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			Busy gardening - Helen's journal and online home In which an old dog attempts to learn new tricks.




			09:09 am June 20th, 2012

heleninwales


	Busy gardening
	Busy gardening, a photo by Helen in Wales on Flickr. Normally I take separate photos for the two photo-a-week groups I belong to, but sometimes the themes just ask to be combined. This is one of those weeks. :) 25/52 for the group 52 of 2012 This week's theme: Working 25/52 for the group T189ers weekly alphabet challenge This week's theme: Multiplicity We had a lot of fun with the multiplicity shots last year in the T189 group, though I made some mistakes when I took my multiple photos which made it harder than it should have been to combine them. This time I remembered to use manual settings, though I did have to watch the light because the sun kept going behind the clouds and the light was changing quite quickly. Anyway, this time the three images combined much more easily and having taken the photos outdoors, I had more room to play with. Unfortunately, once I'd put the camera away and actually had to get down to some real work, there was only one of me. :) Tags: 52 weeks, photo-a-week, photography

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			Thread started by Carol Lovekin

	From: readthisandweep	Date: June 20th, 2012 09:10 am (UTC)		(Link)

That is so clever! It's brilliant. (Helen - it really is - I can mess up with a simple idiot-proof camera.)

Your garden is lovely - so green. And we all know why... ;)

Today is day two of hardly a drop of r*** - finger's crossed.

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	From: heleninwales	Date: June 20th, 2012 06:56 pm (UTC)		(Link)

Thank you. :)

Yes, the garden is remarkably green and thankfully the front at least now looks tidier after its trim.

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			Thread started by Chiara Castelnuovo-McKenzie

From: cmcmck	Date: June 20th, 2012 10:25 am (UTC)		(Link)

I never knew you were one of triplets! :o)

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	From: heleninwales	Date: June 20th, 2012 07:07 pm (UTC)		(Link)

Aha! Little did you know that we actually take turns to write this LJ. :)

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			Thread started by steepholm

	From: steepholm	Date: June 20th, 2012 11:11 am (UTC)		(Link)

I want to hire you to do some work in mine, now!

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	From: heleninwales	Date: June 20th, 2012 07:06 pm (UTC)		(Link)

I'll have a word with one of my alter-egos. :) I'm afraid that I'm not available until I've dealt with the back garden where the grass is almost waist high!

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			Thread started by Heather A. Perry

	From: heatherp8	Date: June 20th, 2012 11:28 am (UTC)		(Link)

that is fantastic! You're so talented :-)

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	From: heleninwales	Date: June 20th, 2012 06:57 pm (UTC)		(Link)

Thanks. It's not actually all that hard if you have a tripod and Photoshop. :)

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			Thread started by pickled ginger

	From: pickledginger	Date: June 20th, 2012 01:03 pm (UTC)		(Link)

I love it! That's great fun, and very well done.

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	From: heleninwales	Date: June 20th, 2012 07:00 pm (UTC)		(Link)

Thanks. It's not actually all that hard if you have a tripod and Photoshop. I was careful to ensure that I didn't overlap with myself. This chap's effort for the same group was a real piece de resistance. He managed to grasp his own hand!

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	From: pickledginger	Date: June 20th, 2012 07:14 pm (UTC)		(Link)

Impressive! He must have spent some time marrying those images.

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	From: heleninwales	Date: June 20th, 2012 07:48 pm (UTC)		(Link)

I think he said in the explanation that he'd taken 100 shots! I took three. :)

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	From: pickledginger	Date: June 20th, 2012 08:43 pm (UTC)		(Link)

Yowza! That would take a while. And that's before hitting PhotoShop. I imagine trying to get shadows right on the forward hand was great fun.

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			Thread started by Carl

	From: carl_allery	Date: June 20th, 2012 01:24 pm (UTC)		(Link)

Excellent photo, also some serious work required there. Have the other half of the lawn here to do myself.

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	From: heleninwales	Date: June 20th, 2012 07:01 pm (UTC)		(Link)

I'm pleased to say the front grass is looking a lot neater now after its trim. I really need to get on with the back, but I think more rain is forecast for tomorrow. :(

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	From: pickledginger	Date: June 20th, 2012 08:48 pm (UTC)		(Link)

Love the icon photo of the mower! *cue scary music*

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			Thread started by dinahprincedaly

	From: dinahprincedaly	Date: June 20th, 2012 02:17 pm (UTC)		(Link)

I love this photo composite---sooo funny and feels so true

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	From: heleninwales	Date: June 20th, 2012 07:02 pm (UTC)		(Link)

Thanks. I'm pleased to say the front grass is looking a lot neater now after its trim. :)

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			Thread started by Caroline M

	From: coth	Date: June 20th, 2012 02:27 pm (UTC)		(Link)

Ooh - I wish!

Excellent 'photo'.

(I do think we ought to coin a separate word for an image that originated with photo(s) but has been manipulated.)

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	From: heleninwales	Date: June 20th, 2012 07:04 pm (UTC)		(Link)

Thanks. I'm pleased to say the front grass is looking a lot neater now after its trim. :)

Actually image manipulation is about as old as photography, from those photos of fairies to early airbrushing of women to give them the correct figure for the time. Digital, however, gives the amateur the power that only professionals used to have.

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			Thread started by Tony Grist

	From: poliphilo	Date: June 20th, 2012 05:10 pm (UTC)		(Link)

What fun!

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	From: heleninwales	Date: June 20th, 2012 07:05 pm (UTC)		(Link)

Yes, it was! And I did actually settle down to some real work once I'd taken the pictures. I'm pleased to say the front grass is looking a lot neater now after its trim. :)

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			Comment by khiemtran

	From: khiemtran	Date: June 20th, 2012 08:05 pm (UTC)		(Link)

Great photo!

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			Comment by Darkhawk

	From: lilairen	Date: June 20th, 2012 09:17 pm (UTC)		(Link)

I think I am most impressed by the minimal blur in the leaves of the trees.

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			Comment by Nutmeg3

	From: nutmeg3	Date: June 21st, 2012 01:31 am (UTC)		(Link)

This is awesome! At first glance I thought, How cool that she knows triplets who like doing lawn work, LOL!

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			Comment by Elizabeth

	From: dendrophilous	Date: June 21st, 2012 02:22 am (UTC)		(Link)

Very cool!

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