Sparkling Blue Imagination

steppeland

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
  1. 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)
  2. It became the winning image in the challenge All about fun in the Out of the blue – group (Oct. 1, 2009)
  3. 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 as

Greeting Cards, Laminated Prints, Mounted Prints and Framed Prints

Sparkling Blue Imagination by steppeland
Sparkling Blue Imagination by steppeland
  • taueva

    taueva

    Beautiful capture!!!! love the color tones and cropping!

  • steppeland replied

    Thank you, taueva ! Glad you like it :)

  • ANNETTE HAGGER

    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

    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

    Susan Duffey

    CONGRATULATIONS. It’s a beautiful creation and well deserved feature.

  • steppeland replied

    Aww… thank you so much!

  • Wendi Donaldson

    Wendi Donaldson

    Congratulations on your feature…..lovely shot!

  • steppeland replied

    Thanks a lot, wdonaldson – happy you like it! :D

  • Sue Nueckel

    Sue Nueckel

    Gorgeous!!!

  • steppeland replied

    Thanks a lot for the comment and the fav! I really appreciate! <3>

  • malina

    malina

    amazing !!!

  • steppeland replied

    Thank you Malina for your kind comment! <3>

  • Laurette Ruys

    Laurette Ruys

    beautiful colour and pattern :)

  • steppeland replied

    Thanks a lot, Laurette

  • Tessa Bishop

    Tessa Bishop

    Lovely image!

  • steppeland replied

    Thanks a lot for your comment and fav Tessa. I am happy you like my work :)

  • Phil Deaves

    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

    Rachael Gorton

    Amazing, love this!

  • steppeland replied

    Thank you, Rachael, I’m happy you love it! :D

  • Stephanie Rachel Seely

    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

    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

    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

    Steven de Siow

    Absolutely stunning

  • steppeland replied

    Thank you, Steven for visiting my gallery, and for your kind comment! :)

  • Sharon Mau

    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

    whalegeek

    Scintillating. An instant Favorite!

  • steppeland replied

    Aww, thank you so much! Much appreciated!

  • jade adams

    jade adams

    stunning!

  • steppeland replied

    Thank you so much, Jade!

  • jwjanie

    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

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