The immortelle (HOME PAGE IN RB 2009 02 06)

incredible concept and photo-portrayal. I this a dried-aged seed pod or your own creation? Curious! Dave Sandersfeld

Beautiful My friend!

Amazing nature and its structures.. love the way you have shown its frame..

terrific image – delicate as lace

Wonderful!

Very beautiful, and I like the way you have kept this so simple which reflects the delicate nature of what is left of the shell!

I love this one!

wonderful shot. so simple, so delicate. very nice.

fantastic Antanas

what a great shot. Love the detail.

lovely.

ah my friend, how beautiful minimalism can be ! :)

Simply Awesome!

Fascinating shot ….

Cool

Excellent work Antanas I echo the words of J k York above well done

hehe Antanas ….. did you eat the fruit inside ???
Beautiful envelope of what we call in French (when the fruit is still inside) “amour en cage”,
meaning “love in cage/prison”.

Love the details..
I may post one I have taken these past days in my garden. :)

Perfect minimalist work!

Oh this is so beautiful love this!

A unique choice of subject – visually interesting. Great photo!

Simply elegant!

Gorgeous!

So simple and beautiful, love it!

Wonderful!

so delicate well done

Beautiful Antanas – so simplistic, yet so very effective. Brilliant work.

So brilliant & perfect & it appears to be floating. I hope you have kept this pod in a glass box!

So very beautiful, lovely work Antanas;)

just amazing

Love the effects,beautiful.

wow – how brilliant is this? Excellent macro and a marvelous subject.

looks like it’s drifting! Such delicate, classy work :)

Perfect simplicity, great abstract!

Such an awesome image!!!

Great work Antanas!

We call the fruit inside Cape Gooseberries and their little jacket has always fascinated me.You photographed it very well Antanas

stunning image. beautiful.

wow wow wow… perfect!

Love it !!!

Beautiful!

very beautiful! :)

wow, thats kinda awesome

Elegant and delicate… beautiful

Excellent so simple yet so beautiful Great job!

I love the way you have brought out the beauty in something so small and simple. Great work keep’em coming!

This is nice!

Top shot mate! Very unique. Love the minimalism here.

Wow, beautiful!

Such a lovely piece of work!

I am trying to figure out how you did this. It is very pretty.

so fragile! where I am this is called a chinese lantern and it grows as a weed and is very hard to control but it is so beautiful! You have done it justice with your capture.

Fantastic image!

Simply marvelous!

your ability to do minimalist works prevails.

I love this .

fragile – vunerable – seperate – beautiful – alone – delicate – complex a smorgasborg of initial responses in a simple image

simple and perfect, creative, great piece of fine art

wonderful!!!!!!!!!!!!

Nice image, very delicate, almost looks like it’s floating.

Simply beautiful

exquisitely delicate…

strange as it may seem,this image is touching.and inspirational.such beauty in the simplest of things.

Love it

Beautiful work!!

Nicely done! I love it!

This is a ‘jewel’ of a photograph. I could look at it for hours..the simplicity!

A simple and delicate beauty. You have a very light touch, Antanas.

I could favourite nearly all your images! ;-) Simply devine….

Beautiful in it’s simplicity!

Thanks all for your comments

Quite splendid and very unique.

An exquisitely fragile beauty, awesome minimalist capture, very inspiring work!

u killed the chinese lantern! murdererrrrrrrrrrr…

very delicate

beautiful, simple & very well shot…

Great high-key image. Wonderful shell of the flower.

love it … simple.

EXQUISITE>>>>>>SUPERB>>>>>>>>>JUST GREAT

Stunning in its simplicity

oh wow this is absolutely perfect, spectacular work!!!!

Great capture!

Well, what else can I say? :)

VERY NICE !!!

Nice shot! It actually looks like it is floating?!

Simple and perfect!

Simply nice!

Thanks all Your for comments

very nice lighting

Congrats on the Home Page Feature Antanas!!
So well deserved =)
Superb capture.

c-o-n-g-r-a-t-u-l-a-t-i-o-n-s on the home page feature hugzz !!!!!

Congrats on the Homepage feature of this delicate image Antanas!

fab!! i love chinese lanterns. congrats on the homepage feature, well deserved!

Awesome on todays Home page… So pleased for you.. Terrifc imagery~

This is truly remarkable…. well done mate!

Congratulations on your Home Page feature. Well deserved. Agnes xx

Congratulations on your Home Page feature.

congrats on homepage, beautiful shot lovely detail

Congraulations on the home page of RB!

Many congrats!

Congratulations on making the homepage!

I won’t give away what this is, but it brought back childhood memories; thanks for that :-)

Gorgeous

lindo!

well done, congrats!

Beautiful and simple..

Beautiful simplistic imagery and many congrats on home page Antanas!!!!

congrats on the homepage feature…this is absolutely beautiful!

Congrats on home page!............a deserving shot!

great style !

It looks so delicate.lovely

Congrats on your home page feature, my friend!

Fabulous!!!!! Congratulations!! :)

Wonderful work. Congratulations : )

Great capture !

Beautiful and elegant. Congratulations!!

Great simplicity and visual impact ! Congrats on reaching the Home Page again !

amazing capture,goes into my fav.!!!

Beautiful image. Cool leaf. :O)

Beautifully preserved and beautifully presented – congratulations!!

AWE….;))) Great image! Many congratulations on your homepage feature!!

will be purchasing this shortly for my mother! love the simplicity.

Excellent still life and beautiful subject matter! Nice work! o(~_O)o

Beautiful and delicate.

perfect! lovely :)

Well deserved home page feature too. Fantastic shot!!

Wow! This is amazing! Incredible detail!

OUTSTANDING WORK!

Congratulations,, the simplest things you capture brilliantly,,, beautiful work,,, very well deserved features,,,,cheers

so lovely

Very zen in concept. Simple and beautiful.

wow, this is so amazing antanas, simple and beautiful! ;-) xox

So simple and elegant.

Simple yet beautiful

Such fragile beauty… so wonderfully captured!

the beauty of simplicity

Simple, elegant and perfect.

Great shot… :)

Brilliant image!!

Gorgeous … love the simplicity of this :-)

For my mother. She had a tree of them…and gave me much more insight. beautiful.

Purity!

Beautiful~

nice one.

tried so many times to shot these in the gardens, this is a stunner of simplicity and well worth it’s home page feature

Stunning work Antanas, and congrats on the home page.

Exquisite.

Extremely beautiful. So little and delicate, and yet so much more is said with so tiny an element. Very exquisite work, and I am so happy I find your work!!

simple and so lovely!

How beautiful.

So delicate with exquisite lighting!

This is really amazing!!!

such a perfect delicate beauty!

simply stunning!

Well done…a stunning image…

i really love this one! so elegant and beautiful

beautiful image Antanas, well done

so simple yet so beautiful, well done!

most excellent

delicate and beautiful work Antanas

nice image

Elegance!!! Well taken!!

Breathtaking!!!!
Truly magnificent!!!!!!

So fragile and beautiful. Splendid capture and image. Congratulations on your features.

love this!

Beautiful delicate gracefulness.

very nice :)

Beautiful. So elegant and simple at the same time.

Wow Antanas, the simplicity of this is so appealing. Congrats on the home page feature!!

Fantastic, love the delicacy of this, awesome!

Line crossing line to form the most beautiful ending
A lantern without light is no longer sending
The message of cheer with it’s bright orangey glow
but a skeleton of shape and form to put on a show
Brenda