2/23/2012 3:08:38 PM

Welcome back Carla!! I am glad you are getting better!! I like this one, the colors are great and I think you did a good job with the focus. What kind of flower is this?

2/23/2012 6:46:38 PM

I love the rich pink colors, Carla.

It's good to have you back!

2/23/2012 6:57:20 PM

It's so good to see your creations again Carla. Beautifully balanced with just a touch of crisp focus to tickle the senses. Very nice.

2/23/2012 9:01:18 PM

Yes, welcome back. Sometimes the pain is when you can't do want you love more than the pain of the injury itself. I love pink and I love the dark pink that flows into the light. Just lovely:)

2/23/2012 9:06:22 PM

Great composition with great leading lines. If this is "shakey" for you, I'm way out-classed!

2/23/2012 9:28:46 PM

I love the lead in line with the focused petal pushing my eye right to the stamens. Also love the shades of pink and to echo B9th S. what type of flower is this?

2/23/2012 9:32:12 PM

Loving this as it makes me anxious for spring and summer!! Miss seeing colors like this!! Just beautiful!! :)

2/24/2012 5:51:30 AM

Thank you all.
I've missed my hobby, which Sue has described well, and participating.
Beth and Kristin this is a pink magnolia. My parents have also called it a tulip tree.
Jeanine, when my parent's tree starts flowering I know spring is around the corner. The tree is bare of leaves and all you see are these large gorgeous flowers.

2/24/2012 7:26:19 AM

Welcome back my friend. I can see by this fine image that you have not lost your touch

2/24/2012 7:42:42 AM

Glad to see you picking up the camera...you go girl! :~) I can't see any shakes in this one...you nailed a focus on a super narrow DOF! I love the composition on it too. I think it could use brightened up a tad though.

2/24/2012 8:19:27 AM

OH MY GIRL IT IS SOO SOO GOOD TO SEE YOU POSTING AGAIN. NO SHAKE HERE JUST PURE PERFECTION. LET THE HEALING BEGIN!

2/24/2012 1:49:33 PM

Carla - I am so glad to see your beautiful images coming back into view. And I'm with Stephen, if this is shaky then so am I.

2/24/2012 5:08:23 PM

Magnolia...awwwww...we can't grow these in our zone so it is lovely to see the blossoms here, thank you!

2/24/2012 6:31:57 PM

Great to see you back Carla...love the limited DOF and leading line of the edge of the petal on this one..

2/24/2012 6:59:40 PM

I hadn't recognized this as a tulip tree. I was down in your neck of the woods (or orchards) last weekend. I'm kicking myself now. I passed up opportunities for orchard blossoms and for these tulip trees blossoms.

2/24/2012 7:54:22 PM

O this is a tulip tree??? We have them here and they don't look like this. This looks more like the magnolia trees my neighbor has.

2/25/2012 4:10:20 AM

this is beautiful, I love the tones and the placement of the bud. good to have you back

2/25/2012 6:04:37 AM

Lovely Carla! Welcome back!

2/25/2012 6:08:23 AM

The Liriodendron (popular name 'Tulip tree') is been hybridized (is that a word?)so they don't necessarily have the pink blossom we see in Carla's fine image. We see them in some folk's yard around here but in one of Mother Nature's strange quirks they come into bloom too early and invariably get hit by late frosts so we only get to enjoy them for a short time.
Welcome back Carla.

2/25/2012 7:06:52 AM

Welcome back to BP Carla! This is a glorious flower and capture, you certainly haven't lost your touch while you have been sick!

2/26/2012 11:44:34 AM

A rockin' image, Carla!!!! Welcome back, friend!!!

2/26/2012 2:10:25 PM

Thank you.

2/29/2012 8:14:36 AM

Welcome back Carla!! As usual this is a beautiful image. I love the soft pink color and the narrow DOF :)

3/4/2012 7:05:56 PM

what a lovely, elegant shot. I love it

3/23/2012 6:24:14 AM

A big Congratulations on your beautiful finalist my friend!!!!

3/25/2012 7:23:47 PM

Congratulations!

3/25/2012 7:34:35 PM

Congradulations

3/25/2012 7:44:57 PM

Congratulations!!!

3/25/2012 7:53:07 PM

Congrats on your beautiful finalist!

3/25/2012 8:16:04 PM

So beautiful ... congratulations on your finalist!

3/25/2012 8:35:12 PM

Congrats on the finalist Carla. :o)

3/25/2012 9:48:56 PM

So beautiful, Carla, congratulations on your finalist!

3/26/2012 6:04:00 AM

beautiful congratulations on your finalist.

3/26/2012 9:17:30 AM

congratulations Carla

3/26/2012 9:24:14 AM

Beautiful Carla...congratulations!

3/26/2012 10:04:55 AM

Congrats on your Phinalist!!!! :~) See you could go years without picking up the camera and the day you do will be amazing!

3/26/2012 11:16:20 AM

Hi Carla, Be sure to tell your Doc you got a finalist when you first picked up your camera after surgery.
Huge Texas congratulations and I bet this helps the healing.

3/26/2012 11:55:57 AM

C O N G R A T Z !!!

UB.

3/26/2012 11:40:20 PM

Thank you.

3/27/2012 6:37:03 AM

Congrats on a super gorgeous finalist, Carla!! Very best luck!!

3/27/2012 9:50:01 AM

Loved this one when it first was posted. Good luck, Carla.

3/27/2012 10:07:07 AM

Gorgeous Finalist Carla!! Pretty awesome for just getting back into it!

3/28/2012 3:13:46 AM

Thk u, Ellen, Debbie and Mary.

3/30/2012 6:49:32 AM

Congratulations on the fabulous finalist Carla, your gallery is beautiful!

jo ann c.

4/7/2012 9:47:26 AM

Thank you, Jo Ann.

4/12/2012 8:01:24 AM

Wonderful lines and details in this beauty, Carla!

5/2/2012 7:35:15 AM

No question about this becoming a finalist. WTG Carla.

5/2/2012 8:13:53 AM

Absolutely gorgeous!
Congratulations on this beautiful finalist!

(Sorry to hear you have been ill)

5/2/2012 12:54:49 PM

Thks everyone.
Thanks Anita, I'm doing well.

5/4/2012 6:49:57 AM

CONGRATULATONS!!! Way to go girl!

5/4/2012 7:10:36 AM

Thk u, Beth.

5/6/2012 10:08:11 AM