Just Swimming by to Say Hi! [Photography Contest Pictures of Animals & Wildlife Photography]
Uploaded: April 10, 2007 04:47:15
f11.0, ISO 1600, 18-55mm, No Flash, Loggerhead Turtle, Pine Knolls Shores NC State Aquarium, Pine Knolls Shores, NC.
Dr Silly April 10, 2007
Cool capture. Love the colors. :O)Datha Y. Thompson April 10, 2007
Awww He is soooo cute!! Beautiful shot and Color Michelle :0) #4149707Michelle R. Kovach April 10, 2007
Thank you very much Doc & Datha! I appreciate all your comments! #4149720John Caruso April 10, 2007
Cool shot, Michelle! I like the serenity you've conveyed. #4149761Michelle R. Kovach April 10, 2007
Thanks John! I appreciate it!Tonya R. Boles April 10, 2007
Love this shot...Great job. #4149810Michelle R. Kovach April 10, 2007
Thank you very much Tonya! #4149874Joy Rector April 10, 2007
AWSOME!!! #4149965Michelle R. Kovach April 10, 2007
Thanks very much Joy! #4149975Marcie A. Fowler April 10, 2007
Excellent timing on your part Michelle. #4150035Michelle R. Kovach April 10, 2007
Thanks very much Marcie! #4150089Lisa D. Greer April 10, 2007
Great capture Michelle! :) #4150562Michelle R. Kovach April 10, 2007
Thank you very much Lisa! #4150571Sherry Stricklin Boles April 10, 2007
Very neat shot, Michelle! :) #4150807Michelle R. Kovach April 10, 2007
Thanks very much Sherry! #4150865Christy Nichols April 10, 2007
WOW! Awesome capture, Michelle!!! #4151793Michelle R. Kovach April 10, 2007
Thank you very much Christy! #4151833David Wirawan April 10, 2007
nice capture, nice moment, I wish I have this kind of photo :) #4152382Katarina Mansson April 11, 2007
Great picture, great colors, great title - love the humour in it! #4152844Michelle R. Kovach April 11, 2007
Thank you very much David & Katarina! #4153844Terry L. Ellis April 11, 2007
What a fantastic shot, Michelle! I know how hard it is to shoot in an aquarium. Awesome colors, too. #4155569Michelle R. Kovach April 11, 2007
Thank you very much Terry! It was totally dark overhead & a lot of the tanks are curved so you can't use a flash or it bounces off the glass.Rob Martin April 15, 2007
Hey Michelle, I see you still haven't lost your touch. Amazing Photos, those colors truly stand out. #4171113Michelle R. Kovach April 15, 2007
Thank you Rob! #4171193Dan Holm May 23, 2007
Wow!! CONGRATS, Michelle! Awesome shot! #4318877Pat Gamwell May 23, 2007
Another BIG CONGRATS on a job well done! #4319430Sherri Gorman May 23, 2007
This is beautiful!!!! Congratulations Michelle!!! #4319563Shawn Jennings May 23, 2007
Congratulations on this wonderful finalist, Michelle! #4319811Michelle R. Kovach May 23, 2007
Thank you ever so much Dan, Pat, Sherri & Shawn! #4320297Gary Jacobson May 23, 2007
Beautiful image Michelle!!Best of luck to you and congratulations on your finalist!! #4320419
Michelle R. Kovach May 23, 2007
Thank you Gary! Best of luck to you as well! #4320440Laurence Saliba May 23, 2007
Big congratulations on your finalist Michelle!!! #4321225Katarina Mansson May 24, 2007
I am so glad you got a button for this; it is so funny and well captured! Good luck next! #4322158Michelle R. Kovach May 24, 2007
Thank you so much Katarina & Laurence! #4323261Les Rhoades May 24, 2007
Congratulations on your FINALIST!Michelle R. Kovach May 24, 2007
Thank you Les! #4325277Chris Budny May 24, 2007
Wow... what a great aquarium capture! Totally feels like we're in the water with them! Congratulations! #4325286Sylvia Rossler May 24, 2007
Suuuperb shot Michelle !!! Big congrats and fingers crossed for the next round !! Good luck :o) #4325462Tonya R. Boles May 24, 2007
Congrats girl.... #4326660Shawn Jennings May 24, 2007
Congrats on the gold, Michelle! #4326693Datha Y. Thompson May 24, 2007
CONGRATULATIONS!!!! WTG on your Second Place Win Michelle :0) #4326750Sylvia Rossler May 24, 2007
Big Big Congrats Michelle :O) #4326915Kara L. Hendricks May 24, 2007
Well, just look at you!!!!!!What a ROLL you are on.... Congrats Chica!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! #4327023
Pat Gamwell May 24, 2007
WoooHooo! WTG, girl! Fabulous winner! #4327077Dominick M. Dimacale May 25, 2007
Congratulations Michelle on your win...Dominick #4327327Mary K. Robison May 25, 2007
Very cool capture, Michelle ~Donna La Mattino Pagakis May 25, 2007
Great timing Michelle, congratulations!!! #4327691Michelle R. Kovach May 25, 2007
Thank you Chris, Sylvia x2, Tonya, Datha, Kara, Pat, Dominick, Mary & Donna!Chris Budny May 25, 2007
Way to go!!! :) I'm so happy for you! #4328396Michelle R. Kovach May 25, 2007
Thank you so much Chris! LOL I really don't know what to say! :) #4328456Murry Grigsby May 25, 2007
Congratulations on your terrific image and win Michelle!! #4328471Michelle R. Kovach May 25, 2007
Thank you so much Murry! I appreciate it! #4328485Donna W. Neal May 25, 2007
A huge congratulations Michelle. #4328595Dr Silly May 25, 2007
Way to go Michelle, congrats on the Gold. :O)Kay E. Mahoney May 25, 2007
Michelle, Congratulations on your second place winner. #4328658Michelle R. Kovach May 25, 2007
Thank you so much Donna, Doc, & Kay! #4328788Dawn Leslie May 25, 2007
Way to go Michelle...Congrats! #4329147Susan Fox May 25, 2007
Congratulations Michelle on your second place win!!!! #4329180Michelle R. Kovach May 25, 2007
Thank you so much Dawn & Susan! #4329214Nikki McDonald May 25, 2007
Congratulations on this beautiful second place win, Michelle. Wonderful how you got him coming right at us waving :) #4329327Phil Stith May 25, 2007
Michelle, congratulations on your second place...it's a beautiful shot.Michelle R. Kovach May 25, 2007
Thank you so much Nikki & Phil! #4329376Lisa D. Greer May 25, 2007
Congrats Michelle! WTG!! :) #4329430Michelle R. Kovach May 25, 2007
Thank you so much Lisa! #4329525Rakesh Syal May 25, 2007
Congratulations on your FINALIST!Michelle R. Kovach May 25, 2007
Thank you Rakesh! #4329829William C. Raco May 25, 2007
Congratulations on your win, MichelleBill #4330557
Claudia Kuhn May 25, 2007
Wonderful capture Michelle, congrats on your win! #4330679Michelle R. Kovach May 25, 2007
Thank you Bill & Claudia! #4330760Janine Russell May 25, 2007
Michelle, BIG CONGRATULATIONS on your SECOND PLACE WIN! #4331229Les Rhoades May 26, 2007
Congratulations on your 2nd Place WIN! #4331428Wally Orlowsky May 26, 2007
Congratulations on this well-captured winner, Michelle! #4331744Michelle R. Kovach May 26, 2007
Thank you so much Janine, Les & Wally! #4332107Terry L. Ellis May 28, 2007
An amazing Second Place win! Congratulations, Michelle! #4339961Michelle R. Kovach May 28, 2007
Thank you very much Terry! #4340327Bill Houghton May 30, 2007
This is such a great shot Michelle. You did a wonderful job capturing it. BillCheck out my gallery:
Bill Houghton Photography #4345540
Michelle R. Kovach May 30, 2007
Thank you so much Bill! #4346146Jill Flynn June 02, 2007
What a view ... so beautiful Michelle! Congratulations on your win! #4359772Michelle R. Kovach June 03, 2007
Thank you so much Jill! #4360811Alice Lero June 27, 2007
Taking a look...see..through your gallery was wonderful Michelle. Fantastic shots...just loved them. :) #4449148Michelle R. Kovach June 27, 2007
Thank you Alice! #4449311Crystal M. Gove June 28, 2007
Wow, CONGRATS on being a winner with this AWESOME image, Michelle!!! This is just too cute. How fun that must have been to see in person! #4453437Michelle R. Kovach June 28, 2007
Thank you Crystal! #4453511Michelle R. Kovach July 19, 2007
Thanks Jovie! #4527973Steven E. Ray July 26, 2007
Exceptional photo! the color, motion, balance... it is all perfect! You have a marvelous gallery and I am going to enjoy more now :) #4563659Michelle R. Kovach July 26, 2007
Thank you very much Steven! I appreciate your comments & you taking the time to look through my gallery! #4563722Lisa J. Boulden July 27, 2007
Awesome and fun, Michelle!Michelle R. Kovach July 27, 2007
Thank you Lisa! #4568260Heather August 13, 2007
Congrats!! This is beautiful!! The colors are amazing! :) #4643556Michelle R. Kovach August 13, 2007
Thank you so much Heather! I really appreciate it! #4643773Nadine A. Lewis August 21, 2007
AWESOME capture and a BIG CONGRATS on your win, Michelle!!!!!!!! <>< #4679525Michelle R. Kovach August 21, 2007
Thank you Nadine! #4680671Toni Riggs September 24, 2007
Cool shot, congrats! #4840568Michelle R. Kovach September 24, 2007
Thank you very much Toni! #4840724Terry Cervi October 19, 2007
Congrats on this most excellent capture, Michelle! #4950974Michelle R. Kovach October 20, 2007
Thank you very much Terry! #4951762Hurk (Steve) Hurkett November 20, 2007
Super capture, Michelle ... and a hearty congratulations on this winner ......................... Steve #5103587
Michelle R. Kovach November 20, 2007
Thank you Steve! #5103592Erika Haight January 23, 2008
Michelle this is an OUTSTANDING aquarium image!!! WOW!! ~ Nicely done and congrats on Winner! erika haight #5383077Michelle R. Kovach January 23, 2008
Thanks Erika! #5383210Kristy A. Keene February 26, 2008
Truly an amazing capture! #5553819Michelle R. Kovach February 26, 2008
Thank you Kristy! #5553828Jean E. Hildebrant September 01, 2008
Great shot, he does look like he's waving! #6395807Michelle R. Kovach September 01, 2008
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