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Theme : Concrete Gardeners

2008.04.16


Living in an apartment block around 5km's from the city (3 miles) certainly has it's advantages. But with space at a bare minimum, the chance to have any type of garden, let alone an entire "backyard" is a rare commodity. So whenever I catch a glimpse of a beautiful flower in full bloom I make sure I take a moment to stop and smell the roses, for most of what I see when I look out my window is simply cracks in the concrete.
67 Comments
chrisfly Fantastic, I especially adore #1...
chrisfly · 2008-04-16: 04:46
camilleauteuil very beautiful flowers !
camilleauteuil · 2008-04-16: 05:21
mojaroo B E A U T I F U L
mojaroo · 2008-04-16: 05:48
ncshutterbug These are absolutely beautiful! I can't pick a favorite between the two; I like them equally. The DOF, tone and colors are wonderful.
ncshutterbug · 2008-04-16: 05:54
lorinalynn Gorgeous photos. :)
lorinalynn · 2008-04-16: 06:32
ronin53 :):):)
ronin53 · 2008-04-16: 06:40
kazshots nice soft shots. are they really flowers growing out of a concrete crack? WOW. very lovely shots. Just think of all the weeding you never have to do!
kazshots · 2008-04-16: 06:40
dhulsmeyer o my goodness. it's so soft and muted. you done damn good!

happy now?
dhulsmeyer · 2008-04-16: 07:20
leocheung Unique.Impressive!
leocheung · 2008-04-16: 07:33
urmysunshine I am totally impressed- these are absolutely stunning!~ R
urmysunshine · 2008-04-16: 07:44
dkelly awesome ! it looks like a wild rose. love the crop in image #1 . well done focussed
dkelly · 2008-04-16: 08:16
slowpete excellent
well done on the theme
slowpete · 2008-04-16: 08:22
SheriJ Great eye nice capture!!
SheriJ · 2008-04-16: 08:27
LostAspen Great shots! Love your perspective of the whole thing. :-)
LostAspen · 2008-04-16: 08:29
tbranscum Wow, these shots are great! There is beauty all around in differnet ways. It may be found in the country or in the city, depends on the eyes that see it.
tbranscum · 2008-04-16: 08:35
zabdorff Beautiful! Nice composition and DOF.
zabdorff · 2008-04-16: 09:26
MHJphotos Man Andrea, these are fantastic ... #2 in particular! That angle and perspective really shows off where that beautiful flower is growing. My favorite of the theme thus far for its creativity and beauty!
MHJphotos · 2008-04-16: 09:54
jfrand this is awesome.
seriously.

i wish i saw beautiful flowers blooming from the concrete around me.
all i get are NASTY weeds.

i love the sensitive mood this set creates!
jfrand · 2008-04-16: 09:55
Lynda Lovely shots.
Lynda · 2008-04-16: 10:02
aknor These are both wonderful! I love the way you shot #2, the contrast of the soft, beautiful flower pushing aside the hard concrete - WOW! Very, very cool!!!
aknor · 2008-04-16: 10:14
TheCrazyCroat The angle, dof and soft colors of #1 do it for me.
TheCrazyCroat · 2008-04-16: 10:15
ambersunsets I LOVE concrete and flowers together. Very beautiful, Andrea:)
ambersunsets · 2008-04-16: 10:19
joycephotography Awesome shots.
joycephotography · 2008-04-16: 10:36
etodd80 I really like #2, the crack leading to the flower, the dof, the color - awesome use of your urban garden!
etodd80 · 2008-04-16: 11:23
Frenchies Great shots !
Frenchies · 2008-04-16: 11:42
BreezyOnTheEyes so subtle and delicate, such incredible juxtoposition from it's concrete vase. i love the poetry here. well done. i'm at class so i'm going to keep it short, but great work, of course, once again ~_^ l&h ms. apb!!
BreezyOnTheEyes · 2008-04-16: 12:07
fionarobinson they are lovely, very subtle and a great DOF.
fionarobinson · 2008-04-16: 12:12
Yoshi Beautiful
Yoshi · 2008-04-16: 13:09
mystic1 Very very cool, nice capture
mystic1 · 2008-04-16: 13:11
pippo beautiful...I love this color!
pippo · 2008-04-16: 14:00
Amethyst b e a u t i f u l !

B E A U T I F U L !!!!!!!

I love that diagonal DOF!
Amethyst · 2008-04-16: 14:07
mireia Me encanta la segunda, es una belleza de contrastes.
mireia · 2008-04-16: 14:50
wingsofbutterfly Wow, wonderful!
wingsofbutterfly · 2008-04-16: 15:10
domelia Délicat et beau !
domelia · 2008-04-16: 16:57
bamommy What a great eye you have.:)
bamommy · 2008-04-16: 17:35
droppinglight it's a moving set.... good job!
droppinglight · 2008-04-16: 18:23
TamaraHarden Things growing in our sidewalk cracks, we usually spray with weed killer!! It would be so nice to see such beauty coming up thru the cracks.
TamaraHarden · 2008-04-16: 18:23
sunshineand i wish you many roses
sunshineand · 2008-04-16: 19:07
oldbabe May all your cracks have roses and not weeds.
Good job! Very unique and creative.
oldbabe · 2008-04-16: 19:27
DancingDolphin VERY nicely done... I especially like the first shot!
DancingDolphin · 2008-04-16: 19:43
Askrubies these are wonderful.
Askrubies · 2008-04-16: 19:57
Queen911 There are wonderful. Unique and very creative.
Queen911 · 2008-04-16: 20:03
KerBear Andrea these are gorgeous - you've done such a wonderful job!! I love the way the photos fit with your words.... I agree with Queen911... so creative!! Great job... as ALWAYS! :)
KerBear · 2008-04-16: 20:46
LotoFoto The composition in #1 is awesome!
(My daughter says this: "those are really beautiful pictures. I really like flowers.") She is 6 ;)
LotoFoto · 2008-04-16: 21:30
miclaud Nice!
miclaud · 2008-04-16: 21:59
snappy Wonderful blossom and I can smell roses right now!
snappy · 2008-04-17: 08:30
AnadaAki Geniales, me encantan los colores :)
AnadaAki · 2008-04-17: 09:24
Karibbean beautiful!
Karibbean · 2008-04-17: 10:23
PaperWings Great idea, and I love how soft these look. It really works!
PaperWings · 2008-04-17: 13:43
abbeyh13 this is amazing!
beautiful!
abbeyh13 · 2008-04-17: 14:58
Carley i agree....amazing and beautiful!! What a poster that would make for those "motivational" things like....hope.....or persistence.... or grow where you are planted.... or.....
Carley · 2008-04-17: 18:07
Lindyart I just LOVE that 2nd shot and saved it.. it is amazing!!!!:):)
Lindyart · 2008-04-17: 21:10
Peche The amount of comments and the views says it all... you have an artist's eye, missy - these shots are just so beautiful... I can't believe a flower so delicate and so feminine grows out of hard, bland concrete... just goes to show how much lovely stuff there is in amongst us all :)
hope you're well xo
Peche · 2008-04-18: 08:09
persi See I'm all about them words
Over numbers, unencumbered numbered words
Hundreds of pages, pages, pages for words
More words then I had ever heard... (Jason Mraz)
... and still, they could never express those photos' beauty
persi · 2008-04-18: 15:02
pucaru lovely flowers :-)
pucaru · 2008-04-19: 00:43
mintra Very nice.
So soft and very delicate, loving, romantic, sad, mysterious, I could go on......
:)
mintra · 2008-04-19: 03:22
Agodashi Fantastic soft mood, love the tonality of the delicate colurs.Intimist.
Agodashi · 2008-04-19: 05:06
spikepole Oh! These are sooo good!
spikepole · 2008-04-19: 08:28
ThomasChu The top-down view is No.2 is outstanding. The texture of concrete, the crack and the weak but blooming flower together form a very good composition. :)
ThomasChu · 2008-04-19: 09:04
shutterjitter pix. are of course good but me think ur. wrds much better.
"most of what I see when I look out my window is simply cracks in the concrete." me kinda sure urban situation could not be described better

shutterjitter · 2008-04-19: 10:30
PhySpi what a wonderful pink :):)
PhySpi · 2008-04-19: 19:10
jwideman great shots!
jwideman · 2008-04-19: 21:22
Madoc Spectacular contrast between the grey of the hard concrete and the soft, beautiful colors of the delicate flower. What a great eye you've got! Two great shots, but #2 is simply phenomenal.
Isn't nature amazing!?
Madoc · 2008-04-19: 22:43
Bushman beautiful photos. Love the idea with crack in concrete and a flower. #2 in my fav :)
Bushman · 2008-04-20: 11:24
Andrea67 very nice....:-)
Andrea67 · 2008-04-20: 17:39
vollenda It's beautiful and hardy. :)
vollenda · 2008-04-20: 21:23
shortyg This is the cutest flower ever :) :) :)
shortyg · 2008-04-22: 14:24
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