Take it to the Limit [Contest Winner Picks February 2005]
Uploaded: February 08, 2005 09:03:50
This is my son riding the flowrider. Photo altered with Photoshop.
Shirley L. Carpenter February 08, 2005
Great effects and image Donna!! #213446Kara L. Hendricks February 08, 2005
Wow Donna!! Great effects!! I love it!! #1091305Marcie A. Fowler February 08, 2005
Great work on the effects with this image. Very well done! #1091435cj patterson February 08, 2005
awesome action shot and effects...very cool! #1091442Cathy Stancil February 08, 2005
Great action shot and perfect effect for this image ! Love the colors ! #1091476Phil Sauvey February 08, 2005
Donna,Very creative! I like the effect and colors. #1091488
Kristy E. Lane February 08, 2005
Wonderful effects! The water looks great!! #1091523Karen Bacon February 08, 2005
Terrific image Donna!I love the way the water looks! #1091565Dan Holm February 08, 2005
WOW! This is awesome, Donna!!! Your effects on this fantastic capture are outstanding!!!! Love it! #1091783Darren K. Fisher February 08, 2005
Great capture and awesome effects. #1091802Donna La Mattino Pagakis February 08, 2005
Thank you Shirley, Kara, Marcie, CJ, Cathy, Phillip, Kristy, Karen, Dan and Darren for your awesome comments!!!! #1092166Kathleen K. Parker February 09, 2005
Awesome shot and effects,Donna!Donna La Mattino Pagakis February 09, 2005
Thanks Kathleen, I really appreciate it!! #1094800Kristi A. Howson March 15, 2005
Congratulations on your finalist Donna!...this is just awesome!!!!! #1175917Kara L. Hendricks March 15, 2005
Fantastic shot, congratulations!! #1176139Deborah Lewinson March 15, 2005
Wow, what an image! Congratulations on this finalist, Donna! #1176762Kelly Abernathy March 15, 2005
Congrats on a great finalist! -K #1177662Donna Roberts March 15, 2005
Yeah Donna !!!Nobu Nagase March 15, 2005
Congratulations, Donna, on this awesome work!!! #1178117Colette M. Metcalf March 16, 2005
Congratulations Donna!!! #1179385Donna La Mattino Pagakis March 16, 2005
Thank you Kristi, Kara, Debby, Kelly, Donna, Nobi and Colette for the wonderful responses. I appreciate it so very much!!! #1180608Danilo Piccioni March 16, 2005
FANTASTIC!dado #1181176
Noel Baebler March 16, 2005
Terrific work on this, Donna! Congratulations! #1182246Debra Booth March 16, 2005
Super shot and effects, Donna! Another big congratulations to you!! #1182369S J March 16, 2005
Many Congratulations on this wonderful Finalist, Deborah!! #1183395S J March 16, 2005
Oh! I'm sorry! I mean to say Donna... Many Congratulations on this wonderful Finalist, Donna!! #1183397Stanley J. Contrades March 17, 2005
Excellent work on this Finalist, Donna, and Congratulations once again!Anita Hogue March 17, 2005
Congratulations on a great image, Donna!!! #1183902Donna La Mattino Pagakis March 17, 2005
Thanks to each and everyone of you who have commented on this image. I really enjoyed working on the effects. Flowriding is so much fun. I would recommend it to all of you. Take care!! #1184727Vicki Hunt March 17, 2005
I am so happy for your win! Congratulations! vicki #1185577Mary K. Robison March 17, 2005
CONGRATULATIONS ON A WELL-DESERVED WIN, DONNA!!! #1185596Murry Grigsby March 17, 2005
Congratulations on your win Donna!! #1185648Dan Holm March 17, 2005
CONGRATULATIONS, Donna!!!! Awesome shot, awesome WIN!!!! #1185651Dan Holm March 17, 2005
CONGRATULATIONS, Donna!!!! Awesome shot, awesome WIN!!!! #1185653William C. Raco March 17, 2005
Very well done, Donna!bill
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Stanley J. Contrades March 17, 2005
CONGRATULATIONS once again, Donna, on this 2nd Place Winner! Very, very nicely done!!Terry R. Hatfield March 17, 2005
Congratulations On Your Win Donna!!!! #1185987Judy S. Fung March 17, 2005
Congrats on your win, Donna! #1186028Noel Baebler March 17, 2005
Congratulations, Donna! #1186104Marsha S. Smith March 17, 2005
Congrats, Donna - very well deserved. #1186344S J March 17, 2005
Many Congratulations on this Fabulous WIN, Donna!! #1186368Stephen Zacker March 17, 2005
Great effects and cool image. Congratulations #1186405Debra Booth March 17, 2005
Big congratulations to you, Donna!! #1186435Nobu Nagase March 17, 2005
Great win, Donna!!!Julie Abston March 17, 2005
Congratulations on this well deserved win, Donna!!!!! #1186546Colette M. Metcalf March 17, 2005
Congratulations on your win Donna!!!! #1186686Sharon Day March 17, 2005
Congratulations on this outstanding win, Donna!!!!!#1186740
Kelly Abernathy March 17, 2005
Yay! Terrific win! Congratulations! -K #1186941Donna La Mattino Pagakis March 17, 2005
Thank you all so very much!! What a great group of friends!! I appreciate it very much. And thanks to the judges, as well!! #1186960Kristi A. Howson March 17, 2005
Outstanding Donna...Big congratulations on his wonderful win...!!!!! #1187062Anette Linnea Rasmussen March 17, 2005
Great job Donna!Best wishes, Linnea #1187117
Danilo Piccioni March 18, 2005
YeaH!Dado #1187154
Donna Roberts March 18, 2005
From one Donna to another.Ed Heaton March 18, 2005
Good morning Donna,Anita Hogue March 18, 2005
Congratulations on a fantastic image, Donna!!! #1187703Dale Ann Cubbage March 18, 2005
Congrats on this great image winning second place Donna! This image really shows off what I would consider your personal style! Very fun and full of energy! Love it!da #1188203
Phil Sauvey March 18, 2005
Great job, Donna! Congrats on the gold! #1188598Kara L. Hendricks March 18, 2005
Check you out!!! A winner!! Fantastic Donna! Congratulations!! #1188808Karen Engelbreth March 18, 2005
Congratulations on your win, Donna! #1188938Donna La Mattino Pagakis March 18, 2005
Thank you Kristi, Linnea, Danilo, Donna R., Ed, Anita, Dale Ann, Phillip, Kara and Karen for the great comments and best wishes. It is such an honor to have been selected as a winner, and to have such a talented group of friends here at Better Photo. Again, thanks to all of you and everyone who has commented previously!!! #1188996Deborah Lewinson March 18, 2005
Congratulations on your wonderful win, Donna!!!! #1189468Arya Bandyopadhyay March 19, 2005
Well done, Donna, congratulations!!! #1189963Stan Kwasniowski March 19, 2005
Donna, a BIG CongratulationsStan Kwasniowski #1191221
Donna La Mattino Pagakis March 19, 2005
Thank you Debby, Arya and Stan for the great comments. I appreciate it very much!! #1191379Robin L. Wehrman March 19, 2005
Congratulations Donna on this well deserved win!!!! #1191388Donna J. Taff March 19, 2005
Congratulation's on your second place win, Donna!!! I love this!! #1191674Leonard Pierce March 19, 2005
Congratulations on your Second Place win, Donna!!! #1191737KHAWLA Haddad March 20, 2005
Congratulations on your second place win Donna!!!Susan T. Evans March 20, 2005
Congrats Donna, this is awesome, love it #1193178Donna La Mattino Pagakis March 20, 2005
Thank you Robin, Donna, Len, Kelly and Susan!! #1193883Wendy Stevenson March 21, 2005
I really love the effects you applied Donna. Congrats on your win!! #1195530Jonna Bergström March 21, 2005
Congratulations on your win, Donna!! #1195623Donna La Mattino Pagakis March 22, 2005
Thanks so very much Wendy and Jonna!! A very exciting win!! #1199391Laura Clay-Ballard September 04, 2005
this is incredibly cool! congrats. #1801967Susan Jane Allen May 05, 2006
Great capture and effects! Very colourful! #2729120Donna La Mattino Pagakis May 05, 2006
Thank you Laura and Susan, this was a fun shot to work on!! The first of many flowrider creations! #2729383Nadya Johnson May 09, 2006
WOW, Donna!!! Missed this, but was looking at your gallery again... Absolutely spectacular!! So a very late congratulations on this outstanding, awesome, well-done winner! #2744462Donna La Mattino Pagakis May 10, 2006
Thanks so very much Nadya. The flowrider season begins in a couple of weeks. I can't wait to get on a flowboard again. It is so much fun and great exercise. #2748036Bill Wyatt June 06, 2006
Terrific image and effects! The colors are awesome, Donna! Congratulations! #2857788Donna La Mattino Pagakis June 06, 2006
Thanks so much Bill, this was a fun image to work on!! #2861046Alana Ibe August 30, 2006
AWESOME work on this, Donna!!! An incredible piece of art you have created! Your gallery is lovely!!! #3244707Donna La Mattino Pagakis August 30, 2006
Thank you very much Alana, I appreciate you stopping by!! #3245121Susie Peek-Swint October 02, 2006
Belated congrats on this and all your wins Donna ~ great images!! #3398849Donna La Mattino Pagakis October 02, 2006
Thank you very much Susie!!! #3400262Toni A. Martin June 03, 2007
Beautiful poster image! #4360951Donna La Mattino Pagakis June 03, 2007
Thank you very much Toni!! #4361470Robert Baer August 22, 2007
donnaLynn Haack October 27, 2007
Love the effects, colors and lighting...the action caught is fantastic. I can certainly see why this is a winner! Congrats. Lynn #4990312Amber Kennedy November 10, 2007
You have AMAZING editing skills...just fantastic..your images are soooo great! #5055955Donna La Mattino Pagakis November 10, 2007
Thank you Justin, Lynn and Amber!! Your comments are so generous and cool!! #5055960Lisa J. Boulden December 01, 2007
Fabulous winner, Donna!Donna La Mattino Pagakis December 01, 2007
Thank you VERY much Lisa! #5154539Stanley C. Sims December 29, 2007
You have so many wonderful photos in your gallery Donna. I love them all, but this one is really eye catching. Looks just like a painting. #5266487Donna La Mattino Pagakis December 29, 2007
Thank you Stanley!! I appreciate that you stopped by and took a look at my work! #5266548Lisa J. Boulden January 24, 2008
Spectacular capture and use of effects!Molly E. Baldwin February 07, 2008
No wonder you have so many winners! You're gallery is so great! Love the editing on this shot especially. Keep shooting! :) #5459965Donna La Mattino Pagakis February 08, 2008
Thank you Lisa and Molly!!!! #5464554Hurk (Steve) Hurkett February 10, 2008
Congrats on this Super action shot, Donna ... realy like the colors and effects ... #5473228Leslie McLain September 01, 2008
Amazing action shot. Beautiful colors. #6396850Donna La Mattino Pagakis September 01, 2008
Thank you Steve and Leslie!! It's a pleasure to hear from you and I appreciate your gallery visit!! #6396925Sign up for an interactive online photography course to get critiques on your photos.
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