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Syon House and some nice flowers

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Old 26-06-2008, 6:56 AM   #1
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Syon House and some nice flowers

Syon House, the home of Duke of Northumberland, is in Isleworth, Middlesex between West London and Heathrow airport. The recent high winds and showers had taken their toll on the flowers and to be honest I thought the gardens looked a bit untidy, but I managed to get a few nice pictures:

First with the 50mm 1.4
1) The Main House


2) A flower bed


3) The Great Conservatory


4) The Great Conservatory taken with the 18-200VR at 18mm


The rest were taken suing my Sigma 150mm 2.8 Macro
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Cropped and tweaked in PSE 6.

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Old 26-06-2008, 4:05 PM   #2
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Re: Syon House and some nice flowers

Nice set John

#3 is my favourite I really like your composition on this one
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Re: Syon House and some nice flowers

Some very nice pictures there but is it me or is the fist one slightly on a slant?
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Old 27-06-2008, 7:53 AM   #4
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Re: Syon House and some nice flowers

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Nice set John

#3 is my favourite I really like your composition on this one
Thanks Dazza I applied the rule of thirds as best I can to get a mix of colours.

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Some very nice pictures there but is it me or is the fist one slightly on a slant?
Well, I straightened it using PSE6, perhaps the table you have your PC is on the wonk?
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