Radiantly Reaching [Photography Contest Flower Photos]
Uploaded: July 11, 2007 12:20:35
I was in search of something colorful to capture last week and stumbled upon this beauty growing in a nearby field. Taken on an overcast day in the afternoon. :)
Emily E. Bem July 11, 2007
Winner~I mean it....STUNNING image! #689383
Amanda Chapman July 11, 2007
HOLY (fill in the blank) !!! LOLSilvia Nunes July 11, 2007
Beautiful macro Jennifer, the colours and details are gorgeous!#4497529
Jennifer L. Alder July 11, 2007
Thanks Emily, Lakshmi, Amanda and Silvia for your kind comments-- I really appreciate them! :) #4497568Paul G Slate July 11, 2007
beautiful macro work Jennifer! #4497720Lynne Morris July 11, 2007
Wow Jennifer this is stunning, the lighting, details and colours are gorgeous! #4497740Jennifer L. Alder July 11, 2007
Much thanks Paul and Lynne! :) #4497743Jennifer L. Alder July 11, 2007
Thank you, too-- Jenny! :) #4497745Linda D. Lester July 11, 2007
WOW! Such beautiful detail and color! #4497757Jayne Martin July 11, 2007
You found it!! Beautiful, radiant colors, great close-up!! #4497810Sam Britt July 11, 2007
Beautiful macro, Jennifer. Great color & detail. #4498322Sherri Gorman July 11, 2007
Gorgeous!!!! Beautiful colors, lighting and details!!!! #4498671Jennifer L. Alder July 11, 2007
Linda, Jayne, Samantha and Sherri- thanks so much for taking the time to comment! :) #4498719Mary K. Robison July 11, 2007
Knock-out colors and terrific vertical composition, Jennifer! A very eye-catching macro!Donna La Mattino Pagakis July 11, 2007
This image is breathtaking, great colors & details Jennifer! #4498927Darryl Wilkinson July 11, 2007
Beautiful colors, comp and vertical framing, Jennifer. Great job!! #4498928Robert K. Bemus July 11, 2007
Great shot and capture, Jennifer! #4498940Carol Sawyer July 12, 2007
Stunning macro, wonderful colors and detail, Jennifer! #4499328Z. Banu July 12, 2007
Wow!!!!!Winner in my opinion Best of luck excellent capture and very well done Jennifer. #4499572Cassie L. Woodlee July 12, 2007
WOW!!!!!!!!!!! absolutley beautiful Jennifer!!!!! #4499704Derek D. Dafoe July 12, 2007
Wonderful Floral Macro shot Jennifer!! Colours really pop, and your focus is dead on!! #4499763Nadine A. Lewis July 12, 2007
WOW, Jennifer...this image is ABSOLUTELY GORGEOUS with OUTSTANDING color, lighting, & detail!!! <>< #4499804Jack B. Young July 12, 2007
Great color and composition with flower. Awesome macro work Jennifer.Foh Mang Leong July 12, 2007
Nice shot - good composition and colors.Foh Mang #4500674
Jennifer L. Taranto July 12, 2007
Beautiful macro. Great detail & colors!!! #4500795Jennifer L. Alder July 12, 2007
Mary, Donna,Darryl, Robert, Carol, Zaanat, Cassie,Derek, Nadine, Jack, Foh and Jennifer--- thank you! :) #4501207adrifil July 12, 2007
Amazing! Colors, detail and framing in a perfect union! #4501654Su Sana E. P July 12, 2007
Filled with most beautiful and vibrant colors, this is one true attention-grabber, Jennifer!! #4502436Jennifer L. Alder July 13, 2007
Thanks Adrifil and Susanna! :) #4502825Carol Teal July 13, 2007
What stunning colors and detail! Great macro Jennifer! #4502879Ujjwal Mukherjee July 13, 2007
How beautiful is this!! Ah!wonderful capture,Jennifer!Nancy (Peaches) Harker July 13, 2007
BEAUTIFUL Jennifer!!!! Super clarity, detail and color, eye popping! #4505224Lisa J. Boulden July 13, 2007
M*A*G*N*I*F*I*C*E*N*T !!!Jennifer L. Alder July 13, 2007
Carol, Ujj, Nancy and Lisa-- thanks so much! :) #4505994Nancy (Peaches) Harker July 14, 2007
Hi again Jennifer, Just saw this in the EFP, WTG! #4508209Steve M. Harrington July 14, 2007
Rich colors and very nice composition, Jennifer.Karen Slagle July 14, 2007
Totally fabulous, Jennifer. You stumbled upon a beatiful subject with the most stinning colors. Well done... #4508494Reynaldo D. Reyes July 15, 2007
Awesome colors and composition. Very nice macro shot. #4509529Jennifer L. Alder July 15, 2007
Nancy (Again :) ) Steve, Karen and Reynaldo-- thank you for the kind comments!! :) #4509608Jennifer L. Alder July 15, 2007
Nancy (Again :) ) Steve, Karen and Reynaldo-- thank you for the kind comments!! :) #4509609Jill Odice July 15, 2007
Nice macro detail and beautiful colors! #4511085Jennifer L. Alder July 15, 2007
Thank you, Jill! :) #4511548Allison Gaulin July 15, 2007
This is so beautiful!! I wish I had not posted mine now- this is so much more glorious!!!! #4512123Pat Gamwell July 17, 2007
Wowzaaa! Eye-popping shot & gorgeously presented, Jennifer! We'll see THIS one again, for sure! #4516660Jennifer L. Alder July 17, 2007
Thanks Allison and Pat! :) #4517459cheryl m. phillips July 17, 2007
Jennifer!Tammy J. Russotto July 17, 2007
Beautiful macro shot. Great detail and color. Great job. #4519186Jennifer L. Alder July 17, 2007
Neal, Robert, Cheryl, and Tammy-- thanks! :) #4519686Dianna Hauf July 17, 2007
STUNNING IMAGE!!!!! Incredible colors and super details Jennifer!! #4520683Amanda Chapman July 18, 2007
I knew this one would get EFP and I know it will be featured at the end of the month as well :) #4522079Jennifer L. Alder July 18, 2007
Thanks Dianna-- LOL, Amanda- you are so sweet! THANKS! :) #4522263Kitty R. Rodehorst-Hanna July 18, 2007
GORGEOUS, GORGEOUS, GORGEOUS!!!!!! Such FANTASTIC colors and details, Jennifer!!!!! WOW!!!!! k #4524639Jennifer L. Alder July 18, 2007
Kitty- thanks so much!! :) #4524844David Stevens July 20, 2007
Really gorgeous Jenifer! #4532609eileen bedford July 20, 2007
STUNNING, love your POV.... #4533177Jennifer L. Alder July 20, 2007
David and Eileen-- thanks so much-- your comments are much appreciated! :) #4533778Joerg Schlagheck July 21, 2007
This is beautiful. Love the composition and how perfectly you captured such small details. It really opens even my truck driver eyes to flowers in a whole new way! #4537445Joerg Schlagheck July 21, 2007
This is beautiful. Love the composition and how perfectly you captured such small details. It really opens even my truck driver eyes to flowers in a whole new way! #4537447Sherry Karr Adkins July 21, 2007
BEAUTIFUL!!!!! The composition, colors, and soft lighting are great. Well done, Jennifer! #4537846Cindy Bendush July 22, 2007
Wow - this is one SPECTACULAR floral image Jennifer - surely a winner! You've handled the details and post processing superbly! #4537950Jennifer L. Alder July 22, 2007
Joerg,Sherry and Cindy--- thank you so much! :) #4539460Mark Lenz July 25, 2007
Great sharpness and color. My daylilies are plain yellow and do not look as striking in a photo as this one. #4557105Jennifer L. Alder July 27, 2007
Thanks, Mark! :) #4567746Louise Souchereau July 27, 2007
wawwwwwwwwww so beautiful, colors spectacular , gorgeous macro photo, hope you win, bravo #4569652Denise M. Snyder July 28, 2007
This is an AMAZING capture - the colors, the comp - FABULOUS! I hope we see this one again! #4572492Jennifer L. Alder July 28, 2007
Louise and Denise--- thanks so much! :) #4573021Vishal Sharma July 31, 2007
AWESOME !!! AWESOME !!! Excellent capture with lots of details, bright colors and excellent lighting, Jennifer !!!This is going to be a Winner! #4585322
Esther Smith July 31, 2007
Stunning color and detail, Jennifer!! A winner!! #4585438Jennifer L. Alder July 31, 2007
Vishal and Esther-- thanks for the kind words!! I appreciate them! :) #4585455Dan Holm August 01, 2007
The rich color and details in this are absolutely BEAUTIFUL, Jennifer! #4588354Martin J. Preslar August 05, 2007
This is stunning! Wonderful detail and color! :) #4605074Margaret R. Barry August 05, 2007
Stunning color and detail! #4605089Jennifer L. Alder August 06, 2007
You all are blowing me away with support on this one-- Wow! Thank you! :) #4606832Amy JACKSON August 17, 2007
Beautiful image, Jennifer!!! #4662542DICK SELF August 20, 2007
RADIANTLY REACHING IS EXCELLANT PHOTOGRAPHY!!!!Jeana Clark August 20, 2007
Simply put...this is simply GORGEOUS!!!~Jeana~ #4673037
Jennifer L. Alder August 22, 2007
MANY thanks Manuel, Amy, Dick and Jeana!!Amanda Chapman August 27, 2007
Everthing about this is PERFECT and the judges agree!!!!WAY TO GO JEN!!!!! #4705219
Emily E. Bem August 27, 2007
I believe I counted 5?????? HOLY COW woman! This is so WORTHY !
CONGRATS! #4705439
Jeana Clark August 27, 2007
CONGRATS ON THIS WELL DESERVED FINALIST JEN!!!WAY TO GO!!!!
~Jeana~ #4705485
Colleen Farrell August 27, 2007
Congratulations on another beautiful finalist, Jennifer! #4705730Kitty R. Rodehorst-Hanna August 27, 2007
Congratulations, Jennifer!!!!! Good luck in the next round!!!!! ♫ k #4705781Sam Britt August 27, 2007
Congratulations, Jennifer! #4706094Carol Sawyer August 27, 2007
Congratulations Jennifer!! #4706611Marylee Pope August 27, 2007
Yep! SIX! Unbelievably great job Jennifer! Hats off to you! #4706913Jennifer L. Alder August 27, 2007
WOW------Derek D. Dafoe August 27, 2007
Great Month for you Jennifer!! I love this one the best!! Congrats on all your finalist shots this month!! #4707455Steven E. Ray August 27, 2007
Congratulations Jemnnifer... you pulled in a number of finalists too! #4707618Michelle L. Frick August 27, 2007
Congratulations again Jennifer!! #4708377Cassie L. Woodlee August 27, 2007
Congratulations Jennifer!!! #4708636Anna Diederich August 27, 2007
Beautiful! Congratulations Jennifer! #4708938Jennifer L. Alder August 27, 2007
Again--- thanks everyone!!Su Sana E. P August 27, 2007
Congratulations on this glorious finalist, Jennifer!! #4709528Carol Teal August 27, 2007
Radiant this is! The color and detail are just perfect Jennifer! Congrats on this lovely finalist! #4709908Cindy Bendush August 27, 2007
Congrats on your beautiful FINALIST Jennifer! #4710050anonymous August 28, 2007
Congratulations Jennifer on your awesome finalist! B- #4710494Kathy L. Clark August 28, 2007
WTG Jennifer !!!!! #4711227Glenn E. Urquhart August 28, 2007
A Big Congratulations on your award, Jennifer!!! Well Deserved! Cheers, Glenn. #4711368Sherri Gorman August 28, 2007
This is beautiful!!!! Congratulations!!! #4711537Vikram Jamwal August 28, 2007
WoW Jennifer - 6 - this is crack - and WoW! All of them are brilliant entries...now I am waiting for the next round - to give you a bigger Winning Hug!!! :)))) Good day! #4711553Tressie Davis August 28, 2007
Congrats on your finalists Jennifer!! Beautiful job on them all, hope to see some in the next round, you deserve it. #4711590Jennifer L. Alder August 28, 2007
You all are so wonderful!!Jessica A. Eik August 28, 2007
Congratulations on your finalists! Way to go!!! #4712069Nancy (Peaches) Harker August 28, 2007
WTG on another GREAT finalist Jennifer, Best of luck in the next round! #4712837Nancy (Peaches) Harker August 28, 2007
WTG on another GREAT finalist Jennifer, Best of luck in the next round! #4712838Jessica Jenney August 28, 2007
Congratulations on this gorgeous finalist image, Jennifer! #4713867Tarun Bose August 28, 2007
Big congrats Jennifer on your outstanding finalist. #4713976David Stevens August 28, 2007
Beautiful finalist. #4714372Renee Doyle August 28, 2007
Very striking!!! Congrats Jennifer!!Jennifer L. Alder August 29, 2007
I appreciate the support and kind words everyone!Barbara Waldoch August 29, 2007
WTG, Jennifer! #4716153Holly Shao August 29, 2007
Congratulations on this gorgeous Finalist, Jennifer!Holly #4719256
Darryl Wilkinson August 29, 2007
Congratulations on this beautiful finalist, Jennifer!! #4721961Ujjwal Mukherjee August 30, 2007
BIG Congratulations on your beautiful finalist,Jennifer!! #4722171Jenny Bosmans August 30, 2007
Congratulations on this beautiful finalist, Jennifer! :) #4722658Jennifer L. Taranto August 30, 2007
C O N G R A T S #4724007Mary K. Robison August 30, 2007
Congratulations on this gorgeous finalist, Jennifer! #4725786Jennifer L. Alder August 31, 2007
Many thanks you guys!!!Barbara E. Sturgis November 08, 2007
Looking over your gallery you do just beautiful work really enjoy looking at all your photos...Barb #5044528randy dannheim December 13, 2007
I love this image, you have a gentle way of presenting your images. Just an outstanding galley. #5203628Sign up for an interactive online photography course to get critiques on your photos.
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