OCTOBER PHOTO COMP RESULTS.!

1st - Coombes Valley. What a beautiful, restful photograph.

2nd - Splash of Orange. Great composition - and colouring!

3rd - Swanning along the river. I love the way the sun lights up the water, and the bird's plumage. Can I clutter up the thread with a bit of poetry? Because this is what it reminds me of:

With that, I saw two swans of goodly hue
Come softly swimming down along the Lee;
Two fairer birds I yet did never see.
The snow which doth the top of Pindus strew,
Did never whiter shew,
Nor Jove himself, when he a swan would be
For love of Leda, whiter did appear:
Yet Leda was they say as white as he,
Yet not so white as these, nor nothing near.
So purely white they were,
That even the gentle stream, the which them bare,
Seemed foul to them, and bade his billows spare
To wet their silken feathers, lest they might
Soil their fair plumes with water not so fair,
And mar their beauties bright,
That shone as heaven's light,
Against their bridal day, which was not long:
Sweet Thames, run softly, till I end my song.

(from Edmund Spenser's Prothalamion, 1596)

 

1...... Misty Dawn ...... Trunky

2...... Breakwater ...... Zigs

3...... Tranquil Sunset .... Marley Farley

 

1...mazambo..........Coombes Valley.......Serenity

2...Roders..............Splash of Orange.....Nice bright and sharp

3...Peter Kay..........River View..............Pleasant picture

 

1. River View - Peter Kay

2. Misty Dawn - Trunky

3. Crown Jewels - Shiney

 

1 Trunk Misty Dawn

2 Jack Mc H Dysart Harbour

3 Marley Dewy Jewels..

 

I have to admit that my choices are purely driven by the calming effect I needed. Or happy times.

1. Thames water. Reminded me of my sitting on a bench out by Wapping.. Tuning out the rest of us tourists. And watching the water flow. Back in May.

2. Tranquil Sunset. Llvely. Peaceful. Gentle. Made me smile.

3. Swanning along the river. Brought back fun memories of a swan, at our "little Stratford on our colonial Thames in London, Ontario", I ventured too close to one and she chased me ... and kicked me in the shin. Always makes me smile because I realised how "bird brained" I was !

 

So many great photo's !

1. Trunky - Misty Dawn, simply lovely!

2. Mazambo - Coombes Valley, great composition and so serene.

3. Kazzawazza - Water's Edge, great capture of the different birds visiting the lake.

 

1st - Mazambo - Coombes Valley - Beautiful calming picture

2nd - Kazzawazza - serenity

3rd - Trunky - Misty dawn

 

Lovely selection of pics. this month.

1st...........Trunky.......Misty Dawn.....What a beautiful picture, yes the mist is water.

2nd..........Zigs...........Breakwater.....So Moody.

3rd...........Marley........Tranquil sunset..........So much in one lovely picture.

 

1st..Misty Dawn..Trunky

2nd...River Veiw...kazzawazza

3rd...Coombes Valley...Mazambo

 

1. roders - Splash of orange
2. Trunky - Misty Dawn
3. wiseowl - Rose Water

 

1st ... Mazambo ... Coombes Valley. Beautiful and restful - I could happily hang it on my wall.

2nd ... Kazzawazza ... Serenity. Nicely framed, plenty of colour and some good reflections.

3rd ... Jack McH ... Dysart Harbour. Good reflections and plenty of interest.