taffy]

Beautiful spring shot.

[maree_sanderson]

no idea if it's sooc but i do know it's lovely... :o)

[Milanie]

Your commentary is wonderfully fitting for this beautiful shot - those tones and colors are a delight. Fav

[Ann H. LeFevre]

Very pretty! That's one of my favorite hymns too.

[Lisa Stein]

Skip, this is so lovely! Fav!

[Danette Thompson]

So fitting. We used to sing that every week, I think.

[Margo]

Beautifully presented A FAV

[Rick Lampman]

Beautiful !!

[~*~ Jo ~*~]

Beautifully captured FAV!

[Nicole]

Very pretty!

[Joyce]

This is so beautiful Fav

[Margaret Obey]

Love the image and the words of the hymn.

[Robyn]

Lovely colours

[Bob]

Beautiful nice colours :)

[Bill Fenske]

superb capture

[Sheralee S]

Beautiful! Greeting card perfect :) Thanks so much for your vote Skip.

[Gena Pegg]

Beautiful!

[Skip Tribby - ​🖖]

@bella_ss - Please keep us posted as to how you do.

[Sheralee S]

@skipt07 I will Skip, the voting closes today :)