Inspiring Photo: Lotus Lifecycle #4566077

Lotus Lifecycle

Uploaded: September 04, 2007

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EF100mm, varying f/2.8 - f/9, RAW
A collage of images from Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens.
11-07 Finalist, N&L

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Katarina Mansson September 04, 2007

With or without border; it is an exceptional collage! #729973

Kara L. Hendricks September 04, 2007

I agree, a stunner... And this is not near as UN-finished as I thought it would look... The BP matting works great... Bravo on a stellar collage Chris... Best of luck with it!! #4743993

Susie Peek-Swint September 04, 2007

Simply stunning with or without the border Chris ~ on BP it looks good without ~ best of luck with this one as it deserves gold! #4744056

Joy Rector September 04, 2007

awesome #4744059

Ken Smith September 04, 2007

Super job, Chris! Should be hanging on the wall of the Aquatic Gardens! #4744073

Michelle L. Frick September 04, 2007

Beautiful presentation of all four of these excellent images Chris! Hope to see this one again and again! #4744085

Margie Hurwich September 04, 2007

FANTASTIC, Chris!!! #4744237

Autum Rhoades September 04, 2007

What's there to say about this!?! This is brilliant! Awesome! A stunner as already said. Wonderfully presented and fantastic images, Chris!!! #4744248

Dominick M. Dimacale September 04, 2007

A winner!!!...Dominick #4744255

Michelle R. Kovach September 04, 2007

Beautifully done Chris! I can see this as a wall piece for sure. #4744278

Patricia (Pat) C. Exum September 04, 2007

Wonderful collage, Chris. Next year you should submit this to Kenilworth's Photo Contest.

A winner to me! #4744509

Cheryl E. Davis September 04, 2007

Love it! Excellent presentation! I like the border and each shot still stands alone. Nice colors, and detail. Well done! #4744740

Su Sana E. P September 04, 2007

Exceptionally gorgeous images and great presentation, Chris!! Winner!!! #4744749

Carolyn L. Fox September 04, 2007

Beautiful! #4744753

Amber Kennedy September 04, 2007

Super super job....WINNER! #4744757

Marsha S. Smith September 04, 2007

Absolutely exquisite! Wonderful depiction of each stage of this beautiful flowers' life. #4744805

Janine Russell September 04, 2007

Chris, beautiful collection of images; great colors, detail and lighting. #4745278

Jenny Bosmans September 04, 2007

Outstanding presentation and work, Chris! :) #4745417

Dolly L. Davis September 04, 2007

SUPERB!!! Wow, I love this Christopher! #4745568

Cesar J. La Rosa September 04, 2007

Wonderful collage, Chris!!! All the photographs are excellent in every way and the idea to put them together is just great!!! Awesome job!!!
Cesar #4745700

Susan M. Hembree September 04, 2007

I just love this, Chris! It was a great idea to put them all together like this and your type fits in well, too! Just a terrific job! By the way, how did you get it to come up so big?? #4746010

Dr Silly September 04, 2007

Super and the BP matting works super. #4746378

Paul Michko September 04, 2007

Great series, Christopher. #4746740

Patrick Rouzes September 04, 2007

Absolutely incredible work here, Christopher!!! I have a good feeling about this one being around for a while!!! Captivating work indeed!!! #4746976

Chris Budny September 05, 2007

Thank you all very much! For those who saw it with a border earlier, I ended up thinking the thin black line border looked weird next to BP's drop shadow border, and that without a border, it was less cluttered looking on BP. #4748706

Hayden Cannon September 05, 2007

Great capture Christopher fantastic, stunning beautiful only some of the words that come to mind for this superb image fantastic photo! #4750063

Chris Budny September 05, 2007

Thanks so much, Hayden! It is one of the very few images I've printed and have hanging at home. #4750320

Nikki McDonald September 05, 2007

Stunning, Chris. The individual shots are great and together they have even more impact. I love that you cropped each to width independent of the others and dependent on what looked best for that image. I know I would have worked to find a uniform width as well as the uniform height, but the irregularity works wonderfully well. #4752149

Anna Diederich September 05, 2007

This is awesome Chris! #4752178

Chris Budny September 06, 2007

Thank you both!
Nikki, the individual crops really came about simply because I took the shots without the idea of a collage. It was only when I was reviewing them later, that I realized I had a series, unintentionally, and they happened to alternate between portrait layout and landscape layout. It was a lucky coincidence! #4754041

Daniella Puente September 06, 2007

I think each image is excellent but present this as a collage was a GREAT IDEA :) The presentation is not just beautiful as excellent also! congrats... #4755789

Chris Budny September 06, 2007

Thank you Daniella, for checking out my gallery, and your warm comments! #4756142

Colleen Farrell September 10, 2007

Oh, wow, this is amazing, Chris! Each photo is gorgeous in itself, and together--well, it's much more than the sum of its parts! :D This would be a very popular large print or poster. I expect to see it again! #4773509

Chris Budny September 10, 2007

Thank you Colleen; I've not tried bigger than an 8x20 print, but I love that one, and have it hanging at home! #4773554

Terry L. Ellis September 10, 2007

An awesome group of stunning images, Chris! A pleasure to view! #4773577

anonymous September 10, 2007

WOW! Absolutely wonderful collection of gorgeous images presented perfectly! Well Done Chris! B- #4773698

Sharon Day September 10, 2007

Sensational and awesome, Chris!!! I LOVE THIS! #4773813

Chris Budny September 10, 2007

Thank you Terry, Barbara & Sharon, for checking it out! #4774307

Theresa M. VanderStaay September 12, 2007

This is beautiful Christopher...Very impressive...Each capture is just amazing too!...Any wall would be proud to hold this masterpiece!...Tessa #4781529

Chris Budny September 12, 2007

Thank you very much, Tessa! I'm glad you've enjoyed it! #4781965

Les Rhoades September 13, 2007

No long comment needed: This is a WINNER!!! WONDERFUL #4788485

Chris Budny September 14, 2007

Thanks for checking it out, Les. I hope you're right about it...! #4790209

Amalia Sylvia Arriaga Salinas October 15, 2007

Beautiful work Chris!, it is a winner to me!,
Amalia #4928505

Chris Budny October 15, 2007

Thanks so much, Amalia! I've got my fingers crossed... #4929878

Susan M. Hembree October 15, 2007

You know, Chris, every time I see this, I see "Grand Prize" written all over it. It's just a beautiful collage--good luck in these last few days of waiting. #4931635

Chris Budny October 16, 2007

Wow, Sue... Thanks so much for that vote of confidence! I dunno about Grand, but I'd love nothing more than for you to be right, that it wins something in the contest! #4932470

Ken Ilio October 18, 2007

So smooth ... like silk, chocolate and jazz combined altogether. #4945261

Chris Budny October 18, 2007

Thank you very much, Ken! Quite a heady mix you describe! #4946232

Donna La Mattino Pagakis October 19, 2007

What a beautiful collage Christoher!! Great clarity and presentation!! #4951043

Chris Budny October 20, 2007

Donna, thanks so much! #4952196

Kara L. Hendricks November 21, 2007

Congratulations on winning the PG101 People's Choice Award Chris!!

Can I pick a winner or what??..:) #5106202

Corinne M. Thompson November 21, 2007

Congrats on your PCA win...beautiful image(s)! #5106257

Dr Silly November 21, 2007

Congratulations Chris on your wonderful PCA win. :O)
#5106287

Les Rhoades November 21, 2007

Congrats on the PCA win! You had my vote.
This should be a BP Grand Prize WINNER!!!!!! #5106639

Kate Jackson November 21, 2007

Congrats Chris - it looks so much better here on BP in the big size! Fantastic #5106846

Chris Budny November 21, 2007

Thanks so much, Kara, Doc, Les, Corrine & Kate! Definitely one I will now consider resubmitting! :) #5108763

Susie Peek-Swint November 22, 2007

Congrats on your PCA Chris ~ I still think this should have gone gold! #5109419

Chris Budny November 22, 2007

Much appreciated, Susie! #5110363

Lynn Haack December 07, 2007

This is spectacular, Christopher! The clarity, lighting and color is superb! A real WOW WOW WOW! Very enjoyable image. Lynn #5180242

Chris Budny December 10, 2007

Thanks so much, Lynn! #5190445

Sylvia Rossler December 19, 2007

Big congrats on this awesome finalist Chris :O) #5228613

Donna La Mattino Pagakis December 19, 2007

Congratulations on your finalist! A nicely presented image Chris! #5228959

Shawn Jennings December 19, 2007

So glad to see this one again, Chris! Congratulations on your finalist! #5229113

Nikki McDonald December 19, 2007

Couldn't be happier for you, Chris. Love this and am so glad to see it get a finalist award. Good luck with it. #5229222

Susan Fox December 19, 2007

Congratulations Chris!!!!!!! Hope this one goes all the way to first place :-) #5230190

Colleen Farrell December 19, 2007

Oh those were the days .... of the very wide panorama, I mean. ;)

BIG congratulations on your finalist for this awesome work, Chris! I LOVE it--it's so perfect, you could market it in a poster size and probably retire from the sales! :) #5230574

Chris Budny December 20, 2007

Thank you, Sylvia, Donna, Shawn, Nikki, Susan & Colleen! Another one I felt I should resubmit... glad I did! And equally glad it was uploaded long before the newer size limits went into effect. #5235787

Mitch Spence December 20, 2007

Hooray for you, Chris. #5236781

Corinne M. Thompson December 20, 2007

Glad to see this finally recognized Chris....Congrats! #5236815

Chris Budny December 21, 2007

Thanks Mitch & Corinne! #5238937

Susan M. Hembree December 30, 2007

Glad you did not give up on this one, Chris! Congratulations! #5267889

Chris Budny December 30, 2007

Thanks, Sue; you and me both! Funny---I only have 3 of my own photos framed & hanging at home---the first, after it won my first-ever gold here at BP. The next two, I printed & hung cuz I loved them, they'd each gone nowhere in the contest. After I hung them, one then went on to win a First Place the next month, and now this one managed a Finalist on a resub.
So, I'm thinking that I just need to print & hang more, and the ones I put on the wall will then do well in the contest! ;) #5270455

Hayden Cannon December 30, 2007

Congrats Christopher a bit late but fantastic work I am glad they finally recognized it I need to start printing mine also because I had a friend who was leaving and I let her choose a photo to print and I woud give it to her and she chose one I printed it and gave it to her and it won 2nd place a week later : ) it must work. #5270502

Susan M. Hembree December 30, 2007

You know, Chris, you could be on to something here... Maybe I need to start hanging some of my own favorite photos. LOL! You know, we are coming up to almost a year ago when the first wins came through. Can you believe it!? Boy, time sure does fly! And look at where we've both come since then. You just keep getting better. And me...well, I'm still working on that technical side, but I haven't done too shabbily at all. Thanks for all the inspiration you've given me. You're the best! #5270509

Chris Budny December 31, 2007

Thank you, Hayden! Glad to hear it isn't just me, having that peculiar luck...!

You're right, Sue... my first win ever was Jan. 07... time certainly flies. Here's to a happy New Year, and some more photo outings for us in '08! #5272388

Amber Kennedy December 31, 2007

congrats, Chris..well well deserved! #5272414

Chris Budny December 31, 2007

Thanks, Amber! Happy New Year! #5274512

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