Full Bloom
Uploaded: November 22, 2011 21:00:53
Christmas Cactus. Have a wonderful evening, friends!!!
Exif: F Number: 5.6, Exposure Bias Value: 0.00, ExposureTime: 1/5 seconds, Flash: did not fire, compulsory flash mode, ISO: 100, White balance: Manual white balance, FocalLength: 55.00 mm, Model: Canon EOS 7D
Tiia Vissak November 23, 2011
a beautiful close-up! #1425136Tammy M. Anderson November 23, 2011
Excellent details and colors, Ellen. Beautiful!! #9826292Jeff Robinson November 23, 2011
Outstanding color and detail Ellen!! #9826467Robert R. Goodman November 23, 2011
Hi Ellen,Amazing detail and clarity my friend.About the only cactus that we don't see in the valley!!!! #9826514Leslie McLain November 23, 2011
Beautiful capture and colors, Ellen. #9826560Lindley Johnson November 23, 2011
This is so beautiful, Ellen, and not an easy flower to photograph! Well done! #9826624Carol Flisak November 23, 2011
Beautifully captured, Ellen... love the color and details! #9827286Mary Dimitriw November 23, 2011
Gorgeous color and details Ellen!! Very pretty. #9827732Rona L. Schwarz November 23, 2011
Very pretty, Ellen! The colors and details are fabulous! #9827900Heather Loewenhardt November 25, 2011
Your close ups always have such incredible detail with amazing compositional components. #9830742Emile Abbott November 28, 2011
Fantastic detail in this floral macro Ellen. #9835300Stefania Barbier December 14, 2011
beautiful finalist.... congratulations!!! #9865462Tammy Espino December 14, 2011
Congrats Ellen on this beautiful finalist! :) #9865522Douglas Pignet December 14, 2011
Congrats on this great finalist...way to go!!! #9865547Lindley Johnson December 14, 2011
Love this beautiful finalist, Ellen - congratulations! #9865553Nancy L. Green December 14, 2011
CONGRATULATIONS Ellen on your wonderful finalist!! <>< #9865896Chris Budny December 14, 2011
Congratulations, Ellen! #9866038Tammy M. Anderson December 14, 2011
Congrats again, Ellen. #9866116Deborah Lewinson December 14, 2011
Congrats, Ellen, on this beautiful and excellent finalist!Debby #9866124
Heather Loewenhardt December 14, 2011
Congrats on this wonderful image becoming a finalist. Good luck in the next round. #9866196Gord MacEachern December 14, 2011
Big congrats on your well deserved fnalists Ellen, good luck next round!! #9866682Rona L. Schwarz December 14, 2011
Love this wonderful blooming color, Ellen! Terrific to see it again...Congrats on the finalist and good luck in the next round! #9866685Phyllis H. Burchett December 14, 2011
Congrats Ellen! #9866773Ellen Hodges December 14, 2011
Thanks for the kind comments, friends!! Thanks, also, BP, for choosing this image!! #9866992Ann Coates December 14, 2011
Congratulations on your gorgeous finalist, Ellen. #9867109Leslie McLain December 14, 2011
Congrats on a beautiful finalist, Ellen. #9867176JO ANN CLEVELAND December 14, 2011
Congratulations on this outstanding finalist Ellen!jo ann c. #9867327
Susan Weisensel December 14, 2011
Congrats Ellen on this beauty, good luck to you. #9867508Tiia Vissak December 14, 2011
Congratulations! #9867572Renee Doyle December 14, 2011
Fantastic colour and detail!! Congratulations to you Ellen! #9867655Stacey Williams December 15, 2011
Beautiful capture! Congratulations Ellen! #9867803Amy M. Wilson December 15, 2011
Big congratulations on your excellent Finalist, Ellen!! #9867937Mary Dimitriw December 15, 2011
Congrats Ellen on this fantastic Finalist!! #9867961SaMi Martin December 15, 2011
Beautiful macro; Congrats on your finalist Ellen! #9868129Emile Abbott December 15, 2011
Congrats on outstanding finalist, Ellen #9868216Kathy Salerni December 15, 2011
Huge congrats on this awesome Finalist and good luck in the next round, Ellen! #9868520Marcel J. Fernandez December 15, 2011
Ellen, Congratulation on your most beautiful Finalist. #9868597Karen Celella December 15, 2011
Congratulations on your outstanding finalist, Ellen. #9868678R. J. Laudenbacher December 15, 2011
Congratulations on your wonderful finalist, Ellen. Best of luck to you in the next round! #9868804Freddy Bland December 15, 2011
Congratulations, Ellen!! This is a beauty!! #9869618Val Feldman December 15, 2011
Oh, wonderful, wonderful! An excellent capture and a well-deserved Finalist! Congratulations, Ellen, and all the best in the upcoming round! (Mom gives a Hi!) #9869862Julie Burnett December 16, 2011
Congratulations on this gorgeous finalist, Ellen!! #9870709Carol Flisak December 16, 2011
Congratulations, Ellen on this lovely finalist... I had missed it! #9871423Phyllis A. Houghton December 17, 2011
Congratulations on this finalist with such perfect clarity. #9874368Robert R. Goodman December 18, 2011
A big Congratulations my friend,WTG Ellen!!!! #9875694Avril Young December 19, 2011
wow, congratulations Ellen this is just stunning, love the background too!! #9878324Merna L. Nobile December 23, 2011
What could be more important in life than to know in our hearts that in everything we have tried to do, we have done our very best?Mary K. Robison February 01, 2012
This is SO annoying, Ellen...I have shot my Christmas cactus blooms from all kinds of angles, and they've never come close to something this beautiful. Throw in/on the water drops, and it's one fantastic capture.Sign up for an interactive online photography course to get critiques on your photos.
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