Project 9: colour themes

As it is winter there is currently very little green in the landscape so I will come back to this project as the course progresses. I also need to keep an eye out for opportunities to fulfil the other two criteria: the largest range of colour contrast that you can find and one isolated strong colour set against a contrasting background.

Now that Spring has arrived there are more opportunities to find a wide range of greens in the landscape.  I made a trip to the Hope Valley in Derbyshire recently to escape from the gloomy, cold grey conditions on the Lincolnshire coast.  I used this opportunity to look for greens in the landscape around Ladybower Reservoir.

 In this image of a wooded foreground in front of Bamford Edge on the skyline I have selected an area with as many greens as possible.  The dark greens of the two fir trees through bright mid greens to the yellowy greens of very fresh foliage.  Just below the edge are the muted greens of oaks just coming into leaf.

 Looking across the overflow outlet in Ladybower to the range of greens on the hillside beyond.

 Again a wide range of greens here seen across the reservoir.  I have used a different green on the tree as a frame for the shot.

 Another view across the reservoir towards Derwent Edge beyond.  I have included the wall in the foregrouns as it is covered in yellow green moss with the bright green of the field just beyond it and wide range of greens in the trees.

 Once again a wide range  of greens in the trees and grass in these two shots.

 A close up of trees showing a variety of greens.
















Another shot of Bamford Edge with a variety of different greens.















The second part of the project was to look for a wide range of colour contrast in the landscape.  I looked for blue/orange, red/green and yellow/violet combinations.  Yellow/violet, so far have been difficult to find.


In this sunset image taken at Worlaby on the edge of the Northern Lincolnshire Wolds I have combined the bue hues of the fore and mid ground with the intense orange in the sky.

Here I have used the purple/red of this pyramidal orchid to contrast with the bright green of the background.  I used a 150 macro lens in order to through the grass pleasingly out of focus in order to provide a plain non-distracting background.















The third part of this project asks for images with one strong accented colour set against a contrasting background.

 This image is taken close by in Cleethorpes at low tide.  I have used this bright yellow buoy as my accented colour set against the more muted background.

Here in the local Lincolnshire Wolds village of Beelsby the red telephone box stands out against the predominantly green background.