Along the backwater by Chris Armytage™
© 2010 Chris Armytage, Fine Art Photography, Daylesford
All along the backwater,
Through the rushes tall,
Ducks are a-dabbling,
Up tails all!
Ducks’ tails, drakes’ tails,
Yellow feet a-quiver,
Yellow bills all out of sight
Busy in the river!
- Ducks’ Ditty – from The Wind in the Willows, by Kenneth Grahame
FEATURED in Beautiful Grunge Art, Permanent Feature Page 29 December 2010
FEATURED in #1 Artists of Redbubble Permanent Feature Page 25 January 2011
Photo taken with a Panasonic Lumix FZ20 at Daylesford Lake, Victoria, Australia. Processed and layered with several textures from my own photo stock in Photoshop CS3.
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Comments
As always my dear friend such beautiful work the color is just amazing as is the image love it lee
Hi Lee! Glad you’ve got the water back on – hope the weather has settled down for you now … thanks dear friend, as always for your lovely comments and the fave :))xxx
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I really love your treatment of this lovely photograph! It has such a wonderful vintage look to it! The quote is great also. I read Wind in the Willows as a child! Delightful work!
Wind in the Willows was a big favourite of mine when I was a child Angie, so glad you like it. Thanks for your wonderful comments and the fave :))xx
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Bravo! greets from Bangkok….
Your so beautiful creation is the winner of my day.
Feel warm to hug someone you love everyday:)
Regards,
Sunny
Hello Sunny, greetings to you from Australia and thank you so much for your visit and kind comments :)
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Wonderful Capture and Treatment!!
Thanks for dropping by Brian, much appreciated :)
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Beautiful capture and poem Chris:)huggz
Thank you so much dear Webbie, for your wonderful comments and the fave :)xox
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Wonderful work Chris! Congrats!
Istvan, so kind of you, thanks so very much :)
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Very creative and excellent work!!
Gena, so lovely of you to visit. Thanks so much for your lovely comments and the fave :)x
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Wonderful image with gorgeous tones and texture!
Thanks so much Aunt Dot :)xx
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Thanks so very much Trish, so lovely to be featured as always :))xx
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Kathy, thanks so much fo raccepting “Along the backwater” :)
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