Blue Lace
Uploaded: December 26, 2005
Blue filter in PS
Wende Trew December 26, 2005
Beautiful portrait Maria! Looks like a winner to me!! Perfect!! #364382Michelle J. Harvey December 26, 2005
Stunning! She has Beautiful eyes! Amazing capture Maria! #2223524Amanda Price December 26, 2005
Yep, this has winner written all over it. Those eyes are just incredible! #2223636Carla Metzler December 26, 2005
Beautiful, mysterious, intriguing, and a wonderful capture, Maria! #2223948Lorri Shane December 26, 2005
Mysterious!!!! The eyes have it!! #2224062She-She Killough December 26, 2005
Whoa AMAZING! Impressive eyes. If this doesn't win...then I have to question who is judging! LOVE IT!Maria M December 26, 2005
Thanks a lot everyone. =) #2225496Richard E. Davis December 27, 2005
Wow! You can do some amazing things with (our) camera. There are a lot of likes and dislikes about it. I would love to hear how you got some of your shots. I never p.s. except for color filters and glows. Have any advise? #2227977Maria M December 28, 2005
Thank you Richard =). Well, first let me say that I hate my (our :P) camera. I don't know what kind of advice I could give, except for practicing and taking hundreds of pictures. I should post pictures from only a year ago so you could see how much practice has helped me. Since our camera seems to be mean when it comes to certain lighting, I only take pictures outside or under very bright lights inside. That seems to be all the camera can handle without getting all noisy. As for PS, you should try using it more often. When I want to keep my pictures looking as real as possible, I only use basic adjustments, but some of the more extreme edits can be fun. Plus it is great for the creative process.Sorry I couldn't be of more help. #2230796
Sandra Freyler December 31, 2005
Awesome work, Maria! Love this image! #2238493Amanda Price January 21, 2006
Congratulations! #2312680She-She Killough January 21, 2006
Congrats on your finalist. Really surprised it didn't go further. Wonderful image Maria. #2312705Christy Jackme January 21, 2006
This is amazing Maria! Congratulations. #2313894KHAWLA Haddad January 21, 2006
Congratulations!!!!!!Christine I. Doumbia January 21, 2006
Simply AWESOME, Maria! Framing, composition, everything is working. An image to remember. Congratulations on your well deserved spot in the finals! #2320471Fawn M. Schutt January 22, 2006
This is so beautiful! An amazing portrait. Very well done. Congrats!-Fawn
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Jessica Hughes January 23, 2006
Congratulations, Maria. :) This is gorgeous!! Good to see you here. #2325986Cathy M. Gromball January 23, 2006
Congratulations on this wonderful finalist, Maria!Cathy :) #2326840
Olivia Navarro January 24, 2006
Maria, it was only a matter of time before one of yours became a winner. This is absolutely spectacular! Congratulations!!!! #2330970bob cornelison January 24, 2006
Amazing shot!She-She Killough January 24, 2006
LOL I didn't know how the contest worked earlier and I thought Man, Maria got cheated if she only got a finalist out of this! But low and behold...this is more like it. Awesome Maria! My sincere Congratulations!! IT is a well deserved win! :D #2331202Amanda Price January 24, 2006
Congrats again! You have amazing talent! I can't wait to see what you'll be producing in a year! #2331315Terrill Province January 24, 2006
WOW ~ you're getting everything possible from your camera and more! CONGRATULATIONS!!! #2331812KHAWLA Haddad January 24, 2006
Congratulations on your Second place winner!!! #2334317Gustavo Márquez January 24, 2006
Stunning image Maria, Congratulations! #2334358Jessica Hughes January 25, 2006
Wonderful! Congratulations!! #2335290Donna W. Neal January 25, 2006
Congratulations on this fine winner Maria #2335408Cathy M. Gromball January 25, 2006
Congratulations on your Second Place win, Maria!Cathy :) #2338202
Maria M January 26, 2006
Thank you so much everyone! I am so excited =) #2343814Tracy Reehal February 03, 2006
Simply gorgeous. Congrats to you! #2373428Reza Shadpay February 05, 2006
Just a question, is it photoshoped? (her black wear) Thanks for responding. #2382477Maria M February 05, 2006
Nope, not photoshopped. It was just a wrinkled old cloth. I cut a piece out, clipped it up and looked through. What part did you think was photoshopped? #2382531Paula Kelly February 09, 2006
excellent photo Maria.Tonya Cozart February 12, 2006
Maria...beautiful photograph, I saw it on the home page and it took my breath away!Andre Marhaug February 24, 2006
This is great, and really inspiring. Gongrats to your win, Maria. Well deserved :-)) #2461921Sign up for an interactive online photography course to get critiques on your photos.
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