AFRICAN STAR [Contest Finalists May 2005]
Uploaded: May 10, 2005 00:44:25
2.0 sec., f5.6, ISO 100, 100mm Macro lens, RAW, WB Tungsten Lamp, Tripod. PS rotated and cropped.
Patty Razonable May 10, 2005
That is a beautiful African Star and a great find too!!! I really like the colors, Stan!! #247074Jordi Delgado May 10, 2005
So beautifil, Stan!!:-)) #1335729
Stanley J. Contrades May 10, 2005
Thanks very much, Patty and Jordi! I appreciate it very much!! Had some time between getting my Mom in and out of the wheelchair and she had these on display on her kitchen table :-)!! So while she rested it gave me an opportunity to get out the camera!!Evy Johansen May 10, 2005
Love this image!!! Simply beautiful, Stan! #1335749Dan Holm May 10, 2005
Wow! Yet another absolutely GORGEOUS and impeccably composed capture, Stan!! Awesome work, as usual! #1335754Stanley J. Contrades May 10, 2005
Thank You!, Evy and Dan, very much for always being there with your generous responses and support. It really feels good to have that camera back in my hands and I'll try to keep up as much as I can with responding to your images as well! Thanks once again and hope all is well with you!S J May 10, 2005
Absolutely gorgeous, Stan!! Love the lighting and colors on this beautiful flower image!! My best personal regrards to your Mom and family!! #1335770Stanley J. Contrades May 10, 2005
Hi, Sanjay!! Thanks very much once again for your well wishes and I will certainly pass on your personal regards to my Mom. She's doing well and enjoying her trips to the yard, but it's still a long hard road ahead but with a lot of help and TLC :-)!!Kathleen Clemons May 10, 2005
Love your composition, Stan. My best to you and your family. #1335796Paul Michko May 10, 2005
Great composition, Stan. #1335807Donald K. Cherry May 10, 2005
Beautiful image, Stan! Regards to your mom and family!! #1335830Danilo Piccioni May 10, 2005
great composition and colors! #1335857Tammy Scott May 10, 2005
Fantastic color and contrast on this, Stan! #1335897Tom Andersen May 10, 2005
These flowers are enough to brighten anyone’s day, Stan, and you have captured that quality in this photo! My very best wishes to your mom, you and your family! #1336001Stephanie Lyons May 10, 2005
Gorgeous shot Stan! Great lighting and composition! #1336036Roger Bernabo May 10, 2005
Very nice and great background Stan #1336086Carla Metzler May 10, 2005
Absolutely gorgeous, Stan! #1336141Karen E. Michaels May 10, 2005
Brava Stan, you managed grace, elegance, and a slight sense of momentum through continued growth with the way your phtograph is composed. Peace, karen #1336156Cathy Stancil May 10, 2005
African star is one of my favorite flower...Beautiful composition and light Stan ! Beautiful image !! #1336981Mata Patan May 10, 2005
Nice composition and colors! #1337204Jennifer Rennison May 10, 2005
Wow, Stan, Gorgeous! Love the colors, lighting and composition, excellent work! #1337409Mary J. Costa Pearson May 10, 2005
gorgeous, GORGEOUS, gorgeous #1337661Karen Engelbreth May 10, 2005
Beautiful macro, Stan! #1337855Elisabeth A. Gay May 10, 2005
Beautiful Stan!Stanley J. Contrades May 10, 2005
I am very fortunate to be among all of you wonderful photographers and to be able to call you "friend"! Thanks very much for your support, as always, as well as your encouraging responses. Thank You!, Kathleen, Paul, Donald, Dado, Tammy, Tom, Stephanie, Roger, Carla, Karen, Cathy S., Mata, Jennifer, Mary, Karen, and Ann!!Jim Kinnunen May 10, 2005
Wonderful colorful image Stan!!! So good to see your images back!!! I hope all goes well with your mom!!! My mom is in a somewhat similar position...using a walker and falling a lot...also having a problem with short term memory. I'm hoping and praying for the best:) #1338702Jill Flynn May 10, 2005
Love your focus Stan. Your composition and presentation are OUTSTANDING! LOVE THIS!!! #1338725Mary K. Robison May 11, 2005
Stan, I was delighted to enter your gallery just now and discover you'd posted another beautiful floral! Wish I'd known sooner ~ you know I would've commented earlier if I had thought to check!Kerby Pfrangle May 11, 2005
Stan this is stunning. Love the colors in this image and the dark background makes the image POP.Very nice. Kerby #1339095
Wendy Stevenson May 11, 2005
Such a beautiful flower Stan. Your composition and the black bg certainly accentuate it's colour and design. Very well taken!!! #1339525Sharon Day May 11, 2005
Beautiful image, Stan!!! Wonderful composition and lighting! I think this is just gorgeous! Wishing the best to your mother and your family! #1339802Kathleen K. Parker May 11, 2005
A real beauty, Stan!Laurence Saliba May 11, 2005
Beautiful macro image Stan!!!! #1340881Marsha S. Smith May 11, 2005
Stan, I've never seen one of these before. It is just lovely and your presentation is perfect. So gorgeous.Deborah Sandidge May 11, 2005
Beautiful and dramatic floral composition, Stan - very elegant!! Wishing your family the best... #1341132Phil Sauvey May 11, 2005
Stan,Nice DOF and I like how the flower is facing the camera that way. That dark background once again brings it all out beautifully! Wonderfully done my friend. #1342036
Michelle R. Kovach May 12, 2005
I have one word for this Stan - SUPERB! #1344530Jane Summa May 12, 2005
Hi Stan! It's sooo nice to see your photos :-)..I love the color of this image..the black background and the slight use of light really brings out the color! gorgeous!Stanley J. Contrades May 15, 2005
As I've said it before, I am very grateful to be one of your fellow photographers and my heartfelt thanks to each and every one of you for your well wishes and support. Jim (we'll say an extra prayer for your Mom each day as we pray with our Mom!); Jill (Thank You!); Mary, my friend (Thank you for always being there!); Kerby (Thank You!); Wendy (Thank you as always!); Sharon (Thank you for your well wishes and I'll extend them to my Mom!); Kathleen (Thank You!); Laurence (Thank You!); Marsha (Many thanks for the well wishes for my Mom!); Thank you, Deborah, and best wishes to your family as well!; Phil, my Alaskan friend (Thank you very much!); Michelle (Thank you for the wonderful compliment!); and Jane (Thank you, too, and I continue to show my work to my Mom who is my biggest fan :-)!!).Janet Detota May 17, 2005
Better late than never. Right? :-) Well, I most definitely agree with all that's been said about this stunning image of yours! Just love it! And the best to you and your mom from way up here in NY state! Aloha! #1362516Stanley J. Contrades May 17, 2005
It's always nice to hear from you, Janet, no matter the time or when!! Thanks once again and especially for your thoughts and well wishes for my Mom. She's doing okay and getting lots of TLC :-)!!Donna La Mattino Pagakis May 19, 2005
Sheer beauty Stan!! I hope your Mom is okay!! I am praying for a full recovery. It can happen!! #1370150Shelly A. Van Camp May 20, 2005
Stunning..I love your gallery..You do such beautiful work!!! How is Mom? Hope she is doing well....Shelly #1372309Stanley J. Contrades May 21, 2005
Thank you, Donna and Shelly, for your prayers and well wishes. Fortunately my Mom has had a great life and gets lots of TLC, though she will not walk again as the stroke was just too serious! But, she's well and we enjoy every moment we are with her and she does keep us laughing :-)!!Thanks very much, once again to the both of you, and I hope you and your families are well!
With fond Aloha,
Stan #1375541
Stan Kwasniowski June 21, 2005
Stan, CongratulationsStan K #1498527
Jim Kinnunen June 21, 2005
Congratulations, Stan!! Well done:) #1498978KHAWLA Haddad June 21, 2005
Stan such wonderul image dont know how I I missed this one Congratulations !!!Tammy Scott June 21, 2005
Congratulations on another great finalist, Stan! #1499481Tom Andersen June 21, 2005
Congratulations on this very beautiful finalist, Stan! #1499846Cindy Paquette June 21, 2005
Huge congrats Stan! #1500010Kathleen R. Struckle June 21, 2005
Aweome image! Congrats Stan!!! #1500231Cathy Stancil June 21, 2005
Congratulations Stan !! This is beautiful, good luck on the next round !! #1500309Sharon Day June 21, 2005
Big congratulations, Stan!!! Wonderful image! Good luck in the next round! #1500809Deborah Sandidge June 21, 2005
Beautiful! Congratulations, Stan!! #1501152Terry L. Ellis June 21, 2005
My sincere congratulations to you Stan, for your finalist on this gorgeous image! Good luck in the next round, for sure!!! #1501762Danilo Piccioni June 21, 2005
congrats on this beauty of a finalist! !!!! #1502021Patricia A. Cale June 21, 2005
Congratulations, Stan. Beautiful shot and well composed...as usual!!! #1502232Jennifer Rennison June 21, 2005
Congratulations on your beautiful finalist, Stan! #1502298Patty Razonable June 22, 2005
Congratullations on this African Star as a finalist, Stan!!! Good luck in the next round!! #1502494Mary K. Robison June 22, 2005
Be sure to show your mom her lovely flowers again, Stan!Stanley J. Contrades June 22, 2005
Stan, Jim, Kelly, Tammy, Tom, Cindy, Kathleen, Cathy, Sharon, Deborah, Terry, Dado, Pat, Jennifer, Patty, and Mary ... THANK YOU! You're all very much appreciated!!Jordi Delgado June 22, 2005
Congrats on this gorgeous finalist, Stan!!:-) #1502631
Paul E. Earl June 22, 2005
Fantastic Stan!! Congrats!!! #1502813Carla Metzler June 22, 2005
Congratulations on this very beautiful finalist, Stan! Good luck in the next round. #1504740S J June 22, 2005
Congratulations on this beautiful Fianlist, Stan!! #1504790Laurence Saliba June 22, 2005
Congratulations Stan!!!! #1505229Laura Clay-Ballard June 22, 2005
ooo....ahhh.... gorgeous.. congrats! #1506195Judy S. Fung June 22, 2005
Congrats, Stan! #1506699Jill Flynn June 22, 2005
Congratulations on this beauty Stan! #1506876Stanley J. Contrades June 22, 2005
Thanks very much for your generous response and congratulatory message, Jordi, Paul, Carla, Sanjay, Laurence, Laura, Judy, Jill, and Reine! And good luck to all of you as well!!Claudette Foote June 22, 2005
Congratulations, Stan. Beautiful imageKara L. Hendricks June 22, 2005
This is gorgeous Stan!!! WOnderful finalist!!! Congrats and good luck!! #1507562Lani T. Broadbent June 22, 2005
Fantastic Capture and Composition!Stan, Congrats on the award! #1507784
Nobu Nagase June 22, 2005
Awesome!!!Kerby Pfrangle June 22, 2005
Stan congratulations on your finalist entry. Good luck in the finals.Kerby #1508255
Phil Sauvey June 25, 2005
Good Morning Stan!!Well, another wonderful photograph and a well deserved win of finalist. I have always admired your eye for photography. Congratulations and I want to wish you the best of everything! I know you have been a big help to me which I am sure include many others! #1519467
Stanley J. Contrades June 25, 2005
Many thanks to you, Claudette, Kara, Lani, Nobi, Kerby, and Phil, for your congratulatory wishes and for your taking the time to respond! I am always grateful for your generosity!Jill Odice October 11, 2005
Wow is this ever gorgeous Stan! You inspire me to try harder to make my macros even close to this! #1942616Sign up for an interactive online photography course to get critiques on your photos.
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