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our congratulations go to..



ProjectEarth held a competition a little while ago titled "new beginning to earth", and the flower-club was a supporting affiliate! it is our great pleasure to congratulate the following images for their creativity and presentation.  well done guys!

:winner: 1st place

:iconamersill:

Motherhood by Amersill



2nd place

:iconodindesign:

:thumb74522098:



3rd place

:icondreaminbox:

S.O.S Campaign Issue 01 by dreaminbox

again, our congratulations to everyone, and also the others who took part in the competition.  be sure to go and check out this great club!

:heart: :iconprojectearth: :iconprojectearth: :iconprojectearth: :heart:

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before you start..

welcome to the feedback fantastic journal! this is the journal where club members are welcome to submit work for feedback from other club members. perhaps you're just learning how to shape and take a photo, how to paint or draw or make some sort of craft, and you'd like some feedback from others in the club, this is the journal for you then!  this section is NOT for work that is popular, highly refined or final, it's for work that you feel isn't ready for submission in the club gallery.

before commenting on work, consider what you want to say.  make sure that your critique is constructive and offers meaningful feedback which aims to help the artist develop. criticisms are good, but don't be rude - perhaps make a suggestion on how something could be improved or what you might like to see.  but remember, people make their art primarily because it pleases the artists, the viewer is just along for the ride.. so your critique or suggestions might not always lead to change - that's up to the artist.

so, some examples of what you might comment on:
- keep it simple, tell the artist what you do or perhaps don't like
- technical aspects: lighting, angles, colours, focus, depth of field, shades
- corrections for aesthetics (what might make it look better)
- content or subject information or correction

remember, the aim is to help people improve, not to offend or put down others.  so with that in mind.. we invite you to click on some thumbs you think you could offer feedback for!

submissions awaiting feedback



Pink II by Moowna yellow haggard by chillipope


submitting work for feedback..

if you'd like to submit work for the feedback journal, just send the club a note with "feedback journal" in the subject line and a link to your deviation in the body of the note.  PLEASE only send 1 link at a time so it's fair for everyone, and be patient with us and other members as we get the ball rolling!

work will be displayed in this journal for no more than a few weeks. please don't re-submit the same work again.  
further guidelines may be developed as time goes on!


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club affiliates



nature clubs

:iconnaturpics-club: :iconnature-club: :iconclouds-and-sunsets:
:iconnatureshaven: :iconbutterflysandglitter::iconbeeclub: :iconsky-shots: :iconcactus-club: :iconbiomarina:  :iconwouldsmellsosweet: :icontasteofliquid: :iconfungi-club:
:iconsky-club: :iconartistsinnature: :iconnothing--but--nature:  :iconunframed-nature:
:iconfour-seasons: :iconrat-club: :iconsucculent-club: :iconwildlifephotography: :iconnaturephotoclub: :iconflower-lovers: :iconskyandnatureclub: :iconlove4bugs: :iconprojectearth: :icontreesclub: :iconinsect-lovers-club: :iconzoo-photographers:


other / general clubs

:iconthepencilclub: :iconmacrophoto:
:icononeclickphoto:  :iconthe-zodiac-club:  :iconmedievalcommunity: :iconcontestclub: :iconphoto-hut:  :iconphotography-key:
:iconcloseup-photography: :iconoo-reflections-oo: :iconf4fanclub: :iconex-po-zure: :iconpiercingclub: :iconcare-club:  :iconnight-shots::iconmy-art-club: :iconoompaloompafan: :iconwallpaper-club:  :iconbwclub: :iconshutter-vision: :iconlyrics-community: :iconphotography-reviewed: :iconeyes-of-infinity:   :iconperspectate: :iconfeatureshare: :iconpink-black-white: :iconlong-exposure-club: :icona-c-g-a-s: :iconrailway: :icontheblackpixel: :iconrootstock: :iconh2o-macro: :iconalimentei: :iconsasusaku-fans: :iconprojectsugar: :iconcoolpix-club: :iconin-the-spotlight: :icontimburton-fanclub: :iconweeklyphotocontest: :iconcorset-fetish-club: :iconthepositivist: :iconphotothumb:  :iconpen-pals: :iconphotographersclub:  :iconshutter-scene: :icona-discworld-guild: :icontraditionambition: :iconmisfit-pride: :iconwildlifephotography: :iconcherry-blossom-love: :iconfire-society: :iconmusicdirectory: :iconhdr-club: :iconrosesetfleurs: :iconmacro-club: :iconvisualorgasmclub: :iconmacro-beginners-club: :iconcolorfulartclub: :iconangel-lovers: :iconromanticism-love: :iconfujiclub:  :iconnotice-the-color: :iconcameraartsclub: :iconindiephotographyclub: :iconrainbow-trinity: :iconmacrophotographyclub: :iconnikonist: :iconconceptual-thinking: :iconchildphotography: :iconconceptualclub: :iconglamour-portraits: :iconclose-ups: :iconstamps-club: :iconmilitaryclub: :iconunleashed-art: :iconyellowclub:



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flower names and identification


:pointr: flower names: common
:pointr: flower names: botanical
:pointr: bachman's flower guide: alphabetical listing for identification
:pointr: plant families photo gallery: wild flower identification tools

:pointr: organic flowers  identification chart
:pointr: roses heirloom rose idenfication
:pointr: american rose association online



flower names and index to their meanings


:pointr: the language of flowers: alphabetical by flower names
:pointr: names and their meanings: www.vangelis.com.au | www.usabride.com | flowers.iloveindia.com | www.oxtonflowers.co.uk



photo editing rescources





for those who don't have photoshop to edit your digital images, feel free to have a look at GIMP (GNU Image Manipulation Program). You might find it to be a good, free to download alternative.  Please, let us know what you think of it!

:iconphotoshop-tutorials:
is a great dA club for learning more about adobe photoshop (the most commonly used editing software for working with digital images).  the club has a wide range of tutorials for making borders, cropping and resizing images, blurring and most special presentation techniques and creative things you can think of to do with photoshop.  if you can't find it there, you'll be sure to find others who can help!


:iconcdaile:
after being asked several times about how to frame images, and looking for simple tutorials and not finding any, i eventually learnt the easy way and then decided to tell everyone about it! so, if you want to know how to make simple photoshop borders for your images, feel free to check out my tutorial!

- photoshop borders


:icondisgracian:
disgracian has created some tutorials for those of us who want to know how to perform specific tasks in photoshop. his tutorials are well explained and quite extensive (although a work in progress), and he has kindly agreed to me sharing his secrets with you. feel free to provide him with feedback or requests at this disgracian.deviantart.com/jour…

disgracian's photoshop tutorials main page.

- Photo-restoration 101
- Selective Exposure Enhancement
- Fixing Artificial Sharpen ‘Halos’
- The Wide World of Panoramas


promotional rescources



flower club stamp by cdaile random deviant stamp by cdaile random deviation stamp by cdaile

:thumb64159580: :thumb64159501: :thumb59274085:

for those of you who don't know how to hotlink stamps into your journal, just click on the stamp and follow the directions in the deviation description!

sorry guys, stamps are for dA subscribers journals only at this time.



stock accounts for flowers


do you have a stock account with flowers in it? would you like to share it with others? feel free to send us a note with "resource" in the subject line and some info and we can include it here!

:iconilharess-stock: :iconcdaile-stock: :iconmifti-stock:


got something else to share?


do you have any other helpful links you'd like us to add? or would you like to affiate your club with ours? just send us a note or leave a comment below!


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about the club..

welcome to the fastest growing flower club on dA! we're here because we like flowers and we want to showcase the best work our members have on offer! all art mediums are welcome in the club, and we encourage everyone to have fun and celebrate their passion by interacting with others who enjoy the same things. feel free to have a look around our little garden patch of flower heaven right here on dA. to help you find your way around here we've made these links..


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don't :+fav: here please!

one more thing before you go looking through our lovely garden, PLEASE DON'T :+fav: work here at the club! please, follow the links with each deviation back to the original work and offer your support and encouragement directly to the artist! many thanks... now go and enjoy!

please respect copyright..

deviations are submitted to the club by deviantART members and are only displayed in the gallery with their permission. images displayed in this club may NOT be used, copied, reproduced or sold without the expressed permission of the original artist of the work.  work displayed in this gallery is NOT stock for free use. all members of this club abide by the deviantART submission guidelines and we ask you to respect their work and their rights.

joining the club..

joining this club is simple.. just send us a note with "join club" in the subject line, and we'll add you! please make sure once you've watched us, that you read the submission guidelines before you send your work in!


featured work


a sample of the wonderful work of our members currently on display in our gallery..

Untitled I by tulsa by flower-club Heliotropium suaveolens by flower-club

The Kitchen by Flowerinka by flower-club Lunch time by nsira by flower-club Simplicity by chuscli by flower-club

cold morning by Schoelli by flower-club Desire by acutely by flower-club Tullips by tigress-phan by flower-club

delicate by aglayan-agac by flower-club Roses in Exchange for a Heart by flower-club

Soft sedum by Liek by flower-club The Heart Of Everything by flower-club Pink Bottlebrush by AdamsWife by flower-club

another rainbow. by iTaylie by flower-club Simply the best by theshinyroc by flower-club Playboy Rose Water Drops by flower-club


club affiliates..

:iconnature-club: :iconex-po-zure: :iconconstructivecomments: :iconphoto-hut: :iconbiomarina:
:iconcloseup-photography: :icontasteofliquid: :iconfungi-club: :iconunknownphotographers: :iconsky-club:
:iconunframed-nature: :iconartistsinnature: :iconfour-seasons: :iconwildlifephotography:

for a full list of our affiliates, please visit here.

devianTree stamp


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club administration..

if you've got any questions, please feel free to contact the club admin or staff
and we'll do our best to help with your enquiry:

:iconcdaile:

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current subscription donated by babyducks


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REMINDER TO CLUB MEMBERS

the club gallery is currently CLOSED for submissions as from the 25th jan, 2008 AEST
we will open again for submissions from the 1st feb, 2008.

:megaphone: ONE SUBMISSION A MONTH :megaphone:

don't forget, we only take ONE submission from each member a month (and we keep records).  there will be no exceptions, so please try and keep track of your submission - this saves time and gets everyone elses work up more quickly.  

no work will be accepted during the closed time (no exceptions will be made), and those who do submit work during this time will receive a reply note reminding them we are closed.




club gallery opens and closes:

the reason we close for submissions to the club gallery for the last few days of the month, is that this enables the club admin to process all submissions currently waiting in line for posting in the club gallery. this in turn allows the "featured deviation poll" to go up as soon as we're able so members can start voting (work for the poll is selected from that months submitted deviations).  it just keeps the wheels moving smoothly for us all, we appreciate your understanding, support and co-operation.

club gallery opens for submissions: 1st of each month AEST
club gallery closes for submissions: 25th of each month AEST


please note: if you submit work to the club after the 25th of the month, you will recieve a note from us, reminding you that the club is closed for submissions and letting you know to send it in the following week.



how to submit work to the club:


- join the club (only members can submit work)
- read the flower-club's submission guidelines, below
- send us a note with "submission" in the subject line
and a link to your deviation inside the note



with well over 1,000 members, we've had to make our submission guidelines a little tighter so that the club remains managable and accessable for both the members and admin staff.

please read through the following submission guidelines carefully and make sure that when you submit work it meets with these.  if your work doesn't meet with them, you may find that your submissions are not posted in the club gallery.



only members can submit work to the club!

to keep track of members in the club and their permission to post work here, you must be a member to submit work.  general members of the dA community are welcome to enjoy the club though.  to join the club, just send us a note with "join club" in the subject line (no submission in the note), and we'll add you.. then, you can start submitting work!

we're a flower club, not a tree club!

deviation content or theme must be clearly related to flowers in some manner or form. other botanical images may also be submitted for consideration though, but this will be at the discretion of the club admin.

what type of work we accept (and what we don't!)..

your deviation submissions can take on the form of most art or writing however at this time the club does not accept avatars, emotes, icons, scraps, stock images or desktop screenshots as submissions to the club gallery. deviations which may contain mature content will be reviewed at the discretion of the admin staff. please don't be offended if your work is respectfully declined.

:new: photo-manipulations.. :new:

we're happy to accept images which are categorized as "photomanipulations", however you need to include in your deviation description, either a list of things you've done to your image (describe why it's a manip), or include in your description a link to the original image (or stock), so that it can be compared.  dA admin have previously removed work from the club and members galleries because it was not clear that work was manipulated, so we'd like to prevent this from happening in the future!

submissions should be recent work..

it's pretty simple.. we want to see you growing artisitcally, we want work that hasn't been on display in your dA gallery for an extended period of time (over 12 months).  if your work is over 12 months of age, your submission will be reviewed by the club admin as to whether it will be posted or not.

submissions should be good quality..

the club is here to help you gain exposure and therefore feedback, but please don't send us 'snapshots'.  it is up to you what you send us, but we'd prefer you to make you sure you send us your best work:

- we accept finished and final work only (no works in progress)
- photographs should be clearly in focus, neat and well presented
- no 'snapshots' images will be accepted (show us it's d'ART)
- traditional or creative art should be clean, tidy and scanned neatly
- your deviation should be correctly categorised (we reserve the right to re-categorise work where required)
- frames and watermarks are preferred for submissions

submissions should be the right size..

submitted images should not be too large or too small for viewing, this is fairer for members who have internet download limits or slower connections and to also protect the club against potential copyright infringements:

- images should be no smaller than 450pixels in width
- images should be no larger than 1500pixels wide
- we reserve the right to decline work that is too small or big

submission limit is now 1 deviation per month..

due to overwhelming submissions we are now limiting member submissions to 1 deviation per month. please, be VERY selective with what you submit. if people like your work, they will look through your gallery.

to submit your deviation to the club, just send us a note..

it's pretty simple to submit work here, just send us a </b>note with "submission" in the subject line</b> and inside the note place the preview link (URL of your deviation) to the deviation in your gallery (not full view, and not a : thumb : link either), and then we'll consider adding it as soon as possible. please note though, we tend to get a lot of submissions and we know that no one generally wants their message box flooded, so please be patient with us as we get through all them all!

if your note does NOT have "submission" in the subject line, and you've just included a link in the note, your submission will NOT be posted.  you must label the note correctly for us so we know what to do with it!.

submission days..

generally the admin will only post work in the club gallery 5 days a week (monday - friday), with the weekend off (we need some time off too!).  should you send work in over the weekends, please note that it will probably take us a few extra days to get to it..

notes sent to the club..

we do read every note, but please remember we usually receive over 20 notes a day, it might take time to get to yours!

submission notes: please don't send us more than ONE submission note a month, you'll only slow down the submissions.  if it's more than 4 weeks since you sent your note and you havven't seen your deviation submitted or had a reply, then by all means please write and ask!

if your deviation was not accepted: we don't mean to upset you, but due to time contraints we can not exchange notes with members who disagree with an admin's decision not to post thier work, we simply don't have the time.  with nearly 2,000 members, there is a lot to do behind the scenes, so please make sure you read all the club journals for information before you write to us for an explanation about something - that's why the effort has been put into the club journals for you!

if your submission is declined on the grounds that it does not meet the submission guidelines, please respect that we don't have time to discuss this in great depth.  members are encouraged to read the submission guidelines carefully to make sure their deviation meets our standards. we need your help to make this club THE BEST!

your permission to display work..

deviations are submitted to the club by deviantART members and therefore are displayed in the gallery with permission (because only you can submit your own work). images displayed in this club may not be copied or reproduced without the expressed permission of the original artist of the work.  all members of this club are to abide by the deviantART submission guidelines

other important points to remember..

work will only be displayed in the club gallery for around 6 months, after which time it will be removed - with the exception of work selected as a club 'featured deviation'

it is dA policy that clubs not +fav the work of it's members. so we won't be doing this.  if you find that the club has for some reason +fav'd something of yours, we ask that you let us know immediately.  for more information about this, please see dA :faq216:

the flower-club admin reserve the right to review and change these submission guidelines at any time.</blockquote>

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