Mountain Bloom. [Photography Contest Flower Photos]
Uploaded: April 15, 2006 13:50:34
Captured in the Blue Mountains, just after an autumn shower of rain.
hand held at 1/100th f6.3 ISO100 and 45mm DFL.
Devon McCarroll April 15, 2006
Lovely color and beautiful light! Very nice composition. #427583Jeff Robinson April 15, 2006
Very beautifully captured John! Great comp and color! Jeff #2646814Renee Doyle April 15, 2006
Wonderful lighting, composition and capture of this stunning red John!!!! Excellent floral!Janine Russell April 15, 2006
John, excellent color, detail, lighting and DOF. #2647021Jill Odice April 15, 2006
The colors are fabulous, and the image wonderful! #2647033
Ray Clarke April 15, 2006
Beautiful capture John! Love the colours and clarity!!!(R) #2647042Jamil Saliba April 15, 2006
Unique fully red flower and background John #2647085Joyce Baldassarre April 15, 2006
WOW!!!! THIS IS GORGEOUS! #2647089Lynne Morris April 15, 2006
WOW, this is beautiful John, great clarity and detail. #2647096Jenny Bosmans April 15, 2006
Gorgeous colors on this excellent floral capture, John!! Very beautiful!! #2647097Jim Huffield April 15, 2006
STUNNING!!! very nicely done John. Jim #2647215Laura Clay-Ballard April 15, 2006
wow! truly an incredible shot. LOVE that red and the overall texture. #2647221Isabel L April 15, 2006
Wow!! I have to agree with all of the previous comments. I love this photograph! #2647246Amy JACKSON April 15, 2006
Beautiful image, John!! #2647264Carolyn J. Connolly April 15, 2006
FABULOUS floral capture, John - WOW!! NO doubt this is a BEAUTIFUL 'mountain bloom'!! Do you happen to know its name? REALLY lovely composition, colours, lighting, depth of field, AND details!! :o) #2647333Donna Roberts April 15, 2006
Love the gorgeous way you've presented these beautiful blooms John....the DOF use is fantastic.Goshka G. April 15, 2006
Looks like a winner to me, John!! #2647790Paul Sikora April 15, 2006
Wonderful composition, John the image is strikingly beautiful #2647921Paul E. Earl April 16, 2006
WOW!! Fantastic find well captured, John! #2648199Mary N C. Taitt April 16, 2006
Lovely capture John, pure and crisp and brilliant! Mary :-) #2649399Milan Banik April 16, 2006
John awesome shot! #2649620Pamela Shane April 16, 2006
WOWWWWWW!! I absolutely love this John!Darryl Wilkinson April 16, 2006
The colors and vertical comp makes for a great image, John! Beautiful!!! #2649902John Connolly April 16, 2006
Thank you all for taking the time to comment, and for your encouraging remarks.Pat Gamwell April 16, 2006
This is BREATHTAKING, John! The clarity is so excellent, I believe I can reach out & touch its' velvety, smooth petals! #2650522John Connolly April 16, 2006
Thank you Pat, it was a gorgeous flower.Nadya Johnson April 17, 2006
Wow! Beautiful! The clarity is awesome! #2651391John Connolly April 17, 2006
Thank you Nadya, God has given us some amazing floral and scenic wonders! #2654200Claudia Kuhn April 17, 2006
So beautiful John!!!!!!!!!! Great color and comp! #2654236John Connolly April 17, 2006
Thank you Claudia for your kind comment, I appreciate it! #2654257Rakesh Syal April 17, 2006
Love the pleasing color contrast, John!! #2655452Bambi L. Dingman April 18, 2006
Beautiful, John!! What a gorgeous color! #2658421Wendy Stevenson April 18, 2006
Gorgeous colour and detail John!! A real beauty of a shot! #2658426Terry L. Ellis April 18, 2006
You outdid yourself, John! This is marvelous! Love the colors and comp. #2658443Life Expressions April 18, 2006
Absolutely gorgeous! #2658912John Connolly April 19, 2006
Thank you a lot, Rakesh, Bambi, Wendy, Terry and Robin for your kind remarks, they are really appreciated. #2662458Sylvia Rossler April 19, 2006
Fabulous color John !! This is really a gorgeous flower and looks so great with the bg ! #2663621John Connolly April 20, 2006
Thank you so much for your kind comment, Sylvia! I do appreciate it. #2667000ALLEN O. HOWARD April 21, 2006
Awesome! I love the angle and focusing here. Very nice John! #2670005John Connolly April 21, 2006
Thank you Allen for taking the time to comment on this image. #2670812Candice C. Calhoun May 21, 2006
Congratulations!ccc #2793797
Tamera S. Phillips May 21, 2006
Congrats on your finalist! Beautiful shot. #2793939Linda Proctor May 21, 2006
Congratulations John!! This is beautiful!! #2794245Darryl Wilkinson May 21, 2006
John, Congratulations on this beautiful finalist award! Bravo! #2794251Jenny Bosmans May 21, 2006
Congratulations on this beautiful finalist, John!! :) #2794323Karen Slagle May 21, 2006
Congratulations John on this gorgeous finalist. #2794630Life Expressions May 21, 2006
Congrats on your lovely finalist, John!! #2794995Terry L. Ellis May 21, 2006
Congratulations, John, on your beautiful finalist! Yeah! #2795008Su Sana E. P May 21, 2006
Congratulations on this beautiful Finalist, John!! #2795033Paul E. Earl May 21, 2006
Congratulations, John #2795154Robyn Mackenzie May 21, 2006
Awesome job on this glorious flower, John! Congratulations, and keep your fingers crossed for the next round!! Robyn #2795540Lorraine A. Cook May 21, 2006
Congratulations on this beautiful finalist, John!<:)) #2795771Lynne Morris May 21, 2006
WTG John, many congratulations and good luck in the next round! #2796156Sylvia Rossler May 21, 2006
Big congrats on this wonderful finalist John !! #2796336Bambi L. Dingman May 21, 2006
Congratulations on your finalist, John! It's so beautiful! #2796395Paul Sikora May 22, 2006
Congratulations on being an April finalist, John #2796704Pat Gamwell May 22, 2006
YaaaHoo! Fantastic winner, John! CONGRATS! #2798931Stan Kwasniowski May 22, 2006
John, congratulations #2798947Robert R. Goodman May 22, 2006
A big Congratulations John!!!!! #2798995Pamela Shane May 22, 2006
Congratulations on your finalist John!Nadya Johnson May 22, 2006
So glad to see this in the finalists! Congratulations, John! #2799354Donna La Mattino Pagakis May 22, 2006
Fabulous image, good luck in the next round and congratulations on your finalist win! #2799689Mick Burkey May 22, 2006
Congrats on the finals, my friend. Beautiful image, and well worthy of the next round. Good luck!! #2799976John Connolly May 22, 2006
Thank you all for your remarks! they are very encouraging indeed! #2801155Deb Holmes-Hatfield May 22, 2006
Way to go John, big congrats to you! #2801486Chris Budny May 22, 2006
Lovely image! Congratulations on this Finalist! #2801552Bill Wyatt May 24, 2006
Congratulation on your finalist John! #2807575Mary N C. Taitt May 24, 2006
OH, pretty, nice colors, comp and arrangement! CONGRATULATIONS on your finalist! Mary :-) #2809030Emile Abbott May 24, 2006
Slap me silly, John how did I ever miss the first time around. I thought I visited with all you great captures. This is very beautiful and congrats on a finalist. #2810357John Connolly May 24, 2006
Many thank's Deb, Christopher, Bill, Mary and Emile.Wendy Stevenson May 24, 2006
Congratulations John on this fantastic macro finalist!! Gorgeous floral image!! #2811390John Connolly May 24, 2006
Thank you for your much appreciated comment, Wendy! #2811449Melissa G. Meiselman May 24, 2006
Congratulations on this beautiful finalist, John! #2811454Claudia Kuhn May 24, 2006
Gorgeous color and comp John! Congrats! #2811556Bridgette B May 25, 2006
I'm a little late...but congrats on this wonderful finalist!! The colors are beautiful!!! #2813482Rakesh Syal May 25, 2006
Great image and finalist, John!!! Congratulations!! #2813685Shelly A. Van Camp May 25, 2006
Pretty!! Congrats!! #2814200Anne D. Eigen May 25, 2006
Excellent colors and composition, John! Congratulations on this beautiful finalist! #2815454John Connolly May 25, 2006
Thank you so much, Melissa, Claudia, Bridgette, Shelly and Anne for you kind remarks. #2816146Ken Smith May 26, 2006
Hi John, a late congrats to you on this. I've been travelling and had little time to comment. #2818165Susie Peek-Swint May 28, 2006
John I'm so far behind I didn't even catch this finalist ~ so beautiful.. should have placed higher :)John Connolly May 28, 2006
Thank you so much Ken and Susie.Ken, I now have an IR72 Filter, so over the next few weeks I will endeavour to post a couple of infa red images. It is a totally new learning curve for me. See what you have done!! LOL!!
Susie, I for one, did miss your input on BP! #2825436
Husain Akhtar June 01, 2006
Warm heartly congratulations, John. So many good things have already been said that I find myself short of words except that this is no doubt an outstanding work #2841475John Connolly June 01, 2006
Thank you MH for for your encouragement and kind words. #2841715Manuel Barrera October 26, 2006
John I have not congratulated you on this, so Let me do it now. You have some of the best natural landscapes, period, and I am loving the series, the one yesterday is unsurpassed in beauty #3503454John Connolly October 26, 2006
Thank you so much Manuel! I really value your critique, and I am very impressed with your darkroom techniques. #3503599Vladan D. Djordjevic December 15, 2006
Beautiful colors, lighting. So soft. #3706253John Connolly December 16, 2006
Thank's a lot Vladan, I appreciate your input, and the trouble you went to to find this old image. #3709309Sign up for an interactive online photography course to get critiques on your photos.
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