Unfolding Drama [Contest Finalists June 2014]
Uploaded: August 06, 2013 08:58:45 | Entered: June 04, 2014 07:09:40
...at the lotus pond at Zilker Botanical Gardens in Austin. After 2 years of no lotuses due to the drought (which we are still enduring), unusual recent July rains gave these wonderful, over-the-top flowers a kick-start to blooming. I'm a happy camper! :)
~Flowers~
Exif: F Number: 11, Exposure Bias Value: 0.00, ExposureTime: 1/400 seconds, Flash: did not fire, compulsory flash mode, ISO: 400, White balance: Manual white balance, FocalLength: 300.00 mm, Model: Canon EOS 5D Mark III
Julianne Bradford August 06, 2013
Oh Val! What an exquisite capture and presentation! Just beautiful! #1539300Robert R. Goodman August 06, 2013
Hi Valarie,Beautiful capture my friend.It's been raining here all day my friend,Wet monsoon this year!!! #10798233Michelle Alton August 06, 2013
These are almost certainly the most beautifully photographed lotuses (loti?) I have ever beheld. #10798253
Leslie McLain
August 06, 2013
Don Christiana August 06, 2013
WOW...Val. The colors and detail just POP off my screen. Perfection at its best. I hope you and I can get more rain soon before we dry up and float way. LOL :) #10798290Gord MacEachern August 06, 2013
Michelle and Donald pretty much sum this image up Val, I love perfection!!! #10798347
Linda M. Solari
August 06, 2013
Tammy M. Anderson
August 06, 2013
Thomas E. Hinds August 06, 2013
Stunning light, detail, and color, as this beauty is unfolded for us to see! My, My! Fab work, Val! #10798746
R. J. Laudenbacher
August 06, 2013
Nancy L. Green
August 06, 2013
Kathy Salerni
August 06, 2013
Carol L. Fowler August 06, 2013
Now I am a happy camper too since I can gaze in awe at your photo! #10798842
Ann H. Belus
August 06, 2013
Terry Cervi
August 06, 2013
Patrick Rouzes
August 06, 2013
Colette M. Metcalf August 07, 2013
I see a winner here!! Absolutely beautiful, Val! Wow!!! #10799119
Emile Abbott
August 07, 2013
Val Feldman
August 07, 2013
Laura E. Swan
August 08, 2013
Val if you do not get GOLD for this I will personally write to J.M....And I mean that!
This is SO, SO, SO beautiful. I hope this very image makes you a famous photographer, because it really could.
Miss you!
LOTW's :))) #10800839
Val Feldman
August 08, 2013
Thanks so much for stopping by! #10800908
Laura E. Swan
August 08, 2013
Laura E. Swan
August 08, 2013
Tammy Espino August 08, 2013
WOW! #10801280
Deborah C. Lewinson
August 09, 2013
Julie Burnett August 12, 2013
I bow down to you, Cuz!! Ditto all the above, stunning clarity and light!! #10805215
Dayna Cain
August 12, 2013
Jill Odice
August 12, 2013
Nadia Paul August 15, 2013
The lighting here is just gorgeous, as is your comp - beautiful work Val! #10809564
Val Feldman
August 17, 2013
Patricia A. Casey
August 21, 2013
Rudi Reiner
August 26, 2013
Michele Peterson
July 30, 2014
Laura E. Swan
July 30, 2014
-LOTW #11095881
Peggy Pfister
July 30, 2014
Emile Abbott
July 31, 2014
JO ANN CLEVELAND July 31, 2014
Congrats on this wonderful finalist Val!jo ann c. #11096904
Carol Eade
July 31, 2014
Kathy Salerni
July 31, 2014
Kathy Salerni
July 31, 2014
Michelle Alton July 31, 2014
This was a winner from the gitgo! Congratulations, Val. #11097697
Cindy Bendush
July 31, 2014
Laura E. Swan
July 31, 2014
Ujjwal Mukherjee August 01, 2014
Huge congratulations on your excellent Winner,Val!! #11097931Karen Bacon August 01, 2014
This is stunning Val! Congratulations! #11097944Colette M. Metcalf August 01, 2014
HUGE congrats on this beautiful WIN, Val!!! #11097996
Jeff Robinson
August 01, 2014
Tammy M. Anderson
August 01, 2014
Linda D. Lester
August 01, 2014
Leslie McLain
August 01, 2014
Terry Cervi
August 01, 2014
Monnie Ryan August 01, 2014
Fabulous!!! Congratulations on a well-deserved winner, Val! #11098305
Patrick Rouzes
August 01, 2014
Bojan Bencic
August 01, 2014
Ellen Hodges August 01, 2014
Huge congrats on a fabulously composed WINNER, Val!!! #11098628Orsi August 01, 2014
Congratulations,Val!!!Gord MacEachern August 01, 2014
Val, your photography never ceases to amaze me!! Big congrats on your gold and finalists, photography at it's finest my friend!! #11098716
Emile Abbott
August 01, 2014
Deborah C. Lewinson
August 01, 2014
Huge Congrats!!! #11098755
Carol Eade
August 01, 2014
Joannie Bertucci
August 01, 2014
Val Feldman
August 01, 2014
Heather Loewenhardt
August 01, 2014
Carol L. Fowler August 01, 2014
Gorgeous Winner! Love your lighting and color saturation. #11098959JO ANN CLEVELAND August 01, 2014
Congratulation on this super 2nd Place Winner Val!jo ann c. #11098962
Dayna Cain
August 01, 2014
Kathy Shogren August 01, 2014
Beautiful light and shadows, gorgeous color. Big congrats Val on your win! #11099065Debbie Bray August 01, 2014
Miss Val, what a superb win! I love the light shining through those gorgeous lotus petals, so soft and quite exquisite!! A very beautiful image, and very fitting of a gold badge! :) #11099141Marijana Fajgl August 02, 2014
Huge congratulations on your gold, Val! #11099680Robert R. Goodman August 03, 2014
Big Congratulations on your beautiful win!!!! #11100129Nadia Paul August 05, 2014
Wonderful comp and stunning lighting Mz Val - gorgeous work as always my friend - congrats! #11101862Dalne M. Dola August 06, 2014
Wow, Val! Your lotus is absolute lovely actually breath taking. I love your work! #11102815Sign up for an interactive online photography course to get critiques on your photos.
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