Drifters
Uploaded: January 20, 2009
Resubmit For DDR 04/30/09
These Floating Flowers
Just Go Where
The Breeze Takes Them.
Wouldn't That be Nice?
~ ~ ~
Back to Wild Rides
In Curves
For This One.
(HA!)
Used Black Spray Paint
To Clean Up A Few Little
Lose Ends.
Cropped. See Below For Original.
RESUBMIT NEW THEME NEW MONTH
NO NEED TO COMMENT FRIENDS IF YOU ALREADY HAVE! :)
Paul E. Earl January 20, 2009
Gorgeous, Laura!! #1070759Laura E. Swan January 20, 2009
Thank you Paul! I think I'll include original so you folks can see where this started. CURVES ARE SO MUCH FUN!!!I HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THEM!!! #7054670
Tiia Vissak January 20, 2009
a lovely image! #7054672Teresa Burnett January 20, 2009
This is awesome, Laura!! I love it!! #7054692Brett Dolsen January 20, 2009
Beautifull work and title Laura!!Brett #7054697Laura E. Swan January 20, 2009
Thank you Tiia, Teresa and Brett! These Rocky Mountain Flowers grow right in my yard! So nice of you to comment.* * * * * * * * *
I'll catch up with you guys tomorrow, okay? My eyes are closing! Must sleep!
Thank you!!! -Laura #7054708
Maria Warren January 20, 2009
wow awesome work so pretty #7054709Tommy E. Burgess January 20, 2009
Very beautiful work Laura!! #7054741Carolyn J. Connolly January 20, 2009
Great capture and excellent post-processing work here, Laura!! A really superb title for your beautiful image, too!! Sleep well!! :o) #7054761Yulianto Soeroso January 20, 2009
i have no idea how to shot like this ...nice composition and tell the story to me #7054770Kirsten Kiki Kjaer January 20, 2009
Totally gorgeous image, Laura. Very beautiful work!! #7054853Barbara Waldoch January 20, 2009
So very well done, Laura! #7055004Tammy M. Anderson January 20, 2009
Just lovely, Laura. #7055024Gord MacEachern January 20, 2009
Great image Laura,well done.Ron McEwan January 20, 2009
Laura you sure know how to make these flowers stand out. The dark background makes them to appear to float in space, very well done here. #7056211Nancyj E. Hovey January 20, 2009
OH MY this is awesome.... drifting in the air.... has to be a winner, Laura... 8o) #7056778Marisol Pastor January 20, 2009
This a a beauty Laura. Very delicate. Great work on this! #7056904Karen Kessler January 20, 2009
Nice work & title, Laura! I agree with MomJ's comment! #7056928Carol Sawyer January 20, 2009
Beautiful image and work, Laura!! #7057523M.Christine Duncan January 20, 2009
Caught in the middle of a breeze... divine! These will glow even more if you brighten the image just a bit. Just lovely! #7058021Janice Mezzacappa January 20, 2009
Awesome Laura, simply beautiful flowers and effects! #7058390ROLAN NARMAN January 20, 2009
Fantastic florals, lovely work and title Laura! #7058786Robert K. Bemus January 20, 2009
Great DD work and composition, Laura-- you've definitely earned your rest!! :-) #7058940Stefania Barbier January 20, 2009
delicate and gorgeous! #7058975frank w. degenhardt January 21, 2009
Laura- I love the black background and the white on black look. Another thing I enjoy is the way you spread the flowers out to fill the whole frame. Wonderful lighting, rich colors and fantastic details, especially of the centerpeaces, along with outstanding composition and pov. A lovely foral presentation for sure.Lonnie M. Scott January 21, 2009
What were you floating on when you did this one?? I like it because it is so different.All you need here is stars and a 1/4 moon!!!! #7060458Aimee C. Eisaman January 21, 2009
This is sooooo coool! It really looks like they are floating like feathers! Awesome work Laura....I really love it! :~) #7060562Laura E. Swan January 21, 2009
Hi Everybody! Almost ALL of my friends are here now!I enjoyed every one of your comments and appreciate them very much. It means a lot to me as an artist to see people really taking a good look and then giving such generous reactions!!!
If I was able to make you feel these were wafting, even for a moment, then my job here is done.
Lonnie, I don't know WHAT -I- was floating on when I made this but I keep waking up with sparkles all over my face! What's with that? I think Momj knows! She's been busy spreading Tinker Bell dusk on everyone!
Thank you again everyone! -Laura #7060965
Laura E. Swan January 21, 2009
P.S. Christine, Thanks for the suggestion. :) I HAD tried to brighten it a bit but lost definition in the main flower grouping. The black BG lost some luster, as well, so I went with this one. #7060979Chris Henning January 21, 2009
This is amazing, Laura. Love this! Wow, I can't believe the comparison. Gorgeous work! It would be a beautiful painting! #7065437Laura E. Swan January 21, 2009
Thank you so very much, Chris! I like posting before and after shots. Glad I did this time, too! A painting, hey? Humm...!!! COOL!I really love hearing feedback. Thanks for yours! -Laura #7065494
Bill Knaps January 22, 2009
A beautiful floral Laura. Bayou Billy #7066249Laura E. Swan January 22, 2009
Thank you Gator Guy! :) -LSGB#7069553
Allen Hughes January 22, 2009
Very nicely done. #7071044MELODIE C. ROBERTS January 23, 2009
Very Very Cool Laura!!Laura E. Swan January 23, 2009
Hi Allen! Hoe you are feeling well after your haircut! Ha! Thanks for dropping in!* * *
Well, Well! If it isn't my BP humor mentor! Hi Melodie! How nice to see you in my gallery. Tickled that you saw something that you like!
-Laura :)
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Candice L. Carter January 23, 2009
One of my favorites......lovely! #7074628Nancyj E. Hovey January 30, 2009
C O N G R A T U L A T I O N S
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Laura E. Swan January 30, 2009
Hi Sister Candice! Don't tell anyone but it's one of mine, too! :) xx-Sis* * *
I didn't even know I had gotten an EFP on this one! COOL! Must have happened today? Thanks you, Momj. You're the best cheering section a daughter could have!
-Laura #7108198
Sherran Andersen February 11, 2009
Congrats on the EP... I really like this... really does look like they are floating so I just have to ask you... what program do you use for this "curves"? Sherran #7155350Laura E. Swan February 11, 2009
Hi Stephen! Why thank you BP BUDDY! I hope it just breezes on up there, too! Woosh! Thanks so much for the uplifting wishes!* * *
Hi Sherran! I use a program that actually came with my camera! Ha! If you run off of a Canon maybe they gave YOU the CD as well. It's called ZoomBrowzer EX. It isn't good for a lot but has gotten me FAR with curves.
Thanks for your positive assessment! Means lots! -Laura #7155481
A P February 11, 2009
beautiful floral, Laura #7155757Vladan D. Djordjevic February 11, 2009
A wonderful floral image with great composition and contrast. #7155791Laura E. Swan February 11, 2009
Hi Ann! Thanks lots! Glad you like it. :)* * *
Hi Vladan! I sure appreciate you slowing down to enjoy this image!
-Laura :) #7156004
Z. Banu February 11, 2009
Awesome capture!!!congrats for E.p very well done! #7156084Aimee C. Eisaman February 16, 2009
Yippeeeeeee! Congrats on your EP! I still think this one is soooo cool! :~) #7172629Laura E. Swan April 24, 2009
Thank you "Z" and Aimee!!! :) -Laura :) #7444687Karen Kessler April 24, 2009
This is REALLY COOL work, Laura! I think I understand what you did here, but will let you know if I have trouble with it! #7446638Karen Kessler April 24, 2009
Oh, and CONGRATS on the EP!!! #7446642Laura E. Swan April 24, 2009
Give it a try! You are welcome to post it here if you want! :) You are always welcome to share on my threads!Thanks for the GRATS young lady!
-Laura #7446677
Carol Engstrom April 28, 2009
What a wonderful idea, Laura! I can't believe what a work of art you made from that original photo. I think this has to be a finalist! Into my favorites! #7463125Carol Engstrom April 28, 2009
What a wonderful idea, Laura! I can't believe what a work of art you made from that original photo. I think this has to be a finalist! Resubmit it! Into my favorites! #7463128Laura E. Swan April 28, 2009
Maybe I should re-submit??? Time time passed for it's chance at finalist B4...?Thanks you Carol! I really like this one a lot, too. I always wonder what more would it take to be a finalist..or what did I did wrong not to receive one?!!!
Thanks for your vote. :) Means lots! -Laura #7463138
Carol Engstrom April 28, 2009
I don't think anything is wrong or that you need to change anything. There is just a lot of competition! I also think it just depends on what appeals to the individual judge that happens to be looking at your picture that day. #7463149Nancyj E. Hovey April 29, 2009
I agree with Carol... who knows what judge or what mood they are in when they have to look and decide .... and this is a awesome DDR!!!! 8o) #7464007Laura E. Swan April 29, 2009
Well ladies, these were taken in my backyard. Maybe I will submit this one tonight then into the MT? Thanks Carol and Mumj. I have always heard from other BP'ers not to give up on our favorite images and this is one of mine, so I guess I wont! I really appreciate you saying this one is worth it!-Laura :)
P.S. Wanna hear something neat? I have an Uncle that is an artist. I mean, the real deal. Sculptor and Oil painter, etc...He viewed my entire gallery yesterday and said it was...how did he put it? Here, I'll copy and paste! Hang on!
Laura Emily, dear,
Oh, yes. I examined every one (some are duplicates), and found so many that were magnificent: very thoughtful and contemplative, profound in meanings you saw and communicated so beautifully. My goodness. I had no idea you were so wise and had so much talent (sometimes talented people are unwise, and vice versa). The contrasts you point out are especially appealing, sometimes sad commentaries are they of the settings being changed by mankind (or by unkind-man). You should pick your great ones and made a book of them, and publish them. Truly, they are wonderful! Nothing I have ever done in art is anywhere near what you have produced in abundance with your little camera! Congratulations, and good show!
Love,
Uncle John #7464473
Carol Engstrom April 29, 2009
That's great, Laura. How exciting it must be to have gotten that letter! You do have some wonderful pictures -- I like the book idea. I have been thinking of doing one. You should resubmit. It's a great shot. #7464491Laura E. Swan April 29, 2009
Thanks Carol! A lot!!! :) xx #7464538Karen Kessler April 29, 2009
Very sweet & encouraging letter from your uncle & a great idea to publish them in a book!I also vote for you to resubmit this one in the contest - the MT is appropriate as are flowers & DDR! #7465990
Laura E. Swan April 29, 2009
Well, the first time was into DDR...I think that suits it best...but these were from my back yard...Flowers is a tough category!! Ugh! What to do! I will pretty SURE enter it tonight however...With the tag on it since others say they have done this...And strong feelings about it either way?Thanks in advance. Leaving for my study soon...-Sis #7466012
Karen Kessler April 29, 2009
You're right about the "tough category". The MT is probably the best one for this! #7466072Laura E. Swan April 29, 2009
Yes...I thought so too and if nothing happens then another month go for DDR again...Thx! #7466111Stefania Barbier April 30, 2009
Lala this is extraordinary... surely hope to see it again! #7466779Barbara Waldoch April 30, 2009
So pretty, Laura!I can't believe you are jealous of Scruffy's legs! LOL #7466871
Christina N. Seuser April 30, 2009
Wow this is amazing Laura. I am sure we will be seeing this with a medal under it in the near future! #7466993ROLAN NARMAN April 30, 2009
Gorgeous capture Laura! Very well done! Hope to see this one again! #7468261Troy Gallagher April 30, 2009
Excellent work Laura, Thanks for sharing my galley with your friend. Much appreciated. Have a great day.Troy #7468493
ROLAN NARMAN April 30, 2009
...and I'll pick this one as a favorite for all the dances you've done at my gallery! #7468572Laura E. Swan April 30, 2009
Thank you Stef, Barbara, Christina, Troy and Rolan! Cross your fingrs for me. I'm shooting to win that trip to Hawaii with this one! HA! :) Appreciate all that you said and tanks for the FAV Rolan!One of my favorite books is called:
You Gotta Keep Dancing! (About a rock climber who became paraplegic after a bad fall.)
Dancing is GOOD! :)
I appreciate you all. -Laura #7468806
ROLAN NARMAN April 30, 2009
Amen Sister! #7469384Laura E. Swan April 30, 2009
(JUST SO LONG AS IT ISNT TWO FUNNY MEN IN GRASS SKIRTS! HA! YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE!!!) #7469398Kirsten Kiki Kjaer April 30, 2009
I LOVE this one, SSSLLL!! And it already has an EP. Congrats on that! A fav for me too. Fantastic work - and image. Best of luck with it!!! #7469644Laura E. Swan April 30, 2009
I sheepishly respond saying that this is a re-submit that had an EP attached already. I was hoping to win the trip to Hawaii instead of just an EFP! HA!Thanks SSSKK...You're tops! :) SSSLLL #7469658
Tammy M. Anderson April 30, 2009
Wonderful details, colors and work here, Laura. This is a beauty for sure. Hope to see this again. Good luck with this. #7470128Laura E. Swan April 30, 2009
Thank you Walter and Tammy! I sure appreciate your comments and support! This one was really fun to make!-Laura #7470141
Tommy E. Burgess April 30, 2009
Gorgeous work Laura!! #7470293Teresa Burnett April 30, 2009
Thought this was gorgeous before and still do, Laura!! I sure hope we see this one again this time!!! #7470397Laura E. Swan April 30, 2009
Thank you very much Tommy and Teresa!So nice of you to say what you did! I wish you two were BP Judges!!! :)
-Laura #7470411
Karen Kessler April 30, 2009
Just for the record, Sis, I had already marked it as a fav of mine as well! :) #7470452Laura E. Swan April 30, 2009
You're a sweetie. Have I told you that lately? #7470459Patrick Rouzes April 30, 2009
You have transformed that capture into a beautiful & spectacular work of art here, Laura!!! CONGRATULATIONS on this beautiful image & hope to see this again!!!A fave for me too!!! #7470503Laura E. Swan April 30, 2009
Thanks Patrick! :) You are very good to me! -Laura #7470823Robert K. Bemus April 30, 2009
Awesome idea and DD work, Laura-- good luck!! #7470924Ellen Hodges May 01, 2009
Added to my favs, Laura! Great capture!! #7471446Renata Gusciora May 01, 2009
Every time I enter your gallery Laura ,you catch me by surprise with your creative ideas!Super work! #7471498Gina M. Savage May 03, 2009
This is great to look at. Perfect title for the "light" image too! #7480987Laura E. Swan May 03, 2009
Hi Robert! Thanks! It was VERY INTERESTING and EYE OPENING to make! I learned a lot that day about DDR!* * *
Thanks Ellen! WOW! Into FAVS! Cool! :)
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You are very creative, too, Renata. You have a particularly great eye for beauty. For such a young lady, your architectural images area amazing. I love the topaz filter that you use like a master!
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Hi Gina!!! You are surfing my gallery tonight, are you? COOL! Yes. I created this during very light hearted time in life. The happiest of times really! My feelings were totally reflected here.
Thanks lots all who commented! -Laura :) #7481037
Patrick Rouzes October 03, 2009
Someone is in a Halloween mood!!!Laura E. Swan October 04, 2009
I put my gallery in better order now Paddy! My new entries are back on top where they belong. :)Have you looked in the magic mirror yet? I'll have to see if you made it to the FOREST GATE yet!
HAPPY HALLOWEEN MONTH!
-Lala #8007971
Laura E. Swan March 20, 2010
Thank you Mr. Tree!!! :) Nice of you to say so!!!-Miss Rose #8468056
John Connolly March 20, 2010
I don't think I have seen this one before Laura! You are indeed fortunate to have these flowers growing so close to you! This is a beautiful presentation, with skillful darkroom work, well done my friend!! #8468350Graham Robards March 21, 2010
Beautiful work Lala, it would be nice to just drift wouldn't it.I can't remember if I saw this one before or not. Great job little sister! ~Pat #8469199
Renata Gusciora March 21, 2010
Unique work,wonderful presentation,Laura!Fantastic feel to it too!Beautiful image! #8469553Laura E. Swan March 21, 2010
Hi John, Sister Pat and Renata!This is an older image from last spring I think...they grow in my back yard and also all over the Rockies. (See original image attached to this thread).
Did you ever see my image called "Steel Magnolia"? It's the same type of flower, believe it or not!!!
Thanks BP family!
-Laura
Thanks so much for your comments! #8469836
Ellen Hodges March 22, 2010
Gorgeous details, Laura! Soooo knockout gorgeous!!! #8472721Nancy J. Locke April 23, 2010
What a vision, Laura!!! AWESOME CAPTURE!!! Congrats on your EFP!!!Looooved your tee-pee story. :D What fun that was!!!
Thanks for the thoughts and prayers and dear friend wishes. I am through the testing process now and waiting for the diagnosis.
Love, Nancy #8565247
Laura E. Swan April 23, 2010
Hi Ellen and Nancy!So good to hear from you both. :)
Thank you so much. This image is such a favorite of mine. I loved making it. It was one of my first really exciting DDR turn outs! So pleased you like it.
Nancy..I'll be praying for you.
Love and hugs to you both,
-Laura #8565309
Patrick Rouzes April 23, 2010
A super beautiful image with magical DDR work here! Fantastic job & good luck with this,Laura! WTG! #8565338Mary K. Robison May 05, 2014
This is such a delicately beautiful image, Pom. I can almost feel that breeze that helped them to float so gently.Laura E. Swan May 05, 2014
What a gift this thread is. I read the whole thing again just now.Mary thank you for finding this one and commenting today.
(Thank you Patrick for your comment as well.)
Mare, when I am in DDR, I am in a different dimension. A place where there is no "time". The only thing I know in this life that it could be compared to is calling it a spiritual experience.
I am sure you and anyone reading this, knows just what I mean.
I think I will take Lonnie's advice and try and add the moon and stars to this now that I might know how. I was just starting out in DDR when I first make this. :D
Thanks so much for enjoying my gallery today and bringing joy to my heart.
-Pommyangelo :D #11039236
Mary K. Robison May 06, 2014
I fully understand the feeling you describe, Pom. I first felt that more than 20 years ago, when a beautiful piano piece demanded to have lyrics. The words came pretty much as if I were taking dictation, and when I finished and read them while the music played, I thought, "This came from somewhere outside/beyond myself.."Laura E. Swan May 06, 2014
The same happens to me with lyrics and poems. They come very easily and I also wonder if that was just me. You need to enjoy doing this more often and write it all down, quick! :) Me, too!What I actually think it is is an untapped talent. Naturally born. We could be writers, as well, Mare. I'd bargain to say your English teachers in High School told you this just as they told me?
Your stories and words would just flow out. I have many books in me. Adventure, heartbreak, excitement, fun. Lessons.
Some I have shared verbally or written to family and friends and I feel my best words were already written and given to "them" as gifts, so I cannot repeat them. They'd never come out the same way again.
I am who stops myself from using those talents for further gain. Seems too big of a chore to write a book! And to who? I'd rather share with those I love.
I'd really enjoy being a columnist of some sort. I can see you doing this, too. (And Kiki as well!!) Ann Landers or something? Where humor could abound too!! Totally. Your e-mails are so easy and fun to read. You have a style all your own! So does Kiki! I'd read your columns every morning with my coffee, no fail! :) !! You'd have me laughing and crying and searching my heart, totally identifying and wishing I could meet you both in person. Something like I feel now! :)))
Have a great day dear Mare!
-Pommyangelo #11040018
Mary K. Robison May 08, 2014
YES X 6, Pommyangelo! Especially paragraph five...if only my ambition matched my talents (such as they are)...Being a columnist is fun. Maybe you've been told about this before: I had a brief half-year of it, writing about the "music scene", and interviewing people like Cher and Neil Diamond. That was another lifetime ago, I think.
You and Kiki WOULD be excellent as columnists, with your humor and thoughtfulness. Why don't you go knocking on the local newspaper editor's door, with column samples in hand, and charm overflowing? And wouldn't it be a happy shock to you that he /she was impressed enough to give you a trial run? And, if this all happens, remember: I get 15% (10% increased due to inflation) of everything!! LOL!
Mare :-DDD #11041512
Laura E. Swan May 08, 2014
Wow! No! Mare! I didnt't know this about you! How exciting that must have been and FUN TOO! :D How neat is this??!!Ya gotta love California! It seems we are all connected to Hollywood somehow or we know someone that is.
My Daddy had a cousin that is now passed away that was a director in Hollywood!! he directed and assistant directed shows like Little House on the Prairie, Bonanza, High Shapparelle, Deliverance...Then when I was about 12 Walt Disney's cartoon people offered me a job! (My parents turned it down!) And finally, Clint Eastwood grew up less than a mile from my home I grew up in. :D
Those are my claims to fame. Oh and I was also personal friends with Wayne Newtons "light" man! :) Set directing stuff! :))) My hubby is well connected to Hollywood too. :)))
I am glad I am not famous. If I was I'd like to be a famous writer or artist since I'd still be able to have freedom of movement.
That's a far as I'd go. Most stars live in their own special prisons. (Their Homes). Sad for them!!
Okay- I wont forget you if I make it big at the news paper...but I will maybe make you my partner and editor and you'd make lots of money. :))) You never make type-o's and your English is impeccable. You're hired! :D
-Pommyangelo #11041549
Mary K. Robison May 09, 2014
Pom, the wretched Internet just swallowed the four or five paragraphs I had spent 15-20 minutes on, writing to .THERE, Internet!!! HaHaHaHaHa!!!
To continue: why didn't your folks let you take that fabulous job? Actually, not long ago, someone did a biography
of good ol' Uncle Walt. And it appears he was somewhat of a tyrant I mean - c'mon. The guy wanted to be a TV
dinner (frozen).
Anyway, I agree on having a more anonymous writer or artist's life. And don't forget photographers!!
And I believe working with you (and Miss Kiki, too) would be several cat's pajamas. :-D
Speaking of pajamas, it's past 6 am and I haven't slept since 6 PM Wed.! Part of that was because I went to the DMV Thurs. by 8 AM to get a replacement driver's license. The final step in putting behind me the loss of my purse last month. :-/
Then we came home, and since I was in real clothes (unlike my usual gardening attire of jeans and a top that comes from that part of the closet where good clothes go to die), I decided to take some water droplet photos for May's theme.
Guess how many I downloaded...C'mon, guess...I asked Scott how many I took, and he said 500. He hit the nail on the head!
So I'll be sleeping soon, then continuing my deleting of useless photos I took without a tripod. I broke down and got the tripod about halfway through the snapping -approx. three hours........ So don't be surprised if I don't check out the second hat-making video anytime soon. I know you'll be your normal understanding self, and say, "No prob, you slob." I must still be hung up on the gardening clothes. But I did laugh when I wrote the quote. :-D
Take care till the day I come up for air and write you, and have a splendid weekend.
Mare oxo #11041863
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