Mainly blue, a photo from Derbyshire, England

Photographer's Note

Another shot of bluebells in a wood, but a different wood.
Here we are in the grounds of Renishaw Hall in Derbyshire.The grounds are famous for their beautiful natural display of bluebells each year.
The hall is privately owned but the gardens and woodland are open for the public to wander around.[There is a charge.]

These have to be the best bluebells that I have ever seen,such a vivid blue.They looked fabulous as they made such a thick dense carpet, a photograph just does not do them justice!

Thanks for your visit.

dareco, daddo, vinicio, Glint, stego, gbarto, I_WanderingSoul has marked this note useful

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dareco (17136) 2008-05-04 12:56

Oh! These bluebells are so very pretty!! The colors in this picture are beautiful and soothing. TFS

jackart (6702) 2008-05-04 13:15

Hello Jean!

Magnificent ezotherical landscape. Great moody atmosphere. Magic place!

Regards
Jacek

Hunkar (7440) 2008-05-04 13:31

Nice image of nature with beautiful colors..

daddo (28748) 2008-05-04 17:04

Hi Jean. Pretty and a commendable ode to Spring. It really conveys the gentle beauty of the English woodlands.Regards. Klaudio.

jonathan_hart (21276) 2008-05-05 12:59

once again a nice place full of blue flowers, the lower POV is very good
regards
jo

vinicio (23423) 2008-05-05 13:15

Poetic image indeed, a bit bucolic but with beautiful flowers and over all good skill in DOF and composition, well done Jean, compliments.
Ciao
Vinicio

Glint (6171) 2008-05-06 14:26

hello Jean,
hurray, its bluebell time! You have a cracker here. I especially like your low POV, showing us the beauty of the British bluebell. ( I heard on the radio that naturalists are concerned about it being overrun by a continental variety - straight stems/wider bells). Your composition is spot on too, using the thirds rule very succesfully.
best regards
Bev

stego (24132) 2008-05-07 9:22

Hi Jean,
It's me with daisies and poppies and you with bluebells. I think I had never seen these flowers in the wild. They make a nice colour arrangement with all that green. Nice POV, clever and pretty DOF.
Regards, Jos�.

marietom (34611) 2008-05-10 1:12

Hello Jean,

ce parterre d'iris est tr鑚 beau ! Belles couleurs, avec notamment un tr鑚 beau vert.
Bon we
Marie

gbarto (1275) 2008-05-14 7:24

Hi Jean
J'aime beaucoup cette photo et son angle de prise de vue.
LEs couleurs se marient bien
Bien vu et bien pris.
Georges

pboehringer (770) 2008-05-14 10:08

Jean,
the image has a pretty good sharpness and gets quite soft to the background. No wonder with a f/4. I guess that it must have been your intention to do it that way. Did you also try a closer shutter to give have sharpness through out the whole image?
Peter

derek3755 (2341) 2008-06-20 12:59

Hi Jean

i like the fact that you have put the focus on this one to the front and the rest slightly out, works very well for this one, very nice

Regards
Derek

I_WanderingSoul (686) 2008-10-20 11:10

Hello jean,
I was going through your gallery and the bluebells caught my attention almost instantly. Lovely flowers and your POV does them proper justice. I like the way you have concentrated on the flowers right in center of the frame!
TFS.
Neelima.

foozi (7101) 2009-04-11 5:22

Hi Jean,
this is really wonderful. such a beautiful place and excellent blubells....must be exciting to be here.
well taken in great point of view and the presentation is awesome.
thanks for showing this nice spot.

regards,
foozi