Rose Petals & Rain Drops [Photography Contest Details & Macro Photos]
Uploaded: June 18, 2005 00:07:46
Cropped and sharpened in PSE 3.0
Patty Razonable June 18, 2005
Wow!! Super macro, details, and the droplets are an added plus!! Excellent DOF, Sanjay!! #265063Paul E. Earl June 18, 2005
This is absolutely awesome!!!1 The drops make it look so delicate. Beautiful work!!!! #1484506Mary K. Robison June 18, 2005
You've taken "raindrops on roses" to a new level, Sanjay! This is like bubbly champagne splashed onto pink and coral silk! LOVELY!!!! #1484507Dominique Declerck June 18, 2005
Wow!!! fantastic!!! #1484512Mata Patan June 18, 2005
I can see a winner SJ!!!!Phil Sauvey June 18, 2005
Such wonderful color, Sanjay. And those drops are so small and delicate! Wonderful as always. #1484533Donna Roberts June 18, 2005
SJ - words cannot describe how much I love this image.Rob Bishop June 18, 2005
Oh, WOW, Sanjay! Fantastic macro with such sharpness, great lighting, and perfect composition. This is a winner. #1484593Amanda Price June 18, 2005
You do beat all! This is absolutely stunning! I'm trying to decide between a Canon and a Nikon and the Canon was winning out until this! #1484594Janet Williams June 18, 2005
Absolutely breathtakingly beautiful Sanjay. Such painfully delicate colours and lighting. Wonderful piece. #1484599Kerby Pfrangle June 18, 2005
SanjayAwesome...And the winner is.
I bet we see this again.
Kerby #1484645
Karen Engelbreth June 18, 2005
Wow - fantastic, Sanjay - love it!!! #1484664Lori S. Aschbrenner June 18, 2005
This is so beautiful, Sanjay! I love the raindrops with the beautiful, silky rose. Gorgeous! #1484697Michael Khoury June 18, 2005
Sanjay, your keen sense of geometry renders itself so beautifully in everything... whether it be a skyscraper or a lovely rose...well done! :-) #1484713Roxanne M. Bubar June 18, 2005
This is stunning. Such beautiful color. #1484723Lisa D. Greer June 18, 2005
WOW! Gorgeous SJ! Love it! :) #1484727Joline Frazier June 18, 2005
Mary Robison said it best...the textures and pattern of this are classic S.J. #1484729Donald K. Cherry June 18, 2005
Fabulous macro, Sanjay! LOve the water beads on the petals!! #1484796Joy Rector June 18, 2005
Absolutely fantastic. #1484818KHAWLA Haddad June 18, 2005
Great Macro Sanjay love it with wonderful colors beatiful!!!!!!! #1484826Linda D. Lester June 18, 2005
Awesome macro...Great shot, CJ! #1484837Wally Orlowsky June 18, 2005
Super sharp and a great crop, Sanjay. #1484840Tammy Scott June 18, 2005
Just gorgeous, SJ!!! #1484910Guy D. Biechele June 18, 2005
Absolutely stunning macro! Color, textures, and DOF are just wonderful. Its a joy to view this image!! #1485016cj patterson June 18, 2005
OUTSTANDING! Sanjay, this is just so beautiful!! I want a print!! :) Gorgeous!!!! - cj #1485026Stephanie Lyons June 18, 2005
Fantastic shot SJ! This is just spectacular in every way! Well done! #1485084Olivia Navarro June 18, 2005
Me too, me too!!!! I want a print!!!!!! This is by far my all-time favorite of yours, Sanjay! I LOVE the colors and your lighting and the raindrops are the like cherries on top. It's absolutely perfect!!!! A sure winner! #1485184Cathy Barrows June 18, 2005
gorgeous...love all the raindrops #1485224Claudia Kuhn June 18, 2005
All those drops make such a great texture! Wonderful Sanjay! #1485364Cathy Gregor June 18, 2005
So lovely, Sanjay!! Love the soft color and droplets! #1485399Cindy Paquette June 18, 2005
OUTSTANDING!!!!!!!!!!! #1485458Dorothy Neumann June 18, 2005
Wow, Sanjay! Beautiful! #1485511Carla Metzler June 18, 2005
This is so very beautiful, Sanjay. It is a marvelous capture. #1485649Deborah Lewinson June 18, 2005
Marvelous image, Sanjay, outstanding in every way!William C. Raco June 18, 2005
fantastic color, focus and DoFbill
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Darren K. Fisher June 18, 2005
OMG Sanjay, this is so refreshing and so very pretty. Awesome job as always. #1485845Shirley L. Carpenter June 18, 2005
Love this Sanjay!! A WINNER!!! #1485848Danilo Piccioni June 18, 2005
Great, Great, Great! Great macro, Great subject, Great details! #1485857Laurence Saliba June 18, 2005
Ravishing macro Sanjay!!!!!!!! I simply love it!!! Awesome detail!!! #1485862Jim Kinnunen June 18, 2005
Outstanding macro with excellent details and lighting, Sanjay!!! #1485881Stephen Zacker June 18, 2005
Truly outstanding and beautiful #1485895Goshka G. June 18, 2005
Absolutely amazing macro, SJ!!! Will definitely go places!!;=) #1485927Noel Baebler June 18, 2005
Incredible macro, SJ! #1485998Laura Clay-Ballard June 18, 2005
incredibly spectacular. I'm without words to justify the beauty I am looking at. #1486008Sandra Wehrman June 18, 2005
i love your comp and the detail! #1486088Gail Vitikacs June 18, 2005
FABULOUS!!! Colors and details are awesome! #1486110Jordi Delgado June 18, 2005
... and the Oscar goes to...S A N J A Y P I N D I Y A T H ! ! !
My new favourite from you, SJ!!
:-)) #1486157
Melissa L. Zavadil June 18, 2005
WOW WOW WOW! This one is icing on the cake!!!! The drops the texture the detail are all just outstanding! I love the way that you have composed the shot with the angle of the petals--just beautiful!! #1486173Cathy Stancil June 18, 2005
I am lost in this beauty SJ !! This is splendid! Really a wonderful rose shot !! Bravo ! #1486200Vicki Hunt June 18, 2005
Can you tell how much we all love you and your work, Sanjay! This is so very pretty...kissed with rain droplets and blushed with that beautiful pink! #1486271Jane Summa June 18, 2005
Excellent macro, SJ! excellent eye to pick up the soft contrasts of the color and the raindrops! totally awesome detail captured with excellence!! LOVE IT! #1486292Darla Cobus June 18, 2005
I love it, something a little different for you, but awesome as always! #1486435Kate Jackson June 18, 2005
Absolute complete and utter WOW Sanjay. #1486508Jenny Bosmans June 18, 2005
Without any doubt...OUTSTANDING!!!Donna W. Neal June 18, 2005
Exceptional SJ #1486646Mary Clarke June 18, 2005
Absolutely beautiful!!! #1486827Kathleen Clemons June 18, 2005
A magnificent photo, Sanjay! #1486938Kathryn (Love) Scheet June 18, 2005
awesome Sanjay! loaded with wonderful drops! #1486962Marsha S. Smith June 18, 2005
Amazing, absolutely amazing! #1486974Shelly A. Van Camp June 18, 2005
TRULY A BEAUTY!!! Shelly #1487019Serena Pierce June 18, 2005
WOW!! Beautiful!!! #1487023Roger Bernabo June 18, 2005
I learned my lesson I will comment of your images EARLIER; I think my mouse is tired from all the scrolling! OH... This is a lovely shot! Wonderful! #1487059Terry L. Ellis June 18, 2005
Dazzling and gorgeous, Sanjay!! Perfect color, tones and composition! #1487088Stacey M. Seufert June 18, 2005
I AGREE WITH ALL THE REST ~ :) BEAUTIFULLY DONE IN EVERY WAY! GREAT JOB, SJ! #1487495Evy Johansen June 19, 2005
WOW.... Awesome image, Sanjay! Winner!!!! #1488264Ermanno Radice June 19, 2005
MASTERPIECE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! #1488354Gloria B. Wood June 19, 2005
Refreshing and beautiful! I love this one!!!! #1488357Elisabeth A. Gay June 19, 2005
Just gorgeous Sanjay!Jill Flynn June 19, 2005
FANTASTIC Sanjay. Creative and refreshing. I LOVE THIS! I bet we'll be seeing this one again! #1490550Bryan Yates June 20, 2005
I love it!!!!! This is wonderful!!! This is a winner in my book!!Kara L. Hendricks June 20, 2005
This is outstanding SJ!! WOW!! #1492188Marcie A. Fowler June 20, 2005
See . . . told ya this one was awesome. Loved it when you showed it to me earlier and love it now. Love all the petals and details you caputred and the water drops. Sheer perfection SJ!! #1493321Lani T. Broadbent June 20, 2005
Another Awesome Macro Capture! Great perspective and I love the water drops! Superbly sharp photo! You do great photography and inspire me! Thanks for sharing! #1494419Nicole E. Rappaport June 21, 2005
Wow!! absolutely lovely! I love the droplets! #1497492Sharon Day June 28, 2005
Magnificent, Sanjay!!! Absolutely gorgeous, stunning, beautiful!!! I love it! #1532772Diane Dupuis July 06, 2005
WOW WOW WOW!!! #1560387Amanda Price July 22, 2005
Congratulations on ALL of your wonderful finalists, SJ! I'm sure we haven't seen the last of them! #1622719Dan Holm July 22, 2005
Woo Hoo!! CONGRATULATIONS, Sanjay!! An awesome and well deserved Finalist!! Absolutely GORGEOUS!!!!!!! #1623196Serena Pierce July 22, 2005
Congratulations Sanjay on ALL of your outstanding finalists!!! #1623228Paul E. Earl July 22, 2005
Congrats on all your superb finalists!! #1623323Susan T. Evans July 22, 2005
Congrats Sanjay on this awesome finalists!!!! #1623832Melissa L. Zavadil July 22, 2005
Congrats on yet another wonderful finalist!! Great image Sanjay!! #1623837Mata Patan July 23, 2005
I wasn't wrong on my first comment!Alan L. Borror July 23, 2005
AWESOME finalist, Sanjay! #1624351Cindy Paquette July 23, 2005
The world can see why this image is here Sanjay...it's utterly fantastic!!! Congratulations!! #1624562Kay E. Mahoney July 23, 2005
Congratulations on this beautiful capture. Good luck in the next round. #1624800Darla Cobus July 23, 2005
CONGRATS on all of your finalist, you are amazing!!! #1624959Michelle R. Kovach July 23, 2005
This is Gorgeous Sanjay! Congratulations on your finalists! #1625137Stephanie Lyons July 23, 2005
Another well deserved wish of congrats! #1625200Jim Kinnunen July 23, 2005
Congratulations on this wonderful image, Sanjay!:) #1625300Noel Baebler July 23, 2005
Huzzah, SJ! #1625576Marie Fields July 23, 2005
AWESOME image, Sanjay! Just gorgeous! Congratulations!!! #1625659Stephen Zacker July 23, 2005
Truly Beautiful. Like the way the water drops shine. Congratulations #1626206KHAWLA Haddad July 23, 2005
Congratulations on all your wonderful finalists Sanjay wonderful image good luck in the next round !!! #1626214Jill Flynn July 23, 2005
Congratulations on this beautiful finalist Sanjay! #1626244Dominique Declerck July 23, 2005
Wonderful!!! congratulations, Sanjay!!!! #1626365Susana Ms Heide July 23, 2005
STUNNING Macro!! CONGRATS!! #1626586Ermanno Radice July 23, 2005
Congratulations on all your wonderful finalists, good luck in the next round, SJ!!!!! #1627366Elisabeth A. Gay July 23, 2005
This one is my favourite Sanjay - many congratulations for ALL your finalists!!Deb Holmes-Hatfield July 23, 2005
I out of ways to say congrats to you Sanjay LOL! #1628210Terry L. Ellis July 23, 2005
Gorgeous congratulations are in order, Sanjay! Good luck!!!!! #1628237Donna Roberts July 23, 2005
SJ - you know how much I love this image and I have a HUGE smile on my face to see this perfect image as a truly well deserved finalist.Jennifer Rennison July 23, 2005
Wow, Sanjay, stunning!! Congrats on your finalist! #1628658Tammy Scott July 23, 2005
Congratulations, SJ! #1629112Jonna Bergström July 24, 2005
Congratulations on this fantastic finalist, Sanjay! #1630212Debra Booth July 24, 2005
Congrats on all your finalists, Sanjay! This is just lovely!! #1630475Kara L. Hendricks July 24, 2005
A huge congrats to you on ALL of your wonderful finalist shots this month Sanjay... Brilliant as always, Good Luck!!! #1630842Lani T. Broadbent July 24, 2005
Congratulations on another win! Your work is awesome and continues to inspire me! #1631990Sandy Landon July 24, 2005
Congrats on another wonderful image!! #1632567Bryan Yates July 24, 2005
Congrats on a spectacular finalist! #1632655Diane Addonizio July 24, 2005
Congratulations,WOW! #1632937Claudette Foote July 24, 2005
Congrats on all your finalists, Sanjay! #1633061Laura Clay-Ballard July 24, 2005
congrats on this awesome image! spectacular clarity! #1633263Sharon Day July 24, 2005
Simply gorgeous, Sanjay!!! This one IS my favorite! You had a great showing this month! Big congratulations and good luck, although I don't think you need it! Well done in June! #1633322Vinny Chirayil July 25, 2005
Congrats ! The force is strong with you ! :-) #1634119KHAWLA Haddad August 20, 2005
Congratulations on all your wonderful finalists Sanjay!!!! #1741699
Serena Pierce August 20, 2005
Congratulations again Sanjay!! #1742976Shelly A. Van Camp August 21, 2005
Congratulations on all your wonderful photo's......they are beautiful..this is one of favorites!!! :) #1745705Keith L. Clayton August 24, 2005
I can see why this one got the judges'Ken Grooms August 25, 2005
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