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Begonia Jewels

© Ray Thoms

Begonia Jewels

Uploaded: June 07, 2011

Description


My flower garden is start to prosper and grow. Having a raised flower bed and facing east, backlighting in the mornings is wonderful.
Taken with a Tamron 90mm macro lens and a 36mm extension tube

Exif: F Number: 6.3, Exposure Bias Value: -2.00, ExposureTime: 1/1600 seconds, Flash: did not fire., ISO: 400, White balance: Auto white balance, FocalLength: 90.00 mm, Model: NIKON D300

Comments

Tammy M. Anderson level-deluxe June 07, 2011

Lovely light and capture, Ray. #1383311

Robert R. Goodman June 07, 2011

Hi Ray,Beautiful capture my friend.Awesome color and lighting,my garden is drying up and fading away!!!! #9448024

Jeff Robinson level-deluxe June 07, 2011

Outstanding color, lighting and macro capture! #9448089

Douglas Pignet June 07, 2011

beautiful & colorful capture...nicely done Ray #9448101

Ron McEwan June 07, 2011

Gorgeous Ray, and the jewels are perfect. The rich color is awesome #9448155

Monnie Ryan June 07, 2011

Gorgeous, Ray - and I hope this means we'll be treated to many more from your garden in weeks to come! #9448178

Avril Young June 07, 2011

beautiful macro and ruby colour Ray..sure looks like jewels... #9448202

Kirsten Kiki Kjaer June 07, 2011

Lovely with the dewdrops and beautiful color, Ray. #9448367

Joy Rector June 07, 2011

beautiful #9448413

David Phalen June 07, 2011

Traffic light, colors and details in an excellent macro!! #9448515

Tiia Vissak June 07, 2011

a wonderful close-up! #9448540

Gord MacEachern June 07, 2011

Wow Ray, everything is so in place here!!
All makes for a really fantastic capture!!
(not long now) #9448635

Nadine A. Lewis June 07, 2011

LOVE the rich color, detail, water drops, dof, and Bokeh, Ray!!! <>< #9448662

Jill Odice level-classic June 07, 2011

They do look like diamonds! very nice macro detail! #9448690

Claudia Kuhn level-classic June 07, 2011

Beautiful light, color and macro Ray! So lovely #9448987

Kitty R. Rodehorst-Hanna June 07, 2011

OHMYGOSH! This is ABSOLUTELY G O R G E O U S, Ray! :-) k #9449283

Ellen Hodges June 08, 2011

Super pretty details and light, Ray!!! Lovely color, too!! #9450845

Lorna Shutter June 10, 2011

Wow! All of your flower images are, as Kitty says, G O R G E O U S !!!!! I can never capture the beauty of water droplets on petals, but you did an amazing jobs wherever they appear in your photos! This capture is especially stunning!!! CONGRATS on your EFP and hope to see this again! :) Enjoy your time with Gord!!! :) #9453460

Lorna Shutter June 10, 2011

Whoops ... "job" not "jobs"! :D
Have a great day, Ray! :) #9453468

Wendy Stevenson June 12, 2011

Beautiful jewel encrusted passion!!! #9456509

Heather Loewenhardt level-classic June 13, 2011

Those petals look bejeweled. What amazing light. #9459421

Mary Timman July 28, 2011

Congratulations on this beautiful Finalist! #9561352

Robert R. Goodman July 28, 2011

A big congratulations my friend,WTG Ray!!!! #9561441

Ron McEwan July 28, 2011

Glad to see this one show up with SILVER. Congrats Buddy #9561457

Heather Loewenhardt level-classic July 28, 2011

Congratulations on your silver award Ray. Good luck in the finals. #9561694

Kirsten Kiki Kjaer July 29, 2011

This is so special, Ray. Congratulations on your wonderful finalist. #9562541

Stefania Barbier level-classic July 29, 2011

huge congrats on your gorgeous finalist!!! #9563184

Patrick Rouzes level-classic July 29, 2011

WTG, Ray- Congratulations & good luck in the next round! #9563557

Lorna Shutter July 29, 2011

Woo Hoo!!! CONGRATULATIONS on your Finalist Award for this stunningly beautiful image, Ray!!!!! WTG!!! :)
Photobucket #9564307

JO ANN CLEVELAND July 29, 2011

Congratulation on this awesome finalist
Ray and so very well deserved!

jo ann c. #9564563

Tammy M. Anderson level-deluxe July 29, 2011

Congrats Ray on your beautiful finalist. #9565045

John Connolly July 29, 2011

Huge Congratulations on your finalist award, Ray! A very deserving image! #9566441

Merna L. Nobile August 05, 2011

Imagine it. Feel it. Receive it. Congratulations, your entry was very special and thanks for sharing it with all of us. Merna Nobile

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