• Photos

  • Level

  • Score

soft needles

© Marie Fields

soft needles

Uploaded: September 15, 2006 11:24:27

Description

Tip of a pine branch on an overcast day. 60mm micro lens, tripod, 400 speed film. Added a touch of gaussian blur and halo effect to the background.

(resubmitting this one sized a little differently to look sharper here at bp... copied comments from original entry.. thanks, everyone! :)


Comments

Marie Fields September 15, 2006


Cindy Paquette

Contact Cindy
Cindy's Gallery
cindypaquettesphotography.com

member since: 5/22/2004 Wow ohhhh wow Marie...this is gorgeous!
4/29/2006 5:37:09 AM


Jeff W. Robinson

Contact Jeff
Jeff's Premium Gallery

member since: 10/17/2002 Outstanding work Marie! This is great! Jeff

4/29/2006 5:44:47 AM


Laura Clay-Ballard

Contact Laura
Laura 's Premium Gallery
lauraclayballard.com

member since: 2/8/2005 awesome work, Marie! love it

4/29/2006 6:03:41 AM


Gloria B. Wood

Contact Gloria
Gloria's Premium Gallery

member since: 12/30/2000 Fantastic shot...beautiful and well done!

4/29/2006 6:05:39 AM


Roxanne M. Bubar

Contact Roxanne
Roxanne's Premium Gallery

member since: 4/14/2005 Awesome image and effects.

4/29/2006 6:22:29 AM


Tammi Beck

Contact Tammi
Tammi's Premium Gallery

member since: 5/15/2004 WOW that is neat, when it first opens I thought of a hibiscus. That is a really nice effect!!!
Tammi

4/29/2006 7:37:30 AM


#522837

William F. Clair September 15, 2006

Awesome!!! A winner!!! #3313593

Marie Fields September 15, 2006


Leanne M.E. Boyd

Contact Leanne
Leanne's Premium Gallery

member since: 4/16/2003 Beautiful shot, Marie! I like the effects and the textures.

4/29/2006 7:45:00 AM


Denise A. Johnson
Contact Denise
Denise's Premium Gallery

member since: 9/25/2005 would make a great christmas card....love that it took me a sec to know what it was...its a great "new" look to the pine....

4/29/2006 8:27:36 AM


Casey A. Hanson

Contact Casey
Casey's Premium Gallery
caseyhphotography.com

member since: 11/10/2003 This is gorgeous, Marie! I bet a winner...:0)

4/29/2006 8:43:55 AM


Joy Rector

Contact Joy
Joy's Premium Gallery

member since: 6/26/2002 gorgeous

4/29/2006 10:04:21 AM


Karen Engelbreth

Contact Karen
Karen's Premium Gallery

member since: 4/17/2003 Wonderful macro, Marie - great shot!

4/29/2006 12:29:54 PM


Sherry S. Boles

Contact Sherry
Sherry's Premium Gallery

member since: 2/28/2005 Wonderful soft image, Marie!

4/29/2006 12:37:24 PM


Michelle R. Kovach

Contact Michelle
Michelle's Premium Gallery
spiritfirephotography.com

member since: 3/4/2004 Beautiful Marie! Wonderful composition & this has a almost a hypnotic effect to it!

4/29/2006 2:33:51 PM


Claudia Kuhn

Contact Claudia
Claudia's Premium Gallery

member since: 3/14/2003 Nice textures and perspective Marie!

4/29/2006 2:54:46 PM


James C. Messervy

Contact James
James's Premium Gallery

member since: 1/16/2006 Really beautifully done Marie!

4/29/2006 3:38:46 PM


Steven Gunnerson

Contact Steven
Steven's Premium Gallery

member since: 6/4/2004 Fantastic shot Marie! Very creative and great dof.

5/1/2006 3:24:35 PM


Shawn Jennings

Contact Shawn
Shawn's Premium Gallery

member since: 1/25/2005 Great image Marie! Very well done!

5/1/2006 7:38:21 PM


Wendy Stevenson

Contact Wendy
Wendy's Premium Gallery

member since: 3/28/2004 I really like this shot Marie. The needles surrounding the centre almost give it a "zoom" feel! Well seen an shot!!


#3313594

Tonya R. Boles September 15, 2006

Great shot. #3313639

Amalia Sylvia Arriaga Salinas level-classic September 15, 2006

Wonderful image Marie!,
Amalia #3313660

Joy Rector September 15, 2006

awsome #3313671

Dr Silly level-classic September 15, 2006

SUPER :O)
#3313776

Sharon Day September 15, 2006

Beautiful image, Marie!!! #3313984

Alex Kovach September 15, 2006

I still think its beautiful & hypnotizing! Great job! Nice to see this one again! #3314021

Jenny Bosmans September 15, 2006

Superb image, Marie! Love it! :) #3314245

Joan Powell September 15, 2006

Amazing macro . #3315167

Kaye Burazin October 26, 2006

Fantastic presentation and effects Marie. Congrats! #3502734

Crossroad Photography October 26, 2006

Congratulations on your wonderful finalist, Marie! #3502899

Claudia Kuhn level-classic October 26, 2006

Congrats Marie, beautiful details! #3503314

Laura Clay-Ballard October 26, 2006

gorgeous! congrats! #3504157

Tammy Scott October 26, 2006

Congratulations #3505228

Kristi A. Howson October 26, 2006

Congratulations on this wonderful finalist and Best Of Luck in the next round Marie. Love this composition and presentation! #3505296

Jim Kinnunen level-classic October 26, 2006

A big congratulations on this excellent image, Marie!!!:) #3505508

Sherry Stricklin Boles level-classic October 26, 2006

Congrats on this great finalist, Marie! #3506253

Dr Silly level-classic October 27, 2006

Congratulations on your finalist, Marie. :O)
#3507534

Tonya R. Boles October 27, 2006

Congrats. #3507710

Wendy Stevenson October 27, 2006

Big Congrats on this most excellent finalist! I really like the dynamics Marie! Best of luck to ya! #3508449

Nadya Johnson October 27, 2006

Awesome, Marie!! Congratulations and best of luck in the final round! #3508918

Rakesh Syal level-classic October 27, 2006

Congratulations on this wonderful finalist, Marie!! #3509976

Jenny Bosmans October 27, 2006

And once again, big congratulations, Marie! :) #3510299

Karen Walzer October 27, 2006

Congrats Marie! K #3511690

Darryl Wilkinson October 27, 2006

Beautiful finalist, Marie. Congratulations! #3511699

Terry R. Hatfield October 28, 2006

Awesome Image Marie! Congrats To You:-) #3513842

Janine Russell level-deluxe October 28, 2006

Marie, congratulations on your finalist. #3515942

Anne D. Eigen November 03, 2006

A huge congratulations on this excellent finalist, Marie!!! #3540841

To discuss, first log in or sign up (buttons are at top center of page).

Get Constructive Critiques

Sign up for an interactive online photography course to get critiques on your photos.


 

Did You Know?

Discussions by Category: You can view photo discussions on various themes in the Community > Photo Discussions section of the site.

BetterPhoto Websites: If you see an orange website link directly under the photographer's name, it's totally okay. It's not spam. The reason: BetterPhoto is the one that offers these personal photography websites. We are supporting our clients with those links.

Unavailable EXIF: If there is no other information but 'Unavailable' in the EXIF (meaning no EXIF data exists with the photo), the 'Unavailable' blurb is not displayed. If there is any info, it shows. Many photos have the EXIF stripped out when people modify the image and resave it, before uploading.


 

The following truth is one of the core philosophies of BetterPhoto:

I hear, I forget.
I see, I remember.
I do, I understand.

You learn by doing. Take your next online photography class.

You &

Love It!
BetterPhoto.com Photo Contest Finalist


Copyright for this photo belongs solely to Marie Fields.
Images may not be copied, downloaded, or used in any way without the expressed, written permission of the photographer.
Log in to follow or message this photographer or report this photo.