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Photo posted by Ed Lowe in the Flora gallery on 12/10/10 at 10:47 am EST
Registered on 02/07/04, 414 Posts, 7115 Comments
Post last edited by Jim Erhardt on 12/15/10 at 09:17 am EST
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Comment posted by Michael Lowe on 12/10/10 at 10:55 am EST
Registered on 02/11/04, 777 Posts, 5252 Comments
My suggestion is to let me have the raw file for this. Seriously though, awesome shot, Ed. 
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Comment posted by Richard Teller on 12/10/10 at 11:08 am EST
Registered on 08/23/10, 1162 Posts, 6692 Comments
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I like the very light airy feeling of the image and the pastel colors. Nice comp. also. Very nice image.
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Richard Teller
Scottsbluff, NE
teller-nature-photography.redframe.com |
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The mountains and the seashore scream at you, but the prairie whispers and you have to stop and listen.
Don't shoot what it looks like, shoot what it feels like. David Alan Harvey |
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Comment posted by Phil Pogledich on 12/10/10 at 12:15 pm EST
Registered on 08/24/09, 123 Posts, 3099 Comments
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Nice lupine shot. The pastels and soft light make this a very pleasing shot.
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Comment posted by David W. Kelly on 12/10/10 at 1:58 pm EST
Registered on 10/07/05, 883 Posts, 6590 Comments
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Ed beautiful in every way. Great lighting and it has a magical feel. This would be a good one to add some texture to.
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Comment posted by Pat Sampson on 12/10/10 at 2:01 pm EST
Registered on 05/19/07, 953 Posts, 15989 Comments
Gorgeous as posted Ed and I agree with the "magical" adjective used below as well as David's suggestion that this would be a great image for a texture.
pat
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Comment posted by Doug Roane on 12/10/10 at 2:09 pm EST
Registered on 12/12/08, 213 Posts, 2226 Comments
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I really love this Ed. I like the brightness here and the dof is great! no nits from me
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Comment posted by Fabio Giarrizzo on 12/10/10 at 2:11 pm EST
Registered on 12/03/10, 90 Posts, 1614 Comments
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Great image, beautiful composition and light- great job, Fabio
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Comment posted by Derek Yow on 12/10/10 at 2:33 pm EST
Registered on 05/18/10, 26 Posts, 655 Comments
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This is stunning Ed! Love the clover interlocking the lupine.
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Comment posted by David Cobb on 12/10/10 at 3:28 pm EST
Registered on 12/14/07, 312 Posts, 3243 Comments
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Love this soft meadow little scene of beautiful color Ed - beautiful!
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David M Cobb Photography
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Comment posted by Morris McClung on 12/10/10 at 6:04 pm EST
Registered on 05/07/07, 670 Posts, 19650 Comments
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Yeah, that's exquisite!
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Morris McClung
Parker, Colorado
Website
"If it is more than 6 feet from the car, it is not photogenic." Edward Weston to Ansel Adams
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“He who works with his hands is a laborer.
He who works with his hands and his head is a craftsman.
He who works with his hands and his head and his heart is an artist.”
¯ St. Francis of Assisi |
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Comment posted by Bob Duff on 12/10/10 at 6:41 pm EST
Registered on 04/21/10, 160 Posts, 1675 Comments
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Great shot Ed. '+1 from to what the others have said.
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Comment posted by Barbara Graham on 12/10/10 at 6:59 pm EST
Registered on 07/27/10, 1310 Posts, 5035 Comments
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Amazing, beautiful shot, beautiful light, beautiful colors, great comp.
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Barbara Graham
Decatur, Georgia |
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"We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness."
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Comment posted by Craig Strand on 12/10/10 at 7:45 pm EST
Registered on 03/30/08, 416 Posts, 2885 Comments
What a gorgeous capture Ed, as soon as the thumb came up I couldn't get to the Larger version fast enough. Their is a lot to see in this but with the main bud composition and the complimentary vegitation as an OOF BG it all really blends well, and compliments the main bloom.
Nicely done!
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You can't depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus. - Mark Twain
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Comment posted by Albert Darmo on 12/10/10 at 9:26 pm EST
Registered on 11/25/08, 1386 Posts, 11978 Comments
Hi Ed.  Marvelous light and pastel color. A sublime meadow scene
Albert Darmo. Canada
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Comment posted by Anne K. Rusk on 12/10/10 at 10:27 pm EST
Registered on 10/10/10, 65 Posts, 904 Comments
I love how the leaves on the right look like a butterfly! My only nit is that I wish the leaf wasn't touching the right frame  Beautiful scene!
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Anne K. Rusk
Arvada, CO
Anne Rusk Photography
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"There are no rules here. We're trying to accomplish something."
~Thomas Edison
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Comment posted by Krunal Janani on 12/11/10 at 08:43 am EST
Registered on 09/16/10, 60 Posts, 1370 Comments
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Beautiful light & the subject with the BG are jus complementing each other perfectly my only nit is the pink OOF flower at the lower right powerpoint it jus pulls my attention away from the main flower (but it may jus be me)
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Krunal Janani
Mumbai (India) |
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The problem with valuing art is, till u dont understand it, it's worthless but when u do understand it, it's priceless!!
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Comment posted by Gary Yeoh on 12/11/10 at 09:29 am EST
Registered on 09/01/09, 588 Posts, 8184 Comments
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Beautifully done. Like the shallow DOF and the soft bg. Love this.
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Comment posted by Bill Fach on 12/11/10 at 10:09 pm EST
Registered on 11/01/03, 1805 Posts, 26981 Comments
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Ed: Brilliant DOF/Plane of focus management and just a great subject. Well seen and superbly captured. >=))>
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Bill Fach
Soli Deo Gloria
www.sdgimages.com
Houston, Texas
Flora Gallery Moderator |
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Comment posted by Ellen deBoer on 12/12/10 at 06:28 am EST
Registered on 03/16/06, 419 Posts, 2076 Comments
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It is just beautiful, Ed! I can almost feel the warmth of the summer! A very sweet image.
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Ellen de Boer
www.ellendeboerphotography.nl |
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" Cats are intended to teach us that not everything in nature has a function"
Joseph Wood Krutch.
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Comment posted by May Haga on 12/12/10 at 2:02 pm EST
Registered on 02/22/07, 714 Posts, 8470 Comments
A very peaceful pleasing image Ed.
May
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May Haga,
Saskatoon, SK, Canada |
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Comment posted by Giuseppe Guadagno on 12/13/10 at 3:46 pm EST
Registered on 02/03/07, 827 Posts, 5052 Comments
The atmosphere is what makes this splendid photo, for me, Ed. There is a whole world of half seen and only imaginable flowers and wheeds behind the lupine, floating in a sea of colored light. Beautiful.
Cheers.
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Gigi
I never stop going out in search of the beautiful picture that - for my great luck - I will never take. |
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Comment posted by Barbara Lee on 12/14/10 at 11:01 pm EST
Registered on 12/04/10, 12 Posts, 11 Comments
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Wow! I love this image. The softness,the single lupine, the single lupine leaf and the subtle suggestions of color throughout. The DOF is perfect. My one little nit - that weed that intrudes at the lower left hand corner. I wonder how hard it would be to clone it out? I also appreciate the frame you have chosen to put on this lovely piece of art to show to us. Just splendid! Thank you.
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Comment posted by Patricia Brundage on 12/15/10 at 11:45 am EST
Registered on 03/23/06, 1111 Posts, 6531 Comments
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Congratulations Ed on the EP! I've been there several times and have not come away with such a pleasing image. The background and the lupine being off center makes it for me. Again, congratulations.
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Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on 12/15/10 at 2:36 pm EST
Registered on 11/24/03, 3937 Posts, 12909 Comments
Just beautiful, and love thr framing.
Congrats on a lovely EP!
Sandy
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Sandy Richards-Brown, NPN #0367
Brookings, Oregon (summer/fall) and Sedona, Arizona (winter/spring)
PNW and RMNP Regional Member
NATURE'S MAJESTY IMAGING
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"All things bright and beautiful, All creatures great and small, All things wise and wonderful: The Lord God made them all.
Each little flower that opens, Each little bird that sings, He made their glowing colors, He made their tiny wings."
- Cecil F. Alexander, Hymns for Little Children, 1848, Ireland |
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Comment posted by Bob Duff on 12/15/10 at 5:16 pm EST
Registered on 04/21/10, 160 Posts, 1675 Comments
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Comment posted by Catherine Reilly on 12/16/10 at 12:41 am EST
Registered on 08/16/06, 603 Posts, 9192 Comments
Hooray, Ed! 2 thumbs up for the Pick! 
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Catherine Reilly
Seattle, WA
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Ad lucem quam inhabitas--
To the light wherein Thou doest dwell
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Comment posted by Barbara Sammons on 12/16/10 at 06:54 am EST
Registered on 09/20/09, 109 Posts, 323 Comments
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Ed, congrats on your EP for this lovely image. Great composition and lovely lighting. Thanks for sharing. Can't wait for next spring.
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Barbara Sammons
Candler, NC
"There are always two people in every picture: the photographer and the viewer." - Ansel Adams
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Comment posted by Robert Dayton on 12/19/10 at 09:50 am EST
Registered on 11/11/08, 281 Posts, 3958 Comments
Simple but elegant, Ed. I like the colors and lighting.
Congratulations!
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