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Mountain Bloom.

© John Connolly

Mountain Bloom.

Uploaded: April 15, 2006

Description

Captured in the Blue Mountains, just after an autumn shower of rain.
hand held at 1/100th f6.3 ISO100 and 45mm DFL.

Comments

Devon McCarroll April 15, 2006

Lovely color and beautiful light! Very nice composition. #427583

Jeff Robinson level-deluxe April 15, 2006

Very beautifully captured John! Great comp and color! Jeff #2646814

Renee Doyle April 15, 2006

Wonderful lighting, composition and capture of this stunning red John!!!! Excellent floral!
#2646974

Janine Russell level-deluxe April 15, 2006

John, excellent color, detail, lighting and DOF. #2647021

Jill Odice level-classic April 15, 2006

The colors are fabulous, and the image wonderful! #2647033

Ray Clarke April 15, 2006

Beautiful capture John! Love the colours and clarity!!!(R) #2647042

Jamil Saliba April 15, 2006

Unique fully red flower and background John #2647085

Joyce Baldassarre April 15, 2006

WOW!!!! THIS IS GORGEOUS! #2647089

Lynne Morris April 15, 2006

WOW, this is beautiful John, great clarity and detail. #2647096

Jenny Bosmans April 15, 2006

Gorgeous colors on this excellent floral capture, John!! Very beautiful!! #2647097

Jim Huffield April 15, 2006

STUNNING!!! very nicely done John. Jim #2647215

Laura Clay-Ballard April 15, 2006

wow! truly an incredible shot. LOVE that red and the overall texture. #2647221

Isabel L April 15, 2006

Wow!! I have to agree with all of the previous comments. I love this photograph! #2647246

Amy JACKSON April 15, 2006

Beautiful image, John!! #2647264

Carolyn J. Connolly April 15, 2006

FABULOUS floral capture, John - WOW!! NO doubt this is a BEAUTIFUL 'mountain bloom'!! Do you happen to know its name? REALLY lovely composition, colours, lighting, depth of field, AND details!! :o) #2647333

April 15, 2006

These are so very pretty, and you captured them so well. Great color. #2647574

Donna Roberts April 15, 2006

Love the gorgeous way you've presented these beautiful blooms John....the DOF use is fantastic.
Very well done!
Happy Easter.
:-) ddu
#2647738

Goshka G. April 15, 2006

Looks like a winner to me, John!! #2647790

Paul Sikora April 15, 2006

Wonderful composition, John the image is strikingly beautiful #2647921

Paul E. Earl April 16, 2006

WOW!! Fantastic find well captured, John! #2648199

Mary N C. Taitt April 16, 2006

Lovely capture John, pure and crisp and brilliant! Mary :-) #2649399

Milan Banik April 16, 2006

John awesome shot! #2649620

Pamela Shane April 16, 2006

WOWWWWWW!! I absolutely love this John!
Superb detail, color, & composition -
this is a real beauty. :) #2649684

Darryl Wilkinson April 16, 2006

The colors and vertical comp makes for a great image, John! Beautiful!!! #2649902

John Connolly April 16, 2006

Thank you all for taking the time to comment, and for your encouraging remarks.
Sorry Carolyn, I haven't got a clue as to what type of flower this is. The leaves indicate it is probably growing from a bulb, and could fit into the lily family. #2650044

Pat Gamwell April 16, 2006

This is BREATHTAKING, John! The clarity is so excellent, I believe I can reach out & touch its' velvety, smooth petals! #2650522

John Connolly April 16, 2006

Thank you Pat, it was a gorgeous flower.
#2650552

Nadya Johnson April 17, 2006

Wow! Beautiful! The clarity is awesome! #2651391

John Connolly April 17, 2006

Thank you Nadya, God has given us some amazing floral and scenic wonders! #2654200

Claudia Kuhn level-classic April 17, 2006

So beautiful John!!!!!!!!!! Great color and comp! #2654236

John Connolly April 17, 2006

Thank you Claudia for your kind comment, I appreciate it! #2654257

Rakesh Syal level-classic April 17, 2006

Love the pleasing color contrast, John!! #2655452

Bambi L. Dingman April 18, 2006

Beautiful, John!! What a gorgeous color! #2658421

Wendy Stevenson April 18, 2006

Gorgeous colour and detail John!! A real beauty of a shot! #2658426

Terry L. Ellis level-classic April 18, 2006

You outdid yourself, John! This is marvelous! Love the colors and comp. #2658443

Life Expressions April 18, 2006

Absolutely gorgeous! #2658912

John Connolly April 19, 2006

Thank you a lot, Rakesh, Bambi, Wendy, Terry and Robin for your kind remarks, they are really appreciated. #2662458

Sylvia Rossler April 19, 2006

Fabulous color John !! This is really a gorgeous flower and looks so great with the bg ! #2663621

John Connolly April 20, 2006

Thank you so much for your kind comment, Sylvia! I do appreciate it. #2667000

ALLEN O. HOWARD April 21, 2006

Awesome! I love the angle and focusing here. Very nice John! #2670005

John Connolly April 21, 2006

Thank you Allen for taking the time to comment on this image. #2670812

Candice C. Calhoun level-deluxe May 21, 2006

Congratulations!

ccc #2793797

Tamera S. Phillips May 21, 2006

Congrats on your finalist! Beautiful shot. #2793939

Linda Proctor May 21, 2006

Congratulations John!! This is beautiful!! #2794245

Darryl Wilkinson May 21, 2006

John, Congratulations on this beautiful finalist award! Bravo! #2794251

Jenny Bosmans May 21, 2006

Congratulations on this beautiful finalist, John!! :) #2794323

Karen Slagle May 21, 2006

Congratulations John on this gorgeous finalist. #2794630

Life Expressions May 21, 2006

Congrats on your lovely finalist, John!! #2794995

Terry L. Ellis level-classic May 21, 2006

Congratulations, John, on your beautiful finalist! Yeah! #2795008

Su Sana E. P level-classic May 21, 2006

Congratulations on this beautiful Finalist, John!! #2795033

Paul E. Earl May 21, 2006

Congratulations, John #2795154

Robyn Mackenzie May 21, 2006

Awesome job on this glorious flower, John! Congratulations, and keep your fingers crossed for the next round!! Robyn #2795540

Lorraine A. Cook May 21, 2006

Congratulations on this beautiful finalist, John!<:)) #2795771

Lynne Morris May 21, 2006

WTG John, many congratulations and good luck in the next round! #2796156

Sylvia Rossler May 21, 2006

Big congrats on this wonderful finalist John !! #2796336

Bambi L. Dingman May 21, 2006

Congratulations on your finalist, John! It's so beautiful! #2796395

Paul Sikora May 22, 2006

Congratulations on being an April finalist, John #2796704

Pat Gamwell May 22, 2006

YaaaHoo! Fantastic winner, John! CONGRATS! #2798931

Stan Kwasniowski May 22, 2006

John, congratulations #2798947

Robert R. Goodman May 22, 2006

A big Congratulations John!!!!! #2798995

Pamela Shane May 22, 2006

Congratulations on your finalist John!
:) #2799082

Nadya Johnson May 22, 2006

So glad to see this in the finalists! Congratulations, John! #2799354

Donna La Mattino Pagakis May 22, 2006

Fabulous image, good luck in the next round and congratulations on your finalist win! #2799689

Mick Burkey May 22, 2006

Congrats on the finals, my friend. Beautiful image, and well worthy of the next round. Good luck!! #2799976

John Connolly May 22, 2006

Thank you all for your remarks! they are very encouraging indeed! #2801155

Deb Holmes-Hatfield May 22, 2006

Way to go John, big congrats to you! #2801486

Chris Budny level-deluxe May 22, 2006

Lovely image! Congratulations on this Finalist! #2801552

Bill Wyatt May 24, 2006

Congratulation on your finalist John! #2807575

Mary N C. Taitt May 24, 2006

OH, pretty, nice colors, comp and arrangement! CONGRATULATIONS on your finalist! Mary :-) #2809030

Emile Abbott level-deluxe May 24, 2006

Slap me silly, John how did I ever miss the first time around. I thought I visited with all you great captures. This is very beautiful and congrats on a finalist. #2810357

John Connolly May 24, 2006

Many thank's Deb, Christopher, Bill, Mary and Emile.
Emile, once you have moved into the 66 year old age group, anything can happen! LOL!! #2811107

Wendy Stevenson May 24, 2006

Congratulations John on this fantastic macro finalist!! Gorgeous floral image!! #2811390

John Connolly May 24, 2006

Thank you for your much appreciated comment, Wendy! #2811449

Melissa G. Meiselman May 24, 2006

Congratulations on this beautiful finalist, John! #2811454

Claudia Kuhn level-classic May 24, 2006

Gorgeous color and comp John! Congrats! #2811556

Bridgette B May 25, 2006

I'm a little late...but congrats on this wonderful finalist!! The colors are beautiful!!! #2813482

Rakesh Syal level-classic May 25, 2006

Great image and finalist, John!!! Congratulations!! #2813685

Shelly A. Van Camp level-classic May 25, 2006

Pretty!! Congrats!! #2814200

Anne D. Eigen May 25, 2006

Excellent colors and composition, John! Congratulations on this beautiful finalist! #2815454

John Connolly May 25, 2006

Thank you so much, Melissa, Claudia, Bridgette, Shelly and Anne for you kind remarks. #2816146

Ken Smith level-classic May 26, 2006

Hi John, a late congrats to you on this. I've been travelling and had little time to comment. #2818165

Susie Peek-Swint May 28, 2006

John I'm so far behind I didn't even catch this finalist ~ so beautiful.. should have placed higher :)
regards, susie #2823781

John Connolly May 28, 2006

Thank you so much Ken and Susie.

Ken, I now have an IR72 Filter, so over the next few weeks I will endeavour to post a couple of infa red images. It is a totally new learning curve for me. See what you have done!! LOL!!
Susie, I for one, did miss your input on BP! #2825436

Husain Akhtar June 01, 2006

Warm heartly congratulations, John. So many good things have already been said that I find myself short of words except that this is no doubt an outstanding work #2841475

John Connolly June 01, 2006

Thank you MH for for your encouragement and kind words. #2841715

Manuel Barrera October 26, 2006

John I have not congratulated you on this, so Let me do it now. You have some of the best natural landscapes, period, and I am loving the series, the one yesterday is unsurpassed in beauty #3503454

John Connolly October 26, 2006

Thank you so much Manuel! I really value your critique, and I am very impressed with your darkroom techniques. #3503599

Vladan D. Djordjevic December 15, 2006

Beautiful colors, lighting. So soft. #3706253

John Connolly December 16, 2006

Thank's a lot Vladan, I appreciate your input, and the trouble you went to to find this old image. #3709309

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