Simply Irresistible

© Laura Clay-Ballard

Simply Irresistible

Uploaded: June 13, 2005

Description

* Featured in the Better Photo Digital Darkroom Issue #027 *
And, the Photogroup 101 Peoples Choice Award on 5/26/06!

Comments

Cynthia A. Gallo Callan June 13, 2005

Laura -- the title fits this so well -- This is Simply Irresistible! Great job. #262517

Claudia Kuhn level-classic June 13, 2005

Lovely and soft Laura, beautiful! #1463182

Cindy Paquette June 13, 2005

Laura, you've outdone yourself with this beauty! Wow ... irresistible is right on! #1463238

Walter Graziano June 13, 2005

Nice soft effects, Laura. #1463256

Agnes Fegan level-deluxe June 13, 2005

Nice work on this Laura...very pretty! #1463258

Tom Andersen June 13, 2005

Beautiful image, Laura! The effects and lighting are fantastic! #1463262

Donna W. Neal June 13, 2005

Beautiful!!! Love the applications you applied #1463279

Dorothy Neumann June 13, 2005

Just beautiful, Laura! #1463325

Kelly Abernathy level-classic June 13, 2005

Lovely effects! -K #1463336

Linda D. Lester level-classic June 13, 2005

Lovely effects, Laura! #1463368

Joy Rector June 13, 2005

Absolutely beautiful, great work. #1463384

Laura Clay-Ballard June 13, 2005

good morning everyone! I'm going out of town today .. I'll catch up later!
thanks for all your comments #1463483

Darren K. Fisher June 13, 2005

So elegant looking. I hope you printed and hung this one. Wonderful job Laura. #1463518

Paul Michko June 13, 2005

What an awesome elegant image, Laura. #1463562

S J June 13, 2005

So very delicate and beautiful, Laura!! Love your creative composition on this!! #1463638

Colleen Braun June 13, 2005

this is beautiful... #1463652

Adilson F. Ferreira level-classic June 13, 2005

Fantastic image Laura!!!
Great treatment on the image!!! #1463792

Donald K. Cherry June 13, 2005

Great image and fantastic PS work!! #1463807

Deb Holmes-Hatfield June 13, 2005

Beatuiful, Laura, so delicate looking, great effects! #1463826

Loan Tran level-classic June 13, 2005

I love the soft, delicate, painterly looking effect on you image. Well done job. #1463941

Michelle Lea Guinn June 13, 2005

beautiful image and wonderful title!! mlg #1464027

Dominique Declerck June 13, 2005

Great effects, Laura!! beautiful !! #1464055

Bryan Yates June 13, 2005

I really like this!! This is perfect! #1464066

Olivia Navarro June 13, 2005

Laura, you are really on a roll lately! :-)

This is sooooo LOVELY! It's soft, elegant, delicate. I just love it! #1464091

Gail Vitikacs level-classic June 13, 2005

FABULOUS...this is such a beautiful piece of art! #1464219

Anita Hogue June 13, 2005

Awesome, Laura! I believe you have a winner here! #1464257

Nobu Nagase June 13, 2005

E X Q U I S I T E, Laura!!!
Beautiful work!!!
...ditto Darren on printing and hanging it on the wall... #1464334

Tammy Nuxoll June 13, 2005

This is Absolutely Gogeous Laura!!! Hope you had a Wonderful Weekend!!! #1464339

Deborah Sandidge June 13, 2005

Very painterly effects, Laura - great work! #1464362

Kevin Burns June 13, 2005

Now this image is cool to just look at love the effects and colors and the comp!! Well done. #1464420

Claudette Foote June 13, 2005

wow! wow! wow! love the sofness the color and effects.. great job Laura... so beautiful...

Absolutely Gogeous Laura!!! #1464448

Karen Engelbreth June 13, 2005

Soft and beautiful, Laura! #1464508

Melissa L. Zavadil June 13, 2005

Very soft and beautiful image you have created! Wonderful image!! #1464563

Wren Hendrick June 13, 2005

What a talent you have!! Perfect title, this is just stunning. #1464761

Judy S. Fung June 13, 2005

Lovely image and wonderful work on this, Laura! #1465062

Ermanno Radice June 13, 2005

Wonderful image, great work, love the soft effect, Laura! #1465323

Shelly A. Van Camp level-classic June 13, 2005

STUNNING! Love this..soft and pretty..Shelly #1465539

Marsha S. Smith June 13, 2005

Absolutely exquisite! Awesomely beautiful, Laura. #1465765

Mary Clarke June 13, 2005

This is simply beautiful, Laura. #1465802

Rhonda Smith June 13, 2005

This is breathtaking Laura.. looks like a very high end watercolor painting.. I love it!! #1465815

Laura Clay-Ballard June 13, 2005

I've been out of town all day long, and what a wonderful return home and seeing all these comments! Thanks to everyone! #1466125

Goshka G. June 13, 2005

Absolutely gorgeous, Laura!! #1466256

Kara L. Hendricks June 13, 2005

This is exsquisite Laura... I love this... #1466292

Lucia De Giovanni June 13, 2005

Beautiful work, Laura! #1466390

Rob Friedman June 13, 2005

Gorgeous work!! #1466507

William C. Raco level-classic June 13, 2005

Love that color, composition and mood
Very pretty, Laura!!

bill
#1466708

Laura E. OConnor June 13, 2005

Beautiful digital darkroom work, Laura! #1466715

Debra Booth June 13, 2005

Gorgeous, Laura! Great editing!! #1466757

Laura Clay-Ballard June 13, 2005

Thanks to all and to all a good night! :>) #1466758

Sharon L. Wack June 13, 2005

Hi Laura, I am the late bird again tonight so you'LL get this in the morning, WHAT A WONDERFUL PIECE OF ART WORK! The texture is just like my oil paintings, I really love the softness you have created BEAUTIFUL!!!!!!!! #1467111

Alisha L. Ekstrom June 13, 2005

I'm another late bird as well Laura. I've been busy so now I have time to comment!! This is BEAUTIFUL!!! I love how it looks like a painting done on canvas. You're getting VERY creative little lady!!!!:):) Wonderfully done:) #1467227

Danilo Piccioni June 13, 2005

This is my favorite from you!!!!!
very well done! I bet we will see this again very soon! #1467262

Donna Roberts June 13, 2005

Laura, this is SO BEAUTIFUL and I loved reading how you achieved this.
I fully expect to see again this next month.....
As others have said, the texture is so appropriate for this image.
I love it!!
:-) from 'downunder' #1467292

Kerby Pfrangle June 13, 2005

Laura this is so pretty.

Soft in color and wonderful in compositon.

Very nicely done.

Kerby #1467295

Kate Jackson June 14, 2005

Breathtaking an amazing Laura!! Love the work you have done on this! #1467496

Laura Clay-Ballard June 14, 2005

Thanks, everyone! :>) #1468051

Bill Houghton June 14, 2005

This is just beautiful Laura. Great job. #1468186

Jenny Bosmans June 14, 2005

Gorgeous, Laura!!! Takes my breath away!! #1468412

Laura Clay-Ballard June 14, 2005

Thank you! #1468599

Dan Holm June 14, 2005

Absolutely GORGEOUS, Laura!! Excellent work on this elegant image! #1470042

Roxanne M. Bubar June 14, 2005

Beautiful colors and wonderful effects. #1470176

Laura Clay-Ballard June 14, 2005

Thanks, Dan and roxanne! #1470348

June 14, 2005

Beautiful job Laura! Great effect and colors, love it! #1471485

Amanda Price June 15, 2005

Absolutely soft and beautiful! Love it! #1473536

Laura Clay-Ballard June 15, 2005

thanks so much! #1474087

Mary K. Robison June 16, 2005

CONGRATULATIONS, Laura! This is a beautiful choice for the Digital Darkroom's June Newsletter! #1475598

Vicki Hunt June 16, 2005

This is SO lovely! #1475897

Laura Clay-Ballard June 16, 2005

Thanks, Mary for pointing this out to me! I'm on my way out of town for the day! What a very pleasant surprise! #1476133

Anne D. Eigen June 16, 2005

This is and exquisite image Laura. Wonderful vision and execution of DA effects! #1476350

DiAnna F. Paulk June 16, 2005

Laura, this is BEAUTIFUL! And I was so happy to see it int he June Digital Darkroom!!! Way to go, Laura!! #1476397

Marie Fields June 16, 2005

Gorgeous image, Laura! Excellent work! #1476723

Mary N C. Taitt June 16, 2005

Utterly gorgeous. WOW! #1476782

Donna La Mattino Pagakis June 16, 2005

Hi Laura, I wanted to congratulate you on being featured in the Digital Darkroom!! A job well done!! This is lovely!!

Donna #1477088

Alisha L. Ekstrom June 16, 2005

Congrats Laura on being in the digital darkroom newsletter for June!!!!!! This is a wonderful...beautiful image. You go girl!!!:):) #1478446

Laura Clay-Ballard June 16, 2005

Thank you, everyone, for your kind remarks on this image and for your hearty congratulations for getting it in the newsletter. You are the best! #1479304

Cathy Stancil June 18, 2005

So Gorgeous Laura !! Excellent PS work on this beautiful image ! (sorry its taking me so long to come around...I am finally having some time to catch up with comments !!) #1486392

Debbie Hartley June 18, 2005

A beautiful magnolia Laura! #1487160

Laura Clay-Ballard June 19, 2005

Thanks, Cathy and Debbie! :>) #1488193

Elisabeth A. Gay June 19, 2005

This is so soft and pretty Laura, lovely!
Ann #1488662

Souha Dooly June 19, 2005

Lovely Laura!!!so nice and soft !!Its a great work!! #1489248

Laura Clay-Ballard June 19, 2005

Thanks a whole bunch, y'all! :>) #1489414

Angela K. Wittmer June 21, 2005

this is beautiful! Wonderful job! #1497532

Laura Clay-Ballard June 21, 2005

Thank you, Angela. #1499090

Noel Baebler June 22, 2005

Beautiful filter work, Laura! I bet this would look great printed on inkjet watercolor paper! #1505688

Laura Clay-Ballard June 22, 2005

thanks for the suggestion noel! i'll give it a try! #1505804

Stephen Zacker June 22, 2005

Beautiful and Elegant. Like your effects #1506792

Sandra Wehrman June 24, 2005

love the soft color and texture mix, reminds me of a watercolor on rice paper, very nice job! #1515328

Laura Clay-Ballard June 24, 2005

thank you very much! I actually printed it on watercolor paper, yesterday, and it looks terrific; however, I think I need to work on the colors for that type of paper .. #1515371

Terry L. Ellis level-classic June 24, 2005

So soft, so elegant, and so beautiful, Laura!! Wonderful effects! #1515373

Laura Clay-Ballard June 24, 2005

thank you, terry! :>) #1515381

Susie Peek-Swint June 25, 2005

Fantastic work Laura ~ I love the wonderful simplicity you've created ~ well done! #1519380

Mary Timman August 09, 2005

I love this image and the work you did is really just beautiful. You made it wonderfully gorgeous.
Your gallery is so nice, very difficult to decide what to comment on this time. They are all so great.
Thanks for the comment on my photo, greatly appreciated. #1696870

Laura Clay-Ballard August 09, 2005

thanks, mary and susan! #1697274

Anderson D. Co August 10, 2005

Simple yet so elegant. Nice work on this! #1699452

Laura Clay-Ballard August 10, 2005

Thanks! #1699898

Jennifer Rennison August 22, 2005

Beautiful, love the soft pastel and lighting! Excellent image, Laura! #1751138

Laura Clay-Ballard August 22, 2005

Thanks! #1751240

Tammy Scott August 23, 2005

WOW I love how soft and delicate this is, Laura! #1758236

Laura Clay-Ballard August 23, 2005

Thanks, Tammy! #1758482

Tonya R. Boles May 07, 2006

Great job Laura, this is so soft.. #2735626

Laura Clay-Ballard May 07, 2006

thanks, Tonya! its one of my all time favorites! #2735816

Michelle R. Kovach May 26, 2006

Congratulations on Winning the 101 Photogroup's PCA! #2819853

Jenny Bosmans May 26, 2006

Congratulations again, Laura!! Super!! :) #2819868

Laura Clay-Ballard May 26, 2006

oh my goodness!!!! how wonderful is this!!!!!!!!!?????? Thanks!!!!!!! #2819876

Kara L. Hendricks May 26, 2006

Congratulations Laura!!! Way to go!!! #2819911

Corinne M. Thompson May 26, 2006

The award and title say it all...Congrats! :) #2820037

Laura Clay-Ballard May 26, 2006

thanks, y'all! #2820053

Kenneth Mucke May 26, 2006

Just simply MAGNIFICANT #2820482

Laura Clay-Ballard May 27, 2006

thanks, kenneth! #2821212

Shelly A. Van Camp level-classic April 07, 2007

Very Pretty..love your effects! #4140495

Laura Clay-Ballard April 07, 2007

thanks, shelly! #4140524

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