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Captive Sunshine

© Colleen Farrell

Captive Sunshine

Uploaded: April 10, 2008 17:57:25

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Exif: F Number: 14, Exposure Bias Value: 0.00, ExposureTime: 8/10 seconds, Flash: did not fire., ISO: 400, White balance: Manual white balance, FocalLength: 60.00 mm, Model: NIKON D70s

Comments

Bill Knaps April 10, 2008

This is beautiful Colleen and beautifully presented. Bill #898061

Donna La Mattino Pagakis April 10, 2008

Excellent Colleen, very cheerful!! Great textures and light! #5772518

Sam Britt April 10, 2008

Great job! Beautiful image, Colleen. #5772526

Kumiko Parkinson April 10, 2008

Very interesting bg texture! I love the clear colors and great comp, Colleen! #5772694

Jennifer L. Alder April 10, 2008

Gorgeous presentation, Colleen!
LOVELY color, center details, pov and light. Wonderful work all around :) #5772696

Dianna Murphy April 10, 2008

Hi Colleen
Very pretty, love the background. Great comp and clarity #5772718

Dolly L. Davis April 10, 2008

Gorgeous! Love the bg, detail, light. Excellent! #5772783

Colleen Farrell April 10, 2008

Thanks so much, everybody--I appreciate the great comments! #5772816

Susan M. Campbell April 10, 2008

Excellent. The exposure is wonderful. I browsed your gallery and it's just delightful. #5772877

Marina Moore April 10, 2008

WOW!!! I wish I had the creativity to think these things up. This is VERY creative and VERY beautiful. :) #5772976

Marina Moore April 10, 2008

WOW!!! I wish I had the creativity to think these things up. This is VERY creative and VERY beautiful. :) #5772977

Judi Morrissey April 10, 2008

Lovely rework, Colleen. The colors really pop in this one! #5773024

Arlene Krassner April 11, 2008

This is very pretty Colleen. #5773613

Bill Wyatt April 11, 2008

Beautiful work the colors are awesome! #5773717

Ellen Hodges April 11, 2008

Very pretty image and great title, Colleen!! #5773875

Carol Sawyer April 11, 2008

Beautiful colors and fantastic work, Colleen! #5773907

Jessica Jenney April 11, 2008

Gorgeous still life, Colleen! Wonderful color, clarity and lighting! Terrific detail! #5774207

Colleen Farrell April 11, 2008

Thanks very much, everybody, I appreciate it! #5774645

Melissa G. Meiselman April 11, 2008

Fantastic floral still life with fine detail, wonderful colors and great background effects, Colleen!! #5774674

Roxanne M. Bubar April 11, 2008

Gorgeous image. #5774990

Marilyn K. Lincecum level-classic April 11, 2008

Beautiful in every way..fantastic lighting, colors and textures. Great comp. #5775099

Kitty R. Rodehorst-Hanna April 11, 2008

Lovely, Colleen!!!!!! ♫ k #5775476

Colleen Farrell April 11, 2008

Thanks so much, Melissa, Roxanne, Marilyn and Kitty! #5775497

Susan Weisensel April 11, 2008

So very pretty Colleen. #5775888

Amalia Sylvia Arriaga Salinas level-classic April 11, 2008

Beautiful and simple Colleen!, I love it!,
Amalia #5776159

Nancy (Peaches) Harker April 11, 2008

Colleen, I LOVE this, sooooooooooo beautiful!!!
Super textures, detail and color!!! #5776753

Brenda c. McFarland April 11, 2008

Hi Colleen! We still need to get together. I love the vivid colors and neat textures of this flower picture. You presented it wonderfully. #5777565

Colleen Farrell April 11, 2008

Thanks so much, Susan, Amalia, Peaches and Brenda! #5777629

Vladan D. Djordjevic April 12, 2008

What a great photo. Full of energy! Great color, light, textures, detail! #5779696

Deb Koskovich April 12, 2008

Wow -- what amazing clarity. I love the comp, color, everything! #5779892

Colleen Farrell April 12, 2008

Thanks so much, Vladan and Deb! #5779917

Corinne M. Thompson April 12, 2008

This is wonderful Colleen! You did fantastic! #5780126

April 12, 2008

Beautiful work Colleen. I love the green backround and the texture against the bright yellow sunflower. #5780172

Colleen Farrell April 12, 2008

Thanks very much, Corinne and Valeria! #5780343

ALLEN O. HOWARD April 13, 2008

Excellent composition and a very nice BG!!! #5781990

Colleen Farrell April 13, 2008

Thank you, Allen! :D #5784188

Tiia Vissak April 14, 2008

well done! #5786960

Zack G. Ahern April 14, 2008

You do wonderful floral work, I really like this one #5787766

Leslie McLain level-classic April 14, 2008

Love this sunflower. Simply beautiful. #5788791

Colleen Farrell April 14, 2008

Thank you so much, Tiia, Zack and Leslie--I really appreciate your comments and encouragement! #5789266

Lisa J. Boulden level-classic April 14, 2008

What a cheery floral!
Love the colors and clarity!
Simply wonderful!
~Lisa #5789271

Colleen Farrell April 15, 2008

Thank you, Lisa! :D #5789441

Carol Teal April 15, 2008

Oh so beautiful Colleen! Lovely comp, BG and title, and I really like sunflowers! #5794228

Colleen Farrell April 16, 2008

Thank you, Carol! #5795732

Lois Adomite April 16, 2008

Love the composition, and the wonderful background texture. Lois #5796659

Colleen Farrell April 16, 2008

Thank you, Lois! #5796914

Eivor Kuchta April 17, 2008

What a beautiful arrangement! I love the way you composed this. The basket and the sunflower go over the image diagonally, and it feels so pleasing to the eye. Full of harmony, also regarding the colors! A winner, I hope! #5801307

Colleen Farrell April 17, 2008

Thank you so much, Eivor--I really appreciate it! :D #5801400

Robert Baer April 19, 2008

another beatiful creation colleen! #5806889

Colleen Farrell April 19, 2008

Thank you, Justin! #5807693

Mitch Spence level-classic April 23, 2008

The vertical presentation of the basket and the flower sweeping up from it is marvelous, as is that gold against the green texture. #5831002

Colleen Farrell April 24, 2008

Thanks so much, Mitch! #5835091

Elida Gutierrez level-classic May 19, 2008

Congratulations on your FINALIST!!!! #5942532

Melissa G. Meiselman May 19, 2008

Congratulations on this beautiful finalist, Colleen!!! #5942773

Stefania Barbier level-classic May 19, 2008

congrats on your finalist!!!!! #5943387

Jessica Jenney May 19, 2008

Congratulations, Colleen on all your beautiful finalists! #5943414

Alex T. Mizuno May 19, 2008

Great color combination, Colleen! Congratulations on your Finalist!!! #5943975

Elizabeth A. Marker level-deluxe May 19, 2008

Outstanding image Colleen! Congrats! #5944003

Jeana Clark May 19, 2008


CONGRATULATIONS ON THIS FANTASTIC FINALIST!!!

~J~ #5944006

Marina Moore May 19, 2008

Congratulations Colleen!!!! I hope to see this one go gold!!! :) #5944373

Tiia Vissak May 19, 2008

Congratulations again! #5944607

Mitch Spence level-classic May 19, 2008

This is such a beautiful image, Colleen. Congratulations. #5944662

Colleen Farrell May 19, 2008

Thank you so much, everybody! I'm especially pleased and grateful to get a finalist on this one, just because it's one of my favorites. #5945397

Deborah C. Lewinson level-addict May 19, 2008

Congrats on another wonderful finalist, Colleen! #5945626

Stephanie Frey May 19, 2008

Congrats on another beautiful Finalist! #5945683

Jennifer L. Alder May 19, 2008

YAY Colleen! Happy to see this here... big congrats :) #5945804

Bill Knaps May 19, 2008

Congrats again on making finalist Colleen. Bill #5946513

Colleen Farrell May 19, 2008

Thank you, Debby, Stephanie, Jennifer and Bill! #5946771

Laura L. Gonzales level-classic May 19, 2008

Way to go!!!! Congrats Colleen on a job well done!!! Laura #5947961

Sam Britt May 20, 2008

Congratulations again, Colleen! #5954556

Sharon Day May 20, 2008

Beautiful image, Colleen!!! Congratulations! #5954754

Colleen Farrell May 21, 2008

Thanks so much, Laura, Sam and Sharon! #5957170

Carol Teal May 22, 2008

You always have the most beautiful BGs and vases/containers for your flower shots Colleen! A HUGE congrats on your finalist, my friend! #5964896

Colleen Farrell May 23, 2008

Thank you so much, Carol! :D #5969326

Lois Adomite May 27, 2008

Congratulations on your finalist entry. #5984539

Colleen Farrell May 27, 2008

Thanks so much, Lois! #5985623

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