Inspiring Photo: Beauty without Colour #2689857

Beauty without Colour

Uploaded: September 14, 2006

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Converted in PS using Channel mixer. Cropped and minor adjustments only.

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Ray Clarke September 14, 2006

Your comments welcome #521970

Su Sana E. P September 14, 2006

Audrey, great macro with excellent conversion technique and good title!! I love it a lot. #3306861

Janine Russell September 14, 2006

Ray and Audrey, very nice detail, lighting and DOF. #3306862

David L. Luchowski September 14, 2006

How right you are,R&A.BEAUTIFUL.The detail and texture are excellent. #3306865

Julie Robinson September 14, 2006

Stunning B&W R&A - very well done! #3306882

Lynne Morris September 14, 2006

A perfect title, this is stunning, wonderful detail and lighting, great work R&A. #3306904

Paul E. Earl September 14, 2006

This works really well in B&W! It makes you focus on the detail and patterns! Great work! #3306922

Jill Odice September 14, 2006

A perfect B/W image, it proves that color is not always necessary if something is interesting of beautiful ! #3306923

Stanley J. Contrades September 14, 2006

Outstanding clarity and details of the petals!! Very, very nice work and presentation!!
Much Aloha,
Stan #3306929

Lorraine A. Cook September 14, 2006

Excellent macro and detail in these petals, Ray and Audrey!<:)) #3306969

Mata Patan September 14, 2006

Wonderful rose and the b/w isn't a bad choice! #3306996

Lani J September 14, 2006

I love this R&A! :o) Beautifully capture, the texture is lovely. #3307009

Paul Michko September 14, 2006

Gorgeous tones, R&A. #3307136

Barbara Waldoch September 14, 2006

Terrififc detail and clarity! #3307186

Paul Sikora September 14, 2006

Beautiful lighting and tones #3307187

Glenn E. Urquhart September 14, 2006

Totaly agree with caption, Outstanding B&W image, R&A!!! Very beuatiful composition! Well Done! Cheers, Glenn. #3307257

Donald K. Cherry September 14, 2006

Very pretty b&w macro, R&A! #3307323

Carol Sawyer September 14, 2006

Beautiful rose done in B&W,R&A!!! #3307328

Ross Throndson September 14, 2006

Didn't think a B&W Rose picture could look this Good.....BEAUTIFUL Image, Ray & Audrey!! :^) #3307361

Terri L. Scribner September 14, 2006

Great detail without color!! Beautiful B&W!! #3307382

Gail Vitikacs September 14, 2006

Fabulous details! #3307534

Bill Wyatt September 14, 2006

Very beautiful, love the B&W it works very well. Love the full frame and lighting, R&A! #3307666

Ray Thoms September 14, 2006

Great full frame R&A, nicely detail and good tonal range. #3307890

Jeff Robinson September 14, 2006

Works well in B&W! Nicely done! Jeff #3308079

Evy Johansen September 14, 2006

Beautiful rose R&A! Great en B&W!! #3308080

Joy Rector September 14, 2006

beautiful, well done #3308092

Nadya Johnson September 14, 2006

Excellent! The tones and textures are superb! Very captivating image, R&A! #3308153

Paula Dwyer September 14, 2006

Excellent detail, lighting, and tones!!
Beautifully done!! :) #3308240

Revonda L. Gentry September 14, 2006

Beautiful B&W!! The composition, lighting and detail is awesome, nice work!! #3308499

Karen Engelbreth September 14, 2006

Wonderful B&W, R&A! #3308727

Nadine A. Lewis September 14, 2006

Beautiful!!! Love the lighting and b&w tones!!!

<>< #3308937

Milan Banik September 14, 2006

great composition in bw. #3308958

Agnes Fegan September 14, 2006

Lovely details! #3309146

Pat and Graham . Robards September 14, 2006

I love this, the detail is so crisp and sharp, and the crop sets it off1 ~Pat #3309234

Stephen Zacker September 14, 2006

Classy, Elegant, and Beautiful #3309242

Pat Gamwell September 14, 2006

I REALLY love this one, R/A! The contrasts are wonderful & the flower design responds well to the bw! EXCELLENT! #3309594

Melissa A. Mannon September 14, 2006

great in b/w! lovely detail! #3309617

Jenny Bosmans September 14, 2006

Fantastic and beautiful macro capture, Ray & Audrey! Great PS work as well! :) #3309908

Anita Hogue September 14, 2006

I want to do one in B&W. This is sooooooooo beautifull! #3309972

Claudia Kuhn September 14, 2006

Beautiful curves and tones!! #3310345

Patty Razonable September 14, 2006

Very nice B&W image and the details is outstanding!! #3311217

Autum Rhoades September 15, 2006

R&A, fantastic capture! Love the b&W and the details are just great! #3312700

Emile Abbott September 15, 2006

Nice light and shadow and tone effects. #3313335

Brenda c. McFarland September 15, 2006

Another beautiful photo. You guys have a wonderful gallery. I really like your Rose without color. #3313370

Shelly A. Van Camp September 15, 2006

Beautiful in B&W! #3314077

Donna Roberts September 16, 2006

This image kind of reminds me of a satellite image of the eye of a storm......okay, okay - its late 'downunder' and I've had a l-o-n-g day.......
This really is a fantastic image though, love the choice of b&w presentation.
Hope you're both having a lovely weekend.
:-) ddu
#3315965

Wayne Nolting September 17, 2006

You got so much details out of the petals and the rose has aboslutely no damaged edges. #3320777

Chris Budny September 17, 2006

Your macros are getting more impressive! I definitely see a change since first viewing your gallery many months ago! I like what I can see in this--I'm stuck viewing with my laptop LCD screen right now; it doesn't deliver results as good as my CRT back home, but I figure if it looks good on this LCD, it will look even better when I can view it next week! #3322176

Dan Holm September 18, 2006

What an absolutely BEAUTIFUL b&w floral!! Excellent work on this! #3322878

Bridgette B September 18, 2006

Gorgeous B&W image!!~~~ #3324233

Cathy M. Gromball September 20, 2006

Beautiful in b&w, Ray & Audrey!

Cathy :) #3335471

October 14, 2006

Beautiful shot and composition Ray & Audrey, nicely done! #3448235

Sylvia Rossler October 26, 2006

Big Big congrats R&A :o) #3501851

Laurence Saliba October 26, 2006

Congratulations R&A!!!!! #3502164

Mata Patan October 26, 2006

Congrats to both of you! #3502172

Kate Jackson October 26, 2006

Many congratulations R&A! A great conversion and composition! #3502329

Alison Greenwood October 26, 2006

Two finalists?! Yay!!! WTG R&A! #3502612

Kitty R. Rodehorst-Hanna October 26, 2006

Congratulations, R&A....Way to go!!! :-) ^.^ Kitty #3502666

Jessica Jenney October 26, 2006

Congratulations to you both on this wonderful finalist! #3502808

Chris Budny October 26, 2006

Congratulations! #3502859

Crossroad Photography October 26, 2006

Congratulations on your lovely finalist! #3502915

Paul E. Earl October 26, 2006

Fantastic finalist. Good luck in the next round. Congratulations!!! #3503088

Revonda L. Gentry October 26, 2006

Congratulations on this superb, image!! #3503196

Renee Doyle October 26, 2006

Congratulations!!!!!!!!!!
#3503197

Claudia Kuhn October 26, 2006

Beautiful layers and tones, congrats! #3503334

Chastity Abbott October 26, 2006

Beautiful congrats!!!! I am just beaming with happiness for you!!!!!!!!! #3503391

Melissa A. Mannon October 26, 2006

love this! So glad it made it! congratulations! #3503707

paola A. Jofre October 26, 2006

Beautiful image!!!! Congratulations #3503984

Laura Clay-Ballard October 26, 2006

gorgeous tones and contrasts! Congrats! #3504021

Paul Sikora October 26, 2006

Congratulations!

#3504978

Barbara Waldoch October 26, 2006

Congratulations R&A, excellent work! #3505931

Su Sana E. P October 26, 2006

Congratulations Again, R&A!! #3506111

Stanley J. Contrades October 27, 2006

CONGRATULATIONS again and best of luck to you with your Finalists in the next stage!!
Much Aloha,
Stan #3506638

Colleen Braun October 27, 2006

Congratulations #3506970

Paula Dwyer October 27, 2006

Congratulations Ray and Audrey on your beautiful finalist!!! :) #3507906

Pamela Shane October 27, 2006

Congratulations R&A on your lovely
finalist; I really love this in b&w.
:) #3507915

Melissa G. Meiselman October 27, 2006

Congratualtions on this fantastic finalist R&A!!!!! #3508366

Manuel Barrera October 27, 2006

Congratulations, Ray & Audrey, best of luck in the second round #3508593

Nadya Johnson October 27, 2006

Simply gorgeous R&A! A huge congrats and best of luck in the final round! #3508985

Lynne Morris October 27, 2006

Loved this the first time round, delighted to see it again,congratulations guys :) #3509132

October 27, 2006

Congratulations, R & A!!! #3509176

Tarun Bose October 27, 2006

Congrats R&A for finalist. #3509346

Dr Silly October 27, 2006

Congrats on your finalist. :O)
#3509547

Cliff & Patti Smith October 27, 2006

Congratualtions on this beautiful finalist! #3509634

Rakesh Syal October 27, 2006

Congratulations, Ray and Audrey on your awesome finalist!!! #3509979

Emile Abbott October 27, 2006

Who needs color. Congrats yet again R&A. #3510253

Darryl Wilkinson October 27, 2006

Beautiful finalist R&A! Congratulations! #3510626

Judyann Plante October 27, 2006

Congratulations, R&A!

Judyann ><> #3510786

Jill Odice October 27, 2006

Congrats you two :-) #3511896

Mary K. Robison October 27, 2006

Congratulations on this color-free beauty making finalist, Ray & Audrey! #3511916

October 27, 2006

I love the texture! It looks so soft. Title is well named! #3512298

Lorraine A. Cook October 27, 2006

Gorgeous! Congratulations on this super finalist Ray and Audrey!<:)) #3512312

Phillip R. Connolly October 27, 2006

Congratulations on a deserved finalist. A very creative appearance to this rose. Well done to you both, Ray and Audrey.

Phil #3512334

Debbie Hartley October 28, 2006

Congratulations on your beautiful finalist R&A! #3512726

Ray Thoms October 28, 2006

Congratulations on your finalist R&A.... #3512919

Nancy L. Green October 28, 2006

congratulations on this wonderuful finalist!! <>< #3514674

Helen Green October 28, 2006

A beautiful flower shot, congatulations on another finalist. Good luck in the next round #3514948

Stephen Zacker October 28, 2006

Super shadows and B & W #3515275

Stephen Zacker October 28, 2006

Oh. and Congratulations :-) #3515277

Sharon Day October 28, 2006

Congratulations on this superb finalist, R&A!!! #3516174

Ross Throndson November 01, 2006

Congratulations, Ray & Audrey, Beautiful Finalist!! :^) #3531084

Pat and Graham . Robards November 02, 2006

Congratulations Ray and Audrey on your three finalists, I knew I would see them again! ~Pat #3536907

Carol Sawyer November 05, 2006

Congratulations, R&A on your three finalists!! #3547241

Pat Gamwell November 05, 2006

Another fabulous image! BIG CONGRATS! #3548482

Bill Wyatt November 06, 2006

This is so beautiful, congratulations!! #3551752

ronda chatelle November 08, 2006

Congratulations once again on ANOTHER finalist image! Wonderful decision to alter to BW. This is perfectly captured and sooooooo deserving of the recognition! Way to go Ray and Audrey! #3559614

Vladan D. Djordjevic December 20, 2006

What a beautiful picture! Great composition, lighting, lines, tones. So elegant and romantic! #3720493

Roxanne M. Bubar February 03, 2007

Congrats on this gorgeous image. #3907841

Inge S. Lasmana May 02, 2008

Excellent BW image, R&A! congratulations on your finalist! #5875127

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