Spotted Towhee
Uploaded: March 07, 2007 11:57:01
Photo was taken on March 7, 2007 at 10:54am in Edmonds, Washington
Canon 400mm F/4 DO IS lens + Tamron 2x TC @ F/8, 1/250 second, ISO 800
Cloned, shadow/highlight, +saturation, levels, -brightness, resized and sharpened in Photoshop CS
John Caruso March 07, 2007
Lovley work, Janine! The colors are just so vibrant, and the background blur is a perfect enhancement to the subject. #617035Brinn MacDougall March 07, 2007
Beautiful capture, love the moisture running off his backside, terrific, Janine! #4031654Melissa A. Mannon March 07, 2007
love the gray on gray and the bright pink in contrast! #4031659Les Rhoades March 07, 2007
This is unreal...I love the BG color in this iamge. It really makes the entire iamge pop. Just Super! #4031662Susan Fox March 07, 2007
Sensational Janine!!!! I so love your bird photos :-) #4031778Kathy Radford March 07, 2007
Love the color, contrast, and detail. Hope to see this shot again. Good Luck. Kathy in NH #4031779Randy K. Baldwin March 07, 2007
Great color Janine..very nice! #4031815Richard D. Cox March 07, 2007
This makes me believe that Spring is coming back. Great color, comp and clarity. #4032024Jeff Robinson March 07, 2007
A Great slice of spring Janine!! Excellent comp and capture! Jeff #4032160Carla Metzler March 07, 2007
What a great shot, Janine! Beautiful!! #4032301Ken Slade March 07, 2007
Outstanding exposure, well saturated colors, nice sharpness and detail, excellent DOF and background. Well composed. I am amazed that you got such a sharp clean photo with ISO 800. #4032418Colleen Farrell March 07, 2007
Outstanding color, detail and composition, Janine! And what a great, colorful spot for him to perch! :) #4032427Lynn Crawford March 07, 2007
Oh Janine, this is outstanding, wonderful color and clarity :) #4032734Sam Britt March 07, 2007
Terrific bird capture, Janine. Great color and clarity. #4032763Janine Russell March 07, 2007
John, Brinn, Melissa, Les, Susan, Kathy, Randy, Richard, Jeff, Carla, Ken, Colleen and Lynn, thanks very much for your wonderful comments. #4032765Kenneth Mucke March 07, 2007
Stunning capture Janine...Love the colors and the bird is just exquisite #4032766Janine Russell March 07, 2007
Sam and Kenneth, thanks very much for your kind and encouraging comments. #4032768Raymond Pauly March 07, 2007
Wonderful capture with great clarity, colors and detail, Janine! #4032778Katarina Mansson March 07, 2007
Fantastic colours, composition, clarity, DOF and lighting! #4032848Kitty R. Rodehorst-Hanna March 08, 2007
Most excellent in every way, Janine!!!! Totally beautiful!!!! ^.^ #4035768Janine Russell March 08, 2007
Raymond, Katarina and Kitty, thanks very much for your kind words of encouragement. #4035808Karen Slagle March 08, 2007
You take the prettiest bird pictures, Janine, and this is no exception. Love the sharpness and details... #4036091Janine Russell March 08, 2007
Karen, thanks very much for your encouragement and kind comments. #4036110Rosemary Buffoni March 08, 2007
Wonderful bird image-so crisp and sharp with great lighting and colors.Janine Russell March 08, 2007
Ro, thanks very much for your wonderful comments. #4036143Glenn E. Traver March 09, 2007
beautiful Janine, great color,like how the eyes and the flowers complement each other ~ GT #4036531Janine Russell March 09, 2007
Glenn, thanks very much for your encouragement and kind comments. #4036561Milan Banik March 09, 2007
awesome bird composition with red eyes and red flower . #4036633Janine Russell March 09, 2007
Milan, thanks very much for your kind words of encouragement. #4037753eileen bedford March 09, 2007
BEAUTIFULLY CAPTURED AND Framed, love this one Janine. It's amazing how they can sit atop such delicate looking flowers... #4039338Janine Russell March 09, 2007
Eileen, thanks very much for your kind and encouraging comments. #4039438Marilyn K. Lincecum March 09, 2007
Beautiful composition, lighting, colors and detials !! Another outstanding bird image, Janine. :-) #4039922Janine Russell March 09, 2007
Marilyn, thanks very much for your kind comments and encouragement. #4039946Patricia Ronan March 10, 2007
Beautiful picture Janine:) #4041759Janine Russell March 10, 2007
Patricia, thanks very much for your kind words of encouragement. #4041971Paul D. March 23, 2007
Just great, Janine. One of my favorites in your gallery (which has many great shots). #4090649Janine Russell March 24, 2007
Paul, thanks very much for your kind and encouraging comments. #4090866Laurie Daily April 24, 2007
An incredible finalist, Janine...congratulations to you! #4205246Chris Budny April 24, 2007
Congratulations on this making Finalist! #4205857Sam Britt April 24, 2007
Another fantastic finalist, Janine! #4206786Deborah Lewinson April 24, 2007
Wow, awesome finalist, Janine!Kitty R. Rodehorst-Hanna April 24, 2007
Congratulations again on this fantastic finalist, Janine!!!!! :-) ^.^ #4206950Holly Shao April 24, 2007
Congratulations, Janine, on this beautiful Finalist!!Holly #4207150
Graeme yew Chow April 24, 2007
Congratulations Janine. Glad to see this one again. Good luck ! #4207233eileen bedford April 24, 2007
Congratulations on your finalist Janine... #4207380Cheryl E. Molennor April 24, 2007
Great detail. Congratulations #4207531Kay E. Mahoney April 24, 2007
Congratulations on your beautiful finalist, Janine. Good luck in the next round. #4207699Sylvia Rossler April 24, 2007
Big congrats Janine :O) #4208022Lorraine A. Cook April 24, 2007
Congratulations on this stunning finalist, Janine!<:)) #4208184Laurence Saliba April 24, 2007
Congratulations on your finalist Janine!!! Good luck in the next round. #4208187Marilyn K. Lincecum April 24, 2007
Congratulations on this and all your beautiful fianalist, Janine. Good luck in the next round !!! #4208397Su Sana E. P April 24, 2007
Congratulations on this most beautiful Finalist, Janine!! #4208425Katarina Mansson April 25, 2007
How can I have missed this one before?! Beeing used to brilliant bird shots from you I can only say "you have done it again!"! Congrats and good luck in the next round! #4208676Janine Russell April 25, 2007
Laurie, Chris, Sam, Debby, Kitty, Holly, Graeme, Eileen, Cheryl, Kay, Sylvia, Lorraine, Laurence, Marilyn, SuSana and Katarina, thanks very much for all of your kind comments, encouragement and congratulations. #4210395Christy Nichols April 25, 2007
Congratulations again, Janine!!! Fantastic! #4210987Emile Abbott April 25, 2007
Congrats on your finalist and wonderful capture, Janine. #4211163Colleen Farrell April 25, 2007
Way to go, Janine! Congratulations on another great finalist! #4211357RC Fritz April 25, 2007
Congrats, Janine. Another great Finalist! #4212191Shawn Jennings April 25, 2007
Super shot, Janine! Congratulations on your finalist! #4212463Terry L. Ellis April 25, 2007
Another gorgeous finalist! Congratulations, Janine! #4212930Patricia Ronan April 25, 2007
Congrats again Janine:) #4213072Monika Sapek April 25, 2007
Wonderful capture, Janine! Many congratulations on your finalist and good luck in the next round!Ken Smith April 25, 2007
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