How Green is my Valley

Posted by bronzebilly u.k. (Barry,Vale of Glamorgan, United Kingdom) on 4 October 2007 in Abstract & Conceptual and Portfolio.

Variation of the title--billy

If you've got a spare cuppla' minutes..take a look at my son's new portrait p/blog over at:-
http://conceptyou.aminus3.com/image/2008-08-16.html
cheers..Billy...

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Comments (19)

R from Here and There, United States

wild sky !

4 Oct 2007 7:20pm

@R: crazee kiddo--cheers--billy

Walt from Scarborough, Canada

Awesome PP work on this!

4 Oct 2007 7:20pm

@Walt: cheers Walt--appreciate your visit--billy

amy from Rocky Mountain House, Canada

Ya blow my mind, man!! Awesome sky!! (and I don't use that word much)... and the titch of religious overtone?... very apt. (or at least that's how I see it). Ya done did good billyvicar. (I know, I know..)

4 Oct 2007 7:28pm

@amy: yo cutes-- billy's honoured with an awesome--jeez man
Religious overtone--yeah I can see it also,but....
billyvicar...naah not me pal--billyskylord

Rebecca from Leicester, United Kingdom

wow, dear billypatriot, gorgeous tribute to Welsh countryside this is!..…as everyone has observed too, super-dramatic sky!! Fantabulous, man!! now i want to go see those vales again.... :)

4 Oct 2007 7:48pm

@Rebecca: hey Rebecca--I look forward to your observations as both encouraging and flattering--cheers pal--billy
b.t.w.the vales never fails hee hee

Rabbit from Richmond, United States

You should ask the bro in the pic... it looks like he's on sky patrol duty :D

4 Oct 2007 8:29pm

@Rabbit: hey Rabbit--excellent name for the dude--sky patrol man--great stuff--cheers--billy

Candace from Emmaus, United States

Absolutly wonderful! Love the yellow and greens, with the dark overcast.

4 Oct 2007 10:06pm

@Candace: thanx Candace--I only had to saturate this shot a twinge to get the colours I wanted--cheers--billy

Ken McCoy from Orlando-Daytona Beach, FL, United States

It's like he's conducting the symphony of the world - great imagination!

4 Oct 2007 11:53pm

@Ken McCoy: cheers Ken---my imagination is certainly busy at the moment--thanx--billy

Stunner from Kingston, Jamaica

Neat work Billy!

5 Oct 2007 12:55am

@Stunner: cheers Stunner--appreciated--billy

Manuela Photography from Hainburg, Germany

What a threatening sky, not sure I would like to be under these clouds though... ;)

5 Oct 2007 3:42am

@Manuela Photography: hey Manuela--I took this shot from my car just in case;-))--billy

tyan from Singapore, Singapore

the clouds are awesome,Uncle Billy! Its as if the 'sky patrol officer'~in Rabbit's words, had just invited the clouds away..What can i say?The rest have said it all.Creative,creative,creative!

5 Oct 2007 7:18am

@tyan: hey tyan--how goes it pal ??
I appreciate you paying a visit in your busy schedule--makes the effort worthwile--cheer Unclebilly

badala from Leiria, Portugal

He is God!

5 Oct 2007 7:30am

@badala: blimey badala strong words here pal--billy

Dawn Sutherland from Phoenix, United States

You continue to impress, have a great weekend my friend!!

5 Oct 2007 7:58pm

@Dawn Sutherland: cheers Dawn--back at you my friend--although I'm working again--billy

e. from Washington DC, United States

Wow, what a beautiful sky! The silhouette is particularly evocative. The figure looks like it's making an offering to the sky.

6 Oct 2007 2:35am

@e.: thanx e.--I pasted that figure of a statue from a church in Spain and resized it--to create this effect--cheers--billy

Lost Valley View from Kamloops, Canada

WOW!!! Incrediable!! This is truly breathtaking and touching!

6 Oct 2007 12:51pm

@Lost Valley View: cheers L.V.V.--flattering and encouraging words indeed--thanx--billy

Markus from Reading, United Kingdom

Looks like the "Dark Lord" ;-) Fabulous processing!

6 Oct 2007 1:50pm

@Markus: cheers Markus--I like the comparison--thanx--billy

Bron from Canberra, Australia

Wonderful sky airbilly the colours are gordacious!! Cheerio underlip Bron

6 Oct 2007 6:20pm

@Bron: great comment Bron--new words for me--but I'll get there*-))--billy

Jen from Alpharetta, United States

Stunning Billy...very moving!

7 Oct 2007 7:48am

@Jen: hey ho Jen--it took quite a bit of work this image--the figure is from the top of a church in Menorca-cut and pasted and resized
thanx for the stunning--luvs it !!!--billyfan

Anne from White Rock, Canada

If I remember rightly, the movie set in Wales was in black and white! But this is fabulous! Almost looks like something from the "Ten Commandments" movie. Awesome work Billy! ;-)

7 Oct 2007 12:27pm

@Anne: hey Anne--your right, the movie was in black and white--I thought about it but decided on a colour image--actually there is no land in this shot,only the foreground silhouette,the rest is recoloured clouds--cheers billy