Brilliant Plumage
Uploaded: September 21, 2010 07:26:51
Taken at Busch Gardens and shot with my Canon 100mm Macro Lens with a wide open aperture (2.8) for maximum shallow DOF and selective focus on the head of this parrot.
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Exif: F Number: 2.8, Exposure Bias Value: -0.67, ExposureTime: 1/1250 seconds, Flash: did not fire, compulsory flash mode, ISO: 1600, White balance: Manual white balance, FocalLength: 100.00 mm, Model: Canon EOS 5D Mark II
Jessica Jenney September 21, 2010
What a gorgeous parrot! Such brilliant color! Beautiful color, lighting and shallow DOF, Melissa! #1310335Karen Bacon September 21, 2010
Fantastic image Melissa! #8921712Tiia Vissak September 21, 2010
a wonderful close-up! #8921874Daniella Puente September 21, 2010
Great Melissa! what a beautiful photo and love that colors... #8921996Carol Eade September 21, 2010
Beautiful macro, Melissa! #8922630Jennifer L. Alder September 22, 2010
Really a fabulous result, Melissa! Awesome job :) #8923945Amanda J. Tanner September 24, 2010
I love your selective focus. Beautiful work Melissa! The color and details are great. #8927490Gary Enloe September 24, 2010
Great capture of this beautiful bird Melissa. Love the colors, detail #8927500Tammy D. Ferren September 24, 2010
Wow! The colors, detail and dof are stunning, Melissa! #8927532Lorna Shutter September 26, 2010
This bird could pass as a flower in your beautiful gallery collection! The vibrant colours are fabulous! Awesome detail and DOF! Outstanding work, Melissa! :) #8931550Julie Burnett October 15, 2010
Stunning, Melissa!! Congratulations, and the best of luck! #8968484Tiia Vissak October 15, 2010
Congratulations! #8968530Nancy (Peaches) Harker October 15, 2010
Carol Eade October 15, 2010
Congratulations on your finalist, Melissa! #8969016Linda Blair October 15, 2010
Congrats on your beautiful and colorful finalist!!! #8969151Cheryl Schneider October 15, 2010
Great image, Melissa. Congratulations! #8969160Stefania Barbier October 15, 2010
congratulations on your gorgeous finalist!!! #8969239Sherry L. Davis October 15, 2010
Excellent capture! Congratulations on your finalist!! :) #8969876Lorna Shutter October 15, 2010
WTG, Melissa!!! CONGRATULATIONS on your beautiful Finalist!!!!! :)Denny E. Barnes October 15, 2010
Congratulations, Melissa on your beautiful and well deserved finalist!! #8970710Carol L. Fowler October 15, 2010
Congrats on this Finalist! #8970836Janet McNeil October 15, 2010
Congratulations on this beautiful Finalist!!! Good luck in the next round!! #8970837Lydia Williams October 15, 2010
What a beauty...congratulations! #8971080Nancyj E. Hovey October 15, 2010
C O N G R A T U L A T I O N SSam Britt October 15, 2010
Big congrats on all your finalists, Melissa!! #8971919Merna L. Nobile October 15, 2010
Every month, with our camera in hand, we go out and find what we hope will be the “winning photo.”Marilyn Cornwell October 16, 2010
A gorgeous image, Melissa! Congratulations on this finalist! #8972810Ellen Hodges October 16, 2010
Congrats on a superb finalist, Melissa! Very best luck in the next round!! #8973323Usman M. Bajwa October 16, 2010
Beautiful capture, CONGRATZ on the Finalist Award!!UB. #8973329
Debra R. Harder October 16, 2010
This is so awesome, Melissa! Love the DOF, lighting, colors, details and comp. Huge congratulations on your superb finalist! Deb #8974006Erica Murphy October 16, 2010
I love this Melissa!! Congratulations! #8975526Natasa Mikuz October 17, 2010
Congratulation on this wonderful finalist! #8977073Janet McNeil October 17, 2010
Super congratulations on your Grand Prize Win, Melissa!!! #8977569Deborah Lewinson October 17, 2010
This photo is awesome, Melissa, and the judges certainly know what they are doing by selecting this for the Grand Prize!Hardy congrats!!!
Debby #8977576
Jessica Jenney October 17, 2010
Congratulations, Melissa on your stunning Grand Prize win! #8977578Nancyj E. Hovey October 17, 2010
C O N G R A T U L A T I O N SJennifer L. Alder October 17, 2010
Wow! Congrats on your GRAND PRIZE , Melissa! #8977601Courtenay Vanderbilt October 17, 2010
Huge Congratulations, Melissa! A brilliant image! #8977612Melissa Olsen October 17, 2010
A huge congrats on this deserving image. #8977714Kara L. Hendricks October 17, 2010
HUGE congrats on the GP win Melissa! #8977723Patti Coblentz October 17, 2010
Congratulations on your amazing grand prize win, Melissa!!! #8977727Patrick Rouzes October 17, 2010
CONGRATULATIONS on this phenomenal & well-deserved Grand Prize Winner, Melissa! WTG! #8977735Jean-Pierre Ducondi October 17, 2010
Big congrats Melissa. An amazing finalist.Rolando Rosito October 17, 2010
Congratulations Melissa!! Great Grand Prize Winner!!!! #8977799Mary Beth Aiello October 17, 2010
Huge congratulations for this outstanding GRAND PRIZE win, Melissa. I'm so happy for you. Spectacular. #8977807Philippe Vieux-Jeanton October 17, 2010
Gorgeous Grand Prize Winner!! Big, big congratulations, Melissa!!!! #8977810Guy D. Biechele October 17, 2010
Awesome photograph, Melissa!! Congratulations on your Grand Prize Win! #8977842Lydia Williams October 17, 2010
Congratulations on your fanatastic Grand Prize win, Melissa. Well Deserved! #8977920Danny B. Head October 17, 2010
Stunning image! Congrats on the BIG win! #8977933Renata Gusciora October 17, 2010
Huge congratulations on your Grand Prize Winner,Melissa!!!:-) #8977950Claudia Kuhn October 17, 2010
BIG CONGRATULATIONS!! Woo Hoo!! #8977970Sandy Stigliano October 17, 2010
CONGRATULATIONS, just gorgeous!! #8978022Carol Flisak October 17, 2010
Congratulations Melissa on your Grand Prize win!! What a lovely portrait image... the details, color and DOF make a wonderfully intimate image! #8978023Millie A. Talarico October 17, 2010
Perfect composition, stunning Grand Winner, Melissa! #8978054Usman M. Bajwa October 17, 2010
Huge CONGRATZ on your awesome GRAND PRIZE win, Melissa!!!!UB. #8978073
Ken Smith October 17, 2010
Stunning, Melissa...congrats on your big win! #8978129Tammy M. Anderson October 17, 2010
Congrats Melissa on the Grand Prize win. #8978156Steve M. Harrington October 17, 2010
Good on you, Melissa! Wonderfully rich tones.paul parent October 17, 2010
C O N G R A T U L A T I O N SR. J. Laudenbacher October 17, 2010
Congratulations Melissa on this outstanding Grand Prize Winner. Wonderful work. #8978271Usha Ganesh October 17, 2010
Congratulations Melissa on your big win,Agnes Fegan October 17, 2010
Congratulations on your Grand Prize win Melissa!!! #8978505Lester A. Garcia October 17, 2010
CONGRATULATIONS, Melissa on a deserving GRAND PRIZE WINNER! #8978518Murry Grigsby October 17, 2010
Congratulations of your wonderful photo and big win Melissa! Well done!! #8978526Joannie Bertucci October 17, 2010
Congratulations on your stunning Grand Prize win Melissa! #8978543Lorna Shutter October 17, 2010
Woo Hoo!!!!! CONGRATULATIONS on your GRAND PRIZE WIN for this awesome image, Melissa!!!!! You deserve it!!! :)Terry Cervi October 17, 2010
Congrats on your stunning Grand Prize Win, Melissa! #8978599Chris Schlosser October 17, 2010
Congratulations on your beautiful, grand prize win, Melissa! #8978609Debra Booth October 17, 2010
Many congrats for your grand prize on this excellent image, Melissa! #8978610Inge S. Lasmana October 17, 2010
A huge congratulations on your grand prize win, Melissa! #8978613Kay E. Mahoney October 17, 2010
Congratulations on your fantastic grand prize win:) #8978657Denny E. Barnes October 17, 2010
Outstanding, Melissa!! This awesome and so beautiful image well deserves the Grant Prize!! Congratulations!! #8978666Rona L. Schwarz October 17, 2010
S U P E R C O N G R A T U L A T I O N S,Stanley C. Sims October 17, 2010
A wonderful composed shot Melissa. Big congrats on being the top winner. #8978678Sam Britt October 17, 2010
Huge Congratulations on this fantastic Grand Prize winner, Melissa! #8978680Sharon Sawyer October 17, 2010
WTG, Melissa!!! HUGE congratulations on your brilliant & well deserved GRANDE PRIZE WIN!!! #8978805Debra R. Harder October 17, 2010
WTG, Melissa!! HUGE CONGRATULATIONS on your AWESOME GRAND PRIZE WINNER!! WHOOOO-HOOOOO!! Deb #8978871Graeme yew Chow October 17, 2010
Wow !well done and big congrats on your super grand winner, Melissa. You must be very surprise and exciting about the win. It really make your day! #8978956Shelly A. Van Camp October 17, 2010
Beautiful.......Congratulations! #8978963Liz blahh October 17, 2010
Congrats on your Grand Prize Winner! #8979012Renee Doyle October 17, 2010
Congratulations Melissa on your Grand Prize Winner!! #8979118Yulianto Soeroso October 17, 2010
Congratulalion yihaaa grand PW lovely animal and shot #8979121Ujjwal Mukherjee October 17, 2010
HUGE congratulations on your Grand Winner,Melissa!! #8979223Paul E. Earl October 17, 2010
WOW!! Congratulations on this truly well deserved Grand Prize winner!! #8979239Mary K. Robison October 18, 2010
What a well earned Grand Prize Winner!Debbie Hartley October 18, 2010
CONGRATULATIONS on your beautiful grand prize winner!!!! #8979253Stefania Barbier October 18, 2010
WOOHOOOOOO WTG Melissa, huge congrats on you spectacular GP!!!!! #8979259Katarina Mansson October 18, 2010
Congratulations on your beautiful, colorful and successful GP Winner Melissa! #8979348Tiia Vissak October 18, 2010
Congratulations on your grand prize win! #8979392Nadia Paul October 18, 2010
What a stunning macro Melissa - congrats on your Grand Prize win! #8979589Carolyn M. Fletcher October 18, 2010
Ain't it always the way it goes? All those beautiful flower shots and then you get a GP with a bird! Congrats!! #8979614Judy V. Kennamer October 18, 2010
A BIG CONGRATS Melissa!!!!! #8979672Julie Burnett October 18, 2010
Congratulations on your Grand Prize Win, Melissa!! #8979685Anita Hogue October 18, 2010
Beautiful grand winner, Melissa! Congratulations! #8979805Irene Colling October 18, 2010
What a wonderfully colored bird; and you expertly captured the glorious details.Huge Congratulations Melissa. #8979901
Linda Blair October 18, 2010
Congratulations on your beautiful Grand Prize winner!!!! #8979907Gina Cormier October 18, 2010
Congrats on this outstanding image Melissa!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! #8980018Linda D. Lester October 18, 2010
Awesome....Congratulations!!!! :) #8980047Bojan Bencic October 18, 2010
Congratulations, Melissa. Fantastic photo. #8980050Jack Ryan October 18, 2010
Congratulations on your win!!! Way to go!!! #8980161Carla Capra Anderson October 18, 2010
Congratulations on your stunning image and win.Charlotte LaBarbera October 18, 2010
Wonderful and Colorful! Excellent choice in your settings. Gives one something to think about. Congratulations! #8980258Margaret R. Barry October 18, 2010
Congratulations on your beautiful and well deserved GP win, Melissa! #8980361Carmody Baker October 18, 2010
Great job Melissa. Congratulations! #8980419Mitch Spence October 18, 2010
Way to go, Melissa. Congratulations to you on your Grand. #8980443Monnie Ryan October 18, 2010
Wow -- huge congratulations are in order! WTG, Melissa! #8980475Joseph M. Muench October 18, 2010
Congratulations, Melissa. Well-deserved!Karen Bacon October 18, 2010
A huge congratulations on this great winner! #8980558Donna La Mattino Pagakis October 18, 2010
I am so HAPPY for you Melissa! Congratulations on winning GRAND PRIZE!!! #8980560Michael Kroth October 18, 2010
Congratulations on this beautiful Grand Prize winner, Melissa! #8980608Julianne Bradford October 18, 2010
Melissa congratulations on this wonderful Grand Prise winner!! I'm so pleased that your talent was recognised :-) #8980621David Phalen October 18, 2010
HUGE Congratulations on a spectacular Grand Prize Winner!! #8980697Natasa Mikuz October 18, 2010
Big congratulation, Melissa! #8980772David Stegmeir October 18, 2010
Congratulations. This is beautiful. #8980919Val Feldman October 18, 2010
What an outstanding Grand Prize Winner!! Huge congratulations, Melissa! #8980930Sarah A. Christian October 18, 2010
Congratulations, Melissa. Absolutely beautiful work.Laurence Saliba October 18, 2010
A Big congratulations on your Grand prize winner Melissa!!!! #8980988Tammy Espino October 18, 2010
Congrats :) #8981237Becky J. Parkinson October 18, 2010
Congratulations on this wonderful Grand Prize photo, Melissa!!! #8981331Daniella Puente October 18, 2010
Congratulations Melissa WOW!!! amazing photo and well deserved Grand Prize, hugs :))) #8981334Jeana Clark October 18, 2010
~J~ #8981413
Carol Eade October 18, 2010
Very big congratulations on your beautiful grand prize image, Melissa!! #8981504Maria Morrow October 18, 2010
Beautiful image, Melissa, and very deserving of the grand prize. Congratulations! #8981660Michelle L. Frick October 18, 2010
Congratulations Melissa! What a gorgeous bird and beautiful image - love the details!!! #8981903Anne McKinnell October 18, 2010
Sensational shot Melissa! Congratulations on your grand prize!!! #8981913Shirley A. Kinney October 18, 2010
Awesome, Melissa. Congratulations on your win. #8981915Nancy L. Green October 18, 2010
WOW WOW WOW!!! GRAND PRIZE!!! CONGRATULATIONS and VERY well deserved!!! <>< #8981997Robert K. Bemus October 18, 2010
Beautiful color and portrait, Melissa...HUGE congrats on your Grand Prize gold!!! #8982032Lynne Morris October 18, 2010
WTG Melissa, Huge Congratulations on your Grand Prize Win. #8982182Bill Houghton October 19, 2010
Melissa, congratulations on your beautiful win. Have a great week, Bill #8982247Karen Celella October 19, 2010
Huge congratulations on your amazing grand prize winner, Melissa! #8982317Jeff Robinson October 19, 2010
Congrats Melissa on your GP Win!! Jeff #8982527Dayna Cain October 19, 2010
Awesome photo and much deserved win! #8982902Jean E. Hildebrant October 19, 2010
Beautiful, Melissa! Congrat's to you! #8983193Susan Jane Allen October 19, 2010
Huge congrats, Melissa! Wow! #8983611Lindley Johnson October 19, 2010
Huge congratulations on this wonderful Grand Prize Winner, Melissa! #8983638Carmody Baker October 19, 2010
Congratulations Melissa. Beautiful colors! #8983679David M. Montero October 19, 2010
Grand indeed! Congratulations on your grand prize selection Melissa! #8983821Susan M. Campbell October 19, 2010
Congrats Melissa on this grand prize winner. It's fabulous! #8984010Mark Dodge October 19, 2010
Brilliant job on this, Melissa. Congratulations on your Grand Prize! Way to go! Love that lens :o) #8984079Datha Y. Thompson October 19, 2010
WOW!!! Excellent detail Melissa!! HUGE CONGRATS to you!!! I too am a big fan of that lens and of this image!! WTG girl!!!! ;) #8984644Lisa J. Boulden October 19, 2010
Big congratulations, Melissa!Aimee S. McMaster October 20, 2010
...warm congratulations on this brilliant winner Melissa! #8984827Tarun Bose October 20, 2010
Big big congrats for your grand winner, Melissa. #8985450ALLEN O. HOWARD October 20, 2010
Magnificent Melissa!!! Congratulations Grand Prize!!! #8986470Marcel J. Fernandez October 20, 2010
Congratulations, Melissa on your wonderful Grand Prize Winner! #8986497Nadya Johnson October 21, 2010
Hey there! Huge Congratulations on your Grand Prize winner, Melissa! So pleasantly surprised to see this here! Sorry for being out of touch... NO computer currently, but I will write you later when I can. Fabulous capture and Congrats again! #8988097Kathleen Brennan October 21, 2010
Congrats on this fabulous grand prize winner! #8988287Nancy J. Locke October 21, 2010
SUPER SUPER CONGRATS!!! WOOT!!! YAY!!! WTG MELISSA!!!Blessings, Nancy #8988630
Ellen Hodges October 21, 2010
Huge congrats on this fabulous winner, Melissa!!! #8988646Melissa Olsen October 22, 2010
I am so happy for you Melissa! I don't follow the contest too closely so I am sorry this congrats is late in coming to you. #8989601Phyllis H. Burchett October 22, 2010
WONderful capture! Congratulations on your grand prize win! #8989804Anne M. Young October 23, 2010
Congratulations - thrilled to see you win...!!! #8990784Arnie Horwitz October 23, 2010
Congratulations, Melissa on this fantastic Grand Prize Winner!Nikki McDonald October 24, 2010
Congratulations on the GP win, Melissa. Wonderful detail and color here. #8993563Cindy Bendush October 24, 2010
Simply stunning Melissa! Huge congratulations on your GPW!!! #8993717Christine Lobsinger October 26, 2010
Congratulations Melissa on a beautiful catch! Congrats to you on your GRAND PRICE WINNER TOO.... I JUST SAW THIS IN JIM'S BLOG!!!Amy Wadley October 28, 2010
Congratulations Melissa!! I blogged about your win on our Team BetterPhoto blog. If you get a chance, feel free to comment there on how you got such a great shot or the story behind the image. Thanks! :) #9002089Erica Murphy October 30, 2010
BIG CONGRATS to you Melissa on this beautiful GRAND PRIZE WINNER!!! How exciting for you! #9004968Mick Burkey November 03, 2010
Congratuations on your wonderful Grand Prize winner! #9012270Salwa Afef November 07, 2010
Wonderful shot ,congratulation . #9019133Dianna Murphy November 10, 2010
I'm so behind on my commenting, forgive me for my belated congratulations! What a wonderfully composed and thoughtful image. #9025685Mary Timman November 10, 2010
This is an amazing image! Very well deserved winner! A huge congratulations to you! #9025938Kathy L. Clark November 16, 2010
Wow Melissa, I didn't know until today that you were the grand champion, but I sure see why. Sorry I didn't congratulate you sooner, just so busy.Dick Jenkins November 28, 2010
Very nice macro work Melissa and congratulations on bringing home the big prize.Dick #9067619
Katie W September 17, 2011
I've come across this image a few times and I absolutely love it! Finally commenting.... :) #9676997Sign up for an interactive online photography course to get critiques on your photos.
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