Beginning... [Contest Finalists July 2007]
Uploaded: July 13, 2007 07:05:37
of a coneflower
Finalist July 2007 - Details & Macro
Exif: F Number: 9, Exposure Bias Value: +0, Exposure Time: 1/125, Flash: flash did not fire, ISO: 400, White Balance: auto white balance, Focal Length: 60mm, Camera Model: Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XTi
Mike D. Perez July 13, 2007
What a beautiful capture of this flower starting to bloom, Sam! Superb details and DOF! #690536Tarun Bose July 13, 2007
Beautiful macro shot with lovely dof and details. Well done Sam. #4504491Glenn E. Urquhart July 13, 2007
Amazing clarity and detail, Outstanding color, lighting, contrast, use of dof... Beautiful Floral Composition, Sam!!! Well Done! Cheers, Glenn. #4504499Kay E. Mahoney July 13, 2007
Nice capture, Sam. Love the details. #4504514Tamara K. Walker July 13, 2007
Wonderful clarity and details. #4504571Sherri Gorman July 13, 2007
Wow Sam, AWESOME details!!!! Wonderful dof, lighting and colors!!!! #4504661Jennifer L. Taranto July 13, 2007
Amazing detail. Beautiful lighting, clarity, colors & dof. I like the centered comp too. #4504679Sam Britt July 13, 2007
Thanks so much Mike, Tarun, Glenn, Kay, Tammy, Sherri & Jennifer. #4504693Su Sana E. P July 13, 2007
Superb macro capture with great details and use of shallow dof, Sam!! #4504750Claudia Kuhn July 13, 2007
Beautiful details Sam! #4504779Colleen Farrell July 13, 2007
Outstanding macro, Sam! Wonderful clarity and detail--and I just noticed how the soft background colors of green and pale mauve compliment the coneflower's colors. Personally, I think these "buds" of echinacea are just as interesting as the opened flower. #4504817Sam Britt July 13, 2007
Thank you Susana, Claudia & Colleen! #4504837Kitty R. Rodehorst-Hanna July 13, 2007
Amazing DOF and clarity, Sam!!!!! An exceptional macro!!!!! k #4505173Nancy (Peaches) Harker July 13, 2007
Beautiful Sam. Love the detail and color's #4505198Sam Britt July 13, 2007
Thanks Kitty & Nancy! #4505250eileen bedford July 13, 2007
AWESOME, love the detail and bg tones, GREAT JOB Sam.... #4505256Karen Engelbreth July 13, 2007
Beautiful macro - one of my favourite flowers, Sam :0)) #4505285Sam Britt July 13, 2007
Thanks Eileen & Karen! #4505353David Phalen July 13, 2007
Excellent clarity, color and DOF in this outstanding macro! #4505981Sandra R. Alvey July 13, 2007
Hey cool idea Sam! I like it!Sandi #4506054
Sam Britt July 13, 2007
Thank you David & Sandra! #4506057Patrick Rouzes July 13, 2007
Wow, Sam! Another of your exceptional florals here!!! Excellent work!!! #4506354Sam Britt July 13, 2007
Thanks Patrick! #4506375Michelle L. Frick July 13, 2007
You really are amazing with the florals Sam! This is a remarkable image - can't wait to see it in bloom! #4506556Sam Britt July 13, 2007
Thank you, Michelle! #4506575Amalia Sylvia Arriaga Salinas July 13, 2007
Very beautiful macro Sam!,Carol Sawyer July 14, 2007
Fantastic macro and DOF, Sam! #4507385Janet McNeil July 14, 2007
How pretty is this!! Your backgrounds are beautiful and this seems to pick up all the colors of the bud! Very nice work! #4507628Sam Britt July 14, 2007
Thanks Amalia, Carol & Janet! #4507646Heather July 14, 2007
Great Capture,Well Done!!! #4508680Sam Britt July 14, 2007
Thank you, Heather! #4508702MELODIE C. ROBERTS July 14, 2007
WoW,,Wonderful- beautiful- perfect!!!! #4508880Sam Britt July 14, 2007
Thanks Melodie! #4508924Anita Hogue July 15, 2007
I just love these cone flowers! They are so photogenic! Beautifully photographed, Sam! #4511410Sam Britt July 15, 2007
Thanks Anita! #4511463Nancy L. Green July 15, 2007
Beautiful macro Sam, your colors and clarity are quite wonderful!! <>< #4511829Sam Britt July 15, 2007
Thank you, Nancy! #4512179Cristi Bastian July 16, 2007
Sam, this is stunning! #4512774Sharon King July 16, 2007
This is a Beautiful capture Sam! #4513730Sam Britt July 16, 2007
Thanks Cristi & Sharon! #4514228Nobu Nagase July 16, 2007
Superb details and macro!#4516171
Sam Britt July 17, 2007
Thank you, Nobi! #4518200Jillian Danielson July 17, 2007
Sam,this is a pretty one! Great job! :) #4518205Melissa G. Meiselman July 17, 2007
Exquisite floral image with ultra sharp details, great lighting and wonderful colors, Sam!! I just love the muted background, as well!! #4518423Sam Britt July 17, 2007
Thank you Jillian & Melissa! #4518609Cary Rogers July 17, 2007
Very nice exposure, lighting, detail and composition, Sam!! I love coneflowers when they are at this stage...as well as full-bloom! Nice work! #4520439Sam Britt July 18, 2007
Thanks Cary! #4522182Susan Candelario July 18, 2007
Sam, great capture of the Cone Flower! Love the lighting and colors. #4522469Sam Britt July 18, 2007
Thank you, Susan! #4522545ALLEN O. HOWARD July 18, 2007
WOOOOOW! What teriffic focus and detail! Awesome Samantha! #4524075Sam Britt July 18, 2007
Thank you, Allen! #4524346Kaye Burazin July 21, 2007
Mother Nature's perfection captured perfectly by you. #4534608Sam Britt July 21, 2007
Thank you, Kaye! #4534885Marijana Fajgl August 27, 2007
big congratulations, Sam, on your wonderful finalist! #4705387anonymous August 27, 2007
Hi Sam, CONGRATULATIONS on your awesome finalist! B- #4705394Sylvia Rossler August 27, 2007
Big congrats on your wonderful finalist Sam :o) #4705709Nadine A. Lewis August 27, 2007
AWESOME finalists, Sam...CONGRATS!!! <>< #4705725Melissa G. Meiselman August 27, 2007
Congratulations, Sam on this beautiful finalist!! #4705926Mike D. Perez August 27, 2007
A beautiful floral finalist, Sam! Congratulations! #4706254Terry L. Ellis August 27, 2007
An elegant finalist! Congratulations, Sam! #4706382Margaret R. Barry August 27, 2007
Congratulations, Sam! Best of luck in the next round! #4706470Carol Sawyer August 27, 2007
Congratulations, Sam! #4706620Jessica Jenney August 27, 2007
Congratulations, Sam on your beautiful finalist! #4706667eileen bedford August 27, 2007
Congratulations on your finalists Sam, it's beautiful... #4706742Sam Britt August 27, 2007
Thank you all! #4707147Jennifer L. Alder August 27, 2007
CONGRATS SAM! #4707172Nadya Johnson August 27, 2007
OUTSTANDING, Sam! Congratulations on your stunning finalist! #4707337Michelle L. Frick August 27, 2007
Congratulations Sam! This is a beautiful finalist!! #4707464Laurie Daily August 27, 2007
Congratulations on this beauty, Sam! #4707471Janet McNeil August 27, 2007
This is beautiful - a well deserved finalist!! Good luck in round 2!! #4707860Crossroad Photography August 27, 2007
Congrats on your lovely finalist!! #4708039Mary Timman August 27, 2007
Great shot...congratulations! #4708049Connie J. Bagot August 27, 2007
Congratulations Sam---a beautiful finalist! #4708309Deborah Lewinson August 27, 2007
What a beautiful and classic image, Sam, congrats on your finalist and best wishes for the next round!Melissa McCabe August 27, 2007
Sam what a fabulous capture, and I love the title too! Congratulations on this finalist! -mm #4708484Nancy (Peaches) Harker August 27, 2007
WHOOOOOO HOOOOOOOO, WTG SAM, BIG CONGRAT'S and BEST of luck to you in the next round! #4708564Anna Diederich August 27, 2007
Congratulations Sam! #4709113Pat Gamwell August 27, 2007
Well deserved beauty, Sam! Big congrats! #4709193Su Sana E. P August 27, 2007
Congratulations on this beautiful finalist, Sam!! #4709217Steven E. Ray August 27, 2007
Congratulations on this finalist Samantha! I hadn't seen this one yet, but the detail is something to behold. Healthy subject too! My cone flowers were a sad site this year :P #4709249Elizabeth A. Marker August 27, 2007
Well Deserved Finalist Sam!!!!!!! #4709293Amy JACKSON August 27, 2007
Congratulations, Sam!!!!! #4709301Sam Britt August 27, 2007
Thanks everybody. This was shot at a local botanical garden. I had never seen a coneflower bud before! #4709310Jeana Clark August 27, 2007
YIPPEEEE SAM!!!~Jeana~ #4709329
Susan T. Evans August 27, 2007
WTG Sam this is awesome, congrats on a stunning image. #4709414Lorri Shane August 27, 2007
What a beautiful macro, Samantha! A very well deserved Finalist!!! Good luck. Lorri #4709666Colleen Farrell August 27, 2007
Big congrats on a terrific finalist, Sam! #4709738Sandra R. Alvey August 27, 2007
WOO HOO SAM!!! CONGRATS HON!!Sandi #4709848
Robert R. Goodman August 27, 2007
A big congratulations Sam. #4709902Teresa Norris August 27, 2007
Sam, an incredible finalist...congratulations!!! #4709910Sherri Gorman August 28, 2007
Congratulations on your AWESOME finalist!!!! Beautiful!!!! #4710881Jenny Bosmans August 28, 2007
Congratulations on this SUPER finalist, Sam! :) #4710985Linda Blair August 28, 2007
Congrats, Sam!!!!!! #4711058Kathy L. Clark August 28, 2007
Sam congrats on this fabulous finalist. #4711177Kirsten Kiki Kjaer August 28, 2007
Congratulations on this beautiful finalist, Sam. #4711211Glenn E. Urquhart August 28, 2007
A Big Congratulations on your award, Sam!!! Well Deserved! Cheers, Glenn. #4711335Daniella Puente August 28, 2007
Excellent capture Sam, congrats on this great finalist :) #4711757Sam Britt August 28, 2007
Thanks all! #4711829Anita Hogue August 28, 2007
Congratulations on this fabulous finalist, Sam! #4712401Derek D. Dafoe August 28, 2007
Congrats Sam on you great Finalist shot!! #4713184Sheri L. Lefty August 28, 2007
Congrats Sam on your finalist! What a great take on the coneflower! #4713445Anne D. Eigen August 28, 2007
Congratulations on this superb finalist, Sam!!! #4713744Karen Slagle August 28, 2007
Love the details in this terrific finalist, Sam... #4713779Bill Wyatt August 28, 2007
Congratultations Sam! Beautiful work! #4713925Emile Abbott August 28, 2007
Way kool capture and great finalist. Congrats Sam #4713987Kathy Reeves August 28, 2007
I love it!! Superb finalist! #4714020Eugenio Diaz August 28, 2007
Hi Sam, Congratulation on your finalist. Very good shot!Nobu Nagase August 28, 2007
Congratulations, Sam !Judyann Plante August 28, 2007
Sam, Congratulations on this awesome finalist! Fantastic comp and detail!Judyann <>< #4714435
Esther Smith August 28, 2007
Congratulations on your awesome finalist Sam!!! #4714974Cindy Bendush August 28, 2007
Beautiful detail - congrats on this Finalist Sam! #4715242Barbara Waldoch August 29, 2007
Wonderful finalist, Sam! #4716144Sam Britt August 29, 2007
Thank you all! #4717300Holly Shao August 29, 2007
Congratulations on this beautiful Finalist, Sam! Wonderful DoF and tones!Holly #4719334
Sam Britt August 29, 2007
Thanks Holly! #4719934Cheryl E. Molennor August 29, 2007
Awesome! Congratulations! #4720617Nancy L. Green August 30, 2007
Congratulations dear friend on this wonderful finalist!! Very well deserved!! <>< #4723728Jennifer L. Taranto August 30, 2007
Congrats girl!!! #4724249eileen bedford August 30, 2007
Congratulations Sam on this beauty... #4726133Sam Britt August 30, 2007
Thanks all! #4726180Carol Teal August 31, 2007
Spectacular detail and clarity and I love the DOF and two-tone BG. Well taken and congrats on your finalist Sam! #4726643Dianna Hauf September 01, 2007
WOW!! Sam! How could I have missed this?? First of all, CONGRATULATIONS on this being a finalist but it should hav been much more! It is fabulous! Great texture, details and composition! Different and unique! #4733076Sam Britt September 01, 2007
Thanks Carol & Dianna! #4734237Arnie Horwitz September 05, 2007
Congratulations on this great finalist, Sam! #4753131Sam Britt September 06, 2007
Thanks Arnie! #4754583Ruth Robbins September 08, 2007
Your coneflower bud is better than mine. :-D #4765920Sam Britt September 22, 2007
Thanks Ruth! #4829942Kathy L. Clark November 06, 2007
Fantastic detail on this lovely finalist Sam. congrats. #5036284Sam Britt November 06, 2007
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