Lemonade Dreams

Stuart Chapman

Lemonade Dreams

Location:
Canterbury, Kent, England

Map:
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Date and Time:
29 July 2008, 8.05 p.m.

Camera details:
ISO 200 : f/3.5 : 1/250 second : 18mm : Nikon D40 : Nikon 18-55mm lens

Shot narrative:
Another scorching day today and the English Countryside is a lovely place to be right now.

The title comes from Deb Parkin laughing at me everytime I comment on a lazy sunny shot with “I could sit here and have a lemonade”. Apparently I do that a lot.

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Lemonade Dreams by Stuart Chapman
Lemonade Dreams by Stuart Chapman
  • eseffpe

    eseffpe

    love the title! great sweeping sky! wonderful colours too!

  • George Swann

    George Swann

    Time for the Harvester…really nice image Stuart.

  • Naomi Frost

    Naomi Frost

    Wow, Stuart. What a great sky and the way you have framed the shot really accentuates it. Nice tones too. You should get your IR filter out and give it a go…would come up a treat on a scene like this. (I’m going to have to live vicariously through others till my new one arrives…lol)

  • joak

    joak

    aye yev done it proud good stuff

  • Roy barry

    Roy barry

    Cool work, Mr!

  • Jane Keats

    Jane Keats

    Love the title Stuart, and the tones of the shot really convey the heat!

  • Mel Brackstone

    Mel Brackstone

    Agree with Naomi, this cries out for infrared! Sweeping lines from crops and sky….beautiful!

  • funkyfacestudio

    funkyfacestudio

    Just beautiful Stuart, what a gorgeous sky and the warm glow on the field is so inviting.

  • Sarah Moore

    Sarah Moore

    Lemonade huh? You are a wild and crazy man! This is beautiful, it could almost be an Australian field!

  • Wendy  Slee

    Wendy Slee

    definitely a unique title…and the expanse of textures and patterns you have captured is just as unique….(so you like bubbles do you?) lol

  • Squealia

    Squealia

    Nothing nicer than the English countryside on a nice sunny day :o)

  • Elaine Harriott

    Elaine Harriott

    Fantastic image Stuart. The sky scape is particularly interesting, as though the sweeping shapes of the field are reflected in the sky. The light in the foreground is just superb with leading lines taking your eye throughout the image.

  • Tracey-Anne Pryke

    Tracey-Anne Pryke

    stunning work

  • Deborah Parkin

    Deborah Parkin

    This has to be one of my favourites of yours Stuart. I love the darkness and the drama of the sky and the lighting on the corn/wheat/barley (take your pick lol) is soothing and beautiful. I think the title sums this image up beautifully … there definitely is an innocence about it. I am almost waiting for Julian, Dick, Anne, George and Timmy the dog to appear over the horizon :)

  • Elva

    Elva

    Its been such a long time since I experienced a summer in England and this image has rekindled many memories. It is wonderful how you’ve captured the tension in the atmosphere.

  • Angi Baker

    Angi Baker

    Beautiful image

  • Graeme Pettit Photography

    Graeme Pettit ...

    This had me puzzled for a while….....I found myself looking for a song title – but it wasnt even close, as my answer was:

    Picture yourself in a boat on a river,
    With tangerine trees and marmalade skies
    Somebody calls you, you answer quite slowly,
    A girl with kaleidoscope eyes.
    Cellophane flowers of yellow and green,
    Towering over your head.
    Look for the girl with the sun in her eyes,
    And she’s gone.
    Lucy in the sky with diamonds.
    Follow her down to a bridge by a fountain
    Where rocking horse people eat marshmellow pies,
    Everyone smiles as you drift past the flowers,
    That grow so incredibly high.
    Newspaper taxis appear on the shore,
    Waiting to take you away.
    Climb in the back with your head in the clouds,
    And you’re gone.
    Lucy in the sky with diamonds,
    Picture yourself on a train in a station,
    With plasticine porters with looking glass ties,
    Suddenly someone is there at the turnstyle,
    The girl with the kaleidoscope eyes.

  • naturelover

    naturelover

    This is so Beautiful- great colours,fantastic sky-well done!!

  • Andrew Bosman

    Andrew Bosman

    I don’t know about lemonade….. a cold beer’s more my thing…..

  • Rhana Griffin

    Rhana Griffinvanilla slice maker

    The light in this is absolutely insane Stuart! And when you drop that sublime sky in as the backdrop you have an image that nearly made me break my favourite button.

  • dougf

    dougf

    Awesome – love the “curvy” feel to this!

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