BarbaraManis


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BarbaraManis
City: Green Valley
Country: United States
Joined: Sep 2008

I live in a beautiful part of the world in Arizona.  I am a social worker by day, but I am so addicted to photography that I just can’t get enough.  I love sharing this creative side of myself and continue to learn and grow everyday.

SOME EXAMPLES OF MY FEATURED WORK

Groups

BarbaraManis is a member of ! # 1 ARTISTS OF REDBUBBLE !, All Things Orange Artwork Gallery, Yellow Gallery, ! 100% !, "All parks", "Mornings & Evenings -- Sunbeams & Storms" 1 a day, "Tone It Down"!, ** Super Macro Photography (Two Per Day ), *A Beautiful Blur, *Amazing Orton Effect* - Limit 3/day , 12 Great Features - Challenge Themes ONLY, 4 Winners Only, A Fascinating Purple , A Place To Call Home, All About Flowers, All About Your Best Work, All Countries ~ Wetlands, Ponds, Lakes and Rivers , All Pets Great and Small, All That is Nature (Photography Only), Alphabet Soup (Letter ~ R), American Southwest , AMERICAS NATURAL WONDERS, Americas ~ Rural, Urban, Wild, Free, Animal Kingdom, Animal Portraits, Architectural Photography, Architecture and cityscapes, Arizona, Baby Animals (3/day), Backyard - Close-ups and Macro Shots Only - (3 a day!), Backyard Photography (No Macros), Bird's Eye View, Birds and Creatures of Flight, Bits and Pieces , Black and White Photography, Black with a hint of colour, Blooming Trees - 2 per day, Bokeh, Boredom Competitions on the 24/7, Both Sides Now, Bridges, Cacti and other Succulents, California Sound , Canon Vs Nikon, Cards: Best of Your Best, Cats and Dogs (1 per day), Challenge Café, Challenge Weekly: "The Intruder", Classic Cars Worldwide, Color and light, Color Me a Rainbow (Current Color: Rainbow), Colors of Water, Colour Me Vibrant Red!, Communities, contrasting perceptions (NEW RULES PLEASE GO READ THEM), Country Bumpkin, COUNTRY ROADS / around the World, daisy & company, Dawn and Dusk Light, Day Hikes , Dimensions, Domestic Art - Home is Where the Art Is, Don't Fence Me In, DSLR Users Only - 3 A Day - Name Your Camera In The Description, Ebony and Ivory, Equine Art and Photography, Everyday Life, Extreme Close-Ups, Eye Contact, Fabulous Flowers, Falling Leaves, Farms and Countryside, Featured Features - For Featured Art, Photography, T-Shirts, Writing, FEATURED ONLY, Fine Art of Landscape Photography, First Things, Flotsam & Jetsam, Flower and Foliage DETAIL - 1 per day (24 hours), Flowers in macro (very close macro please), Focus and Lighting, Freedom to Shine, Friends of Bangor and North Down Camera Club, Northern Ireland, Full Moon, Globes, Spheres and Curves - 2 per day, Goldrush and Ghost Towns, Gorgeous Flower Cards, Green!, Happy Haven Photography Limit 2 images per day, HDR Photography (3 Photos per 24hr-day), Heritage in Stone, Historic Churches, Horizons, Human and Nature, If it doesn't belong, In the Pink, JPG Cast-Offs, Just Brown, Kairos, Landscape and Abstract Photography, Landscape Photography, Light and Reflection 1/24, Live, Love, Dream, Livestock in General, Made By Nature - {2 a day}, Mans Best Friend's (Dogs only), Minimalism, Mood & Ambience - Strictly Photos, Moody, Dark, Evocative , Mother Nature's Finest, Mountains and Mountain Light, National Parks of the World, Natural Textures, Nature's Wonders, New England, New York City, Night Photography, Nikon D80 Users, Nikon DSLR Users Group - 2 uploads per 24 hours, Nostalgic Art and Photography, One Single Flower On Show.. Upload 2 per day, ONLY OWLS, Our K9 Friend 1 image a day, Out of the Blue, Outsiders, Paws n Claws 3 per day, PEACE, LOVE & TRANQUILITY, Perspectives, Pets Are Us, Photography 101, Photoshop Help, PixElations - The Art of Photoshop, PostCard Style (Describe your image please) Limit 2 per day), Prisons, Gaols, Jails, Asylums, Iron Bars & Court Houses, Purple Passion Gallery. 2 per day, Rainbows, Reflections in Building Windows 2 per day, Reflectivity, Rivers and Streams, Ruins, Ancient and Derelict Buildings, Rural Around The Globe, Rustic, Rusty, Crusty and Falling to Bits, Safe Haven, Scenery, Selective Coloring, Sets of Two, Shadows & Reflections, Shameless Self-Promotion, Shapes & Patterns - Limit of 2 images per day, SHOPFRONTS , Silhouette, Simply Horses, Simply White Artwork Gallery, Skyscapes, Songbirds of North America 2 a Day, Speed, Spring Blooms - 2 per day, Spring in the North-East USA, Still Life Photography, Stillness Speaks **Max 2 uploads per day** {{No NUDES, ABSTRACT, CANDIDS or ACTION IMAGES}}, Stop and Smell the Roses, Street Photography and Photojournalism, Streetscapes, Style! Class! Elegance! Excellence!, Sunrise, Sunset, Techno Logical, That One Great Shot, The Addicted Photographer►2 Per Day◄, The Art of Intrigue, The Birds, The Fine Art of Photography, The Greatest View in the World, The Patchwork , The Scavenger Hunt, THE SISTERHOOD, The true beauty, The Urban Environment, The Wild West Show, The Woman Photographer **7 per week***, The World, Top Shelf Wildlife & Nature Art, Transport, Trees , Tuesday Afternoon, Tulips, TUTORIALS (Help and Advice forums), United States, United States Challenges Only - JULY: SCENIC VISTAS (submit 1-3), Unlimited Quality, Vanishing Points, Vibrant and Vivid Color, Vibrant Plants, Victorian Viewfinders, Waterfowl, Weekly Theme Challenges, Western United States Artists and Photographers, Which way?, Who are YOU to Judge?, Who Needs Color For Beauty? - Black & White Art At Its Best, Windows and Doors, You're Accepted and Your Magic Place.

Journal Entries

FEATURES

Posted 8 days ago, 40 comments so far.

FEATURES

Posted 28 days ago, 34 comments so far.

Going to Sedona

Posted about 1 month ago, 27 comments so far.

Features and Stuff 5/16/09-5/22/09

Posted about 1 month ago, 28 comments so far.

Featured Works

Posted 2 months ago, 38 comments so far.

Featured Work and Stuff

Posted 3 months ago, 38 comments so far.

2 Challenge Wins in the Country Roads Around the World Group!

Posted 3 months ago, 28 comments so far.

Features and Top 10's

Posted 3 months ago, 4 comments so far.

See Ya in a Few Days!

Posted 4 months ago, 20 comments so far.

Home Sick!

Posted 6 months ago, 12 comments so far.

Writing

A Little Scarce this Week

When Monday morning came around, I found out I was smack in the middle of a week-long hospice survey. Since I have been a very bad girl and I spend way too much time on RB, I will have to step back …

Recent Features and Stuff

Thank you to all the hosts who have featured my work and also for the time and effort it takes to host a group. You all rock! Also, thanks to all of you who have voted for my images in the challenges…

I Sold a Card!

My dear friend, Susan Bergstrom bought a greeting card from me. I want to thank you Susan, for all your wonderful support. If you haven’t seen Susan’s work, click the link above, and you…

Features and Top 10's 4/18/09-4/24/09

I am always honored when my work is featured or placed in a top 10. Thank you so much to all the wonderful group hosts who featured my work, and to all the people who voted for my work in the challe…

FEATURES

Thank you to all the groups that have featured my work… “One Big and One Little” was featured in the Weekly Challenge Group-2/22/09 / “Abandoned Town Road” was fea…

Top 10's

2 of my images made it into the top 10 this week.  Top 10 in the Mood and Ambience Group- Selective Color Green Challenge… All the Comforts   And, top 10 in the Woman Photographer…

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