Pip and I were out walking with the dogs this afternoon and we decided, just for the hell of it, to have a photography competition. The idea was simple enough. Each of us would take as many photos as we like and then whittle them down to a shortlist of 5. Mum would be the judge and score our photos out of 10. Mum´s words are final. Everybody knows that.
The campo is just crazy with flowers at the moment. It is just lovely out there. It seems, in places, as though clouds passed overhead and rained paint – purple clouds, yellow clouds. The verges of the paths are overgrown and heaving with colour. sometimes the dogs, straying off the track would just disappear into the plants as though they had been swallowed by the campo.
How did we get on with our photos? Not too bad. Pippa has got a great eye for a photo and we all felt that her flower photo was the favourite. The funny thing is that she took this one just outside the house. We need not have gone anywhere!
Here are the photographs that made our final selection, together with the marks they were awarded by the judge:
Butterfly. Pippa´s picture.
7/10
Agave – this is one of mine.
8/10
A portrait of Brutus “chien et fleurs” Pippa
7/10
One of mine – a flower we passed along the way
9/10
Flowers in the campo – Pippa
9/10
This is one of mine – the bird was a few metres away so I was pretty happy. Unfortunately it was not looking my way!
9/10
This was the judge´s favourite and mine. Pippa´s picture of flowers just outside the house
9/10
The field down the road. One of mine.
7/10
Barney doing his thing. Pippa´s picture.
7/10
Another flower. Most of my flowers were out of focus. This is better than most!
7/10
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