Summertime Sights / Day 1: Fake Autumn Leaf. by darrenboyj

Summertime Sights / Day 1: Fake Autumn Leaf.

Day 1 in a set of summertime pictures for July.

In celebration of what seems like the summer finally arriving, i'm going to post a set of shots taken on various walks and visits made recently (and upcoming), to numerous places along the South coast and here in the West Midlands.

As i spent most of last week out and about taking shots in the sunshine, i thought i would use the month of July as a showcase for summer.

To start off with, this shot was taken during a forest walk on Saturday which turned out to be one of the warmest days of the year so far.
It looked a little pasty as just a green leaf on a tree so i've done some editing to turn it into a fake autumn one instead!

Also, would just like to say a BIG thank you again to everyone who has commented and left favs over the last few days. A number of my shots these last 2 weeks have reached the PP and all because of you lovely super people. I'm sorry my commenting has been sparse and sporadic recently - but after having some time off for my birthday and not being around so much, everything will settle back down this coming week. :)
Nice job Darren....
July 1st, 2013  
@landownunder cheers matey :)
July 1st, 2013  
Love the colouring on the leaf.
July 1st, 2013  
Very nice
July 1st, 2013  
Very well done, could have fooled me! I love the way it's glowing and you've got some great bokeh there too. Fav!
July 1st, 2013  
Cool shot!
July 1st, 2013  
How funny that you processed this to look like autumn. We have some colored leaves already on a tree in our yard. Must be dying or something.
July 1st, 2013  
Great editing. Love the lighting! Fake's great at times ;)
July 1st, 2013  
Beautiful colour and light. Your treatment brings out the textures to. A fav.
July 1st, 2013  
Beautifull capture colour light & dark -you could very easily fooled us with your editing !
July 1st, 2013  
Really does have an autumnal feel about it. Great capture Darren.
July 1st, 2013  
Lol, very clever.
July 1st, 2013  
Beautiful Darren, really like the composition and simple, vibrant colours
July 1st, 2013  
Lovely result!
July 1st, 2013  
A beautiful shot... and happy birthday... hope it was a good one (somehow I missed your birthday... but better late than never)!!! :)
July 1st, 2013  
Superlative editing skills young man!
July 1st, 2013  
Great editing to produce your Autumn in Summer shot
July 1st, 2013  
Great editing and lovely sparkling bokeh to set off the colours. Very pleasing.
July 1st, 2013  
Darren, like your editing of this shot, very creative! Hope you don't feel older than 21!!!
July 1st, 2013  
great colour and light
July 1st, 2013  
It's really effective.
July 1st, 2013  
Gorgeous against that dark background. Great editing work too!
July 1st, 2013  
Love the light clarity and colour of your chosen leaf, where in the west mids?
July 1st, 2013  
Very nice!
July 1st, 2013  
@stevepam not too far from Dudley :) thanks for your comment.
July 1st, 2013  
Lovely editing - looks very autumny :)
July 1st, 2013  
Nice processing, love that colour!
July 1st, 2013  
fantastic lighting!!!!!
July 2nd, 2013  
Nicely shot backlit leaf.
July 2nd, 2013  
So lovely Darren...whatever you did it just GLOWS!!! Love it!
July 2nd, 2013  
Great job with the processing! It really does look like a fall leaf!
July 2nd, 2013  
Beautiful shot! Stunning agains the black background. Congrats on your well deserved PP appearances! You have such a wonderful album!
July 2nd, 2013  
Kev
Very well taken, Darren. Great composition and tones.
July 2nd, 2013  
Great color. Great shot!!
July 2nd, 2013  
trained w'ton from shifnal small world :)
July 2nd, 2013  
@pflaume thank you kindly :)
July 2nd, 2013  
@stevepam cool! Isn't it just?!
July 2nd, 2013  
@snaggy cheers matey :)
July 2nd, 2013  
Beautiful
July 2nd, 2013  
Super image, whatever the season, Darren! Excellent editing! Fav! (Like you, I used to live by the sea, but not now, you always miss it! -your posting 10/06/13)
July 2nd, 2013  
Sue
Lovely shot Darren!
July 2nd, 2013  
LOVELY!
July 2nd, 2013  
Very nice capture.. lighting is amazing!
July 2nd, 2013  
Very nice leaf with great editing.
July 2nd, 2013  
happy birthday Beautiful colour leaf
July 3rd, 2013  
Lovely photo and processing. Love the colour.
July 3rd, 2013  
Awesome processing...I thought it was a fall leaf...fav!
July 3rd, 2013  
Beautiful light and color
July 5th, 2013  
wow. amazing capture.
July 5th, 2013  
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