The Standout [Contest Finalists November 2006]
Uploaded: November 21, 2006 00:11:12
Photo was taken on September 15, 2006 at 4:21pm at the Puyallup Fair, Washington
Canon 50mm F/1.4 lens @ F/3.2, 1/250 second, ISO 1600
Cropped, levels, + saturation, - brightness, resized, sharpened, blurred background and dodged in Photoshop CS
Mary K. Robison November 21, 2006
Perfect title, Janine, since you've emphasized its clarity by blurring all the other bright colors in the background. Beautiful! #560325Julie Robinson November 21, 2006
Wow- stunning image Janine- well done! #3610798Renee Doyle November 21, 2006
Excellent composition and use of dof Janine! Beautiful colours!Su Sana E. P November 21, 2006
Wow!! Totally Exquisite, Janine!! Absolutely perfection, I must say. #3610824Barbara Waldoch November 21, 2006
Gorgeous composition and colours, Janine! #3610833Paul E. Earl November 21, 2006
Very striking indeed! #3610862Paul Michko November 21, 2006
Beautiful image, Janine. #3610901Alan L. Borror November 21, 2006
Beautiful, Janine! Wonderful isolation against the colorful background! #3610958Joy Rector November 21, 2006
awsome #3611021Robert R. Goodman November 21, 2006
Beautiful capture and color,great imge Janine!!!!!! #3611106William C. Raco November 21, 2006
How very beautiful!Bill #3611129
Sherri Gorman November 21, 2006
This is beautiful Janine!!!! Love the colors, clarity and focus!!!! Awesome!!! #3611173Virginia Leone November 21, 2006
This is so pretty! I love the background colors and DOF...great!! #3611247Jeff Robinson November 21, 2006
Very beautifully composed and captured Janine! Jeff #3611250Aimee S. McMaster November 21, 2006
...so beautiful Janine...great SF and DOF...Aimee #3611365Dr Silly November 21, 2006
Very pretty. :O)Carla Metzler November 21, 2006
Beautiful, Janine! #3611523Datha Y. Thompson November 21, 2006
Gorgeous colors LOVE the blurred bg.. Excellent work Janine!! #3611546Michelle R. Kovach November 21, 2006
Stunning colors & great DOF Janine! #3611678Susan Fox November 21, 2006
It's beautiful Janine! I love the color, comp. and dept of focus! #3611745Rakesh Syal November 21, 2006
Wonderful color, focus and background, Janine!! OUTSTANDING! #3612073Colleen Farrell November 21, 2006
Beautiful image, Janine--love the colors! #3612175Janine Russell November 21, 2006
Mary, Julie, Renee, Susan, Barbara, Paul E, Paul M, Alan, Joy, Robert, Bill, Sherri, Virginia, Jeff, Aimee, Doc, Carla, Datha, Michelle, Susan, Rakesh and Colleen, thanks very much for all of your kind comments and encouragement.Karacan Salkuci (Kalacay) November 21, 2006
Pretty image,colors,and composition. #3612285Melissa G. Meiselman November 21, 2006
Janine you title for this exquisite floral image is perfect!! Great DOF with wonderful details and color for the flower in the foreground!! #3612294Shelly A. Van Camp November 21, 2006
Beautiful colors and image!! Great capture, Janine! #3612389Mário Ferreira November 21, 2006
Wow!!! A masterpiece Janine... #3612447Darren K. Fisher November 21, 2006
WOW this is so beautiful. Great colors and wonderful DOF. #3612579Souha Dooly November 21, 2006
wonderful colors ,well done, Janine !!! #3612751Ken Jarvis November 21, 2006
Perfect title, perfect picture, Janine! #3613200Linda M. Walker November 21, 2006
Wonderful colors and I love the DOF #3613387Claudia Kuhn November 21, 2006
Perfect title for this beautiful image Janine! Great colors and comp! #3613820Ronald F. Fischer November 21, 2006
Wonderful use of SF, DOF and vibrant colors for an awesome capture! #3613894Melissa A. Mannon November 21, 2006
so beautiful! I love all the colors! #3613934April Riggs November 21, 2006
Spectacular! #3613961Joan Powell November 21, 2006
Lovely shot . #3614006Nadine A. Lewis November 21, 2006
Janine, this floral is GORGEOUS!!! Love the colors, side crop, and what an awesome/colorful dof!!! <>< #3614012David Whitcher November 21, 2006
The colorful background makes this shot. I love it, I love it, I love it. #3614087Nancy L. Green November 21, 2006
Exquisite color and detail Janine!! This is absolutley gorgeaous!! <>< #3614328Janine Russell November 21, 2006
Kara, Melissa G, Shelly, Mário, Darren, Souha, Ken, Linda, Claudia, Ronald, Melissa M, April, Joan, Nadine, David and Nancy, thanks very much fo ryour kind comments and encouragement. #3614370Walter Graziano November 22, 2006
Nicely done Janine! #3614818Laurence Saliba November 22, 2006
Perfect!!!! A winning image Janine!!! #3615233Karen Bacon November 22, 2006
Beautiful composition Janine,great colors! #3615690Janine Russell November 22, 2006
Wally, Laurence and Karen, thanks very much for your kind comments and encouragement. #3615879Cliff & Patti Smith November 22, 2006
Beautiful colors and effects Janine! #3616049Janine Russell November 22, 2006
Patricia, thanks very much for your kind words of encouragement. #3616054Mick Burkey November 22, 2006
Beautiful image, Janine! Love the colors and DOF. Great work! #3616873Janine Russell November 22, 2006
Mick, thanks very much for your encouraging comments. #3616956Jim Kinnunen November 22, 2006
This is a real beauty, Janine!!!:) #3617520Janine Russell November 22, 2006
Jim, thanks very much for your kind words of encouragement. #3617758Ken Slade November 22, 2006
Great floral composition! The red one really does standout thanks to it's sharpness and the background work. Excellent color throughout. #3617904Janine Russell November 22, 2006
Ken, thanks very much for your kind comments and encouragement. #3617919Linda L. Ruiz November 23, 2006
The colors here are outstanding. I love this shot. Happy Thanksgiving to my photo friend. xoxo #3619346Janine Russell November 23, 2006
Linda, thanks very much for your kind and encouraging comments. #3619556Graeme yew Chow November 23, 2006
The colors and the compostion is oustanding , Janine. #3623585Janine Russell November 24, 2006
Graeme, thanks very much for your kind comments and encouragement. #3623615Gustavo Márquez November 26, 2006
Striking image!Janine Russell November 26, 2006
Gustavo, thanks very much for your kind and encouraging comments. #3634118Steve M. Harrington December 29, 2006
Congratulations, Janine. Beautifully composed.SaMi Martin December 29, 2006
Beautiful Janine; Congratulations! #3751102Aimee S. McMaster December 29, 2006
...much congratulations on this beautiful finalist Janine....Aimee #3751300Paula Dwyer December 29, 2006
Congratulations Janine!! :) #3751392Shawn Jennings December 29, 2006
Congratulations on your finalist, Janine! #3751451Carla Metzler December 29, 2006
Congratulations, Janine! #3751488eileen bedford December 29, 2006
Congratulations Janine on this beautiful capture...#3751656
Laurence Saliba December 29, 2006
I knew it!!! Congrats on this superb finalist Janine!!! #3752217Husain Akhtar December 29, 2006
Another very well deserved finalist - big congratulations my friend! #3752293Janine Russell December 29, 2006
Steve, SaMi, Aimee, Paula, Shawn, Carla, Eileen, Laurence and MH, thanks very much for your encouragement and congratulations.Terry Cervi December 29, 2006
Just beautiful, Janine!! Congrats on your finalilst! #3753182Glenn E. Urquhart December 29, 2006
A big Congratulations on your Finalist Award, Janine!!! Well Deserved! Cheers, Glenn. #3753349Tom Andersen December 29, 2006
Very lovely, Janine! Congratulations on another finalist! #3753388Janine Russell December 29, 2006
Terry, Glenn and Tom, thanks very much for your encouragement and congratulations; Judges, thanks very much for your feedback and suggestions. #3753446Renee Doyle December 29, 2006
Beautiful Janine! Congratulations!Sheryl A. Hudson December 29, 2006
Beautiful image - Congratulaitons Janine! #3753881Terry L. Ellis December 29, 2006
A beautiful finalist, Janine! Congratulations, again! #3754395Dr Silly December 29, 2006
Congratulations J9. :O)Patricia Ronan December 29, 2006
Congrats Janine :) I seem to have missed your best images first time round :( #3754501Cheryl E. Molennor December 29, 2006
Congratulations again Janine #3754603Sharon King December 29, 2006
This is so pretty, Congrats Janine! #3754739Mary K. Robison December 29, 2006
Another great month for you, Janine ~ Congratulations on all your finalists! #3754816Laurie Daily December 29, 2006
Beautiful, Janine...Congrats to you, again! #3755160Ray Thoms December 29, 2006
Congratulations on your finalist Janine.... #3755251Chris Budny December 29, 2006
Congratulations, Janine, on your Finalists this month! I love the soft bursts of colors that the background flowers offer! #3755259Anne D. Eigen December 29, 2006
Congratulations on this wonderful finalist, Janine! Best wishes with it!!! #3755447Susie Peek-Swint December 29, 2006
Many congrats Janine! #3755478Revonda L. Gentry December 29, 2006
So beautiful!! Congratulations Janine! #3755565Barbara Waldoch December 29, 2006
Congratulations on your beautiful finalist, Janine! #3755689KV Day December 29, 2006
Congrats Janine! #3755800Candice C. Calhoun December 29, 2006
Big congratulations, and Happy New Year!ccc #3755823
Su Sana E. P December 29, 2006
Janine, congratulations on your Finalist and Happy New Year!!Lorraine A. Cook December 29, 2006
Beautiful! Congratulations, Janine!<:)) #3756930Kristi A. Howson December 29, 2006
Congratulations on this beautiful Finalist and best of luck in the next round Janine. Great use of DOF! #3757101Evy Johansen December 29, 2006
Congratulations on your beautiful finalist, Janine! #3757545Janine Russell December 29, 2006
Renee, Sheryl, Terry, Doc, Patricia, Cheryl, Sharon, Mary, Laurie, Ray, Christopher, Anne, Susie, Revonda, Barbara, Vicki, Candice, Susana, Lorraine and Kristi, thanks very much for your encouragement and congratulations.Esther Smith December 29, 2006
Janine- congratulations on this pretty finalist and your others!! Good luck in the next round! #3757684Datha Y. Thompson December 30, 2006
BEAUTIFUL!!!! CONGRATULATIONS!!! :0) #3757840RC Fritz December 30, 2006
Excellent composition and DOF. Beautiful image, Janine. Congrats on your finalist and good luck in the next round! #3758566Janine Russell December 30, 2006
Esther, Datha and RC, thanks very much for your congratulations and encouragement. #3759530Jennifer Rennison December 30, 2006
Beautiful finalist, Janine, Congratulations! #3760170Nadya Johnson December 30, 2006
This is SOOO stunning, Janine! Congratulations on your beautiful finalist! #3760275Tonya R. Boles December 30, 2006
Congrats. #3760345Janine Russell December 30, 2006
Jennifer, Nadya and Tonya, thanks very much for your encouraging comments and congratulations. #3762307HSIHAO LUNG December 31, 2006
Janine, congratulations on your beautiful finalist.Diana L. Ralph December 31, 2006
Congratulations on ALL of your wins, Janine... they are all WELL-DESERVED! This is beautiful! #3763472John V. Roscich December 31, 2006
CONGRATULATIONS JANINEJanine Russell December 31, 2006
Hsihao, Diana and John, thanks very much for your encouragement and congratulations. #3763935Emile Abbott December 31, 2006
Congratulation on wonderful floral finalist, Janinne. I'm getting jealous, just kidding but I lost count. #3764485randy dannheim December 31, 2006
Congratulations, how many finalist are there? #3764989Janine Russell December 31, 2006
Emile and Randy (there were 5), thanks very much for your congratulations and encouraging comments. #3765265Susan Jane Allen January 02, 2007
This is a sweet one. Congrats on all you wins! #3772125Janine Russell January 02, 2007
Susan, thanks very much for your encouragement and congratulations. #3772375Sign up for an interactive online photography course to get critiques on your photos.
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