Campanula (Bell Flower in plain English) is a large genus of garden plants. They are graceful, pretty plants but tend to be fragile. They grow to about eighteen inches in height but as the flowers come out they become a little top-heavy and are easy flattened by wind or rain.
My wife rescued a stem and installed it on the window cill of the downstairs loo – a window with frosted glass. I took a look at it and thought: that might make an interesting image. And I think it has. The background is a little busy admittedly, but the flowers are strong enough to stand out from it and I managed to find two flowers that provided an attractive balance.
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I love this. Magnificent photo.
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Thank you so much, Shimon
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The lovely effect of a *waterfall cascade makes a great contrast with the Campanulas Andy . Freshly delicate !
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I’d never thought of it as looking like a cascade of water – but I see what you mean. Thank you Poppy.
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I think the background is perfect for these simple flowers. Great shot, Andy.
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I’m not sure how, but I think the background has softened slightly in the processing (unexpectedly). Thanks Ken
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Smashing photo Andy! I really like this one. 🙂
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<any thanks Adrian
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I never would have guessed a window as a background. I was sure you’d photographed these outdoors, against a background of something like drying stems. It’s a striking photo, which I very much like: the contrast between the blooms and the background seems perfect.
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This is slightly different from the average frosted window with it’s vertical elements and it struck me too that they looked a little like echoes of the Campanula’s stem. Funny how a chance idea can yield a rather satisfying image. Thanks for your thoughts, as always, Linda
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A challenging composition. Well done. 🙂
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Thanks Frank
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Nicely composed Andy. The flowers seem to pop off of that background.
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It took me quite a while to get them to ‘pop’ in processing.
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Love this photo Andy. And very interested to see your spelling “cill”, something I have not seen for so long I had forgotten it was an option.
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My use of the spelling ‘cill’ sparked quite an argument – apparently it is rather arcane but to my eye ‘sill’ just doesn’t look right on paper. At least I was eventually able to demonstrate that ‘cill’ is correct even if rare.
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