Major Air
Uploaded: September 26, 2005 10:00:20
*PHOTO OF THE DAY #408- 10/24/2005*
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Adilson F. Ferreira September 26, 2005
Great action capture Donna!!! #316883Leanne M.E. Boyd September 26, 2005
Wow, great action shot, Donna! #1886936Colette M. Metcalf September 26, 2005
Terrific capture, Donna! WOW #1887007Deb Holmes-Hatfield September 26, 2005
Awesome capture, Donna, great job! #1887090Linda D. Lester September 26, 2005
So Awesome...what an action shot! #1887193Donna La Mattino Pagakis September 27, 2005
Thank you Adilson, Leanne, Colette, Deb and Linda for the great comments. This is one of the BEST flowboarder's in the nation. A join to watch ride the Bruticus Maximus. #1892359S P Mukherji September 28, 2005
Stunning action shot Donna! Excellent timing!! #1895503Ermanno Radice September 28, 2005
Fabulous action shot, wonderful capture, lighting and colors, Donna!! #1896122Donna La Mattino Pagakis September 28, 2005
Thank you SP and Ermanno for the great responses!!! This is an invert off the lip. He looked as if he was flying!! #1896148Claudette Foote September 29, 2005
So Awesome...what an action shot! #1900546Daniel Diaz September 30, 2005
EXCELLENT action shot Donna, looks FANTASTIC!!! #1903853Stephen Zacker October 01, 2005
WHOA... Great capture and perspective #1906335Chris Macer October 02, 2005
Awesome, Donna! What an amazing action shot! #1908396Dale Ann Cubbage October 04, 2005
Incredible capture Donna!! Looks like so much fun!!! Fabulous!!da #1917110
Candice C. Calhoun October 24, 2005
Congratulations!ccc #1990684
Stanley J. Contrades October 24, 2005
CONGRATULATIONS, Donna on this being selected as the POTD!! Great action shot!!Susie Peek-Swint October 24, 2005
Fantastic capture Donna ~ many congrats on finalists and POTD! #1990741Leanne M.E. Boyd October 24, 2005
Congrats Donna! Great action shot! #1990774Bill Houghton October 24, 2005
Beautiful action shot Donna. Congratulations. #1990786Evy Johansen October 24, 2005
WHOA.... Donna!!! BIG congratulations on your wonderful POTD!! So well deserved! #1990793Paul Michko October 24, 2005
Congratulations on a fantastic POTD, Donna. #1990814Judy S. Fung October 24, 2005
Congrats on your POTD, Donna! #1990908Joy Rector October 24, 2005
congrats on POTD #1990931Vicki Hunt October 24, 2005
Great shot! Congrats on the POTD!!! #1991005Scott Pedersen October 24, 2005
Nice stop action. Whats that black sign on the right side? #1991057Deborah Lewinson October 24, 2005
Wow, fantastic image, Donna, congrats on your POTD!!!Michelle R. Kovach October 24, 2005
Congrats on your POTD Donna! #1991132Wendy Stevenson October 24, 2005
Congrats on this awesome POTD Donna!!! Great stop action!!!! #1991180Laura Clay-Ballard October 24, 2005
congrats on this awesome potd! #1991238Arienne Davey October 24, 2005
Great action shot, Donna. It looks like he's about to lose his shorts on this one. :-) #1991315Virginia L. Allison October 24, 2005
Wow, great action shot. Congrats on your POTD. #1991410Colette M. Metcalf October 24, 2005
CONGRATULATIONS on your POTD, Donna!!!! #1991543Casey A. Hanson October 24, 2005
Cool shot, Donna! Congrats on your POTD! :0) #1991828ashley nicholas October 24, 2005
Congrats Donna! Great photo!! #1991874Terry L. Ellis October 24, 2005
Totally amazing action shot, Donna! Congratualtions on your POTD!! Wonderful! #1991893Claudette Foote October 24, 2005
wow what an amazing action shot... just love the colors and the expresion... CONGRATULATION DONNA! #1992053Deb Holmes-Hatfield October 24, 2005
Congratulations Donna, on your POTD! #1992054Jill Flynn October 24, 2005
What an awesome shot Donna!! Congratulations on your POTD!!!!!!!!!! #1992075Kathleen R. Struckle October 24, 2005
Awesome image! Congrats on POTD!!!! #1992092Luhut Napitupulu October 24, 2005
Stunning action photography, Donna! Congrats on POTD! #1992553Cherif Keramane October 24, 2005
Nice action freeze Donna :)May I suggest two things
1- A little cropping on the right side so as to give more weight to the wave diagonal
2- The black sign competes with the center of interest. Did you consider a digital removal,
my two cents,
Again, terrific picture,
CK. #1992579
Mary N C. Taitt October 24, 2005
Congratulations on this stunning action shot--great work!Cherif K, I am glad to see people offering constructive criticism. We need both praise and help here. Even winning shots might be improved upon in some cases.
Again, congratulations Donna! Mary :-) #1992686
Donna La Mattino Pagakis October 24, 2005
Wow, thanks to each and everyone of you for your great compliments and critiques!!! I do appreciate it very much!! The image was captured at the Wavehouse in Mission Beach, CA. This was taken right after a flowboarding competition. The wave is a man-made wave called the 'Bruticus Maximus', a 10 foot barrel. For those interested I will enclose the link to the web page. http://www.wavehouse.com/home.php Thanks again, another competition will be coming up on Friday, I hope to share more images with all of you!! Take care and keep up the awesome work!!Donna #1992843
Dan Gutierrez October 24, 2005
Superb picture! Excellent image quality.Tammy Nuxoll October 24, 2005
WOW!! What a Capture Donna, a well deserved Congrats!!! #1992980Mary Clarke October 24, 2005
Many congratulations on POTD Donna - wonderful image. #1993164Jenny Bosmans October 24, 2005
Fantastic, Donna!! Congratulations on this well deserved POTD!! :) #1993503Sergio La Spina October 24, 2005
Fantastic ection Donna wowwwww very beautiful shot I love it!!! #1993576Anita Taylor October 24, 2005
This is awesome, Donna! What a capture!William C. Raco October 24, 2005
Fantastic photo, Donna.bill #1993776
Stephen Zacker October 24, 2005
Amazing capture. Congratulations #1993803Leonard Pierce October 24, 2005
Fantastic image Donna!!! Congratulations on a very well deserved POTD! #1994058Nancy Donnell October 24, 2005
WOW! Enjoyed seeing that. Didn't know it existed. Thanks for the link. #1994138Ronda Chatelle October 24, 2005
Outstanding Donna! This is such a great shot! Congrats on your well deserved POTD! #1994258Goshka G. October 24, 2005
Congrats on this beauty in motion, Donna!!! #1994740Mary K. Robison October 24, 2005
Terrific timing on your part, Donna ~ truly amazing capture!Donna La Mattino Pagakis October 24, 2005
You are all so AWESOME!!! Thanks for the great comments!! And thanks to BP for this wonderful site!!! #1994901Jim Kinnunen October 24, 2005
Terrific action image, Donna...congratulations on this POTD!:) #1995122Phil Sauvey October 24, 2005
Donna,AWESOME photo and well deserving on the POTD!! A BIG congrats!! Simply outstanding stop action photography. Breathtaking color and detail! You go girl!! #1995287
Anita Hogue October 25, 2005
Fantastic POTD, Donna! Awesome capture!! #1996191Ed Heaton October 26, 2005
Hi Donna,Donna La Mattino Pagakis October 26, 2005
Yhanks again to each and everyone of you!! Your comments have really been wonderful, and your support outstanding. The reason I left the sign in the photograph was because I thought it added to the atmosphere. It was after a competition, and not in the ocean. This flowrider is located in Mission Beach, CA. #2000910Kara L. Hendricks October 29, 2005
WOW!! This is a cool shot!!! Awesome dude!!! #2012831Donna La Mattino Pagakis October 30, 2005
Thanks Kara, yes- this rider can fly!! #2014909Kirsi Bertolini November 06, 2005
So so SO well deserved, this is huge!! #2041400Darryl Wilkinson February 21, 2006
Congratulations once again on this most excellent finalist, Donna!!! Bravo!!! #2443709Kristi A. Howson February 21, 2006
Wow what a capture Donna! Congratulations on your finalist and best of luck in the next round! #2446325Roger Bernabo February 21, 2006
Congratulations! #2447832Ronald F. Fischer February 21, 2006
Congratulations on a wonderful finalist! #2448411Deborah Sandidge February 21, 2006
Very cool capture, Donna - congratulations! #2448681Terry L. Ellis February 21, 2006
Fantastic finalist, again, Donna! Congratulations! #2450252Jill Flynn February 21, 2006
Congratulations on ANOTHER finalist Donna. Great month for you!!!! #2450819Stan Kwasniowski February 21, 2006
Donna, congratulations #2450840Chris Macer February 22, 2006
Congrats on your finalist, Donna! :) #2452534Corinne M. Thompson February 23, 2006
Congrats on your Finalist :) #2459313Donna La Mattino Pagakis February 23, 2006
Wow, I appreciate the great congratulatory wishes and responses!! You are all so great!!! Thanks!!!! #2459950KHAWLA Haddad February 27, 2006
Congratulations on a wonderful finalist! #2475806Bill Wyatt July 26, 2006
Fantastic action photography! Congratulations Donna!!!! #3085606Donna La Mattino Pagakis August 04, 2006
Thank you very much Khawla and Bill!!! #3125475Adam R. Rondelet January 31, 2009
I love this photo as I love all your work. You are a great photographer, thanks for sharing your photos with us. #7111828Bunny Snow October 20, 2010
Great action shot, Donna. Is there anything you cannot successfully capture? (;-))You've created a beautiful gallery and all with self-learned digital photography. Your are inspirational! #8985824
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