Uploaded: April 09, 2004 00:50:38
HIBISCUS. Kaua'i, Hawai'i. 2004:04:08; 12:30:58; 10.0 sec. ss, f27, ISO 100; EF 28-90mm@90mm; RAW; WB Daylight; Tripod mounted; backlit and side lit from side window; PS cropped, unsharp mask; contrast adjusted; Slight Neat Image filtered.
Kelly Abernathy April 09, 2004
Beautiful Stanley! Love the detail and color and framing. Striking -K #115690Kenton L. Elliott April 09, 2004
I was admiring this image in your gallery and sure glad to see it entered here. Very well done, Stan! Excellent capture. #470137Colette M. Metcalf April 09, 2004
Beautiful image, Stan!! #470145Allan L. Whitehead April 09, 2004
Magnificent (as always) my very dear friend. Not much else to say, after that. Terrific - your good friend, Allan #470249William C. Raco April 09, 2004
Wow, this is beautiful.bill #470381
Gail Vitikacs April 09, 2004
Awesome! #470446Donna N. Simon April 09, 2004
Hi Stan,The composition is dead on. I like the pinwheel effect. If the wind were blowing I think it would be turning. #470500
Murry Grigsby April 09, 2004
Beautiful Stan! It does look a bit like the a spinning windmill :0) Great colors and light!! #470602Patricia Marroquin April 09, 2004
Oh, Stan, this is wild! I absolutely love it! It's so festive! This is a winning image in my book! Congrats! :-) #470727Gary O`Dell April 09, 2004
Excellent image Stan, very sharp and great detail..Gary O #470773LJ Corliss April 09, 2004
I really like the pinwheel look of the petals...heck, I like the whole flower and the coloring. Great job :) #471016Stanley J. Contrades April 09, 2004
The "Hibiscus Lady" was nice enough to leave this at our church office along with a few others, but this was the wildest one of all!!Carol Brill April 09, 2004
What a splendid specimen that you captured so beautifully here in all its multicolored glory, Stan! #471350Darren K. Fisher April 09, 2004
Beautiful flower and very well captured. #471540Stanley J. Contrades April 09, 2004
Many thanks, Carol and Darren!Nancy Grace Chen April 12, 2004
This is an incredible flower, Stan, that you've captured beautifully. LJ stole my words-- I was just going to say something about how I really liked the pinwheel effect. Excellent framing and focus. Great job!!Nancy
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Stanley J. Contrades April 12, 2004
Hi, Nancy! Thank you for taking time from your busy day to comment on my gallery images! There are so many of these wonderful blossoms and I really have to get out (as soon as the weather improves) and shoot them. Thanks again!!Gary O`Dell April 13, 2004
Congratulations Stan and best of luck on the next level..Gary O #480528Stanley J. Contrades April 13, 2004
Many thanks, Gary!Anette Linnea Rasmussen April 14, 2004
Very beautiful, Stan!Many regards from Linnea
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Stanley J. Contrades April 14, 2004
Thank you, Linnea, and the best to you as well!!!Stacey A. Bates April 15, 2004
What a beautiful Hibiscus and image!!Stanley J. Contrades April 15, 2004
Hi, Stacey! Many thanks for your continued support and encouragement.Mary K. Robison April 20, 2004
WOW! How'd this beauty sneak past me last week? It's gorgeous, Stan! Wonderful colors, and great PS work ~ the center all but pops off the screen! #492570Stanley J. Contrades April 21, 2004
Thank you, Mary, for your gracious and kind remarks! Am happy that you liked the image!Debra Booth May 13, 2004
Congratulations again, Stan! Just beautiful! #535176Terry R. Hatfield May 13, 2004
Congrats Stanley A Very Beautiful Image Good Luck With It!! #535317Stanley J. Contrades May 13, 2004
Thank you, Debra and Terry, for your well wishes as I appreciate them!Susan T. Parady May 13, 2004
Congrats, Stan, this is great! #535538Stanley J. Contrades May 13, 2004
Thank you once again, Susan!Murry Grigsby May 13, 2004
Congrats and good luck with this beauty Stan! #535951William C. Raco May 13, 2004
Great job, Stanbill #536017
Stanley J. Contrades May 13, 2004
Howdy, Murry! Thank your for your kind wishes and the very best to you as well! How's the great state of Texas doing?Stanley J. Contrades May 13, 2004
Sorry, bill, but cyberspace got me while I was thanking Murry! Thank you once again!!Allan L. Whitehead May 13, 2004
Stanley, congratulations this is very well deserved, my dear friend - Allan #536075Darren K. Fisher May 13, 2004
This is so very well captured. So glad to see it here Stan. #536300Stanley J. Contrades May 13, 2004
In Hawaiian we say, "Mahalo nui loa!", meaning "a great big Thank You!" And a great big thank you to you, Allan and Darren, for I am truly grateful!Nancy Grace Chen May 13, 2004
Howdy, Stan! I'm so glad to see this here as well!! Big congratulations to you! Hope to see it move on to the next stage... (:Nancy
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Stanley J. Contrades May 13, 2004
Thank you again, Nancy, for your kind comments for which I am grateful!Gianna Stadelmyer May 14, 2004
CONGRATS, Stan on this and all your finalist images!!! Good luck:-) #536735Colette M. Metcalf May 14, 2004
Congrats, Stan!!! #537356Kasia Elser May 14, 2004
Great shot! Congrats! #537730Stacey A. Bates May 14, 2004
Congrats Stan!! Best of luck to you!!Gary O`Dell May 14, 2004
Congrats Stan..Gary O #538225Patricia Marroquin May 14, 2004
Congrats, this is so incredibly beautiful, Stan! #538939Carol Brill May 14, 2004
Stan, I'm so pleased for you to see this lovely flower in the finals, congratulations and best of luck! #538952Stanley J. Contrades May 14, 2004
Jan, Colette, Kasia, Stacey, Gary, Patricia and Carol ... what can I say except my heartfelt thanks for your gracious and kind comments! Thank you!Kelly Abernathy May 14, 2004
I loved this then and now!! This is so beautiful and so well deserved! Congratulations! -K #539312LJ Corliss May 14, 2004
Congrats :) #540583Stanley J. Contrades May 15, 2004
Many thanks, -K and L J. for taking the time to comment! I appreciate your thoughtfulness.Donna W. Neal May 15, 2004
Stan, this is gorgeous! I missed it when you posted it. Congratulations!! #542200Stanley J. Contrades May 15, 2004
I appreciate your well wishes, Donna, and am happy that you found it! Thanks for your thoughtfulness.Susie Peek-Swint May 17, 2004
Beautiful shot Stan ~ many congrats on the finals! #546066Kathleen N. Nelson May 18, 2004
Only one thing I can say about this photo, Stan . . . WOW!!!! Congratulations. #548287Stanley J. Contrades May 18, 2004
Thank you Susan, and thank you again, Kathleen! I framed one of these for the "Hibiscus Lady", as I call her, and will be handing it to her on Friday! She really has a "rainbow" thumb!!!Sign up for an interactive online photography course to get critiques on your photos.
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