The Fence

[Lesley Jones]

It's about the fence rather than the bluebells because this is typical of farmers and their stock fencing. We are lucky enough to have free access to the land of our closest neighbour (100 acres) and the gentleman who owns the land beyond our fields (some 1500 acres). This spot defines the border between the two

I may still have some colour issues with this image, but I'm fed up with Photoshop falling over and I want to go to bed. I think I ought to dig Huey out tomorrow...

 

[Ralph Thornton]

Nice comp. love that fence. It defines a boundary that is pleasant, agreeable and soft. I like the color. Maybe there is a little too much blue in the foreground vegetation but the flowers and shade could have caused it. Sorry, can't help much with how one might correct it easily. Still, I like the whole package just the way it is.

 

[Chris Dodkin]

I love the way the blues and greens pop

 

[Lesley Jones]

Many thanks for the advice Ralph. The Sony tends to shoot yellow. I've already corrected the bluebells for colour, but they didn't seem quite right as I posted. I must colour calibrate the monitor again today and try again. I find bluebells are a much warmer tone than people imagine

 

[Pete Askew]

Lovely again Lesley, but I think Ralph is right and there is a slight blue cast in the greens. I think it is an optical illusion but I get the impression that the image is tilted very slightly to the right. Or is it just my eyesight?!

 

[Lesley Jones]

Cheers Pete! The colour was initially too blue and I tried to correct it just before bed. I don't think I did a good job. I thought I had a set formula for getting bluebells right, but it's clearly not working here. I don't think the image is tilted, but the tree does have a sort of "waist" and then bends to one side. I was back there the other week and the place was even more of a jumble. I found the tree and gave it a pat, so I do recall it wasn't straight