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Life Cycle
This is the seed pod of an exhausted lotus. I enhanced the color by moving a few sliders around in Adobe RAW 5.4 including the color ones normally used for black and white, saturation and vibrance, with a tad of sharpening.

This was taken with my Canon 100mm Macro Lens.

Entered into DD.

Melissa G. Meiselman

 
 
 

Jyri Vissak
 

Cool find! Beautiful macro.


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September 22, 2009

 

Barbara Waldoch
  Beautifully captured, Melissa!


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September 22, 2009

 
- Natasa Mikuz

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  Beautiful!


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September 22, 2009

 

Ray Clarke
  Great capture and ps work Melissa.!!!(R)


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September 22, 2009

 

Michelle Alton
  Fascinating, Melissa. I thought they were some sort of wasp larvae. I'm serious!


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September 22, 2009

 
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  Terrific comp and detail - Great job with this Melissa! Jeff


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September 22, 2009

 

Carol Sawyer
  Excellent capture, details and work, Melissa!!


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September 22, 2009

 

Amy M. Wilson
  Excellent colors and clarity... nicely done, Melissa!


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September 22, 2009

 
- Linda D. Lester

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  Excellent detail!!!


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September 22, 2009

 

Robert R. Goodman
  Hi Melissa,Beautiful adjustments.Stunning capture!!!!


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September 22, 2009

 

Joy Rector
  great shot


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September 22, 2009

 
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  Beautiful color - both on the lotus pod and the background, Melissa - great work bringing out that wonderful color saturation and of course, wonderful detail!!!!


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September 22, 2009

 

ROLAN NARMAN
  Fantastic work Melissa!


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September 22, 2009

 

Jodi Zimmer
  cool design and details


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September 22, 2009

 

Melissa G. Meiselman
  Thanks so much for taking a look and leaving these wonderful comments!!!


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September 22, 2009

 

Tess L. Yee
  Wonderful image with great enhancement, Melissa! Gorgeous color & detail!
(exhausted lotus? exhausted Tess, trying to follow some of the post processing techniques that I read about on BP!)


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September 22, 2009

 
- a2o akmal aini othman

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  wonderful perspective Melissa! love it!


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September 22, 2009

 

Monnie Ryan
  Cool, Melissa! It looks very other-worldly done in these shades!


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September 22, 2009

 

Margaret R. Barry
  Beautiful colors, details and composition, Melissa!


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September 22, 2009

 

Tiia Vissak
  great colors, details, framing & dof!


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September 22, 2009

 

Melissa G. Meiselman
  Thanks so much Tess, a2o, Monnie, Margaret and Tiia!!


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September 22, 2009

 

Melissa Olsen
  Great color and like your edit on this interesting pod. Well done Melissa


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September 22, 2009

 

Sirsendu Gayen
  Excellent macro.


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September 22, 2009

 

Melissa G. Meiselman
  Thanks so much Melissa and Sirsendu for your wonderful comments!!!


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September 22, 2009

 

Marcel J. Fernandez
  A very eye-catching image with wonderful detail and DOF. Splendid work Melissa!

Marcel


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September 22, 2009

 

Heidi Knight
  Beautiful composed with striking colors ;)


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September 22, 2009

 

John Connolly
  A remarkable effect and color range Melissa! Your DD work is exceptional!


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September 22, 2009

 

Karen Engelbreth
  Fantastic flower and capture, Melissa..


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September 22, 2009

 

Courtenay Vanderbilt
  Great capture, Melissa, and you had fun in the DD! Looks pretty!


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September 22, 2009

 

frank w. degenhardt
  Melissa- I have yet to see these amazing pods that look like something from outer space. I find them so fasinating in shape and in colors. Love the angle of your shot and the way you let us look down into the the holes to see the seeds it holds.
Beautiful and fasinating work here my friend.
Have a wonderful day, do enjoy.


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September 22, 2009

 

Melissa G. Meiselman
  Thanks so much, Marcel, Heidi, John, Karen, Courtenay and Frank for your wonderful comments!!


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September 22, 2009

 
- Nancy L. Green

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  Love the vibrance of the colors here Melissa, the lighting and textures are absolute perfection my frined!! <><


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September 22, 2009

 

Kelly S. Cavanaugh
  Wow! Fantastic work, Melissa! Gorgeous!


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September 22, 2009

 

Melissa G. Meiselman
  Thanks so much Nancy and Kelly for looking and leaving these great comments!!!


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September 22, 2009

 

Nadya Johnson
  Veeeery fascinating shot, Melissa! I do love these lotus pods although of course they're usually brown and this one is rather "psychedelic!" The form is so captivating. Love these colors and the clarity and detail are amazing too!


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September 22, 2009

 

Melissa G. Meiselman
  Thanks so much, Nadya and Sabrina for taking a look and leaving these great comments!!!


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September 22, 2009

 

Howard B. Cheek
  Interesting and creative, one must be willing to try new things hey :)
Well done Melissa.


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September 22, 2009

 

Douglas Pignet
  Very interesting capture, I would never have guessed what this was, great capture with wonderful colors.


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September 23, 2009

 

Ellen Hodges
  Awesome detail and color, Melissa! Fantastic capture!!


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September 23, 2009

 

Ron McEwan
  I can see a button showing up under this one Melissa, it is one terrific image, well done.


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September 23, 2009

 

Melissa G. Meiselman
  Thanks Howard, Douglas, Ellen and Ron for taking a look and leaving these great comments!!!


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September 23, 2009

 

Betsy Labuschagne
  Gorgeous capture and striking color, so very well done Melissa!!


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September 23, 2009

 

Eugenio Diaz
  What stunning colour
Super capture!!!
Well presented Melissa!
Fantastic work!


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September 23, 2009

 

Melissa G. Meiselman
  Thanks so much Betsy and Eugenio for your wonderful comments!!


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September 23, 2009

 

ALLEN O. HOWARD
  It is beautiful!!! Amazing image, Melissa!!!


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September 23, 2009

 

Melissa G. Meiselman
  Thanks so much, Allen for this wonderful comment!!


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September 23, 2009

 
- Leslie McLain

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  Very cool image with great colors and DOF, Melissa.


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September 24, 2009

 

M.Christine Duncan
  A remarkable image Melissa, really!!! Love how you worked with the coloring, it accentuates your details wonderfullly... bravo! We'll see this again, mark my word!


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September 24, 2009

 

Janet Daniel
  Excellent color & dof, Melissa! Sensational macro!


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September 24, 2009

 

Murry Grigsby
  Wonderful colors that abstract this seed head Melissa! It reminds me of a pound-a-peg game that kids use to have (pre-electronics) :0) I love your results here!!


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September 24, 2009

 
- Nikki McDonald

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  The resultant colors are gorgeous, Melissa. Nicely done.


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September 24, 2009

 

Lorna Shutter
  Wow! What a cool image, Melissa! Very unique and beautiful! Love the colours and your amazing clarity, detail and DOF! Your minor adjustments have made this picture perfect and a definite WINNER in my book!!! :)


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September 28, 2009

 

Melissa G. Meiselman
  Thanks very much to Leslie, Christine, Janet, Murry, Nikki and Lorna for taking a look and leaving these great comment!!

A special thanks to Christine and Lorna for your predictions!!


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September 28, 2009

 
- Melinda F. Schneider

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  Very lovely work!


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September 29, 2009

 

Melanie D. Fuelling
  This is awesome Melissa - love the colors and the detail. I don't think i've ever seen one of these before . Really, really nice macro!!


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September 29, 2009

 

Melissa G. Meiselman
  Thanks so much, Melinda and Melanie for taking a look and leaving these great comments!!


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September 29, 2009

 
- Joannie Bertucci

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  Stellar composition Melissa and you've popped the colors perfectly! Congrats on your "colorful" EP!


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September 30, 2009

 

Janice Mezzacappa
  Awesome macro shot Melissa such sharpness, focus and lighting!! The colours are beautiful, great work!!


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September 30, 2009

 

Melissa G. Meiselman
  Thanks Joannie and Janice for your wonderful comments!!!


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September 30, 2009

 

Debbie E. Payne
  Love what you've done with this "exhausted" lotus seed pod. Now, I finally know for sure what this is as I have a few pics of some at the Denver Botanical Gardens. The colors really set it off!


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October 15, 2009

 

Melissa G. Meiselman
  Thanks so much, Debbie for looking at this, discovering what a lotus seed pod looks like.


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October 15, 2009

 

Ruth Grimm
  Congratulations on this fabulous finalist, Melissa !


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October 22, 2009

 

Kelly S. Cavanaugh
  Congratulations on this fantastic finalist, Melissa!


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October 22, 2009

 

Janice Mezzacappa
  WTG Melissa!!! Huge congrats on your stunning finalist!!!


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October 22, 2009

 
- Nikki McDonald

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  I just love the colors here, Melissa. Congratulations on the finalist and good luck in the next round.


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October 22, 2009

 
- R. J. Laudenbacher

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  Congratulations Melissa on this wonderful finalist. Good luck to you in the next round.


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October 22, 2009

 

Robert R. Goodman
  Congratulations,Melissa!!!!


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October 22, 2009

 
- Nancyj E. Hovey

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  C O N G R A T U L A T I O N S
on your well deserving FINALIST!!! 8o)


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October 22, 2009

 

Sharon
  CONGRATULATIONS!!


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October 22, 2009

 

Debbie E. Payne
  CONGRATULATIONS, MELISSA! And good luck in the next round. This is gorgeous.


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October 22, 2009

 

Amy M. Wilson
  Congratulations on this gorgeous Finalist and best of luck in the next round, Melissa!


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October 22, 2009

 

Tommy E. Burgess
  Huge congratulations on this beautiful finalist Melissa!! Best of luck in the next round!


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October 22, 2009

 
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  Congratulations, Melissa! A beautiful capture and a much-deserved Finalist! Best of luck in the upcoming rounds! ~ Val


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October 22, 2009

 

Susan M. Campbell
  A gorgeous finalist Melissa...congrats!


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October 22, 2009

 

Cesar J. La Rosa
  A very well-deserved Finalist, Melissa!!!
Congratulations!!!
Cesar


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October 22, 2009

 

Carol L. Fowler
  Congrats


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October 22, 2009

 

Ellen Hodges
  Congrats on a fantastic capture, Melissa! Best luck!!


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October 22, 2009

 

ROLAN NARMAN
  Congrats on your gorgeous finalist Melissa!


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October 22, 2009

 

Lorna Shutter
  Guess this wasn't just a winner in my book, but in the judges books too!!! CONGRATULATIONS on your well-deserved Finalist Award, Melissa!!!!! Awesome! :) Photobucket


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October 22, 2009

 

Alison Krylowski
  Congratulations, Melissa! This is a gorgeous image. Such incredible colors!


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October 22, 2009

 

Nadya Johnson
  YES!! I KNEW IT!! (Well, I can say that now. LOL!) FABULOUS finalist, Melissa!One of my many Faves, so I'm glad to see it wearing silver! A STUNNING capture and I hope very soon it's wearing gold!


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October 22, 2009

 
- a2o akmal aini othman

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  Congrats on your well deserved finalist, Melissa!


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October 22, 2009

 

Carrie M. Groseclose
  CONGRATULATIONS Melissa on your beautiful, well deserved Finalist! YAY!!


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October 22, 2009

 

Heidi Knight
  Congratulations on your Fantastic finalist!!!


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October 22, 2009

 
- Stefania Barbier

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  congratulations on your gorgeous finalist!!!


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October 22, 2009

 
- Randy D. Dinkins

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  Well done - congrats!


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October 23, 2009

 

Marilyn Cornwell
  Congratulations on your finalist!!


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October 23, 2009

 

Barbara Waldoch
  Congratulations, very well done, Melissa!


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October 23, 2009

 

Jean-Pierre Ducondi
  Congratulations on your finalist Melissa.
JP


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October 23, 2009

 

Carolyn Morgan
  So glad this made finalist Melissa - I love the color and think this is a very creative image.


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October 23, 2009

 

Tarun Bose
  Congrats for your finalist, Melissa.


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October 23, 2009

 

Jessica Jenney
  Congratulations, Melissa on your beautiful finalist!


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October 23, 2009

 

Ujjwal Mukherjee
  Terrific finalist,Melissa! BIG congratulations!!


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October 23, 2009

 

Linda M. Walker
  Awesome details....congrats!!


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October 23, 2009

 

Eugenio Diaz
  Amazing work and a wonnderful Finalist!!!
Huge Congratulations, Melissa!


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October 23, 2009

 

Eugenio Diaz
  Amazing work and a wonnderful Finalist!!!
Huge Congratulations, Melissa!


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October 23, 2009

 
- Leslie McLain

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  Congrats on your beautiful finalist, Melissa.


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October 23, 2009

 

Sheila D. Robertson
  Congratulations Melissa!


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October 23, 2009

 

Alan Hurite
  Great capture Melissa. Congrats on being a finalist.


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October 23, 2009

 

Melissa G. Meiselman
  A HUGE thank you to all who have sent me these wonderful congratulatory remarks!! I appreciate each and every one!!!


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October 23, 2009

 
- Nancyj E. Hovey

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  C O N G R A T U L A T I O N S
on your deserving FINALIST!!! 8o)


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October 23, 2009

 

Max Aureli
  Amazing capture and work Melissa!!! Congratulations on this gorgeous Finalist!!


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October 23, 2009

 

Renata Gusciora
  Huge congratulations on this stunning finalist,Melissa!


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October 23, 2009

 

Gina Cormier
  WOW....woohooooo!! Congrats on this beauty!!!


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October 23, 2009

 

Debra R. Harder
  This is BEAUTIFUL, Melissa! Congratulations on your outstanding finalist!!! Deb


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October 23, 2009

 

Karacan Salkuci (Kalacay)
  Congratulationd on this unusual,special image.


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October 23, 2009

 
- Christine Czernin

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  Fantastic capture, Melissa, with beautiful color and soft background.
Congratulations on this great finalist.


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October 23, 2009

 

Melissa G. Meiselman
  Thanks so much, NancyJ, Max, Renata, Gina, Debra, Karacan and Christine for these fantastic comments!!!


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October 23, 2009

 

Susie Peek-Swint
  Great detail and editing Melissa ~ many congrats on your finalist!


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October 23, 2009

 
- Bojan Bencic

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  Congratulations on your great finalist, Melissa.


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October 23, 2009

 
- Janet McNeil

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  Congratulations, Melissa!!!


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October 23, 2009

 

Courtenay Vanderbilt
  Fantastic, Melissa! Congratulations!!!


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October 23, 2009

 

Melissa G. Meiselman
  Thanks so much Susie, Bojan and Janet for your great comments!!


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October 23, 2009

 

M.Christine Duncan
  Ha ha!!! I KNEW it!!! Congrats m'dear on this amazing finalist... I'm very excited to see this again! Didn't I tell you ;-) LOVE it!


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October 23, 2009

 

Carla Metzler
  Congratulations on your finalist, Melissa! Great shot!


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October 23, 2009

 

Carol Sawyer
  Congratulations on all your finalists, Melissa!!


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October 23, 2009

 

ALLEN O. HOWARD
  This is an excellent finalist, Melissa! Congratulations!


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October 23, 2009

 

Melissa G. Meiselman
  Thanks so much Christine, Carla, Carol and Allen for your wonderful comments!! I appreciate them all so much!!!


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October 23, 2009

 

Maria Morrow
  This is an excellent macro,Melissa... congratulations on your Finalist!


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October 23, 2009

 
- Ken Smith

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  Very alien like! Congrats Melissa!


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October 23, 2009

 

Margaret R. Barry
  Congratulations on your fantastic finalist, Melissa!


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October 23, 2009

 
- Nancy L. Green

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  Congratulations on your wonderful finalist Melissa, WTG!! <><


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October 23, 2009

 

Joanna Madloch
  Congratulations, Melissa, to you too. this image is breathtaking!


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October 23, 2009

 

Kathy Coombs
  Congrats! beautiful!


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October 24, 2009

 

Kirsten Kiki Kjaer
  Huge congratulations on all your finalists, Melissa. Each one so well deserved.


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October 24, 2009

 

Howard B. Cheek
  Congrats on this most unique image Melissa!
Good luck :)


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October 24, 2009

 
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  Congrats Melissa on your Fantastic Finalist! Jeff


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October 24, 2009

 
- Patrick Rouzes

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  CONGRATULATIONS on this amazing finalist, Melissa!


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October 24, 2009

 

Daniella Puente
  Congratulations Melissa is a winner to me!


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October 24, 2009

 

Janet Daniel
  Congratulations on this beautiful finalist, Melissa!


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October 24, 2009

 
- Robert K. Bemus

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  Congratulations on a great Finalist...best of luck in the next round!!


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October 24, 2009

 
- Erica Murphy

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  Congratulations on your stunning finalist Melissa!! Well done!


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October 25, 2009

 

Melissa G. Meiselman
  Thanks, everyone so much for these fantastic comments!!


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October 25, 2009

 

Melissa McCabe
  congrats on your beautiful finalist!! : ) -mm


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October 25, 2009

 

Nancy J. Locke
  SUPER CONGRATS on the FINALIST picks, Melissa!!! WOOT!!!

Hugs, Nancy J Locke


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October 26, 2009

 
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  stunning


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October 26, 2009

 

Tammy Espino
  Better late than never, congrats!!! :)


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October 26, 2009

 

frank w. degenhardt
  Such beautiful work my friend. Congratulations on the Finalist. Way to go.


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October 27, 2009

 
- Luigi Di Serio

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  There is something eerie about this... but it is one excellent photo and a deserved finalist!


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October 27, 2009

 

Melissa G. Meiselman
  Thanks so much, Nancy, Paul, Tammy, Frank and Luigi for your wonderful comments!!


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October 28, 2009

 

Dianna Murphy
  C O N G R A T U L A T I O N S
on your wonderful FINALIST!!! 8o)
Happy Halloween! Dianna


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October 29, 2009

 

Jennifer L. Alder
  An amazing image, Melissa! Congrats on your Digital Darkroom Feature :)


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November 18, 2009

 

Dianna Murphy
  Congratulations on being featured Melissa!


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November 18, 2009

 

Cesar J. La Rosa
  I was very happy to see this beautiful photograph featured on the Digital Darkroom Newsletter today.
Congratulations on this well-deserved recognition, Melissa!!!
Cesar


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November 18, 2009

 
- Leslie McLain

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  Congrats on being featured in the Digital Darkroom Newsletter, Melissa.


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November 19, 2009

 

Anne McKinnell
  Beautiful shot Melissa! Congratulations on your feature in DD!


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November 19, 2009

 
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