Stowe Reflection, a photo from Buckinghamshire, England

Photographer's Note

The recent uploads of Ricx and MJR will give you the background to a recent 'clandestine' TE meeting in Oxforshire. Before the evening activities started Ricx organised a fabulous visit to the National Trust landscape gardens of Stowe in nearby Buckinghamshire. Orginally created in the 18th Century the vast grounds contain over 40 temples, monuments, and follies. The National Trust acquired the grounds from the famous Stowe School in 1990 and have carefully restored them and created beautiful trails between the follies and the lakes. The picture here shows a reflection of one of them in the lake.

Kofman, RhodieIke, snunney, KLB, Cricri, ricochet, saxo042, Ricx, MJR, vasilpro has marked this note useful

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ManuMay (36447) 2011-09-05 0:41

Hi Ann!

A nice idea very well realized, the reflections and the stowe on a dreamlike view, very well cropped and composed...

Have a nice day...

Manu

wolf38 (30) 2011-09-05 0:46

Hi Ann. Indirect view. The reflection of a temple in the water. A beautiful picture taking. A temple is an idealization of human existence, so to speak. Well seen and presented. Rgds wolfgang.

RhodieIke (11752) 2011-09-05 3:04

Hi Ann, What a super reflection you have captured, love the circle movement, fantastic subdued colours, Well done,is it an oak tree reflection to the right? Cheers Iain.
Ps, Great to meet you guys.

williewhistler (16606) 2011-09-05 3:49

Hello Ann,this reminds a bit of a surreal painting,the muted colours are lovely,a nice atmospheric shot.
Well seen is the standard comment here,just the shot to start a busy week.
Best wishes Les.

snunney (130967) 2011-09-05 3:51

Hello Ann,
A great capture of these lovely Impressionist reflections. Lighting and colours are both superb.

KLB (23723) 2011-09-05 4:21

Hello Ann

A very delicate reflection. Like an impressionist painting.
The undulations are perfect, not too much pronounced so that we can contemplate the architecture.
The palette of colors is very soft and elegant.
Perhaps I would have cropped the upper part. The swirls of the water are not very interesting I think, and turn the eyes away from the main subject.
The pale green in border of frame would have been more pretty.
Just my two cents. Anyway, it's a beautiful picture.

Regards
Karine

Cricri (176) 2011-09-05 4:45

Hi Ann
Tout comme une peinture abstraite, tout en douceur dans les couleurs et les reflets, belle réalisation
Belle journée
cricri

SnapRJW (31631) 2011-09-05 10:28

Hello Ann - Lovely soft colours in this 'impressionistic' style shot and, for me, a wonderful reminder of a great time! Trust you got home safely. Warm regards Rosemary

ricochet (9716) 2011-09-05 10:59

Hello Ann
Like a painting your picture, very nice rendering of textures and very interesting subject, well done!
Have a nice evening
Best regards
Eric

saxo042 (38078) 2011-09-05 11:25

Hi Ann,
A very fine and very artistic capture. The reflections in the water surface are a real water painting and the circles (a fish?) are also contributing to the artistry.
Kind regards
Gunnar

Silvio1953 (220525) 2011-09-05 12:13

Ciao Ann, lovely composition with fascinating reflections of wonderful architecture, splendid light and colors, very well done my friend, ciao Silvio

Ricx (13495) 2011-09-05 12:49

Hi Ann, I feel you have caught this folley extremely well.. I am concerned that it lacks a little sharpness and suggest that maybe it is not totally level.. I hope you dont mind that I have done a small WS.. which I hope wont detract from this wonderful reflection.. Rich PS you may notice that I did add a few people to the WS

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emka (157280) 2011-09-05 14:42

Hi Ann,
I am looking at the photos of the meeting, read critiques and from them I try to learn abiout who was there and what you visited. My blurred image of this meeting step by step is sharper. So you discussed important themes in Cropredy, and also visited Stowe. I looked in Google at the places near Banbury with interesting gardens in hope that I could visit one of them. Stowe was on this list but finally I had not enough time.

Warm regards

Malgo

Nicou (193806) 2011-09-06 4:45

Hello

Quel reflet une merveille sueprbe compo et iamge le légères déformations sur les toncs ces couelur, fantastique captage.

bravo et amitié

Nicou

abmdsudi (95869) 2011-09-06 8:53

Hi Ann
Love this excellent motion effect, the ripples and blurred outlines of water reflection offering hints of coloured building structure that grabs attention and make this work. Well captured with the eye following the natural movements and the blur and it's all left to the viewer's imagination to reads the detail into it. Very reminiscent of a painting. Great stuff, quite an off route approach from you. Well done and congrats
Best regards

maria-v1981 (10966) 2011-09-06 12:26

Hello Ann,
Excellent image. A traditional painter like Claude Monet, Edgar Degas would love this marvelous reflection. Your picture is like came out from the movement Impressionism.
Excellent idea and technique.
Thanks for sharing,
Congrats,
Maria

MJR (3360) 2011-09-07 2:13

Ann
My withered male sensibilities in general don't care for the reflective shot, but in this case it adds a little spice to the scene. ( and I didn't see it, so how can I like it ! )
Did you throw the stone that caused the ripple which really gives the whole more purpose. Or just the luck of the good photographer ?!
kind regards
Martin

rbassin (27472) 2011-09-07 11:06

Hello Ann,
Bonne image avec des reflets d'une grande qualité dûe au mouvement léger de la surface de l'eau et des teintes.
Bonne soirée
Roland

vasilpro (41801) 2011-09-11 2:25

Hello Ann,
Wonderful composition with reflections, excellent POV, lovely light and colors, very nice impression as a painting.
Have a nice Sunday, Vasilis.