Inspiring Photo: True Friendship (Apple Blossoms) #9923814

True Friendship (Apple Blossoms)

Uploaded: March 23, 2010 19:48:04

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~
True friends
always stay beside you,
behind you,
or in front of you...
to help you thru mistakes,
not expecting perfection!

(Digital Darkroom 3/23/2010)
(resubmitted 9/3/2010) FINALIST

Exif: F Number: 3.5, Exposure Bias Value: 0.00, ExposureTime: 10/1000 seconds, Flash: did not fire, compulsory flash mode, ISO: 64, FocalLength: 9.22 mm, Model: SP590UZ

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Nancyj E. Hovey March 23, 2010

"Friendship is when people know all about you but like you anyway. "
~ Unknown
#1251447

Nadia Paul March 23, 2010

This is just so beautiful Nancyj - as are the sentiments expressed :) #8476340

ROLAN NARMAN March 23, 2010

Gorgeous work Nancy! #8476484

Tommy E. Burgess March 23, 2010

Beautiful work Nancy!! The blossoms are gorgeous, and your added texture really contrasts with the soft blooms perfectly!! #8476535

Cindy Bendush March 24, 2010

Beautiful Nancy! #8476657

Tammy M. Anderson March 24, 2010

This is lovely, Nancy. #8476679

Michelle Alton March 24, 2010

Stunning and gorgeous! #8476888

Marilyn Cornwell March 24, 2010

A gorgeous image, Nancy, made more beautiful with the DD processing and textures. It looks like silk now! #8477011

Nancyj E. Hovey March 24, 2010

THANK YOU ALL for your support and encouragement....

Life brings us many challenges,
and with it,
we find out our true friends help us thru them,
and accept us for who we are
- humans with hearts and knowledge!
Books bring us knowledge,
Experiences of the heart gifts us with wisdom!
Thus the inspiration of this image.... enjoy! njh 8o) #8477100

Courtenay Vanderbilt March 24, 2010

Beautiful capture of these blossoms, Nancy and wonderful added textures! #8477142

Gina Cormier March 24, 2010

WOW...just magnificent!!!! Love it Nancy!! #8477311

Dr Silly March 24, 2010

Beautiful and no truer words. :O) #8477350

Patrick Rouzes March 24, 2010

Exquisite & elegant image here, Nancyj! The colors, tones, detail, textures & presentation are all superb! Like your inspirational words too! WTG!
Have a great day! #8477391

Nancyj E. Hovey March 24, 2010

Thank you all again for your encouragement and support! Have a wonderful day! 8o) #8477407

Monnie Ryan March 24, 2010

Lovely, Nancy! #8477494

Shelly A. Van Camp March 24, 2010

Beautiful!! #8477776

Nancyj E. Hovey March 24, 2010

THANK YOU!! have a great evening! 8o) #8478686

Sam Britt March 24, 2010

Beautiful image & sentiment, Nancy. #8478771

Kathy Coombs March 25, 2010

Very pretty. #8479027

Steve M. Harrington March 25, 2010

Lovely flow and feel in this image, Nancy.
Steve #8480579

Laura E. Swan March 26, 2010

This is so wonderful Mumj!

In Bible Studies we heard that

WISDOM is KNOWLEDGE APPLIED!

This is such a beauty of an image and the words are all so inspirational.

-Laura #8484166

Randy D. Dinkins March 28, 2010

Beautiful spring image. Great shot and dd work. #8490681

Carol L. Fowler March 28, 2010

Beautiful textures added- love the soft pastel Spring colors #8491083

Nancyj E. Hovey March 31, 2010

A HUGE THANK YOU to all...
am resting now that I am back home! 8o) #8500571

JO ANN CLEVELAND April 02, 2010

Awesome Nancyj! So glad you are home, email me and give me the scoop!

jo ann c. #8506379

JO ANN CLEVELAND April 02, 2010

Awesome Nancyj! So glad you are home, email me and give me the scoop!

jo ann c. #8506380

Nancyj E. Hovey April 02, 2010

Glad you like this image, and I sure will e-mail you, Jo Ann.... THANK YOU...
8o) #8506520

Kirsten Kiki Kjaer April 03, 2010

So true, NancyJ. This image is very unique and very beautiful. I bet we'll see this one again. #8507936

Nancyj E. Hovey April 03, 2010

Thank you so much Kiki!!! I appreciate you! have a great weekend! 8o) #8508119

Nancy J. Locke April 03, 2010

GORGEOUS, NANCYJ!!! So soft and delicate with great contrast to the background.

Love your thumbnail portrait. :D

The happiest of Easters to you, dear friend.

Love, Nancy J Locke #8508283

Nancyj E. Hovey April 03, 2010

Nancy J L
THANK YOU for your kindness and continued support of this image... and my work. You are a true friend... indeed... HAPPY EASTER to you and yours!
8o) #8508381

Debbie Hartley April 05, 2010

Beautiful image and lovely words Nancyj! #8510695

Nancyj E. Hovey April 05, 2010

Thank you so much Debbie....
love your mini pic, btw! 8o) #8511286

Rona L. Schwarz September 21, 2010

Another marvelous floral capture Nancy with superb effects! Your DD skills are simply amazing - I am in awe of your talent. The textures are outstanding and a perfect complement to these beautiful, soft lilies. #8922914

Nancyj E. Hovey September 22, 2010

Rona, THANK you so much for your continued support. I am honored that you like my editing so much...thank you. Your photos are fantastic! This is photo is apple blossoms! 8o) #8923400

Bojan Bencic October 15, 2010

Congratulations on your beautiful finalist, Nancy. #8968788

Laura E. Swan October 15, 2010

Mumj! This is so very deserving. I wish ALL of your work would go Gold because they are so very lovely!!!

THEY ARE GOLD TO ALL OF YOUR FANS!

Huge Congrats To You On This BP Honor!

-Laura :D #8968818

Tammy Espino October 15, 2010

Congrats on this awesome finalist :) #8968899

Terry Cervi October 15, 2010

A stunning Finalist, Nancy! Congrats! #8969025

Julie Burnett October 15, 2010

Gorgeous, Nancy!! Congratulations, and the best of luck!! #8969209

Tammy M. Anderson October 15, 2010

Congrats on this beautiful finalist, Nancy. #8969559

Nancy (Peaches) Harker October 15, 2010

WOOOOOOOOOOOO HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
HUGE CONGRATS on your finalist!
Best of luck in the next round!

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Marilyn Cornwell October 15, 2010

Gorgeous finalist, Nancy! It's so wonderful to congratulate you! #8970199

JO ANN CLEVELAND October 15, 2010

Congratulations on this wonderful finalist Nancyj!

jo ann c. #8970291

Patricia A. Stalter October 15, 2010

Add my name to the list of congratulators... Is there such a word?
:) Pat #8970328

Kathy Coombs October 15, 2010

This is SUCH a winner!! I need to learn from you! Congratultions!!!!!!! #8970402

Marcel J. Fernandez October 15, 2010

Delightful Finalist. Congratulations! #8970532

Marcel J. Fernandez October 15, 2010

Delightful Finalist. Congratulations! #8970535

Jessica Jenney October 15, 2010

Congratulations, Nancy on your beautiful finalist! #8970540

Janet McNeil October 15, 2010

Congratulations on this beautiful Finalist!!! Good luck in the next round!! #8970880

Deborah C. Lewinson October 15, 2010

Congratulations Nancy, on this beautiful and excellent finalist!

Debby #8970918

Carol L. Fowler October 15, 2010

WTG! Congrats! #8970988

Diane E. Deming October 15, 2010

So unique and beautiful, Nancy. Congratulations! #8971001

Rona L. Schwarz October 15, 2010

So glad to see this one again, Nancy - it is truly a marvelous piece of art! MANY CONGRATULATIONS and best of luck in the next round! #8971064

Annette Carr October 15, 2010

CONGRATULATIONS! This is exquisite, and the words so poignant. You are a true artist :) #8971465

Nancyj E. Hovey October 15, 2010

THANK YOU ALL so very much for your kind comments, and congrats. Each of you mean something special to me, as do your support and words. 8o) #8971579

Stephen Zacker October 15, 2010

Just Lovely Nancy. I really like your title #8971635

Karen Slagle October 15, 2010

Congrats Nancy on your awesome finalist. #8971728

Lorna Shutter October 15, 2010

If I hadn't seen this on Facebook, I wouldn't have known you had resubmitted it and gotten a Finalist Award!!! WTG, Nancyj!!! CONGRATULATIONS!!!!! :)

#8971745

Irene Colling October 15, 2010

Wonderful work on these delicate looking blosoms. You are the master when it comes to combining texture, color and flowers.

Congratulations on the Finalist Nancy. #8971944

Renata Gusciora October 15, 2010

Big congratulations on this wonderful image,Nancyj!!!:-) #8971987

Maria Warren October 15, 2010

congrats on this beautiful finalist!!! :) #8972090

Sarah G October 15, 2010

Congrats!! Such a beautiful image. #8972246

Ellen Hodges October 15, 2010

Congrats and verrrrrry best luck in the next round with this fabulous finalist, Nancy!!! #8972391

Barbara Waldoch October 15, 2010

Congratulations on your beautiful Finalist, Nancy! #8972487

Stefania Barbier October 15, 2010

congratulations on your beautiful finalist!!! #8972509

Tiia Vissak October 15, 2010

Congratulations! #8972550

Leslie McLain October 16, 2010

Congrats on your beautiful finalist, Nancy. #8972858

Nancyj E. Hovey October 16, 2010

Thank you so much everyone, for your wonderful comments, and congrats...Friendships are so important to me, and I consider each of you a BP friend! Thank you! 8o) #8972968

Stephanie Frey October 16, 2010

Congratulations on your wonderful finalist, Nancy! #8973101

Wm Nosal October 16, 2010

Beautiful Shot, Nancyj!
Congratulations! #8973181

Nancyj E. Hovey October 16, 2010

THANK YOU so much, my friends.... Stephanie and WmN! 8o) #8973221

Linda Blair October 16, 2010

Beautiful finalist...congratulations!!!! #8973310

Nancyj E. Hovey October 16, 2010

THANK YOU Linda, my friend! 8o) #8973438

Mukesh Srivastava October 16, 2010

Huge congratulations on this fantastic Finalist Win,Nancy!!! #8973570

Nancyj E. Hovey October 16, 2010

Mukesh,
THANK YOU, my friend! Have a great day! 8o) #8973583

Jean-Pierre Ducondi October 16, 2010

Big congrats on this wonderful finalist Nancy. Gorgeous.
JP #8973714

Merna L. Nobile October 16, 2010

Every month, with our camera in hand, we go out and find what we hope will be the “winning photo.”
Those of us that don’t get recognized, just continue to search for that special image, until one day the Congratulations come pouring in from some of the best artist and friends anyone could image.
So to the Better Photo winners for the month of September, I congratulate you on a job so well done.
My very best to all of you, Merna Nobile
#8973792

Elaine Eastman October 16, 2010

Congratulations, Nancyj! I love the pretty, dreamy colors, well done! #8974348

Debra R. Harder October 16, 2010

This is sooooooo BEAUTIFUL, Nancy! Huge congratulations on your gorgeous finalist! Deb #8974512

Lindley Johnson October 16, 2010

Lovely flowers, terrific textures, wonderful work! Congratulations on your beautiful finalist, Nancy! #8974628

Roxanne M. Bubar October 16, 2010

Exquisite.
Love the poem.
Congrats. #8974658

Nadia Paul October 16, 2010

Congrats on your gorgeous finalist Nancyj! #8974699

Brett Dolsen October 16, 2010

Gorgeous work and a beautifull finalist Nancy!Congratulations! #8974771

Julianne Bradford October 16, 2010

Congratulations Nancyj! This is a beautiful finalist! #8974806

Nancyj E. Hovey October 16, 2010

THANK YOU Friends, you all are the best! Have a great evening! 8o) #8974843

Tamara K. Walker October 16, 2010

CONGRATULATION! #8975195

Sam Britt October 16, 2010

Big Congratulations, Nancy! #8975296

Nancy L. Green October 16, 2010

CONGRATULATIONS Nancy on this wonderful finalist, WTG!!! <>< #8975727

Ujjwal Mukherjee October 17, 2010

An exquisite image and finalist!! Congratulations,Nancy!! #8976308

Nancyj E. Hovey October 17, 2010

Thank you bunches, my friends! 8o) #8976447

Songbird Cline June 22, 2011

wowow, gorgeous! #9474187

Nancyj E. Hovey June 22, 2011

Songbird
THANK YOU! Have a great evening! 8o) #9474620

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