Perfect Imperfection

© Colleen Farrell

Perfect Imperfection

Uploaded: March 12, 2007

Description

f13, 1/6, 18-200mm lens at 60mm, natural light

Exif: FNumber: 13, ExposureBiasValue: 11184811/33554432, ExposureTime: 0.166666671633721, Flash: flash did not fire, ISO: , WhiteBalance:

Comments

Kitty R. Rodehorst-Hanna March 12, 2007

I can't believe I'm the first on this absolutely GORGEOUS tulip, Colleen!!!! That background is perfect in bringing out the wonderful colors and details of the flower!!!!!! ^.^ #619683

Donna La Mattino Pagakis March 12, 2007

Gorgeous Colleen, simple and beautiful floral image! #4047645

John Connolly March 12, 2007

What a beautiful floral capture, Colleen! Love that BG! #4047653

Tamara K. Walker level-classic March 12, 2007

beautiful presentation, I love the title. #4047714

Colleen Farrell March 12, 2007

Thanks so much, Kitty, Donna, John and Tamara--I really appreciate your great comments! #4047792

Linda M. Walker March 12, 2007

Beautifully done! #4047820

Mike D. Perez level-deluxe March 12, 2007

Beautiful tulip presentation, Colleen. I really like the contrasting green background. #4047905

Roxanne M. Bubar March 12, 2007

Gorgeous tulip and outstanding presentation. #4048004

Colleen Farrell March 12, 2007

Thank you, Linda, Mike and Roxanne! :) #4048066

Sam Britt March 12, 2007

Beautifully captured single tulip. Great background color. #4048259

Tamera S. Phillips March 12, 2007

Stunning! I just love this one. Such beautiful detail and softness. #4048355

Christy Nichols March 12, 2007

Beautifully captueredm Colleen!!! This is gorgeous! #4048463

Colleen Farrell March 12, 2007

Thank you, Sam, Tamera and Christy! I appreciate it! #4048564

Deborah C. Lewinson level-addict March 12, 2007

Excellent presentation of this beautiful single tulip, Colleen!
-Debby #4048774

Dr. Harmeet Singh March 12, 2007

This is so beautiful.......... #4048807

Colleen Farrell March 12, 2007

Thank you, Debby and Harmeet! :D #4048818

Janine Russell level-deluxe March 12, 2007

Colleen, excellent colors, detail, clarity and lighting. #4048912

Rakesh Syal level-classic March 12, 2007

Simply superb, Colleen! #4048969

Robert R. Goodman March 13, 2007

Hi Colleen,I see only perfection of a very of a very beautiful image.Wonderful color and clarity!!!!!!! #4049371

Robert R. Goodman March 13, 2007

Hi Colleen,I see only perfection of a very beautiful image.Wonderful color and clarity!!!!!!! #4049373

Anne D. Eigen March 13, 2007

Beautiful colors, and I love the simplicity and grace of this image, Colleen! #4049902

Colleen Farrell March 13, 2007

Thanks so much, Janine, Rakesh, Robert and Anne! :D #4050462

Holly Shao March 13, 2007

Excellent work, Colleen! Love it!

Holly #4051172

Shelly A. Van Camp level-classic March 13, 2007

This is Beautiful! #4051318

Colleen Farrell March 13, 2007

Thank you, Holly and Shelly! :D #4051442

Marilyn Flanagan March 13, 2007

Exquisite, Colleen! #4051788

Colleen Farrell March 14, 2007

Thank you, Marilyn! #4053641

Ken Grooms March 14, 2007

Perfect. Should definitely see this again! #4055468

Colleen Farrell March 15, 2007

Thanks so much, Ken--I really appreciate your encouragement! :D #4057075

Robert Baer March 16, 2007

colleen
beautiful image. so simple yet elegant. keep up your wonderful, artistic work. #4061529

Colleen Farrell March 16, 2007

Thank you, Justin, for your great comments! #4061878

Christina C. Moore March 17, 2007

Lovely! Nice simple composition.
#4064330

Colleen Farrell March 17, 2007

Thank you, Christina! #4064481

Sandy Powers March 18, 2007

What a lovely flower photo! Tulips are my favorite, and this has such simple elegance. The exposure and focus are amazing! Looks like a winner to me :)

#4067055

Colleen Farrell March 18, 2007

Thank you so much, Sandy! #4068066

Heather Thorsen March 19, 2007

Simple and most beautiful picture Colleen. I love the colours. #4069875

Colleen Farrell March 19, 2007

Thank you, Heather! #4070341

Melissa G. Meiselman March 19, 2007

Exquisite composition with the single flower well displayed against the green background!! #4070353

Colleen Farrell March 19, 2007

Thank you, Melissa--I appreciate your encouragement! :D #4070451

Sam Britt April 24, 2007

Congratulations on this beautiful finalist, Colleen! #4206319

Tamara K. Walker level-classic April 24, 2007

CONGRATULATIONS. #4206339

Chris Budny level-deluxe April 24, 2007

Pretty darned perfect, I'd say! Congratulations! #4206430

Tamera S. Phillips April 24, 2007

Congrats again!! This one is so delicate and beautiful. #4206441

Holly Shao April 24, 2007

Congratulations, Colleen, on this elegant and wonderful Finalist!

Holly #4206658

Kitty R. Rodehorst-Hanna April 24, 2007

Congratulations on this fantastic finalist, Colleen!!!!! :-) ^.^ #4206760

Renee Doyle April 24, 2007

Congratulations on this stunning finalist Colleen!
#4206889

Nikki McDonald level-classic April 24, 2007

This is a beautiful finalist, Colleen. Congratulations. #4206954

Arlene Krassner April 24, 2007

Lovely work Colleen. Congratulations. #4207399

Cheryl E. Molennor April 24, 2007

Congratulations again #4207451

Su Sana E. P level-classic April 24, 2007

Congratulations again, Colleen!! #4207578

Esther Smith April 24, 2007

Way to go Colleen! Congratulations! #4207933

Colleen Farrell April 24, 2007

Thank you so much, everybody, for your great encouragement and support! :D #4208239

Joannie Bertucci level-classic April 25, 2007

Congratulations on #2 and counting! :-) #4208642

Ron Roberts April 25, 2007

CONGRATS AND GOOD LUCK...RON... #4208837

Carol Teal April 25, 2007

Congrats again Colleen. I really like this one a lot! #4209811

Robert Baer April 25, 2007

colleen
congratulations on this elegant finalist!! #4210498

Christy Nichols April 25, 2007

Congratulations again, Colleen!! Another gorgeous finalist!! You go girl! #4210797

Colleen Farrell April 25, 2007

Thank you so much, Joannie, Ron, Carol, Justin and Christy! :D #4211244

Sylvia Rossler April 25, 2007

Big congrats again Colleen :o) #4212648

Aimee S. McMaster April 25, 2007

...congratulations again, Colleen....awesome...Aimee #4212723

Robert R. Goodman April 25, 2007

Congratulations Colleen!!!! #4212836

Colleen Farrell April 25, 2007

Thank you so much, Sylvia, Aimee and Robert! :D #4212860

Glenn E. Urquhart April 25, 2007

A Big Congratulations on your Finalist Award!!! Well Deserved, Cheers, Glenn. #4213407

Ken Grooms April 25, 2007

I just got Christopher Baker's "Tulipa" book in the mail today. This photo looks EXACTLY like one of Baker's masterpieces!! #4214009

Colleen Farrell April 26, 2007

Thanks so much, Glenn and Ken! That's very cool, Ken! I ordered the book, too--it's coming by media mail so may take awhile to get here. I'd really like to do a whole series of flowers like this; not many have the graceful form of tulips, though!
#4216649

Shawn Jennings April 26, 2007

Beautiful shot Colleen! Definately a winner in my book. Congratulations on your finalist! #4217102

Colleen Farrell April 26, 2007

Thank you, Shawn! #4217674

Regina L. Rickert April 26, 2007

Congratulations on a gorgeous finalist, Colleen! #4218137

Colleen Farrell April 27, 2007

Thank you, Lexi! #4221111

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