Inspiring Photo: VELVET BLACK #1038854

VELVET BLACK

Uploaded: July 18, 2005

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Dominique Declerck July 18, 2005

Wonderful!! great composition, Rakesh!! #280192

Jessica L. Richard July 18, 2005

wow, this is very neat! your composition is wonderful! #1606396

Gail Vitikacs July 18, 2005

this is awesome....love everything about it!! #1606693

Rakesh Syal July 18, 2005

Thanks,Dominique,Jessica and Gail. #1606929

S J July 18, 2005

Love the arrangement and lighting on this beautiful still life, Rakesh!! #1608782

Lori Carlson July 20, 2005

Awesome Rakesh! Love this arrangement, your subject, your comp and your lighting!! Well done!! :0) #1613837

Janet Williams July 20, 2005

Do love this still life Rakesh. The choice of colour and the composition are wonderful. Very different, vibrant and it works really well. #1614802

Joyce ONeil July 20, 2005

Fantastic color contrasts! #1614806

Julie Gamicchia July 20, 2005

Very nice image!! #1615300

Daniel Diaz July 20, 2005

Beautiful still life Rakesh, love your vibrant set-up!! #1615561

Rakesh Syal July 21, 2005

Sanjay, Lori,Janet,Joyce,Julie& Daniel thanks. I am realy encouraged by your comments. #1617987

August 02, 2005

Beautiful job with goegeous lighting and colors Rakesh, well composed! #1667416

Mary L. Graham August 20, 2005

Congrats again Rakesh!!!! =) this is an amazing still life!! #1739683

Tammy Scott August 20, 2005

Congratulations again on another finalist! #1739911

Elisabeth A. Gay August 20, 2005

Wow, you have 3 wonderful finalists Rakesh - congrats and good luck in the next round,
Ann #1739958

Janet Williams August 20, 2005

Congrats Rakesh! #1740364

Laurence Saliba August 20, 2005

Congratulations! #1740858

Jenny Bosmans August 20, 2005

Congratulations on your 3rd finalist, Rakesh! #1740945

Navin Talwar August 20, 2005

Congratulations! #1741396

Claudia Kuhn August 20, 2005

Congrats again!! #1741848

Lori Carlson August 20, 2005

Way to go Rakesh!! :0) #1742021

Janet L. Skinner August 20, 2005

Absolutely beautiful, Rakesh!!! Congrats!! #1742644

S J August 21, 2005

Congratulations on this beautiful Finalist, Rakesh!! #1744085

Karen Engelbreth August 21, 2005

Congratulations again, Rakesh :0)! #1744360

Ermanno Radice August 21, 2005

Congratulations on your wonderful finalist, Rakesh! #1744933

Kerby Pfrangle August 21, 2005

Rakesh

Congratualions on your finalist.

Best of luck in the following round.

Kerby #1745111

Laura E. OConnor August 21, 2005

Beautiful image, Rakesh! Congratulations and good luck in the next round! #1745245

Barbara Helgason August 21, 2005

Incredible still life Rakesh, congrats! #1745360

Gail Vitikacs August 21, 2005

Congratuions on this beautiful still life! #1745496

Mary Timman August 21, 2005

Beautiful composition. Congrats and Good Luck in the next round. #1745922

August 21, 2005

Congrats on this well deserving finalist Rakesh! #1746202

Jill Flynn August 21, 2005

Congratulations on this OUTSTANDING finalist and all your finalists Rakesh! #1746272

Jim Kinnunen August 21, 2005

Very nice image, Rakesh...congratulations!:) #1746326

Rakesh Syal August 21, 2005

Thank you all my friends! #1746366

Rachel Scott-Renouf August 21, 2005

Congratulations!!!! #1746490

Roxanne M. Bubar August 21, 2005

First of all, Congratulations!!!!! This is stunning, Rakesh. #1746582

Rakesh Syal August 21, 2005

Thanks Rachel and Roxanne! #1746631

Anne D. Eigen August 21, 2005

Congratulations, Rakesh! This image is just great! Good luck with it!!! #1746865

Marla A. Lehr August 21, 2005

Amazing work as always. Hearty congratulations. #1746906

Kate Jackson August 21, 2005

Wonderful still life Rakesh! Congratulations! #1746970

Rakesh Syal August 21, 2005

Thanks Anne, Marla and Kate! #1747393

Donna W. Neal August 21, 2005

Oh this is stunning, I missed it when you posted it. Look at you your first month posting in BP...Congratulations on all of your finalist. I am sure we will see more and more each month. Good luck in the next round Rakesh #1747444

Bianca B. Steinfeldt August 21, 2005

Congratulation to this wonderful image!!! #1747650

Joyce ONeil August 21, 2005

Congratulations! Superb image - Good luck! #1748024

Ken Grooms August 21, 2005

Beautiful still life! Congrats! #1748652

Marvin H. Gohlke Jr. August 22, 2005

Congratulations on your finalist, and good luck in the finals! #1750627

Marvin H. Gohlke Jr. August 22, 2005

Congratulations on your finalist, and good luck in the finals! #1750628

Cathy M. Gromball August 22, 2005

Congratulations, Rakesh! Excellent work!

Cathy :) #1750866

Rakesh Syal August 22, 2005

Thanks, Donna, Bianca, Joyce, Jill, Ken, Marvin and Cathy! #1750915

Souha Dooly August 22, 2005

congratulation,Rakesh!!well done !!like the colors!! #1750964

Dan Holm August 22, 2005

Big CONGRATULATIONS on this beautiful Finalist, Rakesh!! #1751262

Rakesh Syal August 22, 2005

Thanks Dan and Souha! #1751561

Judy S. Fung August 22, 2005

Congrats, Rakesh! #1752583

Matthew D. Indes August 22, 2005

Rakesh, Congratulations on this fine finalist photo! Nice work! #1752869

Matthew D. Indes August 22, 2005

Rakesh, Congratulations on this fine finalist photo! Nice work! #1752870

Jonna Bergström August 22, 2005

Congratulations on this lovely finalist, Rakesh!! #1753827

S J August 22, 2005

Big Congratulations on this OUTSTANDING Win, Rakesh!! Wow!!! #1754031

Paul Sikora August 23, 2005

Congatulations Rakesh, your work always stands out and this is a most deserved win #1754219

Dan Holm August 23, 2005

Wow!! CONGRATULATIONS on your WIN, Rakesh!!! #1754239

Paul E. Earl August 23, 2005

I am so pleased for you Rakesh!! Well done!! #1754270

Jenny Bosmans August 23, 2005

Congratulations on your beautiful win, Rakesh!!! #1754350

Tammy Scott August 23, 2005

Congratulations, Rakesh!!! #1754657

Gail Vitikacs August 23, 2005

Well deserved!!!!! #1754673

Daniel Diaz August 23, 2005

Congrats Rakesh, truly deserved!!!!! #1754799

Stephanie Lyons August 23, 2005

Well deserved congrats Rakesh! #1754802

Janet L. Skinner August 23, 2005

Hey, congrats on this awesome still!!!! #1754926

Mary L. Graham August 23, 2005

Congrats Rakesh on your Win!!!!!! =) #1755145

August 23, 2005

Rakesh
Congratulations on your win, well deserved! #1755178

Laura E. OConnor August 23, 2005

CONGRATS ON YOUR WIN, RAKESH!!!! #1755724

Laurence Saliba August 23, 2005

A BIG CONGRATULATIONS Rakesh!!!! #1756001

Sylvia Rossler August 23, 2005

Congratulations Rakesh ! Wonderful capture you made here ! #1756490

Jill Flynn August 23, 2005

A BIG CONGRATULATIONS ON THIS BEAUTIFUL AND WELL DESERVED SECOND PLACE WIN RAKESH!!! #1756577

Ermanno Radice August 23, 2005

Congratulations on your well deserved win, Rakesh! #1756956

Pu Chen August 23, 2005

Congratulations your your win, Rakesh! #1756996

Rakesh Syal August 23, 2005

Thanks Judy, Matthew, Jonna, Sanjay, Paul, Dan, Jenny, Tammy, Gail, Daniel, Stephanie, Mary, Reine, Laura, Laurence, Sylvia, Jill and Pu chen.

This is all because of your good wishes and support.
Thanks once again!

#1757056

Mary Timman August 23, 2005

Beautiful. Congrats on your win! #1757215

Rakesh Syal August 23, 2005

Thanks Mary! #1757454

Anne D. Eigen August 23, 2005

Congratulations on this outstanding win, Rakesh! #1757683

Susan T. Evans August 23, 2005

Congrats Rakesh on this awesome winner!!! #1758251

Robyn Mackenzie August 23, 2005

Rakesh, I hadn't spotted this one before it won second prize. What a STUNNING still life! It's all been said above - congratulations. #1758666

Sachin M. Jadhav August 23, 2005

CONGRATULATION ON YOUR WIN, RAKESH #1758864

Susan L. Vasquez August 23, 2005

Fabulous! Great still life image with wonderful lighting.
Congratulations Rakesh :) #1758880

bob cornelison August 23, 2005

Great still life! Congrats!
~:O) #1758918

Colette M. Metcalf August 24, 2005

Congratulations Rakesh!!! #1759147

Marvin H. Gohlke Jr. August 24, 2005

Congratulations, Rakesh, on your well-deserved win! Sorry it took me so long to respond. #1761776

Rakesh Syal August 24, 2005

Thanks, Anne, Jill, Susan, Robyn, Sachin, Susan, Bob, Colette and Marvin. I am grateful! #1761889

Susana Ms Heide August 24, 2005

Many CONGRATS Rakesh on this winning image!! #1763580

Lewis P. Church August 25, 2005

I love still life photography and this is very nice, great repetition of shape, and I like limited use of color. Nice feel overall, like a painting. #1767491

Katherine K August 25, 2005

CONGRATS on your winning image... STUNNING! #1767860

Claudia Romero August 26, 2005

Congratulations! :) #1770620

Rakesh Syal August 26, 2005

Thanks, Susana, Paul, Katherine and claudia! #1771144

Shirley D. Cross-Taylor August 27, 2005

A most beautiful and wonderful still life! Congratulations! #1774091

Sharon Smith August 27, 2005

Gorgeous photo, Rakesh.. I love this! Nice to see a classic still life on front page! #1774631

Rakesh Syal August 28, 2005

Thanks, Shirley and Sharon! #1775361

Patricia Marroquin August 28, 2005

Congratulations on your win, Rakesh! This is beautiful! #1776933

Terry L. Ellis August 29, 2005

This is superb, Rakesh! Congratulations on this beautiful win! Sorry I'm late, I've been out of town! #1782227

Rakesh Syal September 01, 2005

Thanks Patricia!
Thanks Terry! #1793890

Stanley J. Contrades September 26, 2005

Incredible color and still life, Rakesh! And CONGRATULATIONS on your win!!
Much Aloha,
Stan #1884717

Dorann Weber September 28, 2005

Congratulations Rakesh on you beautiful photo and win~! #1895900

Jill Odice October 04, 2005

A testemonial to your talent. You have used a black BG and black objects ,,,but somehow made them all perfectly exposed and visible, the tomatoes add just the right amount of color that makes it all work :-) #1914384

Richard Lynch October 06, 2005

Nice lighting job and great contrast using the red to set off the dynamics. I like this one best in your whole gallery. An elegant shot. #1924735

Martha C. Little October 07, 2005

What a great shot. Reminds me of a paintin by the great masters. You deserved this prize. Your gallery is diverse and wonderful! #1927082

Rakesh Syal October 07, 2005

Stan, Dorann, Jill, Richard and Martha, your comments means a lot to me! Thanks! #1927727

Bianca B. Steinfeldt October 09, 2005

WOW!!! Is there still room, smile!!!
Congratulation - This is outstanding and a work of art!!!! #1932352

Laura Clay-Ballard October 10, 2005

this one grabbed my attention.... I like "dark" .. and this is super! fab shot... #1937024

Joy E. Cobb October 15, 2005

Oh, very easy on the eyes. Beautiful still life. Rakesh, you really deserved your win. #1956186

Rakesh Syal October 15, 2005

Thanks Bianca, Laura and Joy for your wonderful comments! #1956305

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