Plumeria Blossom [Contest Finalists March 2007]
Uploaded: March 19, 2007 00:05:16
Photo was taken on March 18, 2007 at 4:27pm in Wailea, Maui, Hawaii
Canon 100mm F/2.8 macro lens @ F/5.6, 1/320 second, ISO 400
Cropped, cloned, +saturation, levels, resized, sharpened and blurred in Photoshop CS
POTD at AzColt.com on March 19, 2007
Featured POTD at Photo-of-the-Day.com on March 20, 2007
Dominick M. Dimacale March 19, 2007
Great image and details here Janine, love the tones too...Dominick #622944Marta J. Baldwin March 19, 2007
Beautiful color, clarity and depth in this image Janine! #4068530Mike D. Perez March 19, 2007
Beautiful colors and details, Janine! #4068534Revonda L. Gentry March 19, 2007
Beautiful composition and color, Janine!! #4068536Su Sana E. P March 19, 2007
Wow!! Janine, I’m falling in love with the colors and dof of this image. Beautiful capture!! #4068545Paul E. Earl March 19, 2007
What beautiful colour and great dof! Terrific image! #4068553Mary K. Robison March 19, 2007
Lovely colors and lighting, Janine, and perfect dof. #4068562Katarina Mansson March 19, 2007
Lovely lighting, colours and DOF Janine! #4068563Stanley J. Contrades March 19, 2007
Fabulous BG to accent the colors and form of the plumeria bud, Janine! Beautiful work as always!!Cindy Bendush March 19, 2007
Another beauty Janine - a lovely inspiration! #4068566Renee Doyle March 19, 2007
The background really accentuates this beautiful floral image Janine! Lovely work!Evy Johansen March 19, 2007
Beautiful, Janine!! #4068579VISHVAJIT JUIKAR March 19, 2007
wow lovely perspective janine.. yet another winner for you in Plumeria #4068668William Johnson March 19, 2007
Lovely exposure and colours Janine. Good composition. Bill J. #4068669Ray Clarke March 19, 2007
Great colours, detail and presentation Janine!!!(R) #4068679Alan L. Borror March 19, 2007
Beautiful macro, Janine! Excellent composition and color! #4068719Rakesh Syal March 19, 2007
Outstanding composition, color and details, Janine!! #4068751Donald K. Cherry March 19, 2007
Very pretty floral composition, Janine. #4068790Aimee S. McMaster March 19, 2007
....such beautiful color,light and dof Janine...Aimee #4068871Dr. Harmeet Singh March 19, 2007
Wow!This is a beauty. #4068888Colette M. Metcalf March 19, 2007
Gorgeous image and colors, Janine!! #4068969Richard D. Cox March 19, 2007
Another fabulous photo, Janine. #4069035Glenn E. Urquhart March 19, 2007
Sooooo Beautiful, Janine!!! Outstanding composition!!! Well Done! Cheers, Glenn. #4069056Jeff Robinson March 19, 2007
Very, very beautiful Janine! Jeff #4069104Les Rhoades March 19, 2007
The composition here is perfect and the colors are fantastic.Joy Rector March 19, 2007
gorgeous #4069201Susan Fox March 19, 2007
Another beautiful macro Janine! Wonderful colors!! #4069570Datha Y. Thompson March 19, 2007
Gorgeous!!!! :0) #4069683Shawn Jennings March 19, 2007
What a pretty shot Janine! Love the color and DOF! #4069724Tamera S. Phillips March 19, 2007
Just beautiful Janine. Love the dof and colors here. #4069793Chastity Abbott March 19, 2007
Super Beautiful!!!!!! #4070005John Caruso March 19, 2007
Beautifully done, Janine, from color to comp! #4070142Cheryl E. Molennor March 19, 2007
Great color and detai8l. Love the soft bg #4070755Janine Russell March 19, 2007
Dominick, Marta, Mike, Revonda, SuSana, Paul, Mary, Katarina, Stan, Cindy, Renee, Evy, VISHVAJIT, Bill, Ray, Alan, Rakesh, Donald, Aimee, Harmeet, Colette, Richard, Glenn, Jeff, Les, Joy, Susan, Datha, Shawn, Tamera, Chastity, John and Cheryl, thanks very much for all of your wonderful comments and words of encouragement. #4070874Christy Nichols March 19, 2007
Sooo beautiful, Janine!!! Great comp, love the DOF and colors! #4071129Laurie Daily March 19, 2007
What a wonderful place to be able to see so many beautiful flowers that I really am not too familiar with. Beautiful details, lighting, and colors, Janine! #4072067Holly Shao March 19, 2007
This is so beautiful and lovely, Janine!! Excellent work and great colors!Holly #4072210
Kitty R. Rodehorst-Hanna March 19, 2007
Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful!!! Such wonderful colors and your DOF is awesome, Janine!!!!!! ^.^ #4072238Melissa A. Mannon March 19, 2007
beautiful lighting and color! #4072294Sam Britt March 19, 2007
Great color, composition & DOF, Janine. Beautiful image. #4072461eileen bedford March 20, 2007
That's stunning, love it..... #4074440Janine Russell March 20, 2007
Christy, Laurie, Holly, Kitty, Melissa, Sam and Eileen, thanks very much for all of your kind and encouraging comments. #4074535Graeme yew Chow March 20, 2007
Terrific image with all the nice colors, detail and composition, Janine. #4075900Janine Russell March 20, 2007
Graeme, thanks very much for your encouragement and kind comments. #4075916Colleen Farrell March 21, 2007
Beautiful floral, Janine! I love the composition and the soft green tones in the background! #4077696Janine Russell March 21, 2007
Colleen, thanks very much for your kind and encouraging comments. #4077846Helen N. McHugh March 27, 2007
Janine the colours are exquisite here! Beautiful capture! #4101284Janine Russell March 27, 2007
Helen, thanks very much for your kind comments and encouragement. #4101290Michael Khoury March 29, 2007
delightful JanineJanine Russell March 29, 2007
Michael, thanks very much for your kind words of encouragement. #4109340Nilesh J. Bhange April 23, 2007
The colors in this image are really superb. #4198370Janine Russell April 23, 2007
Nilesh, thanks very much for your encouraging comments. #4198398Mike D. Perez April 24, 2007
Congratulations on your March Finalist selection, Janine! #4204978Wayne T. Fisk April 24, 2007
Congrats, Janine! What a beauty!Laurie Daily April 24, 2007
A beautiful finalist, Janine!!! #4205022Pranay Koka April 24, 2007
amazing colors in this shot! congrats on ur finalist #4205266Chris Budny April 24, 2007
That is so pretty, Janine! Congratulations on this making Finalist! #4205671Janet McNeil April 24, 2007
Beautiful! Congratulations & good luck in round 2!! #4205785Susan Fox April 24, 2007
Another big congrats Janine! #4206117Barbara Waldoch April 24, 2007
Congratulations on your finalists, Janine! #4206140Kitty R. Rodehorst-Hanna April 24, 2007
Congratulations on this fantastic finalist, Janine!!!!! :-) ^.^ #4206270Sam Britt April 24, 2007
Congratulations on this finalist too, Janine! #4206311Colleen Farrell April 24, 2007
Another awesome plumeria--congratulations on this finalist, too, Janine! #4206426Renee Doyle April 24, 2007
WTG! Congratulations Janine!Holly Shao April 24, 2007
This is so beautiful, Janine! Congratulations again!!Holly #4207171
Cheryl E. Molennor April 24, 2007
Great colors, Congratulations #4207359Kristi A. Howson April 24, 2007
Congratulations on this wonderful finalist and best of luck in the next round Janine! Gorgeous colors! #4207438Su Sana E. P April 24, 2007
Congratulations on this beauty, Janine!! #4207442Cindy Bendush April 24, 2007
Not surprised - I love this one! Congratulations on your finalist Janine! #4207597Esther Smith April 24, 2007
Love this Janine!! Congratulations!! #4207833Terry L. Ellis April 24, 2007
Another gorgeous finalist! Congratulations again, Janine! #4207876Lorraine A. Cook April 24, 2007
Lovely! Congratulations, Janine!<:)) #4208083Jane M April 24, 2007
Beautiful Janine - congrats! #4208097Laurence Saliba April 24, 2007
Excellent month Janine!!! Congrats!!! #4208491Sherry Karr Adkins April 25, 2007
Janine, congrats on this finalist. #4208670eileen bedford April 25, 2007
Congratulations on this great Finalist Janine... #4210158Janine Russell April 25, 2007
Mike, Wayne, Laurie, Pranay, Chris, Janet, Susan, Barbara, Kitty, Sam, Colleen, Renee, Holly, Cheryl, Kristi, SuSana, Cindy, Esther, Terry, Lorraine, Jane, Laurence, Sherry and Eileen, thanks very much for your congratulations and encouraging comments. #4210445Larry L. Redmon April 25, 2007
Congratulations Janine. Great job! #4210562Christy Nichols April 25, 2007
Congratulations again, Janine!! Wonderful! #4210570Paul Sikora April 25, 2007
Congratulations agian, Janine. An excellent entry #4210751Pat Abbott April 25, 2007
Such wonderful colors and textures captured. Congratulations! #4211210ALLEN O. HOWARD April 25, 2007
More congratulations to you Janine!!! #4211344Marta J. Baldwin April 25, 2007
Congratulations on this beautiful finalist Janine! #4211436Emile Abbott April 25, 2007
Congrats on becoming floral famous for finalist, Janine. Fabulous #4211678Sylvia Rossler April 25, 2007
Big congrats again Janine :O) #4212629Patricia Ronan April 25, 2007
Congrats beautiful image:) #4212963Glenn E. Urquhart April 25, 2007
A Big Congratulations on your Finalist Award!!! Well Deserved, Cheers, Glenn. #4213354Dan Holm April 25, 2007
Simply GORGEOUS, Janine!! Congratulations! #4213470Regina L. Rickert April 26, 2007
Another stunning finalist, Janine. Congratulations! #4218112Janine Russell April 26, 2007
Larry, Christy, Paul, Pat, Allen, Marta, Emile, Sylvia, Patricia, Glenn, Dan and Lexi, thanks very much for your congratulations and encouragement. #4218428RC Fritz May 10, 2007
Another great Finalist Janine! Congratulations! #4268400Janine Russell May 10, 2007
RC, thanks very much for your encouraging comments and congratulations. #4269179Sign up for an interactive online photography course to get critiques on your photos.
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