Lost in the Detail, this was the fabulous theme laid down for this weeks WordPress Photo Challenge, but it was one I didn’t want to just use existing photos I’d taken, but instead actual go on a ‘hear & now’ shoot with the camera, trying to capture things lost in the detail on what was a lovely warm (9 Degrees) Spring like Saturday, both in my garden and walking around the grounds of Temple Newsam with ❤Wifey and the dog.
One of my favourite shots is the last one in my Gallery, were I unknowingly captured a bee collecting nectar from one of Springs first flowering crocus…. Something that could quite easily have gotten Lost in the Detail.
My Garden Crocus
Sea of Crocus
The Purple Three
Snowdrop Heaven
Carpet of Flowers
Fighting the way tghrough
Lovely Snowdrops
Lost in the Detail
Busy Little Bee
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Those are beautiful pictures. I`m a newbie in photography. How did u make that kind of colouring, colourful in the focus but grey at background?
Thanks Maya, it’s a layering technique using both a B/W and colour shot, then removing the bits you want to emphasise
Thanks, I`ve got to try it! 🙂
how beautiful they are..
the violet flowers remind me of the coming spring! 🙂 great!
Thanks, I’m so looking forward to a Spring in all her glory as well
Beauty beyond words!
Thanks 🙂
I must admit that I’m not usually fan of the colour/B&W layering technique, but it works beautifully in these shots and really emphasises the delicate colours. I think it’s the London black and white shot with the red bus that doesn’t do it for me!
Cheers Mike…I agree, sometimes it can be done in a way that looks so Twee and un-thought… Glad you liked them
Lovely Carl! BTW, just saw your Fresh Press button. Which post was it? Congrats on that!!
Thanks Tina, it was a post (which is still my favourite) called Happy which I did my first ever tiled gallery post on my dog https://milnersblog.wordpress.com/2012/10/10/weekly-photo-challenge-happy/
Totally adorable!!!! Hopefully your wife laughed when she saw it!
Amazing photos!
Thanks 🙂
I so enjoy when you start examining photos later and see details you missed the first time around!
Thanks Kat…I think its a blessing having a camera with a high MegaPixel range so you can zoom in further later
very beautiful! i’m looking forward to spring 🙂
Me as well, but it looks like it’s going to get colder before it gets warmer in Leeds 😦
These are extraordinary Carl. I really enjoy the layering technique, I see it as sort of a collaboration between the eye of the photographer and the lens of the camera. The ‘Fighting The Way’ image is gorgeous, as is the ‘Busy Little Bee’.
Thanks Alex, (fighting the way) is my favourite as well, but the bee shot was a true lost in the detail capture…glad I looked at the shot in detail to find it
Beautiful pictures, Carl!!! I’m jealous you already have spring flowers! 🙂
I’m hoping the last the cold weather forecast for the weekend
Gorgeous colour! They call the top flower snowdrops here – not that we’ll be seeing any soon as we currently have more snow than ‘drops’… thanks for the breath of spring air!
There called the same here, a really exquisite flower for such a fragile time of year …one of my favourites
I wonder if they are cousins to Lily of the Valley as they have a similar shape and short growing season… transplanted some of those from a neighbour who was digging them up and going to put them in the bin – guess I’ll have to wait for spring to see!
Lily of the Valley do look very similar, but I think there more of a Bluebell relation…great to see you benefited from your neighbours plants… my neighbour and I have quite an open lower garden, so we both benefit from cross plant fertilisation…which I don’t mind
Absolutely stunning!
Carl, this is brilliant and I love the title. It is perfect! The colours are superb 🙂
Thanks Judy, we had a great spring day walking the dog while taking those snaps 🙂
What a lovely series, Carl!
So delicate and pretty, Carl. I remember that one sunny February day!
Awesome, Carl! 🙂