Cattails and Colour

Cattails sway
Moved by the breeze
Summer songs
Giving way
To crows and jays
While summer’s creatures
Burrow deep
Or fly away

Soothed
By gentle light
And subtle colour
Fall’s transition
Life retired
The air goes cold
Wafts of change
Await the spring
To be renewed

Cattails and Colour
Jericho Beach Park
Vancouver
British Columbia, Canada, 2017

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Dancing Echoes on Dec 18, 2017 at 11:30 am
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Beautimus! This is a bit of a departure from your typical landscapes. More intimate. I like it.

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  Patrick Jennings on Dec 18, 2017 at 10:03 pm
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  Thank you, CJ. <smile>
  
  Yes, something a little different. I spent most of that day in the park with the long telephoto on (87-300mm — this shot at 165mm), to force a different perspective. Though, the soft paint filter (Topaz Impressions) really makes this image hum.
  
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    Dancing Echoes on Dec 18, 2017 at 10:40 pm
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    Ah, I love Topaz. You did a wonderful job. Great quality.
    
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      Patrick Jennings on Dec 18, 2017 at 11:06 pm
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      Thank you.
      
      Yep. Me too. I’ve used Impressions a fair bit lately. And the Adjust filter quite a lot. =)
      
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GORDONBRIAN O on Dec 18, 2017 at 2:21 pm
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Cool pictures you’ve got there

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  Patrick Jennings on Dec 18, 2017 at 2:46 pm
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  Thanks! Glad you’re enjoying the journey. =)
  
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da-AL on Dec 18, 2017 at 9:03 pm
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beautiful!

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  Patrick Jennings on Dec 18, 2017 at 9:29 pm
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  Thank you! =)
  
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Dancing Echoes on Dec 19, 2017 at 6:21 pm
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I keep coming back to this. I love the ethereal quality to it and the fact that it has a natural beauty that is not over shopped. I can feel the coolness of autumn and smell the earthy wetlands.

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  Patrick Jennings on Dec 19, 2017 at 8:12 pm
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  Mmmmm… the paint filter really made this image. Soft enough in the bg, with beautiful colour zones, and sharp aplenty in the foreground. Shot originally 165mm @ f8 … would’ve benefited from an f4 or so for a softer background in the original. But the brush strokes compensated perfectly.
  
  Good to know I didn’t overdo it with the saturation bumps on oranges, reds and yellows. =)
  
  The image felt like it wanted to be a painting. Turns out, it was right. <wink>
  
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Journeys Through Pre-World War 3 Britain on Dec 20, 2017 at 10:22 am
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Lovely work. Especially the specificity in the first stanza.

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  Patrick Jennings on Dec 20, 2017 at 1:01 pm
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  Mmmm… thank you.
  
  Among the aspects of submitting in an open forum I love most is the insight others bring to me about my own work, insights I might never have noticed myself.
  
  There is a lot of wisdom out there. Thank you for sharing yours here.
  
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