Good morning friends! I hope that you had a nice weekend and that you’re ready for another full week here on decor8! Today I have Leslie’s column, Color Me Pretty, to post in addition to my round up of Etsy Take Five Tuesdays which will resume it’s regular schedule today (yay!). Of course, I have a few other things to share with you so stick around!

These photos above were shot yesterday at a place in my new city where I love to go to collect my thoughts, draw inspiration, and in general do nothing but daydream and observe nature. I tried to give them a bit of a dreamy vibe with Photoshop, though I’m a beginner so go easy on me… Anyway, where I hung out is in this series of gardens that once belonged to the King of England who reigned over this city, and attached to these gardens and parks is the most elaborate, jaw-dropping baroque garden called Herrenhausen. The garden I spent my time in yesterday is called Georgengarten. There’s an illustration museum there with a lovely indoor/outdoor cafe and gift shop (it’s quite romantic I should add), and tons of space to bike, inline skate, picnic and if you’re like me, explore with my camera! Summer is ending here, though the weather won’t seem to let it go (it’s been warm and sunny for a full month!), but the flowers are becoming crispy and withered and things are starting to turn towards the beautiful days of Autumn, my favorite time of the year.

(images: holly becker for decor8)

20 Responses to “Good Morning!”

1 Jutta commented:
September 8th, 2009 at 6:11 am

So lovely photos! Especially the spider web one, even though I’m afraid of spiders. Do you know the name of that pink flower? It’s gorgeous.
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2 klee commented:
September 8th, 2009 at 6:53 am

lovely :)

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3 Cindy commented:
September 8th, 2009 at 7:25 am

They are dreamy! The spider web is amazing. And the big fluffy flowers, gorgeous.
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4 Eileen commented:
September 8th, 2009 at 7:35 am

If you like that dreamy look for your photos and you have a SLR camera you might want to check out lensbaby lenses. They are very cool and you don’t really have to do much in Photoshop for post processing. I’m still trying mine out but I have a couple of “lensbaby” prints on etsy.
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5 Susan commented:
September 8th, 2009 at 8:07 am

I love the park scene, the colors are awesome and dreamy indeed. Great work!
6 HolgaJen commented:
September 8th, 2009 at 9:11 am

The photo of the path through the trees is beautiful! Nice work – keep it up! :)
7 Renata Storto commented:
September 8th, 2009 at 9:12 am

Great pictures!
You can also try to take some pictures w/ a Lomo camera to get this dreamy color effects. (I have an Holga) They’re great for that, analogic and ridiculously simple to handle.
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8 Tricia McKellar commented:
September 8th, 2009 at 9:16 am

Lovely! My holga gets here today! I’m so excited! :)
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9 Pillowthrowdecor commented:
September 8th, 2009 at 9:25 am

I love the picture of the tree lined walkway. I can see why it is so inspirational! You are lucky to be surrounded by so much amazing history!
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10 Sarah commented:
September 8th, 2009 at 10:24 am

I love these photos. What effects did you use to get your pictures that way?
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11 vicki (simply hue) commented:
September 8th, 2009 at 11:12 am

Wow, these are amazing beautiful shots, Holly. You’re so talented!
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12 Victoria Bennett Beyer commented:
September 8th, 2009 at 11:13 am

Very nice…looks like a lovely place to spend the day. I esp. love the spiderweb image.
13 donna commented:
September 8th, 2009 at 11:34 am

Holly, in case you’re interested, there’s a great free online Photoshop course here
http://creativetechs.us1.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=af872ba88a454e16a24cbee2d&id=e75b18a085
14 Jennifer commented:
September 8th, 2009 at 11:49 am

Such beautiful photos!!!
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15 mary commented:
September 8th, 2009 at 3:49 pm

These are absolutely gorgeous shots! I love, love the cobweb and tree-lined path…
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16 sara commented:
September 8th, 2009 at 4:03 pm

These are so nicely sunbleached and delicate … they’re a welcome hit of spring/summer weather, and they feel a little like The Virgin Suicides film :)
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17 Josephine commented:
September 8th, 2009 at 5:55 pm

Lovely! Each worthy of a proper framing ;-)
18 Barbara commented:
September 8th, 2009 at 6:28 pm

Very nice! Love the tree lined road and the spider web. The pink flowers are Dahlias – they look great. I’d love to see that particular picture w/o any special effects.
19 Katie commented:
September 8th, 2009 at 8:14 pm

I love the photos. They definitely have that dreamy quality. My favorite is the spiderweb. It’s just so fine and gossamer.
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20 Volunteer abroad India commented:
September 10th, 2009 at 5:55 am

Those are absolutely wonderful photos. You have really captured the feeling of the of scenery. Good work!

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