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Hollyhocks


Hollyhocks
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Copyright: Jean Dwyer (jean11-3) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 591 W: 0 N: 661] (2861)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2008-07-12
Categories: Daily Life
Camera: Sony cybershot DSC-N1
Exposure: f/4, 1/160 seconds
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Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2008-07-17 13:31
Viewed: 200
Points: 12
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
Hello everyone,we were in the Essex town of Saffron Walden at the weekend for a family wedding, and having some time to spare in the morning, we had a leisurely wander around.
These hollyhocks were growing outside a row of very old cottages.I liked their natural colours and form contrasting with the 'stripes' of the walls of the cottage.

Thanks for looking.Your comments are always appreciated.
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  • tyro Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 218 W: 83 N: 632] (3024)
  • [2008-07-17 16:49]
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Hello, Jean.

I love houses and their walls like this, and they are just the perfect backdrop for this fine picture of these flowers. What lucky people get to live in a home like this?

This is a very faithful reproduction, I believe, of what you saw when you took the photograph: many might say it is undersaturated and, indeed, had you wound up the saturation, it would have stood out more and perhaps attracted more attention. But I rather like it as it is and I have to congratulate you in not being tempted to "overcook" the processing, a temptation which I sometimes find difficult to resist.

Unfortunately, much though I like these flowers, I always think of them as "'Olly'ocks" which is the way we most usually hear them named!

Thanks for this one, Jean.

Kind Regards,

John.

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  • dareco Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1245 W: 15 N: 630] (11278)
  • [2008-07-18 1:08]

A very warm and cozy image. I have a soft spot for hollyhocks as they remind me of a dear friend who passed a couple of years ago, we use to sit out beside hers and have some great conversations. TFS and have a happy day!

Jean Hi;
Beautiful old architecture with beautiful Hollyhocks. Your have composed the image, with clarity and detail as well as beauty. Thanks for the note.
Congratulations, very well done.
Larry
USA-tfs

Nicely captured Jean in what appears to be a murky light. Lovely textures in that old wood work and the colours contrast well,
David

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  • glint Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 599 W: 2 N: 429] (2789)
  • [2008-07-19 23:17]

Hell Jean,
favourite cottage garden flowers of mine. I also love to see those ancient timber framed buildings. John said just what I would want to say about the saturation. And I must tell him that I laughed at his refernece to dropped aitches, as I nearly always drop mine (I'm a Lancashire lass is my excuse).
I wonder though if it would have been possible to straighten the dark outlines of the timber to run parallel ( have I spelt that right?, it's too early for my spelling brain)with the frame.
Bev

Hello Jean. Hollyhocks are a wonderful photographic subject. They are enhanced further by the old cottage wall as a backdrop, we like it. Thanks for sharing.

Regards Phil.

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