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Onions

© Peter W. Marks

Onions

Uploaded: April 09, 2014 | Entered: April 15, 2014 17:07:07

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Just a little creation in appreciation of the old geezer Dale who puts so much time and effort in thinking up themes and challenges for us all to enjoy.
Very late I know for his 'smells and odours' but I wanted something a little different. I do have an image of my brother-in-law shovelling horse "stuff" from their stables but thought I would be a tad more arty and this work was inspired by memories of silly poems for my kids read at bedtime so many years ago.

Comments

Dale Hardin April 09, 2014

A very good choice and preferable to your other option. :o)

And you've reminded me that I have yet to put up a sample for this months challenge. I have an old one but prefer to do something new. Have an idea in mind that I will be doing this Saturday. #1569539

Stephen Shoff April 09, 2014

Wonderful, Peter. #11020672

Kalena Randall April 09, 2014

Love it, Peter!

Don't poo-poo on us horse owners. We's rather clean the barn than do anything else!
#11020716

Elaine Hessler April 10, 2014

And when I slice a shallot or two,
My nose runs, and I go boo hoo hoo...

How was that? #11020978

Jeff E Jensen April 10, 2014

Nice work, Peter. #11021017

Rita K. Connell level-classic April 10, 2014

boo hoo hoo... I can hardly see it through my tears thanks for bringing back the memory. great job! #11021089

Susan Williams April 10, 2014

State Vegetable of Georgia. Love it, Peter! Some people eat them like apples. #11021324

Peter W. Marks April 10, 2014

Thank you kind friends! And very nice Elaine, are we multi-talented or what!
When I first emigrated here from the UK I couldn't understand what they were talking about on TV cooking programs when they talked about shalots and pronounced it like "shall-uts" as it sounded so different from our Brit pronunciation of "shah-lots" with the emphasis on the last syllable.
Unusually for me I did spend a bit of time constructing this composite image. I shot the Vidalia first and then played around with various Topaz filters until I felt that it was very similar to the printed drawings in the children's books of the early 1900s. The two yellow ones were then shot and although not quite what I was trying to achieve did come close to having a somewhat unattractive look befitting their inferior status!
Both images were then superimposed on the background and on another layer I composed my piece of faux-Shakespeare.
All a bunch of fun, then I got down to real guys work, fired up my chain-saw and felled some trees in our yard :0) #11021406

Michael Kelly level-deluxe April 12, 2014

This could be a cookbook illustration. Nice job Peter. #11022268

Beth Spencer April 15, 2014

Great job Peter! I love the poem on it!
Be careful with the chain saw and trees. I split wood with the wood splitter and stacked wood all day yesterday! #11024039

Peter W. Marks April 16, 2014

Thank you Mike and Beth.
#11024416

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