Uploaded: June 12, 2008 00:55:38
Bern Switzerland Botanical Gardens.
Yes, I hand held a piece of black construction paper behind the flower.
Canon EF 28-300 mm F3.5-F5.6 L IS Lesn with Extension Tube + Gitzo triopod
Category: Flowers
Mary K. Robison June 12, 2008
Gorgeous colors and excellent lighting, Les. #940451
Dr Silly
June 12, 2008
Pat Gamwell June 12, 2008
GORGEOUS! Master artist at work! #6050633Michelle Alton June 12, 2008
Masterful work, Les. And THRILLING! #6050682Sue McLeod June 12, 2008
Beautiful lighting & colour Les! :) #6050694Michael G. Marshall June 12, 2008
Outstanding Les! Beautiful light, rich color and incredible detail! Bravo! Michael #6050763Jennifer L. Alder June 12, 2008
S T U N N I N G !!!!!!!!!!!!! #6050820Tarun Bose June 12, 2008
Excellent macro shot. Lovely colours and lighting. Great work Les. #6050939Ray Clarke June 12, 2008
Beautiful work Les, great light and presentation #6050964Joy Rector June 12, 2008
awesome #6051291Autum Rhoades June 12, 2008
What I like about your work Les is the variety and how it seems to cover every aspect of photography. Great work! #6051389
Nikki McDonald
June 12, 2008
John Caruso June 12, 2008
Beauty in simplicity, Les! #6051723Liz blahh June 12, 2008
Beautiful image! #6051835
Bojan Bencic
June 12, 2008
Corinne M. Thompson June 12, 2008
Beautiful overall capture Les! #6052239Daniella Puente June 12, 2008
Very good! in colors, texture and light, wonderful photo +++ #6052409Erika Haight June 12, 2008
What a feeling one gets from this image Les!!! Beautiful!!!! #6053253Cheryl E. Davis June 12, 2008
Beautiful, Les! Love the detail, color and crop! #6054272Marisol Pastor June 13, 2008
Simply beautiful. Great colors, comp and detail. #6055603Sharon Sawyer June 26, 2008
Stunning, Les. Congrats on your well deserved EFP !!! #6111865
Judy V. Kennamer
July 21, 2008
Jennifer L. Alder July 21, 2008
Terrific finalist, Les- congrats :) #6206924Vicki L. Filippin July 21, 2008
S-T-U-N-N-I-N-G
Bojan Bencic
July 21, 2008
Donna La Mattino Pagakis July 21, 2008
Gorgeous Les, congrats! #6208251Erika Haight July 21, 2008
Congrats on a Stunning Finalist Les! #6208270eileen bedford July 21, 2008
Congratulations Les on your Finalist, so well done... #6209198Tamera S. Phillips July 21, 2008
Congrats to you Les! What a stunning image. #6209492Colleen Farrell July 21, 2008
Fantastic! Congratulations again, Les! #6210102Kathy L. Clark July 21, 2008
Beautiful Les. Congrats on your stunning finalist. #6210741Susana Ms Heide July 21, 2008
Who would think of taking a background along to the botanical ggarden!?? :o)) Well, it was well worth it because this is really AMAZING!!! The black shows off those lines and vibrant colors beautifully!! CONGRATS Les!! #6210890Corinne M. Thompson July 21, 2008
Fabulous floral capture Les, Congrats on the Finalist! #6211003Sharon Sawyer July 21, 2008
Congratulations on your awesome finalist, Les. #6211047
Susan Jane Allen
July 22, 2008
Kristy A. Keene July 22, 2008
Gorgeous!! Congrats on your Finalist!! #6211628Michelle L. Frick July 22, 2008
Beautiful floral finalist Les! Congratulations!! #6214017Jean E. Hildebrant July 22, 2008
Love the detail, Les! Congrat's once more!!! #6214120
Elida Gutierrez
July 22, 2008
Marisol Pastor July 22, 2008
Congrats again Les! #6214730
Dr Silly
July 22, 2008
anonymous July 22, 2008
Congratulations Les on this stunning win! B- #6216252Marisol Pastor July 22, 2008
There is a saying in Spanish ... no hay dos sin tres ... and here is your THIRD winner this month! You must be very pleased, I would be. Congratulations once again! #6216466Carla Metzler July 22, 2008
Congratulations on your Win, Les! #6216532
Ken Smith
July 22, 2008
Alex T. Mizuno July 22, 2008
Another great winning!! Huge Congratulations Les!!! #6217387
Kay E. Mahoney
July 22, 2008
Deborah Lewinson
July 22, 2008
Donna La Mattino Pagakis July 22, 2008
Congratulations Les! #6217876Colleen Farrell July 22, 2008
WTG, Les--congrats again! #6218435Cesar J. La Rosa July 22, 2008
Congratulations on this BEAUTIFUL Winner, Les!!!
Elida Gutierrez
July 22, 2008
Tiia Vissak July 22, 2008
Congratulations! #6219019Renee Doyle July 23, 2008
Another fantastic winner Les!! Big congratulations on your wonderful work! #6219236Tarun Bose July 23, 2008
Another winner. Big congrats dear Les. #6219460
Janet McNeil
July 23, 2008
Jessica Jenney July 23, 2008
Congratulations again, Les on your beautiful win! #6219883Anna Diederich July 23, 2008
Congratulations Les! #6219920Murry Grigsby July 23, 2008
Congrats on your win Les! #6220643
Bojan Bencic
July 23, 2008
Mitch Spence
July 23, 2008
Claudia Kuhn
July 23, 2008
Corinne M. Thompson July 23, 2008
Glad this went gold for you, Congrats! #6222036Wally Orlowsky July 23, 2008
Congratulations on another well-conceived winner, Les!!! #6222530Karen Rahlf July 23, 2008
Congratulations on all your wins. Awesome accomplishment for one month! #6223490Colette M. Metcalf July 24, 2008
Congratulations!!! #6224344Sylvia Rossler July 26, 2008
Big congrats again Les !!! #6234379Cary Rogers July 28, 2008
HUGE CONGRATS, Les! (you really kicked arse this month!) #6243183Jessica Jenney July 30, 2008
Absolutely gorgeous, Les! Congratultions on a stunning sinner! #6251154
Leslie McLain
August 19, 2008
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