SAT/SUN 11-12 MAR 2023

[Dave]

Lorell, what a fine capture of the turtle; great light, color, and mood. To answer your questions: the flowers and the black tray in my photo are several feet in front of the house and are placed on the seat of a white plastic outdoor lawn chair - there is no real planter there. The Eiffel tower that caught your eye is a metal tin that - if I remember correctly - contained some fancy cookies or crackers.

Here's one I took 2 days ago. It interested me because I imagined the conical thin white cap to be the pointed hat (typically colored red) in those charming little paintings of wee garden gnomes that were popular some years ago. And I like the colors and that the overcast skies and  light drizzle softened everything. On the other hand, this softening came with a cost - graininess.

   

I intentionally left the sharper small patch of growth just because I thought it did more to add interest to the overall image than it did to distract. I'm probably wrong about this though.