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Still Life With Lupine

© Heather K. McFarland

Still Life With Lupine

Uploaded: June 09, 2006 18:58:16

Description

Tripod, Apreture Priority, F32, 1/4 sec, EV-0.7, taken outdoors on a rainy day with nice even overcast light.

The background is a rusted door on an abandoned garbage truck. I then applied several different filters (KPT Scatter, Corel Photo-paint Alchemy Plug-in, and Eye Candy 4000 Swirl effect) to the background only, to blur it and give it a painted backdrop look.

The Lupines are from my garden.I found the old pitcher or coffe pot in an abandoned barn, and the old trunk they are sitting on was $7 at the Salvation Army Store!

Comments

Tamera S. Phillips June 09, 2006

Stunning picture Heather! Love the colors and contrast. #461891

Nadine A. Lewis June 09, 2006

Very pretty still life Heather. #2875847

Jennifer Rennison June 09, 2006

Wonderful colors, composition and set-up, Heather. Beautifully presented. #2875852

Janine Russell level-deluxe June 09, 2006

Heather, excellent colors, detail, lighting, composition and effects. #2876227

Lynne Morris June 10, 2006

Wonderful capture Heather, the colours and tones are beautiful! #2876668

Joy Rector June 10, 2006

perfect #2876880

Kay E. Mahoney level-classic June 10, 2006

Beautiful photo Heather. Love the setup. #2878524

Graeme yew Chow June 27, 2006

Fantastic image, I love the purple flowers and those background you add with effects. A winning image I am sure, Heather. #2958950

Graeme yew Chow July 24, 2006

Heather, congrats to this awesome finalist. #3072781

Lorraine A. Cook July 24, 2006

Congratulations on this beautiful finalist, Heather!<:)) #3073153

Lynne Morris July 24, 2006

Loved it first time round, great to see it again as a finalist Heather, congratulations. #3073277

Anna Diederich July 25, 2006

Awesome work Heather! Congratulations on your finalist win! #3075415

Jenny Bosmans July 25, 2006

Congratulations on this beautiful finalist, Heather! :) #3076807

Karen Slagle July 25, 2006

Fantastic finalist. This is one of my favorites in your gallery, so glad it made finalist. Good luck next round. #3077433

Kaye Burazin July 25, 2006

Art at it's finest Heather. Congrats again! #3078697

Linda L. Ruiz July 26, 2006

Love it Heather. excellent and congrats #3087081

She-She Killough July 27, 2006

ABSOLUTELY Perfect! Congrats on your FIRST PLACE Heather!! #3092331

Lynne Morris July 27, 2006

WTG Heather, congratulations on your first place win. #3092394

Su Sana E. P level-classic July 27, 2006

Huge Congratulations on your Win, Heather!! I almost suffered an heart attack while browsing your gallery. Thanks for all the inspiration. #3092449

Howard A. Wood July 27, 2006

Looks like a winner...and it is! Congratulations, Heather. #3092535

Evy Johansen level-classic July 28, 2006

Congratulations on your beautiful win, Heather! #3092618

Jessica Jenney July 28, 2006

Congratulations on this beautiful First Place Win, Heather! #3092730

Jenny Bosmans July 28, 2006

Big Congratulations on this beautiful 1st prize winner, Heather! :) #3092909

Daniel G. Flocke July 28, 2006

Heather - Congratulations on your 1st Place Winner!!!

~Daniel #3093886

Barbara Helgason July 28, 2006

Congratulations Heather!! #3094296

Barbara Kile July 28, 2006

A great winner, Heather! congratulations on a great 1st place! #3094324

Kay E. Mahoney level-classic July 28, 2006

Congratulations on your first place winner. #3094325

Jeff Robinson level-deluxe July 28, 2006

Congats Heather on your 1st Place Masterpiece! Jeff #3094491

Jill Flynn July 28, 2006

SO BEAUTIFUL Heather. Congratulations on your FIRST PLACE WIN! #3094672

Kay Beausoleil July 28, 2006

Congratulations, Heather, on your first place win! #3094813

Patricia (Pat) C. Exum July 28, 2006

Heather,

Congratulations on your first place! As usual you always have beautiful images on Better Photo.

Pat #3094904

July 28, 2006

Congatulations on a deserving win! This is a fabulous photograph- one I'd like on my wall! Your choice of subject and background objects are all perfect! #3094908

Barbara J. Eads July 28, 2006

Heather, a wonderful composition. congrats of your winning! #3095003

Monika Sapek July 28, 2006

Congratulations on your First Place Win, Heather!
Monika
#3095023

Mick Burkey July 28, 2006

Congratulations, Heather, on the First Place win. Lovely image! #3095215

Laurence Saliba level-classic July 28, 2006

Congratulations on your first place winner Heather!!!!!!!!! #3095342

Nadine A. Lewis July 28, 2006

I absolutely love this!!!! Congratulations, for this much deserving win!!!!

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Nobu Nagase July 28, 2006

Congratulations on your great first place win!!! #3095804

Gail Sullivan level-classic July 28, 2006

Heather...congrats on your first place win with this beauty! #3095881

AMALIA Veralli July 28, 2006

Congrats on your first place win. Great shot and clever use of plug ins. #3096178

Wendy Stevenson July 28, 2006

Congratulations Heather - what a fine and beautiful FIRST PLACE WIN!!! WTG!! #3096219

Lorri Shane July 28, 2006

congratulations, Heather. What an artfully composed image. Lorri #3096942

Lorraine A. Cook July 28, 2006

Congratulations on your first place win,
Heather!<:)) #3097362

Colette M. Metcalf July 29, 2006

Congratulations on your First Place Win, Heather! #3097689

Cathy Barrows July 29, 2006

Congrats on your win...fabulous #3098819

Lewis P. Church July 29, 2006

I'm a still life freak and this is very nice, happy for your win! #3098929

Mary Clarke July 29, 2006

Congratulations on this First Place winner Heather #3099765

Joannie Bertucci level-classic July 29, 2006

Like all the others, I wish you congratulations on a very well deserved First Place image! Your work on this is stunning Heather! #3100315

Janine Russell level-deluxe July 30, 2006

Heather, congratulations on your First Place win. #3103480

Guy D. Biechele level-classic July 31, 2006

Congratulations, Heather!! So artistic. Awesome color! #3107961

Ross Throndson August 02, 2006

Congratulations on your 1st Place Win Heather....Gorgeous Image!!! :^) #3113446

Terry L. Ellis level-classic August 03, 2006

Simply gorgeous, Heather! Congratulations on your First Place win! #3120370

Donna La Mattino Pagakis August 03, 2006

Very beautiful work, congratulations on your winning image! #3120942

Carolyn J. Connolly August 06, 2006

A really BEAUTIFUL image, Heather, and SO-O deserving of ALL it's plaudits!! Sincere CONGRATULATIONS on your First Place win - you must be thrilled!! :o)

I LOVE it that you explain how you achieved this image...and, I ESPECIALLY love the way you used fairly readily available (AND cheap!) materials, too!! ;o)

Keep up the GREAT work with your photography, Heather!! :o) #3130146

Jonna Bergström August 08, 2006

Congratulations on this beautiful image! #3137259

Stuart Dahne August 09, 2006

Gosh Heather, 7 dollars is quite the investment for a shot like this! :) It is always a pleasure to be able to congratulate you on another fine win! Congratulations & Thanks for your continued inspiration! #3144361

Shelly A. Van Camp level-classic August 14, 2006

Very Pretty! Congrats! #3161771

Shelly A. Van Camp level-classic April 24, 2007

One of my favorites!!! Beautiful! #4204035

Lisa J. Boulden level-classic June 13, 2008

Gorgeous, Heather!
Great color and balance.
Congrats on your many beautiful works!
Blessings, Lisa♥ #6057145

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