Still Life With Lupine
Uploaded: June 09, 2006
Tripod, Apreture Priority, F32, 1/4 sec, EV-0.7, taken outdoors on a rainy day with nice even overcast light.
The background is a rusted door on an abandoned garbage truck. I then applied several different filters (KPT Scatter, Corel Photo-paint Alchemy Plug-in, and Eye Candy 4000 Swirl effect) to the background only, to blur it and give it a painted backdrop look.
The Lupines are from my garden.I found the old pitcher or coffe pot in an abandoned barn, and the old trunk they are sitting on was $7 at the Salvation Army Store!
Tamera S. Phillips June 09, 2006
Stunning picture Heather! Love the colors and contrast. #461891Nadine A. Lewis June 09, 2006
Very pretty still life Heather. #2875847Jennifer Rennison June 09, 2006
Wonderful colors, composition and set-up, Heather. Beautifully presented. #2875852Janine Russell June 09, 2006
Heather, excellent colors, detail, lighting, composition and effects. #2876227Lynne Morris June 10, 2006
Wonderful capture Heather, the colours and tones are beautiful! #2876668Joy Rector June 10, 2006
perfect #2876880Kay E. Mahoney June 10, 2006
Beautiful photo Heather. Love the setup. #2878524Graeme yew Chow June 27, 2006
Fantastic image, I love the purple flowers and those background you add with effects. A winning image I am sure, Heather. #2958950Graeme yew Chow July 24, 2006
Heather, congrats to this awesome finalist. #3072781Lorraine A. Cook July 24, 2006
Congratulations on this beautiful finalist, Heather!<:)) #3073153Lynne Morris July 24, 2006
Loved it first time round, great to see it again as a finalist Heather, congratulations. #3073277Anna Diederich July 25, 2006
Awesome work Heather! Congratulations on your finalist win! #3075415Jenny Bosmans July 25, 2006
Congratulations on this beautiful finalist, Heather! :) #3076807Karen Slagle July 25, 2006
Fantastic finalist. This is one of my favorites in your gallery, so glad it made finalist. Good luck next round. #3077433Kaye Burazin July 25, 2006
Art at it's finest Heather. Congrats again! #3078697Linda L. Ruiz July 26, 2006
Love it Heather. excellent and congrats #3087081She-She Killough July 27, 2006
ABSOLUTELY Perfect! Congrats on your FIRST PLACE Heather!! #3092331Lynne Morris July 27, 2006
WTG Heather, congratulations on your first place win. #3092394Su Sana E. P July 27, 2006
Huge Congratulations on your Win, Heather!! I almost suffered an heart attack while browsing your gallery. Thanks for all the inspiration. #3092449Howard A. Wood July 27, 2006
Looks like a winner...and it is! Congratulations, Heather. #3092535Evy Johansen July 28, 2006
Congratulations on your beautiful win, Heather! #3092618Jessica Jenney July 28, 2006
Congratulations on this beautiful First Place Win, Heather! #3092730Jenny Bosmans July 28, 2006
Big Congratulations on this beautiful 1st prize winner, Heather! :) #3092909Daniel G. Flocke July 28, 2006
Heather - Congratulations on your 1st Place Winner!!!~Daniel #3093886
Barbara Helgason July 28, 2006
Congratulations Heather!! #3094296Barbara Kile July 28, 2006
A great winner, Heather! congratulations on a great 1st place! #3094324Kay E. Mahoney July 28, 2006
Congratulations on your first place winner. #3094325Jeff Robinson July 28, 2006
Congats Heather on your 1st Place Masterpiece! Jeff #3094491Jill Flynn July 28, 2006
SO BEAUTIFUL Heather. Congratulations on your FIRST PLACE WIN! #3094672Kay Beausoleil July 28, 2006
Congratulations, Heather, on your first place win! #3094813Patricia (Pat) C. Exum July 28, 2006
Heather,Congratulations on your first place! As usual you always have beautiful images on Better Photo.
Pat #3094904
Barbara J. Eads July 28, 2006
Heather, a wonderful composition. congrats of your winning! #3095003Monika Sapek July 28, 2006
Congratulations on your First Place Win, Heather!Mick Burkey July 28, 2006
Congratulations, Heather, on the First Place win. Lovely image! #3095215Laurence Saliba July 28, 2006
Congratulations on your first place winner Heather!!!!!!!!! #3095342Nadine A. Lewis July 28, 2006
I absolutely love this!!!! Congratulations, for this much deserving win!!!!<>< #3095459
Nobu Nagase July 28, 2006
Congratulations on your great first place win!!! #3095804Gail Sullivan July 28, 2006
Heather...congrats on your first place win with this beauty! #3095881AMALIA Veralli July 28, 2006
Congrats on your first place win. Great shot and clever use of plug ins. #3096178Wendy Stevenson July 28, 2006
Congratulations Heather - what a fine and beautiful FIRST PLACE WIN!!! WTG!! #3096219Lorri Shane July 28, 2006
congratulations, Heather. What an artfully composed image. Lorri #3096942Lorraine A. Cook July 28, 2006
Congratulations on your first place win,Colette M. Metcalf July 29, 2006
Congratulations on your First Place Win, Heather! #3097689Cathy Barrows July 29, 2006
Congrats on your win...fabulous #3098819Lewis P. Church July 29, 2006
I'm a still life freak and this is very nice, happy for your win! #3098929Mary Clarke July 29, 2006
Congratulations on this First Place winner Heather #3099765Joannie Bertucci July 29, 2006
Like all the others, I wish you congratulations on a very well deserved First Place image! Your work on this is stunning Heather! #3100315Janine Russell July 30, 2006
Heather, congratulations on your First Place win. #3103480Guy D. Biechele July 31, 2006
Congratulations, Heather!! So artistic. Awesome color! #3107961Ross Throndson August 02, 2006
Congratulations on your 1st Place Win Heather....Gorgeous Image!!! :^) #3113446Terry L. Ellis August 03, 2006
Simply gorgeous, Heather! Congratulations on your First Place win! #3120370Donna La Mattino Pagakis August 03, 2006
Very beautiful work, congratulations on your winning image! #3120942Carolyn J. Connolly August 06, 2006
A really BEAUTIFUL image, Heather, and SO-O deserving of ALL it's plaudits!! Sincere CONGRATULATIONS on your First Place win - you must be thrilled!! :o)I LOVE it that you explain how you achieved this image...and, I ESPECIALLY love the way you used fairly readily available (AND cheap!) materials, too!! ;o)
Keep up the GREAT work with your photography, Heather!! :o) #3130146
Jonna Bergström August 08, 2006
Congratulations on this beautiful image! #3137259Stuart Dahne August 09, 2006
Gosh Heather, 7 dollars is quite the investment for a shot like this! :) It is always a pleasure to be able to congratulate you on another fine win! Congratulations & Thanks for your continued inspiration! #3144361Shelly A. Van Camp August 14, 2006
Very Pretty! Congrats! #3161771Shelly A. Van Camp April 24, 2007
One of my favorites!!! Beautiful! #4204035Lisa J. Boulden June 13, 2008
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