spirea and hazel

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contrary to the common beliefs (read the landscapist for details, especially the nonsense about 'hue and saturation to the max') what the 'beautiful pictures crowd' does, i was working with the saturation slider in negative direction. the forenoon light, evened out by some clouds, made the spirea glow, so i could reduce the corkscrew hazel to just some decorative silhouettes. probably i should blame it on someone else, maybe (quote again) the creator got it wrong.

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late snow

nobody wanted it anymore, but now it came: snow down to 300m above sealevel. so the hazel in our garden had her flowers suddenly covered in snow. it will not last long, but it was sufficient to wet us thoroughly on our way to kindergarden.

photographically it brought a nice occasion to see colorful things in a more graphical way, with some falling snow on top - probably only visible in original size.

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