Inspiring Photo: Fancy Free #10707188

Fancy Free

Uploaded: September 01, 2010 00:15:39

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These Little Thing-a-ma-boppers
Looked So Footloose To Me!
!!! HAD TO SHOOT THEM !!!
They Are Seed Pods That Come After The Flowers Are Done For The Season.
MY GUESS IS WILD CLEMATIS.

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Straight From The Camera ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Canmore, Alberta, Reservoir.
CANADA

* * *
(N&L) TV 1/500, AV 8.0, ISO 200
The BG is WATER.

*** THANK YOU BP FOR CHOOSING THIS IMAGE AS FINALIST! ***

Exif: F Number: 8, Exposure Bias Value: 0.00, ExposureTime: 10/5000 seconds, Flash: did not fire, auto mode, ISO: 200, FocalLength: 105.00 mm, Model: NIKON D90

Comments

Robert K. Bemus September 01, 2010

Beautiful comp and color, Laura!! #1303728

Lynne Morris September 01, 2010

Wow this is stunning Laura. #8874259

Karen Engelbreth September 01, 2010

Wonderful capture, Laura... #8874263

Laura E. Swan September 01, 2010

Hi Robert, Lynne and Karen!

Great to see you guys! Thank you for the kind comments. Glad you like it!

They were so beautiful in my eyes. Shining in the sun. :) My original that is stored in my lap top seems more sharp and shiny. (?!) They were stunning in person, too!

-Laura :) #8874267

Michelle Alton September 01, 2010

I think you'll have a winner with this one, Laura! #8874298

Tiia Vissak September 01, 2010

a cool close-up! #8874315

Mary K. Robison September 01, 2010

Perfect lighting (love the little circles) and diagonal comp, Pom! That water color's wonderful, and the wispy flowers look so soft and silky. Great job!

#8874322

Douglas Pignet September 01, 2010

Wonderful lighting on this lovely capture, well done #8874377

Gord MacEachern September 01, 2010

A winner in my book Laura!1 #8874421

Jeff Robinson September 01, 2010

Another very cool find and capture Laura! Jeff #8874426

Kerry Penn September 01, 2010

This is such a gorgeous shot. The lighting and color is wonderful. #8874447

Stephen Zacker September 01, 2010

Really pretty. Like that bg #8874451

Carolyn M. Fletcher September 01, 2010

Wonderful shot of these thingamaboppers! I'm so happy somebody besides me says thingamaboppers! #8874479

Monnie Ryan September 01, 2010

They're just beautiful, whatever they are! Terrific capture, Laura! #8874801

Stephen Mimms September 01, 2010

Great capture and a very interesting subject. #8874830

Nancy J. Locke September 01, 2010

Blows me away BEAUTIFUL, Laura!!!

STUPENDOUS AND PERFECT!!! Bet we see this again!!!

Hugs, Nancy J Locke #8875131

Susan Weisensel September 01, 2010

Beautiful image and cool background. #8875319

Patrick Rouzes September 01, 2010

Swanee Laura, you have outdone yourself with this one! The lighting, tones, focus, clarity, dof, b/g 7 presentation are all incredible ! I am proud of you! Winner in my book & good luck! WTG! #8875356

Nancy L. Green September 01, 2010

WONDERFUL macro Laura, I love the fanciful feel to this, WTG!!! I also LOVE the pic you put on a comment for Patrick's image!!! <>< #8875567

John Connolly September 01, 2010

A very fitting title and a great capture Laura! This one has all the signs of being a winner! #8875728

Laura E. Swan September 01, 2010

Wow you guys. I am overwhelmed with the responses to this one. I knew I loved it but had no idea you would love it this much, too! WOW! Thank you so much. All of you. I am really enjoying your feedback and it truly means more to me than you know. Cross your fingers for this one. :)

Just hope I put it in the right category. Animals and insects right? Hehe!

Your Pal and BP Sis, Miss Rose, Laura, Lala...whatever you like calling me. :))) #8875786

Tammy Espino September 01, 2010

I LOVE this, a favorite for me :) #8875799

Laura E. Swan September 01, 2010

Thanks Tammy Girl. You guys are really having me smile over this one. It was magical to shoot. I have to admit that. I knew it was special when I was capturing them and took several images at different angles. This was my FAV out of the lot!

HUGS and thanks again. To you ALL!
-Laura-looloo #8875816

Laura E. Swan September 01, 2010

P.S. Thing-a-ma-boppers are DIFFERENT than Thing-a-ma-JIGGERS just in case inquiring minds were wondering. HA!

#8875820

Randy D. Dinkins September 01, 2010

Beautiful shot, wonderful details and bg. Well done!!! #8875905

Nancyj E. Hovey September 01, 2010

Fantastic capture with sparkles....wonderful! amazing! 8o) #8875909

Ron McEwan September 01, 2010

WOW Laura, I know I would be shooting them if I were there. They are so delicate looking you captured them so well. Have fun you guys. Rained here all day over 3 inches so far and some more tomorrow. Cool off for a few days and then heat up again. #8876040

Dick W. Wyatt September 02, 2010

Well done ! #8876597

Brett Dolsen September 02, 2010

Sunning Laura!!That water colour,the details and the bokeh in a great composition makes a winner in my view! #8876632

Laura E. Swan September 02, 2010

Thank you Randy, Mumj, Ron, Dick and Brett!

I REALLY appreciate the high marks you are giving this one!

-Laura #8876705

Roxanne M. Bubar September 02, 2010

Spectacular, colorful and creative. :) #8876825

Laura E. Swan September 02, 2010

Hi Roxanne!!! Wow! Thanks so MUCH!!! :D

-Laura #8877642

Kirsten Kiki Kjaer September 02, 2010

OH how I LOVE this image, MSSSLala. Fan-really-beautiful-tastic image. I've only seen these once and I was so fascinated by them. They're so special.
YSSSKiki - writing to you from Calgary!! #8878706

Laura E. Swan September 02, 2010

Hi Calgary Kiki! HA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yeeewhooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!

HEY! If we tour CANMORE together I will take you right to these Thing-a-ma-boppers! They will be two weeks OLDER by then...Humm...(Eek?)

HOW FUN! We are BOTH WRITING FROM HERE! HA!

-YVOSSSLala
See You In The Morning!!! :D #8878752

Ruth E. Foster-Lindsay September 03, 2010

Gorgeous capture Laura! Colors and lighting are fabulous! Well done! :-) #8879479

JO ANN CLEVELAND September 03, 2010

Amazing image Laura, great colors and comp! Also great bokeh lights..

jo ann c. #8879993

Karen Kessler September 03, 2010

This is gorgeous just as it is, too! These are very pretty, dainty flowers! #8880756

Laura E. Swan September 03, 2010

Hi Ruth, Jo Ann and Kalena!

Thank you so very much! :D

-Laura #8880923

Irene Colling September 05, 2010

This is a winning marco for me Laura.
The boken background perfectly gives attention to the beautifully backlit main subjects.
Excellent work Laura. #8883705

Laura E. Swan September 05, 2010

Thanks so MUCH Irene!!! :))) #8883742

Cindy Bendush September 07, 2010

Striking image Laura! Gorgeous detail, composition, and *bokeh*!!! Great work! #8885859

Amanda J. Tanner September 07, 2010

Wonderful image Laura! A winner! #8887511

Laura E. Swan September 07, 2010

Thank you everyone!!! :)))) #8887982

Daniella Puente September 08, 2010

Of course you had to shoot them! is amazing, the soft tones and the light, LOVE IT!!! #8889189

Laura E. Swan September 08, 2010

Thank you Daniella! :))) Nice to see you today, too! Hope you have been well.

-Laura #8889213

Renee Doyle September 16, 2010

Fantastic use of light and wonderful capture Laura!! Love that bokeh!! #8906891

Wm Nosal September 26, 2010

Beautiful Shot, Laura! #8930983

Tammy Espino November 15, 2010

Congratulations on your awesome finalist. Good luck next round :)(high five) #9035899

Laura E. Swan November 15, 2010

Thank you so much Renee and Wm! :) !!! #9035908

John Connolly November 15, 2010

Amazing light, detail and glorious color here Laura! Nice work, my friend! #9035921

Laura E. Swan November 15, 2010

Hi 5 Nevada SIST-AAAAAAA! Ha! THANK YOU MUCH!!!

Thank you lots, John! :D #9035964

Maria Warren November 15, 2010

YAY!!!! SIS. :)CONGRATS ON THIS BEAUTIFUL AMAZING FINALIST!!!!! (((HUGS))) LOVE YA♥♥♥ #9036047

Laura E. Swan November 15, 2010

Thank you Sweetie!!!!! xoxo
(((HUGS))

Love you BACK! #9036083

isabel C. Zepeda November 15, 2010

Laura

CONGRATULATIONS WELL DONE

Ysa... #9036184

Laura E. Swan November 15, 2010

Mr. Tree. One Of My Oldest Friends In The Forest! THANK YOU! :) #9036191

Laura E. Swan November 15, 2010

Thank You Ysa! :))) #9036253

Nancyj E. Hovey November 15, 2010

#9036269

Laura E. Swan November 15, 2010

Thanks Mumj!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :D #9036281

Tiia Vissak November 15, 2010

Congratulations! #9036514

Susan Fox November 15, 2010

Congratulations Laura! #9036715

Wm Nosal November 15, 2010

Congratulations, Laura! #9036799

Val Feldman November 15, 2010

LOTW! It always pays to go a-trompin' thru your wonderful woodlands - you found yourself a winner here! Beautiful work, straight from the camera, no less! I am MUCHO impressed and very, very happy for you. Let's keep fingers, eyes and toes crossed (and look a little weird:)for the next round! Wishing you a GOLD! ~Val #9036853

Bojan Bencic November 15, 2010

Congratulations on your finalist, Laura! #9036955

Kirsten Kiki Kjaer November 15, 2010

One of my favorite images!! I'm so proud of you, my Sister. Such a well deserved finalist.
I hope they put gold on this beauty.
Huuuuuge congratulations!!! #9037094

Rona L. Schwarz November 15, 2010

WOW! and Wow again! Superb capture of these flower pods, Laura! And I am even doubly impressed that they are straight from the camera! It's a marvelous composition with incredible detail and clarity and wonderful color. Very happy for you - and hope to see it go gold! MANY CONGRATULATIONS on your outstanding Finalist Good luck in the next round! #9037232

Renee Doyle November 15, 2010

Love the bokeh!!! Big Congratulations on this wonderful finalist Laura!! #9037621

Carol L. Fowler November 15, 2010

WooHoo! Big Congrats on the Thing-a ma-jigs! #9037852

Stan J. Bendkowski November 15, 2010

Congratulations on your great finalist, Laura! #9037959

Ellen Hodges November 15, 2010

Huge congrats on these fluffy finalists, Laura!!! Very best luck in the next round!!!! #9038088

Laura E. Swan November 15, 2010

Hi Tiia, Susan, Wm, Val, Bojan, SSSKiki, Rona, Renee, Carol, Stan and Ellen!

HA! FINALIST! :)))

Thanks for being happy with me and for all that you said! :)

-Laura #9038474

Lorna Shutter November 15, 2010

Woo Hoo!!! WTG, SIS!!! CONGRATULATIONS on your Finalist Award for this amazing image!!! Don't remember seeing this one! ... but it's a FAVE for me now!!! Good luck in the next round!!! ... I'm rooting for you!!!

#9038610

Kim Andelkovic November 15, 2010

Whoooo hoooo congratulations on a fab finalist.......amazing bokeh ;-) #9038663

Kitty R. Rodehorst-Hanna November 15, 2010

WTG on this awesome finalist, Laura! :-) k #9038831

Randy D. Dinkins November 15, 2010

Wonderful thing-a-ma-bopper finalist; congratulations! #9039102

Sam Britt November 15, 2010

Congratulations on this cool finalist, Laura! #9039235

Patti Coblentz November 15, 2010

This is gorgeous!!! Big congratulations, Laura...I'm rooting for you in the next round, too!!! Good luck :))) #9039742

Tommy E. Burgess November 15, 2010

Wow absolutely gorgeous Laura!! Hope to see you get a gold on this one!! Congratulations!! #9039772

Stan Kwasniowski November 15, 2010

Laura, congratulations #9039860

Laura E. Swan November 15, 2010

Dear Lorna, Kim, Kitty, Randy, Sam, Patti, Tommy and Stan!

Thank you so very much. For the smiles, encouragement and great comments!

I love this image and am so happy they picked it for a finalist. Thank you for being happy with me!

-Laura #9039870

Laura E. Swan November 15, 2010

My Sister and Best Friend In California Janeen made this comment:

beautiful, congrats Laura!! Yes, I saw Avatar, and yes these plants you photographed remind me of the floaty little magical things in the movie. Very very nice. You are such a good photographer.

I have to say, I love how adventurous you are with your photos, and creative with the editing, but you are BEST at your true photography, in my mind. Just capturing great images. You have the "eye".

love, j

#9040018

Jill Odice November 15, 2010

I am glad you stopped to shoot these! They do remind me of Avatar too :-) Congrats on your finalist! #9040039

Dick W. Wyatt November 16, 2010

Way to go Laura. #9040263

Mary K. Robison November 16, 2010

So there it is, PomPom ~ another lovely finalist!!
CONGRATULATIONS to you about 25 xxxx, and best of luck to you and the bokeh in the next round! #9040326

Michelle Alton November 16, 2010

This is the sort of stuff that will be rewarded every time! I'll bet it gets the GOLD in the next round. Congratulations, Laura. #9040379

Stephen Zacker November 16, 2010

Like that backlighting and all the highlights. Congratulations #9040489

Jessica Jenney November 16, 2010

Congratulations, Laura on your gorgeous finalist! #9041088

Laura E. Swan November 16, 2010

Good Morning Jill, Dick, Mare, Michelle, Steve, Sabrina and Jessica! :)

What a great way to start my day. Well, okay I started it by shoveling snow! HA! BUT THIS MAKES UP FOR IT! :)))

Thank you all so much! I appreciate each word! Gee wouldn't gold look pretty against the black in my gallery??? :)))

-Laura #9041872

Val Feldman November 16, 2010

(You betcha!) #9042044

Lisa J. Boulden November 16, 2010

WTG, Laura!
Gorgeous capture of these
"Thing-a-ma-boppers."
Love the magical bg!
Fingers crossed for your GOLD!
~♥~Lisa #9042052

Kerry Hill November 16, 2010

Congratulations on this gorgeous finalist Laura!! #9042086

Laura E. Swan November 16, 2010

Thank you Val, Lisa and Kerry!

Big smiles here! :)))

-Laura #9042093

Susan Weisensel November 16, 2010

Congratulations Laura on your finalist. This is such a cool image. Good luck. #9042124

Laura E. Swan November 16, 2010

Hi Susan! :) Nice to see you and THANK YOU VERY MUCH!!!

-Laura #9042155

Denny E. Barnes November 16, 2010

Big congratulations, Laura on your beautiful and awesome finalist!! Outstanding!! #9042523

Patrick Rouzes November 16, 2010

CONGRATULATIONS & good luck on this incredible finalist, Laura Swanee! WTG! #9042545

Stefania Barbier November 16, 2010

Huge congrats Lala! #9043817

Laura E. Swan November 16, 2010

Thank you Denny, Paddy and Stef! :) !!!

Huge smile here!

-Lala Swanee :D

#9043825

Robert K. Bemus November 16, 2010

Congratulations on your Finalist, Laura!! #9043963

Annette Carr November 17, 2010

Laura, this is amazing. Your straight from the camera photograph has taken my breath away :)
Beautiful!
Congrats on the finalist!
#9044026

Kathleen K. Parker November 17, 2010

What a beautiful photo, Laura! It also takes my breath away. There is this silvery glow about it that is incredible. Congrats on your finalist!
kk #9044563

Irene Colling November 17, 2010

These remind me of the hair-do on those crazy characters in a Dr Seuss book; only much more beautiful.

Great work Laura, you skillfully capture backlight just right to emphasize the intricate detail in the flower heads.

Congratulations on the finalist. #9044671

JO ANN CLEVELAND November 17, 2010

Congratulations on this awesome finalist Laura, good luck in the next round!

jo ann c. #9044908

Laura E. Swan November 17, 2010

Thank you Robert, Nette, Kathleen, Irene and Jo Ann!

They were just as beautiful in person. I am so glad you like this one. Thank you for all that you said and for the warm congratulations! :)))

-Laura #9044980

Jennifer L. Alder November 18, 2010

Such a beautiful image! big congrats, Laura, on your finalist recognition :) #9048725

Merna L. Nobile November 18, 2010

I would personally like to congratulate you on your winning photograph for October, 2010 and wish you a Happy Thanksgiving. Merna Nobile #9049877

Laura E. Swan November 19, 2010

Thank you Jennifer :) I appreciate your kind words!

Hi Merna! Thank you and HAPPY THANKSGIVING to You, TOO!!! :D

-Laura #9050362

Christine Lobsinger November 19, 2010

Oh Laura.... how beautiful is this!!!!
WOW! Gorgeous colours, and I love the water and 'bokeh' effect is outstanding.
A big well- deserving FINALIST APPLAUSE TO YOU and sis, and I eagerly await GOLD!!!
Stunning shot!!!!!
Smiling Chris #9052449

Laura E. Swan November 19, 2010

Hi Chrissy! :D HA! Big smile here! Thanks lady. I really like this one, too.

I was thrown a belated Birthday party here at the house today and tonight. Lots of fun. NOW I AM BEHIND IN COMMENTING HOWEVER! Eek! I'll be back soon to visit you! :))) xo

-Lala #9052551

Barbara Mason November 21, 2010

Congratulations on this spectacular image Laura this finalist really glows !! #9054541

Graham Robards November 21, 2010

Congratulations little sister on this wonderful finalist!

Pat
xxxx #9056134

Stephen Zacker December 14, 2010

Like those diamonds. Congratulations #9103098

Laura E. Swan December 14, 2010

Very Very Much!
I've enjoyed your comments very much and really appreciate your "Kin"ship and support!

-Laura :D #9103234

Kathy Coombs December 14, 2010

So clear and Beautiful! Congratulations! #9103517

Kathy Coombs December 14, 2010

I hope this wins..I really, really LOVE it! #9103551

Laura E. Swan December 14, 2010

It's a re-enter cuz I feel the same way! HA! Thanks lots Kathy! Nice to see you!

-Laura #9103574

Mary K. Robison December 15, 2010

Gorgeous finalist, Pommers!CONGRATULATIONS! Best of luck next level! #9104439

Stefania Barbier December 15, 2010

gorgeous finalist, congrats!!! #9104483

Christine Lobsinger December 15, 2010

Fantantic Finalist my Friend!
Congratulations to you...
Smiling Chris #9104787

Reynaldo D. Reyes December 15, 2010

So beautiful and it inspires me to say ~ I hope I can do that too. Ha! Great finalist! #9105384

Patricia White July 06, 2011

Irene has this right came from Dr Seuss. That is the first thing that came to mind just couldn't remember what they were called. I love the bokah effect, just makes these things stand out more. #9511916

Nadia Paul May 31, 2016

The light is just gorgeous in this beautiful capture Laura - congrats! #11480503

Laura E. Swan May 31, 2016

thank you Mare, Stef, Chrissy, Patricia. and Nadia! :D I'd love to make it back up to this spot again this year. I remember the exact spot. Maybe I can catch them while they are still flowers? :D Generational beauty! TY LOTS All! -Pommy Lala #11480662

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