A Good Morning To You [Contest Finalists May 2005]
Uploaded: May 13, 2005 03:52:33
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Colleen Braun May 13, 2005
WOW, a great capture... #248497Tammy Scott May 13, 2005
LOL! Funny shot, Colette! #1346522Roger Bernabo May 13, 2005
Wonderful shot Colette! #1346526Paul Michko May 13, 2005
Great morning capture, Colette #1346534Agnes Fegan May 13, 2005
Looks like someone had a long night! #1346557Wally Orlowsky May 13, 2005
Great catch, Colette ... now you've got me yawning ;) #1346559Charlene Bayerle May 13, 2005
Great shot and capture Colette!!! #1346605Bryan Yates May 13, 2005
This is a winner in my book! I like it!!!! #1346697Stacey M May 13, 2005
Winner in my book too!!! THink we will defiinatly be seeing this one again!!! Great capture Colette!Good morning to you too! #1346760
Carolyn M. Fletcher May 13, 2005
Ask for roaring lions and by gosh, roaring lions is what you get!! It's wonderful!!! #1346767Carla Metzler May 13, 2005
Wonderful shot, Colette! #1346808Paul E. Earl May 13, 2005
I tawt I saw a puddy tat. My what a big mouth you have Grandma!! Great capture. #1346830Tom Andersen May 13, 2005
Not so loud, I just woke up! LOL! Great capture, Colette! #1346859Jordi Delgado May 13, 2005
Great catch, Colette!! Made me yawn too!! LOL!!:-)) #1346873
Jill A. Johnson May 13, 2005
Good morning to you too... I hope you brushed your teeth...LOLJill :) #1346889
Roxanne M. Bubar May 13, 2005
Great shot. Sure hope he is not hungry. #1346942Danilo Piccioni May 13, 2005
...it's nice to wake up late! goodmorning to you too!great!!!!! #1346961
Cathy Gregor May 13, 2005
Wow! Great catch, Colettte!! #1346969Colette M. Metcalf May 13, 2005
Thank you all so much for all the wonderful and funny comments!!!! #1346997Kevin Burns May 13, 2005
WOW!! The sharpness and detail is great.Donna W. Neal May 13, 2005
Wonderful image Colette #1347093Tammy McAllister May 13, 2005
Now if that doesn't give the theme a big ole paw in the face, nothing will!Colette M. Metcalf May 13, 2005
Thanks so much Tammy, Donna, and Kevin!!! #1347173Debra Booth May 13, 2005
Great capture and I love the vertical orientation, Colette! #1347221Lisa D. Greer May 13, 2005
Ha, ha! This is great Colette! Perfect for this months theme! I bet this one goes far! :D #1347279Colette M. Metcalf May 13, 2005
Thanks so much Lisa and Debra!!! #1347315Laura Clay-Ballard May 13, 2005
Looks like this big guy needs some coffee! Great shot. Perfect! Simply perfect. #1347356Donald K. Cherry May 13, 2005
Great capture, Colette!! #1347367S J May 13, 2005
Terrific capture, Colette!! Great timing!! #1347369Bobbie Davis May 13, 2005
Paul E. beat me too it!!! I was going to say, "My what a big mouth you have grandma"! What a great shot Colette! #1347451Alan L. Borror May 13, 2005
Wonderful capture, Collette! #1347485Lori Ditlefsen May 13, 2005
Nice shot Collette! #1347639Kara L. Hendricks May 13, 2005
And a good morning to you as well.. Wonderful profile shot Colette.. #1347657Laurence Saliba May 13, 2005
Perfect image Colette!!! Yes a winner!!! #1347715Cindy Paquette May 13, 2005
RIGHT ON THE MONEY!!!!!!!!!!! Beautifully captured for this month's theme Colette...BRAVO! #1347773Cathy Barrows May 13, 2005
contagious...now i'm yawning too...lol...great moment #1347842Brinn MacDougall May 13, 2005
Great catch! Love the background also! #1347947Vicki Hunt May 13, 2005
This is great! What a big mouth he has! #1348036Melissa L. Zavadil May 13, 2005
WOW!! What a great capture! How neat is this shot!! What a huge tongue!! #1348151Elisabeth A. Gay May 13, 2005
What a gorgeous cat! Beautiful capture Colette!Tammy Nuxoll May 13, 2005
WOW Wonderful Capture Colette!!! I love this!! Hope you have a Great Weekend!!! #1348233Dominique Declerck May 13, 2005
Wonderful shot, Colette!! #1348234Ermanno Radice May 13, 2005
Gorgeous shot, wonderful capture, Colette! #1348439Colette M. Metcalf May 13, 2005
Thanks so much Ermanno, Dom, Tammy, Ann, Melissa, Vicki, Brinn, Cathy, Cindy, Laurence, Kara, Lori, Alan, Bobbie, Sanjay, Don, and Laura:0) #1348464Brian Cassar May 13, 2005
Wonderful capture with exact timing Colette. Well done! #1348523Mary K. Robison May 13, 2005
OUTSTANDING capture and colors, Colette! Looking forward to seeing this again! #1348526Judy S. Fung May 13, 2005
Wonderful catch, Colette! #1348540Kerby Pfrangle May 13, 2005
Colette when you enlarge this is really cool. The tree's around the lion are so green and beautiful and the lion is so majestic.Excellent capture. Kerby #1348542
Anita Hogue May 13, 2005
Oh my Gosh, Colette, I believe you have a winner here!!!! This is a WOW!! #1348544Murry Grigsby May 13, 2005
Nice timing on this upROARously good shot Colette! Don't no what it is but now I can't stop yawnning :0) #1348581Colette M. Metcalf May 13, 2005
Thank you Murry, Anita, Kerby, Judy, Mary, and Brian!!! LOL Murry! #1348636Kathleen F. Greer May 13, 2005
Fabulous shot Colette!! #1348664Lynn Crawford May 13, 2005
Oh Boy that is a big yawn!!!! Great shot of a beautiful big Kitty. Love the green background in contrast to his fur, great job :) #1348673Goshka G. May 13, 2005
Love that tongue hanging out, Colette!;-) #1348681Deborah Sandidge May 13, 2005
Cute kitty capture, Colette, great work! #1348723Dan Holm May 13, 2005
Wow! Awesome capture, Colette!! #1348908Noel Baebler May 13, 2005
Great moment, Colette! Did anyone else start to yawn while looking at Leo? #1348986Patty Razonable May 13, 2005
Great capture and background color, Colette!! Fabulous image!! #1349086Stephen Zacker May 13, 2005
Wonderful image and capture. He looks like he's in the wild. Super title #1349112Colette M. Metcalf May 13, 2005
Thanks so much Kathleen, Lynn, Goshka, Deborah, Dan, Noel, Patty, and Stephen for all the GREAT comments!!! #1349251Terry R. Hatfield May 13, 2005
Great Shot Love The Background In This One Colette:-) #1349253Michelle R. Kovach May 13, 2005
Great shot Colette! Was he yawning or roaring? :) #1349319Colette M. Metcalf May 13, 2005
Thank you so much Terry!!! #1349320Colette M. Metcalf May 13, 2005
Thank you too Michelle!! Roaring!! LOL #1349325Stanley J. Contrades May 13, 2005
The green BG really sets him off with clarity, Colette! Excellent capture!!Colette M. Metcalf May 13, 2005
Thank you Stan!!!! #1349347Deborah Lewinson May 13, 2005
Excellent image with a touch of humor, Colette, very well done!Donna J. Taff May 13, 2005
Outstanding capture and image, Colette!!!! #1349428Jessica McCollam May 13, 2005
Fabulous shot, Colette! :) #1349475Donna La Mattino Pagakis May 13, 2005
How very cute, perfect timing Colette! Excellent!! #1349549Lori Carlson May 13, 2005
This is terrific! I just love it! Such beautiful creatures and this is such a great capture...beautiful coloring. #1349597Sherry Stricklin Boles May 13, 2005
Great capture, Colette! #1349627Diane Addonizio May 13, 2005
Wonderful capture, colette! #1349633Rob T. Henry May 13, 2005
Excellent capture, Colette!! I love the background, the lion's yawn, and the composition!!! #1349644Kathleen K. Parker May 13, 2005
LOLOL what a good morning yawn! Love it, Colette!!Carol Brill May 13, 2005
Hope you had a longggg lens so you could be well away from any 'morning breath', Colette, a superb capture and very sharp! #1349825Evy Johansen May 13, 2005
What a wonderful image, Colette! Love it!! #1349836Susie Peek-Swint May 14, 2005
Super image Colette ~ fun title for this one!KHAWLA Haddad May 14, 2005
Wow! Great capture, Colettte!!#1350692
Karen Engelbreth May 14, 2005
Wonderful shot, Colette!#1351185
Jane Summa May 14, 2005
LOL Colette! This is great! Excellent timing and perfect title! Have a great weekend! #1351567Jonna Bergström May 14, 2005
Great capture Colette!! Very beautiful image! #1351921Sandra Wehrman May 14, 2005
excellent capture and love the long vertical perspective! #1352264Cindy Cone May 14, 2005
Great capture, Colette! Love the angle and comp on this one! #1352349Marsha S. Smith May 14, 2005
PRICELESS!!!! He's gorgeous! #1352543Gaurav Mehra May 14, 2005
What perfect timing & capture, Colette!!! Superb composition & very natural colors. #1352683Stephanie Lyons May 15, 2005
What a beautiful shot Colette! Just gorgeous! #1353917Lisa Deaton May 15, 2005
What a great shot. You were ready at just the right time. Nice Job!! #1354961Alisha L. Ekstrom May 15, 2005
Oh my gosh that was captured perfectly. Nice job!!!! #1355009Kristi A. Howson May 16, 2005
I just love that yawn Colette...great timing. #1357689Jill Flynn May 16, 2005
Super shot Colette! #1359810Cathy Stancil May 16, 2005
Awesome shot Colette !! Great timing ! #1359816Kathleen R. Struckle May 17, 2005
Awesome capture!! #1362580Colette M. Metcalf May 18, 2005
Thanks so much Kathleen, Cathy, Jill, Kristi, Alisha, Lisa, Stephanie, Gaurav, Marsha, Cindy, Sandy, Jonna, Jane, Karen, Kelly, Susan, Evy, Carol, Kathleen, Rob, Diane, Sherry, Lori, Donna, Jessica, Donna, and Debby!!! #1366362Wendy Stevenson May 18, 2005
GREAT capture and I love your crop. Him sitting there on the bottom like that is excellent composition!! #1366675Colette M. Metcalf May 18, 2005
Thank you so much, Wendy!!! #1366807DiAnna F. Paulk May 18, 2005
Great composition and timing, Colette! #1366892Kevin Nugent May 18, 2005
Superb capture Colette! Great composition too! #1366896Colette M. Metcalf May 18, 2005
Thanks so much DiAnna, and Kevin!! #1366947Marja H. Konimäki May 19, 2005
Wonderful capture, great timing. #1367580cj patterson May 19, 2005
terrific image and capture!! looks like a winner for the monthly theme to me!! #1367586Colette M. Metcalf May 24, 2005
Thank you CJ and Marja!! I hope so CJ! #1388134Marcie A. Fowler May 24, 2005
Excellent timing on this Colette!! Great capture of a great beast! Well done! #1388940Colette M. Metcalf May 24, 2005
Thanks so much Marcie!! #1389042Kristy E. Lane May 24, 2005
WOW! I love this shot. Really nice composition and that color is great! #1390790Colette M. Metcalf May 24, 2005
Thank you so much Kristy!! #1390949Kathleen R. Struckle May 28, 2005
Great capture!! #1406760Gail Vitikacs June 05, 2005
I'm sorry I missed this! This is so unique and such a wonderful capture! I love this! #1433924Colette M. Metcalf June 05, 2005
Thanks so much Gail and Kathleen!!! #1433936Jeff Robinson June 05, 2005
This is such a great image Colette! Jeff #1434122Colette M. Metcalf June 05, 2005
Thank you Jeff:0)!! #1434240Bill Houghton June 06, 2005
Nice shot of this yawning lion. Good timing. #1434951Collette Photography June 12, 2005
Really awsome photo!! Were did you snap the shot at? Amazing though!!! #1461600Colette M. Metcalf June 13, 2005
Thanks so much Bill and Collette!!! This was taken at the Pittsburgh Zoo. #1467044Noel Baebler June 21, 2005
Huzzah, Colette! #1498358Michael Khoury June 21, 2005
Congratulations Colette!! #1498458Stan Kwasniowski June 21, 2005
colette, congratulationsStan K #1498546
Colleen Braun June 21, 2005
Congratulations Colette... #1499013Mary K. Robison June 21, 2005
YEEEEESSSSSSSSS!!!Margot Petrowski June 21, 2005
CONGRATS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! #1499585Tom Andersen June 21, 2005
Congratulations on this wonderful finalist, Colette! #1499660Claudia Kuhn June 21, 2005
Congrats Collette! #1499697Kathleen R. Struckle June 21, 2005
Congrats Colette!! #1500171Amalia Sylvia Arriaga Salinas June 21, 2005
Congratulations Colette!,Cindy Paquette June 21, 2005
Congrats to you colette! #1500698Donna J. Taff June 21, 2005
Congrat's on your finalist's, Colette!!! #1501213Jim Kinnunen June 21, 2005
OH, so nice, Colette!!! I love this...congratulations!!! #1501610Jennifer Rennison June 21, 2005
Great timing, Colette! Congrats on your finalist! #1502144Melissa L. Zavadil June 21, 2005
Congrats on your finalist!!! WTG!! #1502147Danilo Piccioni June 21, 2005
I knew this was the one!Patty Razonable June 22, 2005
Congratulations on your finalist!! I really hope this one wins!!!!!!! #1502472Jordi Delgado June 22, 2005
Terrific finalist, Colette!! Congratulations!!:-) #1502611
Judy S. Fung June 22, 2005
Congrats, Colette! #1502749Sharon E. Lowe June 22, 2005
Congrats and good luck, Colette - great shot! #1503346Susan T. Evans June 22, 2005
congrats #1505699Terry L. Ellis June 22, 2005
Congrats, Collette, terrific image!!! #1506176Brenda W. LaFleur June 22, 2005
Congrats, Collette! #1506461Dominique Declerck June 23, 2005
Congratulations, Colette!!! #1512957Phil Sauvey June 25, 2005
Colette,Congratulations on your photo finalist! #1519436
Colette M. Metcalf June 27, 2005
Thanks so much everyone!! Congratulations to all of you too!!! #1524255Candice C. Calhoun June 28, 2005
Congratulations, Colette, on your FANTASTIC finalist!ccc #1530289
Colette M. Metcalf June 28, 2005
Thank you so much Candice! #1533194Kelly Heaton June 30, 2005
Wow What a neat Capture! Congratulations! #1541231Colette M. Metcalf June 30, 2005
Thanks so much, Kelly!!! #1541238Susana Ms Heide June 30, 2005
A late but heartfelt CONGRATS on this amazing finalist!!! Great job! #1541424Colette M. Metcalf June 30, 2005
Thank you so much Susana!!! #1541434Robert Hambley July 11, 2005
Great shot.. The background is beautiful! Good job! Where was it taken? #1581558Colette M. Metcalf July 11, 2005
Thanks so much Robert!! This was taken at the Pittsburgh Zoo. #1582170Ermanno Radice July 23, 2005
Congratulations on your finalist, good luck on the next round, Colette! #1625185Marja H. Konimäki August 26, 2005
Great timing! Great work Colette! #1768026Colette M. Metcalf August 26, 2005
Thank you Ermanno and Marja!! #1768363Bill Houghton September 15, 2005
Outstanding shot Colette. Great job. Thanks for your comments.http://billhoughtonphotography.com #1839426
Colette M. Metcalf September 16, 2005
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