Dare to Be Different
Uploaded: July 28, 2010 06:30:32
This bright pink zinnia really stood out amid a bed of golden yellow blooms in the Family Garden at Mill Creek Park in Youngstown, Ohio. Happy Hump Day, everyone!
Jeana Clark July 28, 2010
~J~ #1292524
Val Feldman July 28, 2010
Things are lookin' good at Mill Creek, Monnie - The BEST metro park in the world!! :) Standing out in the crowd sure paid off for this zinnia, it's beautifully captured in great light and wonderful detail and now on BP! He did alright!!...and so did you!! #8790977Patricia Seidler July 28, 2010
I love zinnias. They are so colorful!Beautiful capture Monnie! #8790989
Mary Timman July 28, 2010
Good eye! Love the colors and DOF! #8791133David Phalen July 28, 2010
Love the colors, details and use of DOF in this beauty!! #8791163Jessica Jenney July 28, 2010
Beautiful vibrant color and lighting, Monnie! Terrific DOF! #8791173Tammy M. Anderson July 28, 2010
Lovely capture, Monnie. #8791176Mitch Spence July 28, 2010
Pretty contrast of the bright colors, Monnie, and very nicely framed. #8791254Jeff Robinson July 28, 2010
Excellent color and capture Monnie! Jeff #8791261Denny E. Barnes July 28, 2010
Very beautiful capture of the color and scene, Monnie! Excellent composition and focus!! Gorgeous image!! #8791278Jack Gaskin July 28, 2010
Your really enjoying yourself with the blooms.Happy Shooting
Jack #8791333
Mike Clime July 28, 2010
Pretty capture and nice dof! It sure does stand out from the rest of them! #8791489Pamela Shane July 28, 2010
Like your title, super DoF, lovely colors, & details Monnie. I haven't been up there for a while, do they still have the handprinted wall in the Family Garden?Nancy L. Green July 28, 2010
BEAUTIFULLY done Monnie, I love the SF here, WTG!! <>< #8791687Joy Rector July 28, 2010
awesome, love the comp #8791696John Connolly July 28, 2010
Wonderful light and color here Monnie! A beautiful floral summer scene! #8791724Gord MacEachern July 28, 2010
Very beautiful floral capture Monnie, well done!! #8791794Patti Coblentz July 28, 2010
Beautiful lighting and detail of this pink zinnia amongst the yellow...love the receding focus...very pretty! #8791873Kitty R. Rodehorst-Hanna July 28, 2010
Very lovely image with wonderful selective focus, Monnie! :-) k #8792027Tammy Espino July 28, 2010
VEry, very ,very ,very pretty! :) #8792125Sam Britt July 28, 2010
I love zinnias! I see you captured a bud in this photo too! I think the buds are almost as pretty as the flowers. Very pretty floral image, Monnie. #8792385Susan Weisensel July 28, 2010
Just beautiful Monnie, we had a cool front come through tonight and it is wonderful outside except for the skeeters. Hope you get less humid soon. #8792602Dick W. Wyatt July 29, 2010
This is great Monnie. #8792697Susie Peek-Swint July 29, 2010
Lovely vibrant colours Monnie ~ great title too! #8792709Ray Thoms July 29, 2010
Great collection of colour Monnie!!! #8792855Nancy J. Locke July 29, 2010
Gorgeous vivid capture, Monnie!!! Love the title too.Cheers, Nancy J Locke
"Visual ideas combined with technology combined with personal interpretation equals photography. Each must hold it's own; if it doesn't, the thing collapses." Arnold Newman #8792899
Nikki McDonald July 31, 2010
Beautiful colors and details in this one, Monnie. #8797125frank w. degenhardt August 02, 2010
Monnie- I bet that stood out like a sore thumb as it to say, hey I'm different from the rest of the flowers, take a picture of me. It does stand out from the yellow zennia and you brought out the gorgeous colors and fantastic details of the flower. Love the dof, composition, and depth of the picture. A gorgeous floral my friend.Patricia Seidler August 13, 2010
Congratulations Monnie on this well deserved finalist! #8825252Douglas Pignet August 13, 2010
Congrat's on this wonderful finalist image #8825295Val Feldman August 13, 2010
WTG, Monnie - sure did pay off being a little different and standing out from the rest, which this wonderful photo did right and proper! Wonderful Finalist, Monnie!! #8825382Patricia A. Stalter August 13, 2010
Good on You!!! I would say this is a most deserving finalist! #8825514Gina Cormier August 13, 2010
WTG!!! Congrats!!!! #8825696Datha Y. Thompson August 13, 2010
Congratulations Monnie :) WTG #8826485Melissa G. Meiselman August 13, 2010
Simply beautiful, Monnie!! Congratulations!! #8826488Sam Britt August 13, 2010
Big Congrats on this beautiful finalist, Monnie! #8826612Nancy J. Locke August 13, 2010
SUPER CONGRATS, DEAR MONNIE!!!Cheers, Nancy J Locke #8826822
Tammy Espino August 13, 2010
A huge congrats on this awesome finalist!! :) #8827138Susan Weisensel August 13, 2010
Wonderful finalist Monnie, congrats. #8828437Randy D. Dinkins August 13, 2010
Beautiful shot, big congrats on your finalist here! #8828733Patti Coblentz August 13, 2010
Big congratulations on another beautiful finalist, Monnie!! #8828813Carol L. Fowler August 13, 2010
Lovely Finalist! Congrats and WTG! #8829050Graham Robards August 14, 2010
Congratulations on your beautiful finalist Monnie, best of luck in the next round. Pat #8829960Usman M. Bajwa August 14, 2010
Huge CONGRATZ on the fab Finalist!UB. #8830026
Carol Eade August 14, 2010
Warm congratulations, Monnie! #8830244Millie A. Talarico August 14, 2010
Wonderful Finalist, Monnie!! #8831354Nancy L. Green August 14, 2010
CONGRATULATIONS Monnie on this WONDERFUL finalist, WTG!! <>< #8831635Antonio Amen August 14, 2010
Excellent DOF, well done.Amanda D. Austwick August 14, 2010
Monnie, Congratulations on the beautiful flora Finalist!!! #8832427Nancyj E. Hovey August 14, 2010
C O N G R A T U L A T I O N SJulie Burnett August 14, 2010
Congratulations on this WONDERFUL finalist, Monnie!! #8832822Rona L. Schwarz August 14, 2010
Congratulations on this terrific Finalist, Monnie! Great DOF, and wonderful colors and detail. Perfect title, too! #8832937Courtenay Vanderbilt August 14, 2010
Just beautiful Monnie! Big Congrats! And I apologize if I don't get around to all of them! #8833289Amanda Haddox August 14, 2010
Congratulations Monnie on your finalist selection!!! Just like this single bright pink zinnia, its nice to stand out from the crowd and you certainly did this month with 3 finalist picks!!! Congrats, congrats, congrats!!! #8833798Kathy Cline August 14, 2010
JUST BEAUTIFULDianna Murphy August 15, 2010
Warmest congratulations on your wonderful finalist. Good luck in the next round. #8836402Tamara K. Walker August 15, 2010
A beauty, congratulations! #8837982Karen Celella August 16, 2010
Congratulations on your wonderful finalist, Monnie! #8838766Eivor Kuchta August 16, 2010
Congratulations on your finalist, Monnie! #8839304Ann H. Belus August 17, 2010
Huge congratulations, Monnie! #8843666MELODIE C. ROBERTS August 17, 2010
Warm congratulations Monnie on your wonderful finalist!! #8844406Sign up for an interactive online photography course to get critiques on your photos.
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