Well, I guess it's about time to write at least a bit about myself to let you guys know something about the person behind the pics.
BIO
I was born on 19.01.1971 (that's why 71 is in my nick) in Hamburg/Germany. I still work there, but a few years ago my husband and I bought a small flat in a little town a bit up north.
Since I was a kid I always liked taking pictures. Until X-mas 2002 I used a Canon EOS 600 and was totally happy with that. My husband wanted a digicam and I thought we didn't really need one. Well, I guess I was wrong. Taking pics with our Fuji Finepix S304 is so much more fun. Especially since you can always try out a million things and then "throw away" the pics you don't like without having to pay for them being developed first :-) I'm still finding out how many possibilities there are in postworking - and viewing other people's galleries has inspired me a lot.
Thank you all so much for commenting on my pics. It really means a lot to me, if someone likes one of my shots and I always feel very bad, when I just can't seem to find the time to do that much commenting myself...
Hugs Drea UPDATE February 2006: As I feel really, really honoured that my gallery has been chosen as this month's "GOM", I of course just "have to" display the award going along with it here ;-)
UPDATE May 2006: I finally did it - bought a Canon 350D and will start to find out all those "new possibilities" coming along with it... Have to say, that I still love the Fuji and feel kind of bad putting it aside. But who knows - I might still use it from time to time anyway...
Comments (29)
cbender
great pic - has a wonderful atmosphere... :) like the play with "colour/nocolour" :)
kastakan
Absolutely gorgeous image and nice words too. Kastakan
nathalie06
An amazing composition for these Sun Flowers ! and always beautiful words.... touching !
Zacko
AMAZING compo Andrea!!! Gorgeous work on the selective colouring, and what a perfect POV!!! That sky looks soo coooool! Excellent work!!! Have a wonderful day #:O)
j-dwarf
wonderful idea tomix colours and b/w.
PhotoSmith
The selective coloring really brings out the smile of sunflower yellow. The icy background is quite nice too!
diomedes66
Superb composition and most excellent selective colouring! Well done indeed!
chrysalide
i like the spot of colors, it's an excellent photography with nice angle. have a good day
marybelgium
beautiful shot and beautiful words !
blacq_nyght_vampyre
Very beautiful image and lovely words too!!
soulofharmony
wowww love this selective colouring and especially with.. yellow awesome :)
Lledeline
Very well done and beautiful
jcv2
There are those who seem to have an endless source of kindness, yeah! Fantastic work, Andrea!
CastIronFlamingo
Very cool.
Kristanene
Gorgeous shot, and I love the POV!
kimariehere
beautiful shot and postwork!! ... amazing and totally spectacular!!
logiloglu
gorgeous simply gorgeous. your selective colouring rocks. BIG VOTE #:O)
kansas
Beautiful sunflowers. Wonderful postwork coloring.
geneb19
beautiful hon...plain gorgeous for that matter!! VOTE
cynlee
luv sunflowers & your version! :]
watapki66
Love the selective coloring, makes the image very dramatic!
MaydaMason
ohooo!!!! so wonderful!!! your idea to keep just a part of the colours give a strong impact to this picture! outstanding work! V
ModestyB
Lovley work!!!
maggiemai
Wonderful selective coloring! I love sunflowers!! :-) Beautiful!
addiek
Great colour selection... the yellow one at the front really BOOMS!!
Akinom
Super Arbeit, diese selective Farbgebung! Geflt mir, wie auch der Bildaufbau! Klasse!
amorales
Great selective coloring! It gives the photo an excellent mood.
cajolargo
I'll show this wonderful image to my wife, sunflowers are our flower... and you take it to high level
EmeraldElf
beautiful!