Growing Wild [Contest Finalists April 2008]
Uploaded: April 07, 2008 04:07:31
Exif: F Number: 2.8, Exposure Bias Value: 0.00, ExposureTime: 10/6400 seconds, Flash: did not fire, compulsory flash mode, ISO: 100, White balance: Auto white balance, FocalLength: 6.00 mm, Model: DMC-FZ20
Dominick M. Dimacale April 07, 2008
Great image here, Colette.Dominick #895244
Patrick Rouzes April 07, 2008
Magnificent beauty captured here,Colette!!!WTG!!! #5754877Claudia Kuhn April 07, 2008
Beautiful Colette! I can't wait to see anything growing wild. #5754880Agnes Fegan April 07, 2008
Beautiful colors Colette ! #5754896Janet Daniel April 07, 2008
Simply lovely, you've captured nature at her best, Colette! #5754902Carol Sawyer April 07, 2008
Beautiful capture and colors, Colette!! #5754907Nina Shields April 07, 2008
Colette, wonderful scene; love the FG flowers, add a great mood to the image; wonderful diagonal compostional element in the fence line; well done! #5754913Colleen Braun April 07, 2008
beautiful... #5754964Arlene Krassner April 07, 2008
Colette this is a great composition and I love the rich colors. #5754987Jeff Robinson April 07, 2008
Terrific comp and capture Colette! Jeff #5754997Laurie Daily April 07, 2008
Gorgeous scene, Colette...love that little peak at the dark sky! #5755021Margaret R. Barry April 07, 2008
Beautiful capture, Colette. Lovely comp. and colors! #5755074Ellen Hodges April 07, 2008
Nice to see something green! Lovely image, Colette! #5755116Cyn Valentine April 07, 2008
Looks like summer Colette..gorgeous image!! #5755192Errick L. Cameron April 07, 2008
It is a beautiful world in which we live. Thanks for reminding me. #5755268Deb Koskovich April 07, 2008
Such a beautiful scene, Colette -- lovely image! #5755291Ray Clarke April 07, 2008
Such a beautiful capture Colette!!!(R) #5755319Eivor Kuchta April 07, 2008
How wonderful green! The ligthing is so beautiful, and I just want to walk right into the scene. I promise to not step on the flowers. #5755334Carolyn M. Fletcher April 07, 2008
It looks beautiful!! Can't get here too soon for me! #5755357Lynn M. Whitt April 07, 2008
beautiful... #5755403Paul E. Earl April 07, 2008
What a beautiful scene! I could relax and ponder a while there. #5755582Mary Timman April 07, 2008
How beautiful . Wonderful composition. #5755646Bill Knaps April 07, 2008
Beautiful capture Colette. Bill #5755707Darren K. Fisher April 07, 2008
Beautiful image Colette. #5755778Rhonda Burger April 07, 2008
Very pretty Colette. Rhonda #5755805Jennifer L. Taranto April 07, 2008
Love the hint of cloudy sky in the bg!! Such beautiful colors & wonderful pov!! #5755913Joy Rector April 07, 2008
beautiful #5755930Angie Sidles April 07, 2008
GORGEOUS! #5756067David Phalen April 07, 2008
Absolutely beautiful!! Love the comp, light and colors! #5756090Jennifer L. Alder April 07, 2008
Incredible light and color, Colette! GORGEOUS find and capture :) #5756130Ken Smith April 07, 2008
Very nice work, Colette. Spring is here!! I like the sky poking thru! #5756158Dianna Murphy April 07, 2008
What a find! Very pretty, wonderful color. #5756277Michael G. Marshall April 07, 2008
Beautiful image Colette! Wonderful comp, light and colors! Please send some of your green to Cleveland! It's still really bland here. Michael #5756308Kimi A. Phillips April 07, 2008
LOVE, love, love IT!!!! #5756310Mike D. Perez April 07, 2008
Beautiful capture, Colette! Love the blue in the background. #5756320Mike Clime April 07, 2008
Beautiful capture, Colette! #5756321Bill Wyatt April 07, 2008
OK I am seeing winner at least IMHO. Great work excellent light and composition! #5756430Stephen Zacker April 07, 2008
Peaceful. Like that splash of sky #5756496Tiia Vissak April 07, 2008
a great image! #5756574Alan L. Borror April 07, 2008
A very beautiful image,Colette! #5756653Shirley L. Carpenter April 07, 2008
WINNER!!! This is so beautiful Colette!!! Excellent composition!!! #5756660Susan T. Parady April 07, 2008
Nice comp and colors! #5756925Karen Engelbreth April 07, 2008
Beautiful image, Colette - love the comp! #5757262Colette M. Metcalf April 07, 2008
Thank you all very much! #5757389Melissa Olsen April 07, 2008
Colette...John Connolly April 07, 2008
A delightful scene, well found and beautifully captured, Colette! #5757408Jessica Jenney April 07, 2008
Beautiful rich color, lighting and composition, Colette! #5757523Kate Jackson April 07, 2008
A beautifully wild scene Colette! Love all the daisies growing in wild abandon in front of the old fence! #5757544Eugenio Diaz April 07, 2008
Great image and beautiful color, light and clarity...Well done!!! #5757582SaMi Martin April 07, 2008
Beautiful image and I love the old fence! #5757656Christian Rosito April 07, 2008
Great vivid colors in this pretty picture, I like the way tha fence divides the picture depth. #5757755Jeana Clark April 07, 2008
~J~ #5757910
Roxanne M. Bubar April 07, 2008
Stunning!!!!!!!! #5758013Nadya Johnson April 07, 2008
Beautiful capture, Colette! #5758041frank w. degenhardt April 07, 2008
Colette- Hello there and a g good day to you. What a most beautiful picture. Love the composition. Three main charactures for me. The flowers, the fence and the sky. Each one dome so perfectly and exquiste in colors and details. That sky is so awesome. Love the setting and presentation.frank w. degenhardt April 07, 2008
Colette- Hello there and a g good day to you. What a most beautiful picture. Love the composition. Three main charactures for me. The flowers, the fence and the sky. Each one dome so perfectly and exquiste in colors and details. That sky is so awesome. Love the setting and presentation.Barbara Waldoch April 07, 2008
Fantastic looking garden and great image, Colette! #5758108Nancy (Peaches) Harker April 07, 2008
Gorgeous capture Colette!!! #5758127Kathleen Rinker April 07, 2008
Gorgeous Colette, love the little bit of sky that is showing!! #5758197Tammy Espino April 07, 2008
:) well I am behind the best in commenting so "Ditto" ! #5758215Charlene Taylor April 07, 2008
Hi Colette,Ken Jarvis April 07, 2008
Beautiful colours, Colette!#5758266
Joseph N. DiGilio April 07, 2008
Nice place you found here, Colette. I love the peaceful mood projected and the vibrant color. #5758293Melissa G. Meiselman April 07, 2008
How beautiful to see these gorgeous flowers growing wild against that old wooden fence, Colette!! #5758417Sam Britt April 07, 2008
Beautiful wildflowers & capture, Colette. #5758491Kumiko Parkinson April 07, 2008
I love wild flowers! Green and white make this image elegant! #5758595Sandra R. Alvey April 07, 2008
Ohh..so quiet and restful, and what a gorgeous setting! Beautiful image Colette! #5758713eileen bedford April 07, 2008
BEAUTIFUL, love your comp...... #5758736Colette M. Metcalf April 07, 2008
Thank you all so much!!! #5758881Nancy L. Green April 07, 2008
I can almost smell the beautiful freshness here, beautifully done Colette!! <>< #5759037Kaye Burazin April 07, 2008
Ahhh, spring is in the air and beautifully captured Colette. #5759182Deborah Lewinson April 07, 2008
Stunning image, Colette!!!Debby #5759235
Kathy L. Clark April 07, 2008
Extremely gorgeous Colette. #5759246Robert K. Bemus April 08, 2008
Great tones and colors in this beautiful still-life, Colette!! #5759707Ross Throndson April 08, 2008
Brilliant Color & Contrast, Colette.....Beautiful Image!! #5760137Kirsten Kiki Kjaer April 08, 2008
Beautiful colors and a sense of summermood, Colette. #5760285Colette M. Metcalf April 08, 2008
Thank you all very much!! #5760681Anita Bower April 08, 2008
Unusual and lovely. #5761579Guy D. Biechele April 08, 2008
Beautiful scene! #5761789Becky J. Parkinson April 08, 2008
Colette,This is just beautiful...you've done a great job here. #5762734
Colette M. Metcalf April 08, 2008
Thank you very much!! #5763802ALLEN O. HOWARD April 09, 2008
A wonderful composition! Simly beautiful! #5766507David Van Camp April 09, 2008
What a great feeling this has. Nice shot Colette. #5766608Sylvia Rossler April 09, 2008
How beautiful nature can be !! Superb shot Colette :O) #5767044Colette M. Metcalf April 09, 2008
Thanks so much Allen, David, and Sylvia! #5768324Leslie McLain April 10, 2008
Love this photo. Beautiful. #5770243Susie Peek-Swint April 10, 2008
Lovely scene Colette ~ beautiful rich colours! #5771908Steve J. Schoolcraft April 10, 2008
A great scene Colette. I really like this one. #5772482Sue Marshall April 11, 2008
Simplicity at it's finest Colette ~ this is beautiful!! :-) #5776123Peggy J. Maguire April 27, 2008
Beautiful Colette! #5846983Colette M. Metcalf April 30, 2008
Thank you so much!!! #5861598Kristi A. Howson May 19, 2008
Congratulations on your stunning Finalist and best of luck in the next round Colette! #5942251Erin Appelbaum May 19, 2008
Congrats Colette. Good luck next round. Peter #5942344Jeana Clark May 19, 2008
~J~ #5942397
Jessica Jenney May 19, 2008
Congrats again, Colette on another beautiful finalist! #5943477Stefania Barbier May 19, 2008
gorgeous....congrats on your finalist!!!!! #5943791Alex T. Mizuno May 19, 2008
Another beautiful Finalist you got! Congratulations Colette!!! #5944126Mike Clime May 19, 2008
Congrats, Colette, on this beautiful finalist! #5944156Tiia Vissak May 19, 2008
Congratulations! #5944200Deborah Lewinson May 19, 2008
Congratulations, Colette, on this very beautiful finalist!Debby #5945593
Stephanie Frey May 19, 2008
Congrats on your beautiful Finalist, Colette! #5945754Jennifer L. Alder May 19, 2008
A lovely find! Congrats, Colette, on this finalist image! :) #5945856John Connolly May 19, 2008
Huge congratulations on your finalist award, Colette! Well done! #5945918Michael G. Marshall May 19, 2008
Congratulations on this wonderful Finalist Colette! Michael #5946203Shawn Jennings May 19, 2008
Beautiful image, Colette! Congratulations on your finalist! #5946680Janet Daniel May 19, 2008
Big congrats on your finalist, Colette. :-)) #5946909Reynaldo D. Reyes May 19, 2008
Great finalist Colette, Congratulations! #5947388David Phalen May 19, 2008
Congratulations!! #5947693Pat Gamwell May 19, 2008
Beautiful....big congrats, Colette! #5948050Joannie Bertucci May 19, 2008
Outstanding young lady!Bill Knaps May 19, 2008
Congrats on making finalist Colette. Bill #5948569Gail Vitikacs May 20, 2008
So lovely...congratulatons! #5950611Colleen Farrell May 20, 2008
Beautiful! Congratulations on this finalist, Colette! #5951681Lisa J. Boulden May 21, 2008
Such a lovely finalist!Laurie Daily May 21, 2008
So very happy to see this again, Colette...congrats on a beautiful finalist! #5958583Patrick Rouzes May 21, 2008
CONGRATULATIONS on this amazing finalist,Colette!!! #5958807Carol Teal May 22, 2008
Beautiful image Colette! Congrats on your finalist! #5964773eileen bedford May 23, 2008
Congratulations on your win Colette, well done... #5967759Linda Blair May 24, 2008
What a beautiful scene....congratulations!!!!! ☺ #5972559Peggy J. Maguire May 28, 2008
Congratulations Colette!!!Beautiful.....Jim Baines May 30, 2008
Another job well done, Colette! Congratulations! #5998627Sign up for an interactive online photography course to get critiques on your photos.
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