Inspiring Photo: Tulip #5956704

Tulip

Uploaded: April 09, 2008 03:41:21

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Exif: F Number: 2.8, Exposure Bias Value: 0.00, ExposureTime: 10/300 seconds, Flash: did not fire, compulsory flash mode, ISO: 100, FocalLength: 7.40 mm, Model: DMC-FZ50

Comments

Dudy Irmanto Chandra Wirawan April 09, 2008

Beautiful!
:) #896896

Joline Frazier April 09, 2008

What a stunning shot. #5765237

Aimee S. McMaster April 09, 2008

.....angelic Colette...Aimee #5765258

Carolyn M. Fletcher April 09, 2008

This is a beauty, Colette!! #5765262

Laurie Daily April 09, 2008

Breathtakingly beautiful, Colette! #5765277

Margaret R. Barry April 09, 2008

Gorgeous, Colette! Beautiful colors and effects! #5765289

Carol Sawyer April 09, 2008

Beautiful image, colors and effect, Colette! #5765304

Agnes Fegan April 09, 2008

This is beautiful Colette :) #5765340

Ken Smith April 09, 2008

Stunning macro, Colette. Nice effects that really enhance this shot! #5765380

Jeff Robinson April 09, 2008

An Outstanding macro Colette!! Jeff #5765437

Claudia Kuhn April 09, 2008

Beautiful macro Colette, love the soft colors and wonderful details! #5765463

Dominick M. Dimacale April 09, 2008

Beautiful florals and work, Colette.

Dominick #5765483

Arlene Krassner April 09, 2008

Colette this is stunning. Lovely softness and tones. #5765489

April 09, 2008

This is beautiful, Colette!

Best regards
Reine #5765494

Eugenio Diaz April 09, 2008

Excellent color, light and composition. Fantastic, well captured. #5765541

Robert R. Goodman April 09, 2008

That is beautiful macro,Colette!!!!! #5765571

William Johnson April 09, 2008

Stunning macro Colette. Terrific soft focus and colours. Bill J. #5765589

Dr. Harmeet Singh April 09, 2008

gorgeous #5765600

Shannon D. Miller April 09, 2008

WOW! This is GORGEOUS Colette! What a beautiful flower, the lighting, color and softness are amazing!! Shannon~ #5765602

Erin Appelbaum April 09, 2008

Simply gorgeous!!! Peter #5765655

Ellen Hodges April 09, 2008

Great capture, Colette. So very pretty!! #5765665

Paul E. Earl April 09, 2008

Very beautiful!! #5765699

Bill Knaps April 09, 2008

Very beautiful colette. Bill #5765808

Lynn M. Whitt April 09, 2008

beautiful, great macro.... #5765813

Melinda F. Schneider April 09, 2008

Beautiful, I love the range of whites. #5765880

Colette M. Metcalf April 09, 2008

Thank you all very much!! #5765887

Keith Butler April 09, 2008

beautiful Colette! this has Winner all over it. #5765916

Joy Rector April 09, 2008

gorgeous #5765936

Tammy Espino April 09, 2008

Lovely! #5766025

Kathleen Rinker April 09, 2008

Gorgeous! #5766041

Rhonda Burger April 09, 2008

What a beauty. Rhonda #5766097

Stefania Barbier April 09, 2008

oh my.. exquisite! #5766115

Cheryl E. Davis April 09, 2008

Love it! It must be tulip day, we had the same thing in mind! Beautiful shot! #5766131

Nina Shields April 09, 2008

Wonderful detailing with dramatic presentation; terrific exposure work, Colette! #5766253

Karen E. Michaels April 09, 2008

This beautiful floral makes me think of a ballet; you have achieved such grace with this flower Colette. Peace, karen #5766369

Stephen Zacker April 09, 2008

Lovely, elegant, and beautiful #5766403

Melissa G. Meiselman April 09, 2008

Beautiful full frame macro with wonderful pastel hues and great selective focus, Colette!!! #5766489

Jennifer L. Taranto April 09, 2008

Beautiful soft glow!! Such a fantastic full frame, with a great romantic mood to it!! #5766491

Alan L. Borror April 09, 2008

Beautifully done, Colette! AWESOME! #5766556

Derek D. Dafoe April 09, 2008

Love the softness of the focus here!! Nice job Colette! #5766571

Teresa Burnett April 09, 2008

Beautiful Colette!! So dramatic!! #5766910

Amber J. Skene April 09, 2008

Beautiful colors and I just love the softness to this. Beautiful capture! #5766920

Karen Engelbreth April 09, 2008

So soft and beautiful, Colette! #5766963

Rajeev Kashyap April 09, 2008

This is a real beauty & Wonderful image Capture Colette! #5767042

Alexis Yobbagy April 09, 2008

SHEESH!!! This is truly WONDERFUL!!! That tiniest bit of filter... so subtle, so elegant!!! WAY TO GO!!! #5767216

Kumiko Parkinson April 09, 2008

Wonderful glow and stunning details, Colette! #5767287

John Connolly April 09, 2008

Love your soft color and SF, Colette! Excellent work! #5767303

Hendrik Storme April 09, 2008

Gorgeous softness and capture Colette! #5767406

Colleen Braun April 09, 2008

dreamy... #5767472

Nadine A. Lewis April 09, 2008

BEAUTIFUL color and softness, GREAT focus and detail, AWESOME macro image, Colette!!!! <>< #5767477

David A. Simons April 09, 2008

Colette, awesome close up, Wow. #5767525

Roxanne M. Bubar April 09, 2008

Stunning. #5767543

Anita Hogue April 09, 2008

Soooooooooooo beautiful, Colette!!!! #5767684

Ronald F. Fischer April 09, 2008

Fantastic color, lighting and use of shallow DOF on this spectacular floral macro!! #5767722

Patricia Ronan April 09, 2008

Beautiful Colette, love the soft lighting:) #5767772

Barbara Waldoch April 09, 2008

How beautiful, Colette! #5767781

Judy A. Lawhon April 09, 2008

Gorgeous floral macro...sharp detail and beautiful color, Colette! #5767947

Marilyn Flanagan April 09, 2008

Just beautiful, Colette! #5768042

Nancy (Peaches) Harker April 09, 2008

Stunning floral Colette, Love the soft feel to this! #5768173

Sharon King April 09, 2008

AHHH, This is so Beautiful!!! #5768202

Janet Daniel April 09, 2008

Wonderful floral macro, Colette! #5768224

Colette M. Metcalf April 09, 2008

Thank you all so much!! #5768328

Nancy L. Green April 09, 2008

Colette, this is absolutely exquisite, beautiful work dear friend!! <>< #5768343

Jennifer L. Alder April 09, 2008

Lovely! Very unique... #5768454

Colette M. Metcalf April 09, 2008

Thanks so much Nancy and Jennifer! #5768459

Christian Rosito April 09, 2008

Your florals are always beautiful, this detail is marvelous. BEAUTIFUL! #5768470

Colette M. Metcalf April 09, 2008

Thanks so much Christian!!! #5768472

Kristy A. Keene April 09, 2008

Truly Stunning!!!!! #5768510

Candice C. Calhoun April 09, 2008

Exquisite, Colette...wow! Love the elegance of this photo!

ccc #5768578

frank w. degenhardt April 09, 2008

Colette- Hello and a good day to you. Exquisite and stunning work here. Wow.
What a sensation view you have given us of this beautiful flower. Love the look. Love the softness of it. Lighting and clarity are outstanding. The details superb. The colors rich and elegant.
Fabulous work done here.
Have yourself a most wonderful day, take care of yourself, be safe. #5768638

Evy Johansen April 09, 2008

Wow... right into my favorites!! Very beautiful image, Colette! #5768838

Robert K. Bemus April 09, 2008

Stunning macro and effects, Colette!! #5768917

Deb Koskovich April 10, 2008

Exceptionally well done, Colette! #5769376

Bill Wyatt April 10, 2008

Gorgeous work the soft colors and effects are terrific! #5769429

Kirsten Kiki Kjaer April 10, 2008

How very beautiful, Colette. #5769473

Janet McNeil April 10, 2008

Lovely macro, beautiful work!! #5769533

"emmanuel ""nolax""" N. Montemar April 10, 2008

SO ELEGANT AND BEAUTIFUL, Colette! #5770138

Sam Britt April 10, 2008

Beautiful, Colette! #5770204

JO ANN CLEVELAND April 10, 2008

Wow! What a beauty Colette!

jo ann c. #5770392

Tiia Vissak April 10, 2008

well done! #5770828

Daniella Puente April 10, 2008

Wonderful frame on this detail :) the light is superb to make this has a great beautiful impact! #5770961

Nadya Johnson April 10, 2008

Very stunning macro! Love your framing and the glowing light! #5771299

Amalia Sylvia Arriaga Salinas April 10, 2008

Beautiful and soft Colette!,
Amalia #5771901

Susie Peek-Swint April 10, 2008

Lovely macro Colette ~ very pretty! #5771910

Jenny D April 10, 2008

Gorgeous! #5771924

Marijana Fajgl April 10, 2008

Colette, this is so beautiful! #5772237

Michael Umbreit April 10, 2008

Colette - The soft colors and details are just beautiful! - Mike #5772553

David Van Camp April 10, 2008

Great macro, nice sensitive treatment of a beautiful flower. #5772781

David Van Camp April 10, 2008

Great macro, nice sensitive treatment of a beautiful flower. #5772782

Anna M. Halasz April 10, 2008

Beautiful !!!! Well done Colette ! Anna #5772791

Marina Moore April 10, 2008

Beautiful!!! If you turned it upside down you could call it 'pirouette'. It looks like tiny ballet feet turned up. :) #5772987

April 10, 2008

STUNNING!! Great capture Colette. love the softness and contrast of the colors. #5773237

Karen Bacon April 11, 2008

Lovely image Colette! #5774858

Kitty R. Rodehorst-Hanna April 11, 2008

Oh MY!!!!! BEAUTIFUL, Colette!!!!! ♫ k #5775547

Patrick Rouzes April 11, 2008

More spectacular work from an incredibly talented lady!!! You are doing some amazing work,Colette!!! #5776394

Ken Jarvis April 11, 2008

Excellant work on this macro, Colette! #5776585

Ken Smith April 11, 2008

A burst of colors and beauty, Colette! #5776627

Sandra R. Alvey April 11, 2008

Stunning Colette, truly stunning! I love that touch of fractalius and the high-key lighting! Really dramatic and gorgeous macro! #5777272

Linda Boehme April 11, 2008

Wow, this is awesome, Colette! #5777320

ALLEN O. HOWARD April 13, 2008

Pure beauty Colette! #5782026

Dianna Murphy April 13, 2008

Awesome Macro and effects. REALLY well done. #5782338

anonymous April 13, 2008

Fabulous macro Colette! Simply Beautiful! B- #5783280

Ray Thoms April 14, 2008

Gorgeous macro Colette! #5785581

Kathy L. Clark April 15, 2008

Absolutely beautiful Colette. #5790749

Angie Sidles April 15, 2008

GORGEOUS floral Colette! #5791375

David Phalen April 15, 2008

Beautiful!! Love the soft beauty of this stunning macro!! #5791929

Vladan D. Djordjevic April 15, 2008

Soft color, great detail. #5793102

Murry Grigsby April 15, 2008

Lovely image Colette! I love the high-key lighting and the softness. Terrific closeup work!! #5793726

Terry L. Ellis April 16, 2008

So light and lovely, Colette! Great treatment! #5796934

Sue Marshall April 16, 2008

Sensational floral macro Colette!!
Beautiful work! :-) #5797213

Phillip R. Connolly April 17, 2008

How delicate is this one?? Excellent Colette, deserves the EP.

Phil #5798364

Guy D. Biechele April 18, 2008

Lovely soft colors. Gorgeous macro, Collette. #5803580

David Van Camp April 20, 2008

congrats on the editor's pick, Colette! #5813377

Stephen Zacker April 21, 2008

Lovely, elegant, and Beautiful #5816460

SaMi Martin April 21, 2008

Awesome macro Colette! #5817350

Toni Riggs April 22, 2008

WOW! Very Beautiful! #5822360

Emile Abbott April 22, 2008

Soft, feminine, selective focus done to perfection Colette. #5826853

Becky J. Parkinson April 23, 2008

This is just beauitful!! Did you use fractalius on this? If so, you did it in a perfectly subtle way. #5830090

Summer A. Kozisek April 23, 2008

Wonderful macro Colette, love the soft feel of this image. #5830429

Barbara Helgason April 24, 2008

Beautiful macro Colette. #5836612

April 28, 2008

My favorite, Colette - love it! #5852062

Lisa J. Boulden April 28, 2008

So soft and delicate!
Beautiful capture and wonderful use of effects!
~lisa #5852309

Colette M. Metcalf April 30, 2008

Thank you all very much!! #5861593

Anita Bower April 30, 2008

I love close up macros such as this. Lovely softness and light and colors. Again, you did exceptionally well with the whites. #5861605

Colette M. Metcalf April 30, 2008

Thank you Anita!! #5861618

Jessica Jenney May 19, 2008

Congratulations, Colette on your beautiful finalist! #5943018

anonymous May 19, 2008

Congratulations Colette on you fantastic finalist! B- #5943056

Erin Appelbaum May 19, 2008

Congrats again Colette. Peter #5943140

Stefania Barbier May 19, 2008

another beauty.... congrats!!!!! #5943463

Jeana Clark May 19, 2008

Once again AWESOME Colette!!!!!
CONGRATULATIONS ON THIS FANTASTIC FINALIST!!!
~J~ #5943920

Alex T. Mizuno May 19, 2008
Outstanding macro, Colette!! Congratulations on your Finalist!!! #5944025

Tiia Vissak May 19, 2008
Congratulations again! #5944427

Marina Moore May 19, 2008
CONGRATULATIONS Colette!!!! BEAUTIFUL! :) #5944460

Tammy Espino May 19, 2008
Congrats! #5944541

Mike Clime May 19, 2008
Congrats again, Colette! #5944576

Shannon D. Miller May 19, 2008
BREATHTAKING! CONGRATULATIONS again Colette! #5944846

Guy D. Biechele May 19, 2008
Congratulations, Colette. Great shot! #5945399

Sharon Sawyer May 19, 2008
Congratulations Colette on your finalist. Best of luck in the next round. #5945595

Stephanie Frey May 19, 2008
Congrats on another well-deserved Finalist! #5945709

Patrick Rouzes May 19, 2008
CONGRATULATIONS on this spectacular finalist, Colette!!! #5947321

David Phalen May 19, 2008
Congratulations!! #5947627

Cesar J. La Rosa May 19, 2008
Congratulations on this very beautiful Finalist, Colette!!!
Cesar #5947780

Marilyn K. Lincecum May 19, 2008
Congratulations Colette on another fianist, WTG!! #5948807

Kristi A. Howson May 19, 2008
Congratulations on this wonderful Finalist Colette! I love this!!! #5948837

Sam Britt May 20, 2008
Congratulations again, Colette! #5953790

Colleen Farrell May 22, 2008
Congratulations on another awesome finalist, Colette! #5964810

Michael G. Marshall May 26, 2008
Congratulations on this wonderful finalist Colette! It's terrific! Michael #5978752

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