Cypress Swamp [Contest Finalists January 2008]
Uploaded: January 22, 2008 00:47:46
F3.5, 1/160, 40mm, ISO 100, flood added
William F. Clair January 22, 2008
This is just plain beautiful!!! The color are so true to the setting. #836110Paul E. Earl January 22, 2008
Amazing! Great shot, Carol. #5375109Kate Jackson January 22, 2008
What an amazing find Carol! And skilfully taken and presented! #5375161Su Sana E. P January 22, 2008
Terrific shot! Textures and feeling of this image are really awesome, Carol!! #5375225Dominick M. Dimacale January 22, 2008
Cool find here, Carol, love the textures and details.
Dominick #5375227
Tiia Vissak January 22, 2008
great tones, light & clarity! #5375301Leanne Ruter January 22, 2008
Stunning #5375350Colette M. Metcalf January 22, 2008
Terrific image!!! #5375535Deb Koskovich January 22, 2008
Wonderful use of the flood, very realistic. Great effects! #5375542Bonnie Gearhart January 22, 2008
Very nice, looks like you stepped out into my back yard. Taken in Florida?Kay E. Mahoney January 22, 2008
Very nice, Carol. Love the colors and all the moss. #5375970Nikki McDonald January 22, 2008
Love the tones and detail here, Carol. This is, appropriately, very eerie. #5378699Tammy Espino January 23, 2008
Great shot! Be careful out there walking around swamps~ :) #5381094Jennifer L. Alder January 23, 2008
AMAZING texture and light, Carol!! What a super find and captureColleen Farrell January 24, 2008
Gorgeous color, detail and composition, Carol! Wow! Great use of the flood filter, too! #5387136Donna La Mattino Pagakis February 16, 2008
Beautiful textures and design, excellent details on this flowing image! #5505086Danielle Fuller February 18, 2008
WOW Carol!!! Amazing colors and texture!!!! Good luck with this one! #5512620Colleen Farrell February 19, 2008
Carol, I hope BOTH your Hershey photo and this one win this month! Awesome work, my friend--good luck! #5518169Nancy (Peaches) Harker February 22, 2008
WOOOOOOOOO HOOOOOOOOOOOJudy V. Kennamer February 22, 2008
Gorgeous Carol!!! Congrats! #5533452Nikki McDonald February 22, 2008
You know I love the mood here, Carol. Congratulations. #5533720Colleen Farrell February 22, 2008
Looks like I'm getting my wish! (see above) Congratulations again, Carol and good luck in the next round! #5534051Dianna Hauf February 22, 2008
Totally awesome in every way here Carol! Heartfelt congrats and all the best into next round!!! HUGS! #5534053Crystal L. Craig February 22, 2008
Congrats Carol on another spectacular finalist! Hurray! #5534518Danielle Fuller February 22, 2008
Congrats Carol!!! So very well deserved. Loved it as soon as I saw it! Good luck in the next round!!! #5534667Corinne M. Thompson February 22, 2008
Congrats again Carol! #5534696Dave Winchell February 22, 2008
Wonderful. Good for you. Well deserved! #5535182Stephanie Frey February 22, 2008
Wonderful finalist! Congrats! #5535197Barbara Waldoch February 22, 2008
Congratulations on all your finalists, Carol! #5535432Patrick Rouzes February 22, 2008
CONGRATULATIONS on this amazing finalist, Carol!!! #5536191Jeana Clark February 22, 2008
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Tiia Vissak February 23, 2008
Congratulations! #5537495Shannon D. Miller February 23, 2008
Ohhh...YAY! Another CONGRATULATIONS to you Carol this is STUNNING!!! A Winner for sure! #5537770Leslie McLain February 23, 2008
Congrats on your wonderful finalist. #5538438Kay E. Mahoney February 23, 2008
Congratulations on your finalist, Carol. #5539112Dianna Murphy February 23, 2008
Wow two finalists! Awesome! #5542026Ronald F. Fischer February 23, 2008
What a spectacular finalist, Carol! #5542048Su Sana E. P February 24, 2008
Congratulations on this outstanding Finalist, Carol!! #5542401Cheryl E. Molennor February 24, 2008
Congratulations!! #5544201Carol Teal February 24, 2008
William, Paul, Kate, SuSana, Dominick, Tiia, Leanne, Colette, Deb, Bonnie, Kay, Nikki, Tammy, Jennifer, Colleen, Donna, Danielle, thank you all so much for taking time to stop by and for your encouraging comments! Bonnie, this was taken in FL at a lake in Citrus County. We were having a serious drought, and the water was really low so I thought I would add a bit of flood. Tammy, I was careful! While I really wasn't expecting a gator, I was watching for snakes and anything that could be hiding in those holes in the tree! I was wearing flip flops, no boots, so I had to watch where I put my feet! I didn't see any slimy creatures, thank goodness!Colleen, thanks for dropping in a 2nd time to wish me luck since this was one of my favs posted in the countdown thread. I really appreciate your kindness and support!
I apologize for being behind on responding! I really appreciate all of you!
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Carol Teal February 24, 2008
Peaches, Judy, Nikki, Colleen, Dianna (and hugs back to you!), Crystal, Danielle, Corinne, Dave, Stephanie, Barbara, Patrick, Jeanna, Tiia, Shannon, Leslie, Kay, Dianna M, Ronald, SuSana, and Cheryl, your kind congrats mean so much to me! Thank you all! #5547019Jim Baines February 25, 2008
A hardy congratulations on this superb Finalist, Carol! Magnificent job. Reminds me of the swamp where I grew up (Dismal Swamp). #5548523Philippe Vieux-Jeanton February 25, 2008
Wonderful... Congrats Carol!! #5549385Teresa Burnett February 25, 2008
Another awesome finalist!! Big congratulations Carol!! Good luck in the next round!! #5551967Sherri Gorman February 27, 2008
Congratulations on your awesome finalists!!!!! #5563662Laurie Daily February 28, 2008
WoW do I love the tones in this one...Congratulations on your finalist, Carol!#5568442
Danny B. Head June 11, 2010
...I like the texture contrast of the cypress and the Spanish Moss on this one! #8688022Carol Teal June 11, 2010
Thank you all for your kind wishes. Danny, thank you for your kind comment! I really love this one because I think cypress trees are so beautiful, and I do love the spanish moss that hangs around in so many of the trees here in FL. I need to find a cypress swamp to visit. This is a lake, not a swamp, and while there are a few cypress trees, there are not that many. #8688713Sign up for an interactive online photography course to get critiques on your photos.
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