Roadside Find [contest finalists september 2004]
Uploaded: September 29, 2004 03:14:14
Alan L. Borror September 29, 2004
Just a superb job of selective focus, Bill! The oranges and yellows get isolated so well. Outstanding! #173694Adilson F. Ferreira September 29, 2004
Wonderful find! Great lighting and colors!!! #811263Diane Addonizio September 29, 2004
Beautiful colors! #811273Paul Michko September 29, 2004
Very beautiful macro, Bill. #811281Cathy Gregor September 29, 2004
What beautiful color and lighting, Bill. Good find!Deborah Lewinson September 29, 2004
Beautiful, Bill, great colors and tones, excellent selective focus and lighting!-Debby #811346
Rob Friedman September 29, 2004
Terrific colors and DoF! Well done! #811348Michael Allen September 29, 2004
Like a feeding frenzy of little orange mouths. Very nice color tones, Bill.Nice capture. ..mike :-] #811370
Charlene Bayerle September 29, 2004
Beautiful Bill...wonderful colors!!! #811378Joy Brown September 29, 2004
Wonderful image and color, Bill! #811423Kathryn (Love) Scheet September 29, 2004
lovely image Bill :) #811426Carolyn M. Fletcher September 29, 2004
Wow!! What road did you find this on? It's absolutely gorgeous!!!!!! #811503Claudia Kuhn September 29, 2004
Looks like it was a flame along the road! Wow, what colors! Is this a wildflower? Beautiful! #811530Darren K. Fisher September 29, 2004
WOW look at those colors. Velvia?...LOL...Could have been. They really pop. Great use of DOF. #811578Jill A. Johnson September 29, 2004
Beautiful Bill!!! wow those colors... nice work hun :) #811593Kathleen Clemons September 29, 2004
Oh my! This is spectacular! Love the colors and your choice of DoF! Beautifully done, Bill. :) #811600Murry Grigsby September 29, 2004
Headline -- Gold discovered in Pennsylvania :0) Nice find and shot Bill! Looks like butterfly weed -- a sure sign of late summer/early fall? Super patterns and brilliant colors!! #811653Michael Wehrman September 29, 2004
Very pretty find William #811733Mellanie September 29, 2004
Beautiful find, Bill! I just love the vibrant colors! #811841Wendy M. Amdahl September 29, 2004
My what flaming colors you've captured...so vibrant! Great roadside find I'd say! #811860Gianna Stadelmyer September 29, 2004
You and Carolyn should get together outfitted with orange vests for these roadside shots! Wonderful find Bill and well captured. The flowers look like they are on fire the way the go from the low to higher key back into the photo. Nicely done! #811931Dolores Neilson September 29, 2004
I love those mini flowers.....and the bees love them too! WEll done, bill!! #811973Ellen Peach September 29, 2004
I need to take a road trip with you....wonderful work, Bill! #812005Karen Engelbreth September 29, 2004
Great find - beautiful colors, bill! #812262William C. Raco September 29, 2004
Thank you all so very much.bill #812324
Dan Holm September 29, 2004
Wow! Gorgeous shot, Bill! The colors, your perspective and capture are OUTSTANDING! Very striking, very eye-catching image! #812435Stephen Zacker September 29, 2004
Very cool image. Great use of dof! #812438Karen Bacon September 29, 2004
Stunning image Bill!The colors are outstanding! #812495Robin L. Wehrman September 29, 2004
WOW!! Outstanding and very beautiful, Bill! Pretty colors and a great find!! #812682William C. Raco September 29, 2004
Thank you so much Dan, Stephen, Karen and Robin!bill #812702
Jennifer Rennison September 29, 2004
Fabulous colors and lighting, great find! Beautiful image, Bill! #812745Kathleen F. Greer September 29, 2004
Gorgeous image and find Bill!! #812844William C. Raco September 29, 2004
Why thank you, Jennifer and Kathleen!bill #812861
Carol Brill September 29, 2004
Superb job of filling the frame with all the fiery hues and tiny detail in these petite wildflowers, Bill! #812888S J September 29, 2004
Stunning capture, Bill! Hard to believe that you found them near the road!!!! Well done! #813017Patricia Marroquin September 30, 2004
Gorgeous colors! Love how you've filled the frame, Bill! :-) #813094Susan T. Evans September 30, 2004
Very cool capture Bill, gorgeous colors, detail and dof. Love it! #814174William C. Raco September 30, 2004
Thank you all very much!!!bill #814290
Brenda W. LaFleur September 30, 2004
Wowza! That's some serious color, Bill. Love it! #814942William C. Raco October 01, 2004
Thank you, Brenda!bill #815068
Dale Gast October 01, 2004
Bill, these are BEAUTIFUL colors!!! #816469William C. Raco October 01, 2004
Thank you, Dale.bill #816476
Stanley J. Contrades October 01, 2004
Lucky for us that you stopped to capture these flaming beauties, bill!! Awesome colors and selective focus. Just a spectacular view and image!!William C. Raco October 01, 2004
Why thank you, Stan.bill #816527
Karma Wilson October 01, 2004
Gorgeous, gorgeous, gorgeous! Love the diagonal line in the capture!Karma #816541
William C. Raco October 01, 2004
Thank you, Karma.bill #816556
Mary K. Robison October 01, 2004
Love that fiery red-orange fading into the softer yellows in the bg, Bill. I really like the idea that the eye is almostb "forced" to move from right to left for this well-done diagonal composition... #816565William C. Raco October 01, 2004
Why thank you, Mary!bill #816577
Michael Khoury October 01, 2004
...simply ravishing, Bill!!! #816787Anette Linnea Rasmussen October 02, 2004
Wonderful find, Bill - great colors andBest wishes
Linnea #817899
Paula Showen October 02, 2004
Awesome vibrant colors, Bill! Striking image! #818681Lucia De Giovanni October 03, 2004
Gorgeous capture Bill - the DOF and selective focus makes this an outstanding shot! #819741William C. Raco October 03, 2004
Thank you Michael, Linnea, Paula and Lucia.bill #820055
Kathleen K. Parker October 05, 2004
What roads do you travel, bill? The color is stunning!!! So vibrant!!William C. Raco October 06, 2004
Why, thank you, Kathleenbill #826981
Susan T. Parady October 15, 2004
Congratulations, Bill! #843834Deborah Lewinson October 15, 2004
Congratulations, Bill!#843845
Colleen Braun October 15, 2004
congratulations #843944Jill A. Johnson October 15, 2004
Congratulations Bill!!! :) #843961Dan Holm October 15, 2004
Congrats, Bill!! A gorgeous shot very deserving!! Best of luck in the next roud with this!! #843987Donna J. Taff October 15, 2004
Congratulation's, Bill!!!!! #844121Kathleen R. Struckle October 15, 2004
Congrats Bill!! #844194Stanley J. Contrades October 15, 2004
Yes! Very good choice! CONGRATULATIONS, bill!Cathy Barrows October 15, 2004
Congrats!...beautiful #844378Charlene Bayerle October 15, 2004
Way to go Bill....Congratulations!!!! #844384Kathleen K. Parker October 15, 2004
Congratulations, bill!!! Good luck to you in the next go round, too!!Kathleen Clemons October 15, 2004
Congratulations on this beauty, Bill! #844433Leonard Pierce October 15, 2004
Congratulations Bill! #844484Kelly Abernathy October 15, 2004
This is just gorgeous Bill! I love the dof! I hope to see it go further! So well deserved! -K #844517Casey A. Hanson October 15, 2004
Congrats Bill! :0) #844631Doug Wean October 15, 2004
Congrats! Bill!!Doug #844680
Murry Grigsby October 15, 2004
Congrats Bill! #844696Joy Brown October 15, 2004
Congrats and good luck, Bill! #844744Cathy Gregor October 15, 2004
Congrats on ALL of your finalists, Bill. Good luck!Sharon Day October 15, 2004
Congratulations on a beautiful shot, Bill!!! #845055Wendy M. Amdahl October 15, 2004
Beautiful image Bill...congrats! #845347Debra Booth October 15, 2004
Glorious shot, Bill!! Congratulations!! #845511Carol Brill October 15, 2004
Bill, congratulations and best of luck in the finals! #845680Lucia De Giovanni October 15, 2004
Congratulations Bill, and best of luck my friend! #845829Darren K. Fisher October 15, 2004
Congratulations Bill, those are some vibrant colors you have captured. #845837Donna La Mattino Pagakis October 15, 2004
Very cool image! Congratulations!! #846039Lori Ditlefsen October 15, 2004
Very colorful image. Congrats Bill! #846211Jennifer Rennison October 15, 2004
Congratulations, Bill! #846213Karen Engelbreth October 15, 2004
Congratulations, bill! #846265Evy Johansen October 15, 2004
Many congratulations, Bill! #846397Teresa Wilkinson October 15, 2004
Beautiful, Bill, simply beautiful! Congratulations!your friend, Teresa #846639
Patricia A. Kuniega October 15, 2004
Wow! Call in the fire department, this one's on fire! Vibrant and beautiful! Congrats Bill! #846645S J October 16, 2004
Congrats, Bill! Great image! I love it! #846896Donna R. Moratelli October 16, 2004
Wow; way to go Bill!William C. Raco October 16, 2004
Wow, thank you all sooooo much!bill #847107
Claudia Kuhn October 16, 2004
Beautiful Bill, outstanding colors! congrats on your finalist, good luck in the next round! #847251Michael Allen October 16, 2004
Congrats again and good luck, BillMarie Fields October 16, 2004
Congratulations on this gorgeous finalist, Bill! #847666Laura Berman October 16, 2004
Spectacular colour and texture Bill! Congrats on this finalist! #847830Terry R. Hatfield October 16, 2004
Congratulations, Bill Excellent Colors And Diminishing DOF Nicely Done Good Luck Down The Line!! #848143Kathleen F. Greer October 16, 2004
Big congrats on this striking image Bill!! #848259Carolina K. Smith October 16, 2004
Congrats on another finalist :) #848462Sharon E. Lowe October 16, 2004
Congrats and good luck Bill!! #848502Gene Spears October 16, 2004
beautiful image, Bill - congratulations!! #848883Larry Lawhead October 16, 2004
Congratulations an making the finals, Bill! Beautiful shot!Mellanie October 16, 2004
Congrats, Bill! This is beautiful! #849862Ed Heaton October 17, 2004
Hi Bill,Awesome job :-) #850463
Colette M. Metcalf October 17, 2004
Congratulations Bill!!! #850471Deborah Sandidge October 17, 2004
Congratulations, Bill, I just love the colors in your roadside find! Best of luck! #851672Gail Vitikacs October 18, 2004
CONGRATULATIONS BILL!!! Well deserved.... #852638Adilson F. Ferreira October 18, 2004
Congrats Bill!!! #852718Janice Forrest October 18, 2004
Great work. Congratulations! #852889Teresa Wilkinson October 20, 2004
Bill, I'd like to quickly take this opportunity to congratulate you again, and I would like to add a many more congratulations to all the ones I've missed, due to lack of time and what-nots. I always, always love being inside of your photos! Teresa #858716William C. Raco October 20, 2004
Thank you all so very very much!!bill #859938
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