Begonia Jewels [Photography Contest Details & Macro Photos]
Uploaded: June 07, 2011 04:30:36
My flower garden is start to prosper and grow. Having a raised flower bed and facing east, backlighting in the mornings is wonderful.
Taken with a Tamron 90mm macro lens and a 36mm extension tube
Exif: F Number: 6.3, Exposure Bias Value: -2.00, ExposureTime: 1/1600 seconds, Flash: did not fire., ISO: 400, White balance: Auto white balance, FocalLength: 90.00 mm, Model: NIKON D300
Tammy M. Anderson June 07, 2011
Lovely light and capture, Ray. #1383311Robert R. Goodman June 07, 2011
Hi Ray,Beautiful capture my friend.Awesome color and lighting,my garden is drying up and fading away!!!! #9448024Jeff Robinson June 07, 2011
Outstanding color, lighting and macro capture! #9448089Douglas Pignet June 07, 2011
beautiful & colorful capture...nicely done Ray #9448101Ron McEwan June 07, 2011
Gorgeous Ray, and the jewels are perfect. The rich color is awesome #9448155Monnie Ryan June 07, 2011
Gorgeous, Ray - and I hope this means we'll be treated to many more from your garden in weeks to come! #9448178Avril Young June 07, 2011
beautiful macro and ruby colour Ray..sure looks like jewels... #9448202Kirsten Kiki Kjaer June 07, 2011
Lovely with the dewdrops and beautiful color, Ray. #9448367Joy Rector June 07, 2011
beautiful #9448413David Phalen June 07, 2011
Traffic light, colors and details in an excellent macro!! #9448515Tiia Vissak June 07, 2011
a wonderful close-up! #9448540Gord MacEachern June 07, 2011
Wow Ray, everything is so in place here!!Nadine A. Lewis June 07, 2011
LOVE the rich color, detail, water drops, dof, and Bokeh, Ray!!! <>< #9448662Jill Odice June 07, 2011
They do look like diamonds! very nice macro detail! #9448690Claudia Kuhn June 07, 2011
Beautiful light, color and macro Ray! So lovely #9448987Kitty R. Rodehorst-Hanna June 07, 2011
OHMYGOSH! This is ABSOLUTELY G O R G E O U S, Ray! :-) k #9449283Ellen Hodges June 08, 2011
Super pretty details and light, Ray!!! Lovely color, too!! #9450845Lorna Shutter June 10, 2011
Wow! All of your flower images are, as Kitty says, G O R G E O U S !!!!! I can never capture the beauty of water droplets on petals, but you did an amazing jobs wherever they appear in your photos! This capture is especially stunning!!! CONGRATS on your EFP and hope to see this again! :) Enjoy your time with Gord!!! :) #9453460Lorna Shutter June 10, 2011
Whoops ... "job" not "jobs"! :DWendy Stevenson June 12, 2011
Beautiful jewel encrusted passion!!! #9456509Heather Loewenhardt June 13, 2011
Those petals look bejeweled. What amazing light. #9459421Mary Timman July 28, 2011
Congratulations on this beautiful Finalist! #9561352Robert R. Goodman July 28, 2011
A big congratulations my friend,WTG Ray!!!! #9561441Ron McEwan July 28, 2011
Glad to see this one show up with SILVER. Congrats Buddy #9561457Heather Loewenhardt July 28, 2011
Congratulations on your silver award Ray. Good luck in the finals. #9561694Kirsten Kiki Kjaer July 29, 2011
This is so special, Ray. Congratulations on your wonderful finalist. #9562541Stefania Barbier July 29, 2011
huge congrats on your gorgeous finalist!!! #9563184Patrick Rouzes July 29, 2011
WTG, Ray- Congratulations & good luck in the next round! #9563557Lorna Shutter July 29, 2011
Woo Hoo!!! CONGRATULATIONS on your Finalist Award for this stunningly beautiful image, Ray!!!!! WTG!!! :)JO ANN CLEVELAND July 29, 2011
Congratulation on this awesome finalistjo ann c. #9564563
Tammy M. Anderson July 29, 2011
Congrats Ray on your beautiful finalist. #9565045John Connolly July 29, 2011
Huge Congratulations on your finalist award, Ray! A very deserving image! #9566441Merna L. Nobile August 05, 2011
Imagine it. Feel it. Receive it. Congratulations, your entry was very special and thanks for sharing it with all of us. Merna Nobile
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