Chickasaw Plums

[Cheryl Slechta]

I went to LaChua Trail at Paynes Prairie Preserve last week and the native plums were in bloom. This is a long exposure blur of a plum with the sun setting in the background and with a texture applied.

[Nancy Bell]

Wonderful, subdued colors and I bet the fragrance of the plums was awesome! The heavy, white oil paint-like lines add just the right amount of spark to the image and give it a liveliness.

[Dennis Bishop]

This is beautiful. I like the softness and the wonderful combination of colors. I find the whitish/yellowish lines at the top a bit distracting and would be inclined to tame them a bit. I'm curious about what they are. The sky showing through openings in the foliage?

[Anita Bower]

It took me a while to figure out what this was a picture of. My comments come with the understanding that blurs are not my favorite images. The trunk seems a bit dark for the image, or maybe too black. I agree with Dennis about the bright spots. I do like the beautiful soft colors. How wonderful to see trees in bloom!

[Judy Howle]

It also took me a while to figure out what it was. I agree about the white splotches and find them a bit distracting. I like the soft colors and the texture.

[Jackie Schuknecht]

I really like the colours and the blur. At first I found the light squiggles distracting, but I find them like exclamation marks at the end of the sentence- like little dancing faeries, very nice Cheryl!

[Cheryl Slechta]

Thanks for the comments, everyone. The squiggly lines are from the sunset shining through the trees.

[Kerry Perkins]

Hi Cheryl, I really like the image as is. It has a nice oil or pastel look and those bright squigglies look like paint buildup which adds to the look. Colors are great and so is the composition. Nice one!