Inspiring Photo: Flower Fairy #13720442

Flower Fairy

Uploaded: February 24, 2013

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A Person Must Shoot On
SPORTS MODE if
They Ever Hope To Capture A Flower Fairy!
-Good Luck! :D

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F2.8, 1/100
Layering Done In Microsoft Digital Imaging
Wings Fractalious Filtered In Pse7 and Then Partially Hand Designed In Paint
Colorful Vignette Done In Smart Photo Editor.
Whew! I think that was it. It sure takes a lot to make a Fairy Fly! :D

Exif: F Number: 2.8, ExposureTime: 1/100 seconds, Flash: did not fire, auto mode, White balance: Auto white balance, Model: Canon PowerShot SD800 IS

Comments

Jeff Robinson February 24, 2013

Outstanding as always Laura - You are looking Great! #1516217

Bojan Bencic February 24, 2013

You've dine it nicely, Laura. Beautiful Flower Fairy capture. #10581165

Anita Hogue February 24, 2013

I truly love seeing your self portraits! This is gorgeous! #10581181

Michelle Alton February 24, 2013

Perfect JOB. And I must add that the fairy is looking very beautiful!

Do you wonder why BP removed the part of the upload dialog where you enter the camera that you used? I found that to be useful information. #10581195

Monnie Ryan February 24, 2013

And a beautiful fair[y] lady she is! #10581380

Wm Nosal February 24, 2013

Beautiful, Laura!
Hope You Had Some Pixy Dust Left Over #10581447

Nancyj E. Hovey February 24, 2013

WOW, just in time for the upcoming Patty's day fun!!! This is outstanding DDR work, Laura...and I agree ... you are looking beeautiiiifulll as always! 8o) #10581691

John Connolly February 24, 2013

A beautiful presentation Sister Swanee! Your DD work here is exceptional as usual! #10581742

Patricia White February 24, 2013

This is such a lovely fairy. You really have some talent for this. Wonderful work on such a lovely lady. I have never tried to do a self portrait. #10581784

Ellen Hodges February 24, 2013

Where did you find this gorgeous fairy, Laura?? Wow capture!!! Soooo cute! #10582066

Laura L. Gonzales February 24, 2013

Hello beautiful lady!! You can bring your beautiful flower fairy over to my garden anytime!!! Big hugs!!! #10582177

Mary K. Robison February 25, 2013

I'm glad you were able to catch this Flower Fairy taking a break between flitting-around sessions, Pom! Big surprise --- she's gorgeous!
Wonderful DD work and colors! #10584537

Shelly A. Van Camp February 25, 2013

Beautiful image! #10585109

Tammy Espino February 25, 2013

You make a stunning fairy :) #10585343

Emile Abbott February 28, 2013

A beautiful fairy tale, Laura. #10589752

Theresa Marie Jones February 28, 2013

WOW! LOVE IT! #10590085

Mariann Kovats March 01, 2013

Wow! This is fantastic, Laura! I am sure and certainly hope to see this again with a Gold! #10592662

Laura E. Swan March 01, 2013

Thank you everyone :) You have made my week! :D

-Laura :))) #10592719

Kirsten Kiki Kjaer March 03, 2013

My fairy-queen-Sister!!!
FABULOUS WORK AND IMAGE, SSSLala.
Sorry, the judges missed it.
But I'm sure they won't the next time.
It's a real pearl and it deserves gold. No question about it.
I totally love it. Fav'd instantly.
#10594370

Stephen Zacker March 04, 2013

Beautiful and Creative. Like those eyes she has :-) #10595886

Terry Cervi March 04, 2013

You managed to capture a beautiful flower fairy, Lala!! Wonderful work! #10595891

JO ANN CLEVELAND March 08, 2013

Great creation Laura! You are such a beautiful Lady too!

jo ann c. #10601256

Ann Coates March 16, 2013

Laura, this is so beautiful. I reckon you could go into business doing these sorts of photos. I imagine every little girl out there who loves fairies (and there are a lot of them) would want one of these up on their wall with their own face in it. #10612168

Patricia A. Casey March 17, 2013

Wonderful!!!! Hope you had a glorious Anniversary.....Cheers to you my dear.... #10613154

Cindy Bendush March 22, 2013

Well - there you are sister! I was wondering when we were going to meet! #10620560

Laura E. Swan March 22, 2013

Hi Everyone!

SSSKiki! Look! We found our long lost Sister Cindy! WOW!

ALL OF YOU! Cindy is a BUTTERFLY QUEEN. Isn't she beautiful? I am just a Garden Fairy. We are in the same family but Butterfly Queens can travel great distances and I stay in local gardens. That is why she was gone for awhile! but she is home.

Soul Sister Kiki...We need to make up her old cocoon so she will have a place to sleep tonight and get a cotton ball ready for her kitty to rest on!

I'm glad you are all here to witness this blessed event!

Thanks everyone for your visit!!! Loved having you here.

-Laura :D

#10620580

Laura E. Swan March 22, 2013

P.S. Ann, I would love that. :) #10620581

Cindy Bendush March 22, 2013

Too funny Laura - that made me laugh
:-) I would like to meet Kiki. Is she a fairy, queen or goddess? I'm sure she is special. Thank you for resurrecting my cocoon - its cold tonight. Bonnie will be so perfectly comfortable on her cotton ball - she is purring in anticipation!

Her special day is comming up - Easter. She is the Easter Bonnie
:-))) #10620591

Laura E. Swan March 23, 2013

Oh, Our Sister Kiki is definitely a Goddess! I will dig up a picture of her to add here...Let me find one! #10620602

Laura E. Swan March 23, 2013

Her she is in all her glory!

SSSKiki from Denmark....

Queen of the Wild Animals

#10620612

Laura E. Swan March 23, 2013

And (GODDESS of AGILITY and STRENGTH!)

(She is a Black Belt in Real Life!)

YOU GO GIRL!!!!!!! #10620620

Kirsten Kiki Kjaer March 23, 2013

You guys!!
You are so very cute.
Cindy and SSSLala, I'm so sorry to have been deceiving you.
I'm not a goddess at all (allthough my husband calls me his goddess. I wonder if he's been talking to one of you. Hmmmmmmmmmm........).
I'm actually just a troll - but the part about the black belt IS true.
#10620651

Laura E. Swan March 23, 2013

Ahahahahahhahaha!

You Really ARE my Silly Soul Sister, Kiki! And you will love Sister Cindy too. Queen of the Butterflies! She is like us. Very very silly!

SSSKiki do you know the story of Alice in Wonderland? How she takes a wild adventure down into a rabbit hole?

Well, I invite You and anyone else here to join me in an adventure into the depths of BP. Are you ready?

Relax, clear your mind, think like me, tap your shoes together and click on Cindy's Photo above of she and her kitty.

See where it takes you and how far in you can go into the very roots of this rabbit hole! Good luck and write to me at the very end so I will know that you made it! Ha!

You (all) will know what I mean when you get there.

Please click on The Butterfly Queens photo for the adventure to begin!!!

(A Troll...SSSister! You are so funny! SSSLalaxo) #10620656

Cindy Bendush March 23, 2013

A troll? No way!

And silly - OMG! I have been looking for you Laura since my daughter was in college. Its just me and Brad now and NO one to be silly with! I miss her - a lot; miss the funny times. But life goes on. She's married and I'm going to be a Gigi in August! (This goddess can't do the 'Grandma' thing - lol) You must be a night owl too - love you!

So I'm clicking and tapping but going no where. I just get a full screen picture of myself. #10620662

Laura E. Swan March 23, 2013

Open your photo thread and see what I wrote...then follow what I said there...Good luck!!!

Cindy- and you have arrived at home by finding us here...You have just arrived in Silly land! Similar to silly sand but no one knows what that is anymore.

Okay so go open your photo and read inside the discussion thread there on that photo ...then follow what I said to do! Just go with it! Lol...Write me when you get to the white animal! You will know it when you get there!

This night owl is going to bed now. I'll look for your answer in the morning! HAPPY TRAVELS! Don't give up...Just keep going deeper and deeper! HA! #10620665

Kirsten Kiki Kjaer March 23, 2013

You mean this one?

#10620675

Cindy Bendush March 23, 2013

What the Bleep ?! #10620720

Laura E. Swan March 23, 2013

Ladies, I am cracking up here...

Well, I just took my vitamins...Hey wait. Those weren't my vitamins. What were they??

Uh Oh....

Sdrawkcab gniklat si thginK etihW eht.

I feel......dizzy......AGAIN! Lol..... #10621052

Kirsten Kiki Kjaer March 23, 2013

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!! #10621097

Lydia Williams March 23, 2013

Yee Haa, Little Sister....so glad to see this one get noticed..cause is is gorgeous! You guys are making me laugh so hard, my side hurts...in a good way! I love it...:0 #10621233

Laura E. Swan March 23, 2013

Follow the Butterfly Queen Photo Thread (up above here) Big Sister Lydia! See where it takes you!!! Ha! :))))) #10621236

Cindy Bendush March 23, 2013

Did mother give you those 'vitamins' - you'll know as soon as you grow small or tall! The ones that mother gives you don't do anything at all... #10621411

Laura E. Swan March 23, 2013

pills animated photo: happy pills happypillscc.gif

I don't remember WHO gave them to me. I never saw her face. It was someone taller than I am. WAYYYYYYYY taller.......For sure...Well and then I got taller then she, and then...well, I am just not sure. #10621418

Cindy Bendush March 23, 2013

Ah - The Funny Face brand! THAT'S what is making you so silly Laura. Where can I find some??? #10621536

Laura E. Swan March 23, 2013

Just ask your local pharmacist,Cindy!

He'd be sure to have them...? :D #10621555

Amanda J. Tanner March 24, 2013

Very Beautiful Laura! #10622354

Wm Nosal March 24, 2013

:) I Like M&M's Myself
That Maybe The Muffin Top Problem #10622580

Laura E. Swan March 24, 2013

I agree with you, Wm. I'd rather have a muffin top than a flipped lid! Ha! :D #10622599

Laura E. Swan March 24, 2013

#10622614

Wm Nosal March 24, 2013

Ha! Laura!
That's It!
#10622641

Nancyj E. Hovey March 24, 2013

C O N G R A T U L A T I O N S
on your VERY DESERVING EFP>...

a what? yup EFP!!!! #10622672

Laura E. Swan March 24, 2013

To Wm ---------> :D RIGHT!

To: Mumj ------> I KNOW!!!! My only one but I am still happy I got one. :)

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Did you two open up the photo above of Cindy's "Butterfly Queen" (Scroll up to find it...it's above the Easter Bonnie Kitty) to look for the Rabbit Hole Party???

Ha!

Good luck! There is a party way down into that photo if you can find it! :D

Hope you join us all there! There is food being served. And popcorn! AND EVEN A MOVIE! #10622681

Nancyj E. Hovey March 24, 2013

No, sorry, I haven't found the party...
Haven't been feeling well, so got lost on the way! #10622686

Lydia Williams March 24, 2013

I have not found it either...what happened to our names, we are all related???? wxeapini #10622694

Cindy Bendush March 24, 2013

Love the kitty!

I think the name thing is a result of ***(gulp)***

those funny face pills Laura handed out!

But then, we're all one anyway :-) #10622721

Lydia Williams March 25, 2013

Yes, your answer sounds great to me...and we are all 29 too! #10623116

Ellen Hodges March 30, 2013

Sorry to join so late, but wanted to wish everyone a Happy Easter!!!! Have a great evening all!!!! #10635478

Laura E. Swan December 17, 2014

Don't feel bad, Ellen. I am *way* later than ~you~ are and I bet you are ALL freaking out trying to remember this thread?! IT WAS THE LITTLE PILLS Cindy mentioned! Lol.... :)))) I wonder who is still attached here??? Let's wait to see! #11208474

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