An emotion one day... [Contest Finalists April 2008]
Uploaded: April 11, 2008 13:46:52
50mm macro lens. Outside natural light. Layers added for texture. Thanks to Jimmy Brown for helping on this.
** Flowers 11/04/08 **
Exif: F Number: 4, Exposure Bias Value: 0.00, ExposureTime: 1/125 seconds, Flash: did not fire., ISO: 100, White balance: Auto white balance, FocalLength: 50.00 mm, Model: Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL
Christian Rosito April 11, 2008
This is beautiful Daniella, the effects are outstanding, the focus in the center is very nice. I really like this one, great work here. #898687John Caruso April 11, 2008
Very nice effects work, Daniella! #5775932Teresa Norris April 11, 2008
Daniella, this is beautiful...the colors and light along with the awesome texture work are lovely!!! #5775939Erika Haight April 11, 2008
Oh.. how I wish I could learn layers!!! This is nothing shy of Brilliant Daniella! Just stunning! erika #5775973Carol Sawyer April 11, 2008
Beautiful work, colors and effects, Daniella!! #5776042Joan Powell April 11, 2008
Lovely , looks like a painting ! #5776093Amalia Sylvia Arriaga Salinas April 11, 2008
Qué bonito trabajo Daniella!, Me encantan los efectos y el enfoque selectivo!,Jennifer L. Alder April 11, 2008
Fantastic selective focus and treatment...wonderful pov and color as well, Daniella. Gorgeous work !! :) #5776182Anita Hogue April 11, 2008
Awesome Daniella!!!! Love the textured bg! #5776225Melissa G. Meiselman April 11, 2008
I love the background textures and beautiful flower with fine detail, wonderful color and lighting, Daniellla!! #5776355Patrick Rouzes April 11, 2008
Fantastic colors, detail, focus, beauty & treatment here, Daniella!!! Superb work again!!! #5776470Judy A. Lawhon April 11, 2008
Daniella..amazing shot and the effects are perfect!! Love the grungy BG!! #5776675Sharon King April 11, 2008
Fantastic image! Great PS work, love the textures and the focus!!! #5776792Jimmy Brown April 11, 2008
WOW,just beautiful Daniella. Almost an antique,hand drawn look. Well done - jimmy #5776824Amber J. Skene April 11, 2008
Beautiful!! Just love what you have done. The colors work so well with each other and the texture really adds feeling to this. Wonderful work! #5777002Carlos Esteban Solis Fallas April 11, 2008
Maravilloso trabajo, como de costumbre Daniella--- Excelente fotografía y el trabajo post-edición aún más completo--- Felicidades-------- #5777085Janet Daniel April 11, 2008
Wonderful effects & gorgeous image, Daniella! #5777179Dorann Weber April 11, 2008
Daniella.. stunning.. Love the effects, and warm tones...Beautiful! #5777344Reynaldo D. Reyes April 11, 2008
Wonderful macro work and effects. Love your use of selective focus to give the image a exciting soft quality. Lovely! #5777485Colleen Farrell April 11, 2008
How beautiful, Daniella! Awesome DD work. #5777538Katrina McMeans April 12, 2008
The colors are so lovely and calming. Very good layering work! #5778037Elizabeth J. Bernier April 12, 2008
Oh so gorgeous Daniella!!!!I love the old fashioned romantic feeling of this,lovely light and colors too!!! #5778317Jennifer L. Taranto April 12, 2008
AMAZING effects, with very eye pleasing tones!! Perfect focus & dof!! #5778594Derek D. Dafoe April 12, 2008
Wonderful job Daniella!! #5778664Karen Bacon April 12, 2008
This is so pretty Daniella! I really like the background! #5778726Hendrik Storme April 12, 2008
Beautiful artistic work Daniella!!! #5778814Joy Rector April 12, 2008
gorgeous #5778981Daniella Puente April 12, 2008
THANK YOU very much for all your kind comments :))))))))))) #5779069Roxanne M. Bubar April 12, 2008
Exquisite. #5779370Stefania Barbier April 12, 2008
amazing Daniella.... love the textures and effects... truly an outstanding job! #5779534Corinne M. Thompson April 12, 2008
Lovely image Daniella! #5779801Kristi A. Howson April 12, 2008
Gorgeous image and the texture really so much to this Daniella! #5780003Eugenio Diaz April 13, 2008
Hermosa y delicada...Great image and lovely work...Excellent effects and texture!!! #5781154Anna M. Halasz April 13, 2008
Gorgeous! Love the effects. Anna #5781993Marina Moore April 13, 2008
This is VERY beautiful!!!! Your editing on this is fantastic!!! Winning image! :) #5782913ALLEN O. HOWARD April 13, 2008
Your presentation is stunning! A real work of art!!! #5783410Mollie Kendall April 14, 2008
Spectacular Work!!! #5785702Nadine A. Lewis April 14, 2008
LOVE the bg and antique look! FANTASTIC image, Daniella! <>< #5787014Nadya Johnson April 14, 2008
Wonderful! I really like your treatment here, Daniella! #5787585paola A. Jofre April 15, 2008
Wow Daniella!!! Stunning piece of art!!! Love the treatment!! #5791251Angie Sidles April 15, 2008
Wow, this is just stunning Daniella. Love everything about it!! The textures, the colors, the SF is all absolutely amazing!! #5791424Kaye Burazin April 15, 2008
Love the antique effect on the gorgeous creation. #5791751Anastasia Hoff April 15, 2008
Wonderful image, Daniella. Love the texture effect. #5792220Cassie L. Woodlee April 15, 2008
Gorgeous Daniella, love the painterly effects. STUNNING !!!! #5792819Stephanie Frey April 15, 2008
Wonderful texture, Daniella! Gorgeous. #5793030Stephen Zacker April 15, 2008
Very artistic and creative. Nice work indeed #5793598Erika Haight April 15, 2008
Congrats on a well deserved EP my friend!!! Now on to the FINALS!! :)Kathleen Rinker April 16, 2008
Beautiful imaage Daniella, great ps work!! #5796068cheryl m. phillips April 16, 2008
Daniella!!Jessica Jenney April 16, 2008
Gorgeous color, lighting and treatment, Daniella! #5796140Susie Peek-Swint April 16, 2008
beautiful image Daniella ~ great ps work! #5796909Mike D. Perez April 16, 2008
Beautiful effects, focus and colors, Daniella! #5797469Donna La Mattino Pagakis April 16, 2008
Great textures and details, so artistic!! #5798053Keith Butler April 17, 2008
very nice,love the effects Daniella #5799695Joan Kocak April 17, 2008
Daniella this is so beautiful, nice work- #5801765Sandra Freyler April 18, 2008
Outstanding work!! :)Gorgeous! #5805011Susan Fox April 18, 2008
Fantastic! Love the textures!!! #5805154Kumiko Parkinson April 18, 2008
The petal curls are so sharp, nice color tones! Wonderful works on the background, made this image even better! #5805505Datha Y. Thompson April 18, 2008
GORGEOUS Daniella!! Love it :0) #5805850Linda M. Walker April 19, 2008
Beautifully done...love the effect you used #5806424Danielle Fuller April 20, 2008
Daniella this is awesome!!! I love all the layer work! #5810742Daniella Puente April 21, 2008
Thank you very much my friends...you're my daily inspiration! :))))) #5816712Anna Diederich April 21, 2008
beautiful! #5817669Kimi A. Phillips April 22, 2008
WOW! This is EXCELLENT! #5824849Renata Gusciora April 22, 2008
Love this one! #5825320Angela Azzinnaro April 22, 2008
WOW AMAZING image Daniella!!!! GREAT JOB!!!!! #5825498Dianna Murphy April 24, 2008
Outstanding selective focus and treatment #5835500Judi Morrissey April 24, 2008
simply gorgeous! #5836231Vladan D. Djordjevic April 25, 2008
What a great photo! Terrific color, lighting, detail and effects. #5842725Molly E. Baldwin April 28, 2008
Very nice editing! I love these colors. #5853091Terry L. Ellis April 28, 2008
Delightfully and beautifully artistic, Daniella! #5853343Lois Adomite April 29, 2008
Beautiful detail in the flower and wonderfull effects. Lois #5857253Lisa J. Boulden April 30, 2008
Such a gorgeous, artistic piece!Donna La Mattino Pagakis May 02, 2008
A fav Daniella, good luck! #5875558Debra R. Harder May 05, 2008
This is a fav for me too, Daniella! I know we will see this BEAUTIFUL image again! Deb #5887933Cindy Bendush May 05, 2008
Stunning Daniella - this is a gorgeous work of art! I would hang this on my wall!!! #5888530Toni Riggs May 06, 2008
Gorgeous! #5891723Holly Hitchcock May 07, 2008
Great, great image, Daniella. The effects and colors are wonderful. Just beautiful in fact! #5895216Erica Murphy May 07, 2008
Love your creative editing Daniella! #5896970Michael Garth May 08, 2008
Hi Daniella~Very nice. Great vision on this one.
~mike #5900947
Nichelle Russell May 08, 2008
This photo I can't keep my eyes off! Just beautiful! #5901995Daniel Siddlington May 09, 2008
Daniella, this is simply stunning - the ordinary elevated to the sublime! #5905170Theresa M. VanderStaay May 11, 2008
Daniella, this is just beautiful...Great filter work here, beautiful color and composition...Very creative!....Tessa #5909577Tonya R. Boles May 13, 2008
Beautiful.Heidi Brand May 18, 2008
Simply beautiful! #5937291Melissa G. Meiselman May 19, 2008
Congratulations on this beautiful finalist, Daniella!!! #5942687Nichelle Russell May 19, 2008
Congratulations Daniella!! :) #5942800Susie Peek-Swint May 19, 2008
Many congrats Daniella ~ beautiful finalist! #5942913Angie Sidles May 19, 2008
This is first place material Daniella! It will definately see gold!! Big congrats! #5943204Stefania Barbier May 19, 2008
BRAVO!!!!!!! felicitaciones de nuevo Daniella!!!!!! #5943211Jessica Jenney May 19, 2008
Congratulations, Daniella on your gorgeous finalist! #5943249Michelle L. Frick May 19, 2008
Congratulations Daniella! I picked this as my fave of yours this month - so happy to see it again! Way to go! #5943255Teresa Norris May 19, 2008
I just LOVE this, Daniella!!! Congratulations on a beautiful finalist!!! #5943275Margaret R. Barry May 19, 2008
Congratulations on this fantastic finalist, Daniella! #5943289Heidi Brand May 19, 2008
Congratulations on your finalist. Beautiful image and use of textures. #5943309Marina Moore May 19, 2008
Congratulations Daniella!!!! This is simply beautiful. :) #5944333Anastasia Hoff May 19, 2008
Congratulations, Daniella... #5944578Shannon D. Miller May 19, 2008
CONGRATULATIONS Daniella! This is a WINNER for sure! #5944741Donna La Mattino Pagakis May 19, 2008
Congratulations on your finalist Daniella!! #5944825Tiia Vissak May 19, 2008
Congratulations! #5944856Elida Gutierrez May 19, 2008
Congratulations!!!! #5944989Jennifer L. Alder May 19, 2008
Yay, Daniella!!! Big congrats on this terrific finalist image :) #5945214Colleen Farrell May 19, 2008
Congratulations on an OUTSTANDING finalist, Daniella! #5945857Eugenio Diaz May 19, 2008
Congratulations Daniella on this BEAUTIFUL Finalist!!!:)Patricia Ronan May 19, 2008
Beautiful Daniella, congrats:) #5946080Bill Knaps May 19, 2008
Congrats on making finalist Danniella. Bill #5946444Debra R. Harder May 19, 2008
Congratulations, Daniella, on this BEAUTIFUL finalist!! I knew we'd see this again!! GORGEOUS image!! Deb #5947211Daniella Puente May 19, 2008
Thank you :)))) #5947222paola A. Jofre May 19, 2008
Congratulations Daniella!!! :) Stunning piece of art you have created!!Reynaldo D. Reyes May 19, 2008
Congrats on your fabulous finalist Daniella! #5947603Cesar J. La Rosa May 19, 2008
CONGRATULATIONS on this BEAUTIFUL and very well-deserved Finalist, Daniella!!!Kathy L. Clark May 19, 2008
Another but congrats Daniella on your gorgeous finalist. #5948283Lisa J. Boulden May 19, 2008
Such a beauty!Barbara Waldoch May 20, 2008
Congratulations on your beautiful finalists, Daniella! #5949435Holly Shao May 20, 2008
Congratulations on your beautiful Finalists, Daniella!!Holly #5951017
Sam Britt May 20, 2008
Congratulations, Daniella! #5951782Terry L. Ellis May 20, 2008
An excellent finalist, Daniella! Congratulations! #5953009Patrick Rouzes May 20, 2008
CONGRATULATIONS on this amazing finalist, Daniella!!! #5954040Cindy Bendush May 20, 2008
Congrats on all of your wonderful finalists Daniella - this is my fav! :-) #5954496Lorri Shane May 20, 2008
I just love what you did with this image, Daniella. congrats!! #5955042ALLEN O. HOWARD May 20, 2008
A Beauty! Congratulations Daniella! #5955057Hendrik Storme May 21, 2008
Big congrats Daniella! #5956113Karen Bacon May 21, 2008
A big congratulations on all of your finalists for the month of May! #5956881Les Rhoades May 21, 2008
CONGRATULATIONS on this amazing finalist! #5960155Laurie Daily May 23, 2008
Congratulations on this beautiful finalist, Daniella...such beautiful work! #5968194Debbie E. Payne June 05, 2008
Daniella -- I have seen this as your "icon" many times but as I see it larger I'm stunned at how beautiful this is. Congratulations on this finalist. It is gorgeous. Was it hard to do? #6022400Heidi Knight June 11, 2008
Oh, I missed that you got an Finalist on this one. But ofcause it did! Love it!!! #6048666David A. Simons June 12, 2008
Congratulations #6053419Lisa K. Pullen June 16, 2008
What a beautiful work of art! I enjoyed your gallery! :) #6066023Alexandra Hankova June 19, 2008
This is beautifully done! A very different image, great work! :-) #6079980Jim Britt August 25, 2008
I like what you did with this. I have a shot similar but haven't posted...not as fancy but the flower looks almost identical! Crazy :). Nice shot and effects here. #6367998Gena L. Talbot August 27, 2008
Absolutely LOVE this Image and how you created it! Awesome work :) #6377567Marilyn Cornwell September 06, 2008
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