Friday, March 2, 2012

Pale Petals

Everybody needs beauty as well as bread, places to play in and pray in where nature may heal and cheer and give strength to the body and soul.
John Muir

A single rose, pure and simple, fragrant and sweet. While it's beauty may be fleeting, for a moment it captures our eyes and allows our heart to sing.
J Weber

Did you know that Joan at The Retirement Chronicles holds a monthly photo contest. She announces a theme and everyone has until the last day of the month to submit their entry. You don't have to be a professional, just a lover of photography. This is a great way to grow and have fun with your photography. My photo, the one above, won for the month of January. The theme for the month was White. Joan will be announcing the March theme very soon so go on over and check it out.

For more please visit Freda's Quote It Saturday, Macro Flowers Saturday, Weekend Flowers, Flowers on Saturday and Today's Flowers.

30 comments:

Gemma Wiseman said...

So very exquisite! Romance and beauty in this delightful flower!

maiaT said...

It's a wonderful photo, it deserves to be the photo of the month in any contest.
You did a great job with this B/W shot.

kulasa said...

that is simply beautiful!

Icy BC said...

What a gorgeous photo, Judy! Love the touch of water drops on it!

Jama said...

So pretty!

guild-rez said...

Stunning and beautifil picture!!
Grat shot...

LindyLouMac in Italy said...

Congratulations on your win, I thought this photo looked familiar, it is beautiful with the water droplets. I am calling by as another participant from Flowers On Saturday.

DJan said...

Congratulations on your win, Judy. I entered too, but I didn't even get an honorable mention. This month's contest is FOOD and I've entered again, but that is a hard one to figure out what to photograph. I look forward to your future entries.

BTW, you definitely deserved the win! It's just beautiful!

TexWisGirl said...

i saw that you had won. a gorgeous shot. :) well-deserved!

Luna Miranda said...

this is exquisite. fabulous macro.
love the John Muir quote.

Carletta said...

I hope you're not tired of the word exquisite because nothing else fits!
BEAUTIFUL!

fredamans said...

LOVE that 1st quote. So fitting and so very true.

Linda Makiej said...

those drops on black and white petals...so beautiful!! have a nice weekend... :)

Ginny said...

Oh my goodness, I can see why this won! It is just stunning!!! The pure spotless white of the perfect rose, coupled with the black background!

Tatjana Parkacheva said...

Congratulations!!!
Beautiful photo.

Regards and best wishes

Madi and Mom said...

Congrats on the well deserved win on the rose picture...it is simply beautiful
Hugs C

Lui said...

It really deserves to win. Such exquisite details!

SweetMarie said...

Congratulations Judy! This is an amazing photo! Please tell me you have one framed some where in your home. Nice poem to go along with it. Did you write it??
Hope you're having a great weekend!

Chelsea said...

I love this shot. Beautiful!

ladyfi said...

Wow - this is exquisite!

Tina´s PicStory said...

wow! i really love this rose :) thanks for sharing with us!

Sandra said...

this is a WOW shot, stunning, congratulations.

Cheryl said...

Stunning capture. I'd have chosen it too.

momto8 said...

well you win!! You captured beauty!
I am your newest follower..pls follow back if you can.

Sharon Wagner said...

It is a vision in White. Congrats on the win!

Rae said...

It is lovely. It's no wonder you were a winner.

The Japanese Redneck said...

Congratulations!

It's a beautiful photo.

Pat Tillett said...

Congrats! That is a fantastic photo!
I usually forget to enter. I'm going to mosey on over there and check out the other entrants and find out what this months theme is. Congrats again!

Ewa said...

beautiful in B&W

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