Inspiring Photo: Sunbrella #4232726

Sunbrella

Uploaded: July 19, 2007

Description

Coneflower, evening, my garden.

ISO 400, f/3.3, 1/125, 105mm.

Comments

Dan Holm July 19, 2007

Clever title for this magnificent macro, Cindy!! Love your selective focus on this! #694154

Sue McLeod July 19, 2007

LOVE this shot Cindy! Soft & feminine...
great work!
Sue #4525229

Ujjwal Mukherjee July 19, 2007

I am wondering how beautiful must be your garden,Cindy!
Such beautiful capture and treatment on this image! #4525251

Jennifer L. Alder July 19, 2007

Oh, how WONDERFUL, Cindy! Beautiful soft color and treatment-- perfect title as well!! :) #4525258

Cindy Bendush July 19, 2007

Dan, Sue, Ujjwal, and Jennifer - thank you so much for commenting! Ujjwal - my garden is the reason I got into photography after hiring BP member and my neighbor, Steve Ray, to photograph it for me..... that's when the photo bug really started to bite :-) #4525308

Dominick M. Dimacale July 19, 2007

Love your perspective here Cindy...Dominick #4525344

William C. Raco July 19, 2007

Excellent focus, colors and use of DoF
Beautifully done, Cindy

Bill #4525424

Cyn Valentine July 19, 2007

This is really beautiful..love it! Great title too! #4526050

Vikram Jamwal July 19, 2007

Beautiful: colors, composition, DOF! #4526167

Shawn Jennings July 19, 2007

Excellent color and dof on this Cindy! #4526507

Ken Slade July 19, 2007

Very nice colors and effects. Nice POV. #4527065

Carla Metzler July 19, 2007

Such a beautiful image, Cindy! Wonderful colors. #4528031

Cindy Bendush July 19, 2007

Hi Dominick, Bill, Cyn, Vikram, Shawn, Ken, and Carla - thank you all for such wonderful, encouraging feedback. I appreciate your comments very much! #4528690

Connie J. Bagot July 22, 2007

I love your perspective and the DOF on this---the colors are so soft and lovely too. Wonderful job. #4541839

Martha N. Church July 24, 2007

Wonderful POV and increddible DOF. Just gorgeous! #4547496

Melissa G. Meiselman July 24, 2007

Cindy, this flower is simply exquisite!! You must have a beautiful garden!! #4550165

Cindy Bendush July 24, 2007

Thank you Connie, Martha, and Melissa! #4551903

Suzanne L July 25, 2007

Very beautiful, love the softness of it and the title is great! #4559255

Kathy Shogren August 06, 2007

Beautiful floral Cinday, love the POV and softness. #4608902

Cindy Bendush August 06, 2007

Thank you Suzanne and Kathy :-) #4611301

Erin Tyler August 27, 2007

Congrats on your Finalist! #4706336

Sue McLeod August 27, 2007

Yaaaah!!! Well done on your finalist Cindy! #4709383

Colleen Farrell August 27, 2007

Beautiful! Congrats again, Cindy! #4709697

Cindy Bendush August 27, 2007

Thank you Erin, Sue and Colleen! #4710057

Esther Smith August 28, 2007

So beautiful! Congratulations Cindy! #4714834

Barbara Waldoch August 29, 2007

Congratulations again, Cindy! #4716101

Cindy Bendush August 29, 2007

Thank you Esther and Barbara! #4721875

Shelly A. Van Camp September 11, 2007

I love this, Cindy!! Beautiful colors, DoF and softness!! #4777604

Carol Teal September 25, 2007

I am sorry to say I missed this stunning finalist last month Cindy. I was having a bit of PC trouble for the umpteenth time and never made it through all the finalists. This is gorgeous and a belated congrats for your finalist! #4846715

Cindy Bendush September 25, 2007

Thanks so much Shelly and Carol! #4846767

Imar De Waard October 17, 2007

Hi Cindy,

A beautiful beautiful Photo!!
greetz Imar #4938151

Sherry Karr Adkins December 13, 2007

Cindy, this is absolutely beautiful. Congrats on the finalist. Very well deserved! #5202349

Cindy Bendush December 13, 2007

Thank you Imar and Sherry! #5202398

jean ray February 06, 2008

One of my favorite flowers and this is a lovely rendition. Did you use a lensbaby to get this effect? #5455932

Cindy Bendush February 06, 2008

Hi Jean -- thank you :-) I just used a very shallow DOF with my macro lens. #5456083

Paulette Plakidas April 02, 2008

Beautiful shot, Cindy! #5735427

Cindy Bendush April 02, 2008

Thank you for stopping by to comment Paulette! #5736240

Cindy Bendush April 02, 2008

Thank you for stopping by to comment Paulette! #5736241

Cindy Bendush April 02, 2008

Thank you for stopping by to comment Paulette! #5736242

Cindy Bendush April 02, 2008

Thank you for stopping by to comment Paulette! #5736243

Cindy Bendush April 02, 2008

Thank you for stopping by to comment Paulette! #5736244

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