Lotus Lifecycle
Uploaded: September 04, 2007 04:01:07
EF100mm, varying f/2.8 - f/9, RAW
A collage of images from Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens.
11-07 Finalist, N&L
Katarina Mansson September 04, 2007
With or without border; it is an exceptional collage! #729973Kara L. Hendricks September 04, 2007
I agree, a stunner... And this is not near as UN-finished as I thought it would look... The BP matting works great... Bravo on a stellar collage Chris... Best of luck with it!! #4743993Susie Peek-Swint September 04, 2007
Simply stunning with or without the border Chris ~ on BP it looks good without ~ best of luck with this one as it deserves gold! #4744056Joy Rector September 04, 2007
awesome #4744059Ken Smith September 04, 2007
Super job, Chris! Should be hanging on the wall of the Aquatic Gardens! #4744073Michelle L. Frick September 04, 2007
Beautiful presentation of all four of these excellent images Chris! Hope to see this one again and again! #4744085Margie Hurwich September 04, 2007
FANTASTIC, Chris!!! #4744237Autum Rhoades September 04, 2007
What's there to say about this!?! This is brilliant! Awesome! A stunner as already said. Wonderfully presented and fantastic images, Chris!!! #4744248Dominick M. Dimacale September 04, 2007
A winner!!!...Dominick #4744255Michelle R. Kovach September 04, 2007
Beautifully done Chris! I can see this as a wall piece for sure. #4744278Patricia (Pat) C. Exum September 04, 2007
Wonderful collage, Chris. Next year you should submit this to Kenilworth's Photo Contest.A winner to me! #4744509
Cheryl E. Davis September 04, 2007
Love it! Excellent presentation! I like the border and each shot still stands alone. Nice colors, and detail. Well done! #4744740Su Sana E. P September 04, 2007
Exceptionally gorgeous images and great presentation, Chris!! Winner!!! #4744749Carolyn L. Fox September 04, 2007
Beautiful! #4744753Amber Kennedy September 04, 2007
Super super job....WINNER! #4744757Marsha S. Smith September 04, 2007
Absolutely exquisite! Wonderful depiction of each stage of this beautiful flowers' life. #4744805Janine Russell September 04, 2007
Chris, beautiful collection of images; great colors, detail and lighting. #4745278Jenny Bosmans September 04, 2007
Outstanding presentation and work, Chris! :) #4745417Dolly L. Davis September 04, 2007
SUPERB!!! Wow, I love this Christopher! #4745568Cesar J. La Rosa September 04, 2007
Wonderful collage, Chris!!! All the photographs are excellent in every way and the idea to put them together is just great!!! Awesome job!!!Susan M. Hembree September 04, 2007
I just love this, Chris! It was a great idea to put them all together like this and your type fits in well, too! Just a terrific job! By the way, how did you get it to come up so big?? #4746010Dr Silly September 04, 2007
Super and the BP matting works super. #4746378Paul Michko September 04, 2007
Great series, Christopher. #4746740Patrick Rouzes September 04, 2007
Absolutely incredible work here, Christopher!!! I have a good feeling about this one being around for a while!!! Captivating work indeed!!! #4746976Chris Budny September 05, 2007
Thank you all very much! For those who saw it with a border earlier, I ended up thinking the thin black line border looked weird next to BP's drop shadow border, and that without a border, it was less cluttered looking on BP. #4748706Hayden Cannon September 05, 2007
Great capture Christopher fantastic, stunning beautiful only some of the words that come to mind for this superb image fantastic photo! #4750063Chris Budny September 05, 2007
Thanks so much, Hayden! It is one of the very few images I've printed and have hanging at home. #4750320Nikki McDonald September 05, 2007
Stunning, Chris. The individual shots are great and together they have even more impact. I love that you cropped each to width independent of the others and dependent on what looked best for that image. I know I would have worked to find a uniform width as well as the uniform height, but the irregularity works wonderfully well. #4752149Anna Diederich September 05, 2007
This is awesome Chris! #4752178Chris Budny September 06, 2007
Thank you both!Daniella Puente September 06, 2007
I think each image is excellent but present this as a collage was a GREAT IDEA :) The presentation is not just beautiful as excellent also! congrats... #4755789Chris Budny September 06, 2007
Thank you Daniella, for checking out my gallery, and your warm comments! #4756142Colleen Farrell September 10, 2007
Oh, wow, this is amazing, Chris! Each photo is gorgeous in itself, and together--well, it's much more than the sum of its parts! :D This would be a very popular large print or poster. I expect to see it again! #4773509Chris Budny September 10, 2007
Thank you Colleen; I've not tried bigger than an 8x20 print, but I love that one, and have it hanging at home! #4773554Terry L. Ellis September 10, 2007
An awesome group of stunning images, Chris! A pleasure to view! #4773577anonymous September 10, 2007
WOW! Absolutely wonderful collection of gorgeous images presented perfectly! Well Done Chris! B- #4773698Sharon Day September 10, 2007
Sensational and awesome, Chris!!! I LOVE THIS! #4773813Chris Budny September 10, 2007
Thank you Terry, Barbara & Sharon, for checking it out! #4774307Theresa M. VanderStaay September 12, 2007
This is beautiful Christopher...Very impressive...Each capture is just amazing too!...Any wall would be proud to hold this masterpiece!...Tessa #4781529Chris Budny September 12, 2007
Thank you very much, Tessa! I'm glad you've enjoyed it! #4781965Les Rhoades September 13, 2007
No long comment needed: This is a WINNER!!! WONDERFUL #4788485Chris Budny September 14, 2007
Thanks for checking it out, Les. I hope you're right about it...! #4790209Amalia Sylvia Arriaga Salinas October 15, 2007
Beautiful work Chris!, it is a winner to me!,Chris Budny October 15, 2007
Thanks so much, Amalia! I've got my fingers crossed... #4929878Susan M. Hembree October 15, 2007
You know, Chris, every time I see this, I see "Grand Prize" written all over it. It's just a beautiful collage--good luck in these last few days of waiting. #4931635Chris Budny October 16, 2007
Wow, Sue... Thanks so much for that vote of confidence! I dunno about Grand, but I'd love nothing more than for you to be right, that it wins something in the contest! #4932470Ken Ilio October 18, 2007
So smooth ... like silk, chocolate and jazz combined altogether. #4945261Chris Budny October 18, 2007
Thank you very much, Ken! Quite a heady mix you describe! #4946232Donna La Mattino Pagakis October 19, 2007
What a beautiful collage Christoher!! Great clarity and presentation!! #4951043Chris Budny October 20, 2007
Donna, thanks so much! #4952196Kara L. Hendricks November 21, 2007
Congratulations on winning the PG101 People's Choice Award Chris!!Can I pick a winner or what??..:) #5106202
Corinne M. Thompson November 21, 2007
Congrats on your PCA win...beautiful image(s)! #5106257Dr Silly November 21, 2007
Congratulations Chris on your wonderful PCA win. :O)Les Rhoades November 21, 2007
Congrats on the PCA win! You had my vote.Kate Jackson November 21, 2007
Congrats Chris - it looks so much better here on BP in the big size! Fantastic #5106846Chris Budny November 21, 2007
Thanks so much, Kara, Doc, Les, Corrine & Kate! Definitely one I will now consider resubmitting! :) #5108763Susie Peek-Swint November 22, 2007
Congrats on your PCA Chris ~ I still think this should have gone gold! #5109419Chris Budny November 22, 2007
Much appreciated, Susie! #5110363Lynn Haack December 07, 2007
This is spectacular, Christopher! The clarity, lighting and color is superb! A real WOW WOW WOW! Very enjoyable image. Lynn #5180242Chris Budny December 10, 2007
Thanks so much, Lynn! #5190445Sylvia Rossler December 19, 2007
Big congrats on this awesome finalist Chris :O) #5228613Donna La Mattino Pagakis December 19, 2007
Congratulations on your finalist! A nicely presented image Chris! #5228959Shawn Jennings December 19, 2007
So glad to see this one again, Chris! Congratulations on your finalist! #5229113Nikki McDonald December 19, 2007
Couldn't be happier for you, Chris. Love this and am so glad to see it get a finalist award. Good luck with it. #5229222Susan Fox December 19, 2007
Congratulations Chris!!!!!!! Hope this one goes all the way to first place :-) #5230190Colleen Farrell December 19, 2007
Oh those were the days .... of the very wide panorama, I mean. ;)BIG congratulations on your finalist for this awesome work, Chris! I LOVE it--it's so perfect, you could market it in a poster size and probably retire from the sales! :) #5230574
Chris Budny December 20, 2007
Thank you, Sylvia, Donna, Shawn, Nikki, Susan & Colleen! Another one I felt I should resubmit... glad I did! And equally glad it was uploaded long before the newer size limits went into effect. #5235787Mitch Spence December 20, 2007
Hooray for you, Chris. #5236781Corinne M. Thompson December 20, 2007
Glad to see this finally recognized Chris....Congrats! #5236815Chris Budny December 21, 2007
Thanks Mitch & Corinne! #5238937Susan M. Hembree December 30, 2007
Glad you did not give up on this one, Chris! Congratulations! #5267889Chris Budny December 30, 2007
Thanks, Sue; you and me both! Funny---I only have 3 of my own photos framed & hanging at home---the first, after it won my first-ever gold here at BP. The next two, I printed & hung cuz I loved them, they'd each gone nowhere in the contest. After I hung them, one then went on to win a First Place the next month, and now this one managed a Finalist on a resub.Hayden Cannon December 30, 2007
Congrats Christopher a bit late but fantastic work I am glad they finally recognized it I need to start printing mine also because I had a friend who was leaving and I let her choose a photo to print and I woud give it to her and she chose one I printed it and gave it to her and it won 2nd place a week later : ) it must work. #5270502Susan M. Hembree December 30, 2007
You know, Chris, you could be on to something here... Maybe I need to start hanging some of my own favorite photos. LOL! You know, we are coming up to almost a year ago when the first wins came through. Can you believe it!? Boy, time sure does fly! And look at where we've both come since then. You just keep getting better. And me...well, I'm still working on that technical side, but I haven't done too shabbily at all. Thanks for all the inspiration you've given me. You're the best! #5270509Chris Budny December 31, 2007
Thank you, Hayden! Glad to hear it isn't just me, having that peculiar luck...!You're right, Sue... my first win ever was Jan. 07... time certainly flies. Here's to a happy New Year, and some more photo outings for us in '08! #5272388
Amber Kennedy December 31, 2007
congrats, Chris..well well deserved! #5272414Chris Budny December 31, 2007
Thanks, Amber! Happy New Year! #5274512Sign up for an interactive online photography course to get critiques on your photos.
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