Sparkling Blue Imagination
Quote:
“Everything you can imagine is real.”
Pablo Picasso (1881 – 1973)
The dried stalk of Giant Hogweed still stands strong in the autumn sun, filtered by oak-leaves…
Blue colour and bokeh achieved by camerasettings (white balance) – afterwards processed in photoshop.
(This picture belongs to a series of 6 photographs, of which I will only upload 2 here at Redbubble. This is ‘Playing with colour + light 3’ )
Wins, features and top10 placements
- This photograph was my very first work featured in Redbubble: It was featured in Out of the Blue (December 5, 2008)
Also featured in:
Unlimited Quality (Oct. 8, 2009) - It became the winning image in the challenge All about fun in the Out of the blue – group (Oct. 1, 2009)
- It also received a top 10 placement in the challenge Forever in blue of the group ! 100% ! (sept. 20, 2009)
Photograph made with Pentax K10D camera.
Comments and feed-back always welcome. Thanks for looking :)


Sparkling Blue Imagination belongs to the following groups:
Complex Simplicity of Art, ! 100% !, ! φThe Dreaming Treeφ !, *A Beautiful Blur, All About Flowers, All the Colors of the Rainbow, All Things Poetic, Artistic, Philosophical, aqua, lime or indigo, Bokeh, Dimensions, Freedom to Shine, Gorgeous Flower Cards, ImageWriting (2/24), Light In The Darkness, Miniatures and Mammoths, Mood & Ambience - Strictly Photos, Mysteries of the Common(2 per day), Out of the Blue (75%+ Blue), PENTAX , Shapes & Patterns - Limit of 2 images per day, Solo Exhibition, The true beauty and Unlimited Quality Available for sale asGreeting Cards, Laminated Prints, Mounted Prints and Framed Prints

taueva
Beautiful capture!!!! love the color tones and cropping!
steppeland replied
Thank you, taueva ! Glad you like it :)
ANNETTE HAGGER
What a magical image, superb colours and lightng, great macro!...anna ; )

steppeland replied
Thank you so much, Anna, I really appreciate your comments! It means a lot (hug)
(I posted this reply three days ago, but forget to use the reply button, so had to repost… sorry, I’m still a newbie, and it takes always a long time before I get used to the proper way to do things [giggle]
BarbaraManis
This is beautiful work. Congratulations on your feature!
steppeland replied
wow, thank you so much ! My very first feature here at redbubbles – that’s awesome! :D
Susan Duffey
CONGRATULATIONS. It’s a beautiful creation and well deserved feature.
steppeland replied
Aww… thank you so much!
Wendi Donaldson
Congratulations on your feature…..lovely shot!
steppeland replied
Thanks a lot, wdonaldson – happy you like it! :D
Sue Nueckel
Gorgeous!!!
steppeland replied
Thanks a lot for the comment and the fav! I really appreciate! <3>
malina
amazing !!!
steppeland replied
Thank you Malina for your kind comment! <3>
Laurette Ruys
beautiful colour and pattern :)
steppeland replied
Thanks a lot, Laurette
Tessa Bishop
Lovely image!
steppeland replied
Thanks a lot for your comment and fav Tessa. I am happy you like my work :)
Phil Deaves
Fabulous work…the blue is my favourite one…well done.
steppeland replied
Thank you, Phil – and thanks for letting me know your fav colour… admitted, I like the blue most too :)
Rachael Gorton
Amazing, love this!
steppeland replied
Thank you, Rachael, I’m happy you love it! :D
Stephanie Rach...
Congrats on winning the All About Fun Challenge!
steppeland replied
Oops… how did I miss this one?! DOH – Thank you so much, Stephanie! A challenge win even, wow!!
SelinaJ
Congrats on the win in All About Fun – 2 Year Anniversary Challenge – well done!
steppeland replied
:w00t: wow, great! I almost missed this one! Thank you so much, Selina! Very happy about the win! :)
Hans Bax
Van harte met je challenge win! Prachtige foto! Mooie serie!
Fijne dag!
steppeland replied
Dank je wel, Hans! Wat een geluk dat ik hier toevallig op uit kom – Ik had dit bijna gemist o_O – Fantastisch, veel dank voor het compliment!
Steven de Siow
Absolutely stunning
steppeland replied
Thank you, Steven for visiting my gallery, and for your kind comment! :)
Sharon Mau
Brilliant blues, it is lovely.
Your tags are fascinating!
steppeland replied
Thank you so much!
My tags? – you mean the keyword-thingies? – ROFL – yes, they are a hell of a lot of work, but I do add a tag for every group I enter, so that I easily can check which works are in which group, and how many works I entered (within 24 hours) to each group – Wouldn’t know how else to keep trace of that LOL
whalegeek
Scintillating. An instant Favorite!
steppeland replied
Aww, thank you so much! Much appreciated!
jade adams
stunning!
steppeland replied
Thank you so much, Jade!
jwjanie 29 days ago
Lovely! Love the treatment!
steppeland replied 19 days ago
Thank you so much for your visit and for the kind compliment! :D