billy's Photoblog
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
@R: crazee kiddo--cheers--billy
@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..)
5 Oct 2007 12:28am
@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.... :)
5 Oct 2007 12:48am
@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
5 Oct 2007 1:29am
@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.
5 Oct 2007 3:06am
@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!
5 Oct 2007 4:53am
@Ken McCoy: cheers Ken---my imagination is certainly busy at the moment--thanx--billy
@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 8:42am
@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 12:18pm
@tyan: hey tyan--how goes it pal ??
I appreciate you paying a visit in your busy schedule--makes the effort worthwile--cheer Unclebilly
@badala: blimey badala strong words here pal--billy
Dawn Sutherland from Phoenix, United States
You continue to impress, have a great weekend my friend!!
6 Oct 2007 12:58am
@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 7:35am
@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 5:51pm
@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 6:50pm
@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 11:20pm
@Bron: great comment Bron--new words for me--but I'll get there*-))--billy
@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 5:27pm
@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
Andrea Auf dem Brinke from Desenzano del Garda (BS), Italy
Your images are very creative! I like the way you do the PP.
10 Dec 2007 10:13am
