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Flame Trees of Uganda. #photooftheday @hitch_doug @EdKiely1 @ga_gagarin #writerscommunity #art #Africa

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@TruthSlingerX Mucilage glue.

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@MarylewisMcrae Nice hat! What's in the news?

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@jayanpaleri Beautiful shot. What kind of flower? Nice lavender, subdued, but still standing out against the background.

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@Doug35mmGraves I made a comment about this one. Don't know as you saw it.

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@hitch_doug The radiating red from the floor makes a beautiful contrast with the rest of the scene in cool greys and white sand.

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@hitch_doug The bright yellow leaf appears to be a symbol of hope in the midst of bleakness. Cool.

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@Doug35mmGraves Excellent use of complimentary colors: blue and orange. Your tangerine orange with this brilliant aqua blending into azure or sapphire blue makes for a brilliant contrast. Love the overall photo!

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@Doug35mmGraves Looks like an oil painting! One, brilliantly done I might add! Beautiful! Love it!

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attention. Then, the brilliant, blue sky splashing in over the top creates the contrast that completes this work of art. It's possibly your best!

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Unbelievable! Your stunning work with color and exposure brings so much vibrancy and meaning to scene! The contrasts between the reds in the flowers and the red clay soil against the light umber of the house, with flowers of red and white in the foreground capture the viewer's

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@hitch_doug The warmth of the relationship is clearly brought out and made more visible by your use of the shadows, with warm background adding a gently, lighted atmosphere for the background. Well done photomeister Graves!

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@Doug35mmGraves This is a photo you took?

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@Doug35mmGraves This is a photo you took?

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@Doug35mmGraves @MarneeJill @GreatDane_photo Thank you!

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@Doug35mmGraves @ga_gagarin @shanghaibirds The tree was drawn after looking at one video on how to draw a rainforest tree, memory and imagination. No reference photo was used. The foliage was drawn by making about a zillion little circles with an ebony Prismacolor pencil and darkening some for shading and light.

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My latest: Glistening Green and Multicolor Tanagers & Bougainvillea Flowers (reference photo for birds by Javier Zurita, with permission) #BirdsUp #artist @Doug35mmGraves @ga_gagarin @shanghaibirds

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@Doug35mmGraves @ga_gagarin @shanghaibirds Thank you!

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@Doug35mmGraves Got your Bougainvillea's in my latest color pencil painting. Just posted it!

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@MarneeJill @GreatDane_photo @Doug35mmGraves Brilliant! Just in time for my 69th birthday (11/17)!