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Dark-eyed Junco


 
BetterPhoto.com Photo Contest Finalist   Dark-eyed Junco
Dark-eyed Junco
Photo was taken on October 2, 2006 at 10:44am in Edmonds, Washington
Canon 400mm F/4 DO IS lens + Tamron 1.4x TC @ F/6.3, 1/250 second, ISO 400
Cropped, cloned, shadow/highlight, + saturation, resized and sharpened in Photoshop CS

Janine Russell

 
 
 

Tamera S. Phillips
 

Wonderful detail in this shot Janine! Well done.


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October 04, 2006

 
- Adilson F. Ferreira

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  Great capture Janine!!!


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October 04, 2006

 

Carla Metzler
  Beautiful capture, Janine!!


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October 04, 2006

 

Gunther Allen
  Great capture! I love the compositon and the branch crossing diagonally in the foreground! Good Eye!


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October 04, 2006

 

Connie J. Bagot
  I love the juncos and this is an exceptional portrait of this one---love the diagonal too!


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October 04, 2006

 

Nadine A. Lewis
  GORGEOUS, Janine!!! Love the color, detail and CLARITY!!!

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October 04, 2006

 

Gary Lange
  What a beautiful shot of this bird, Janine!!


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October 04, 2006

 
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  Outastanding composition and capture! Jeff


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Kathleen Brennan
  gorgeios clarity, Janine


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  WOW!! Great shot, Janine!


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October 04, 2006

 

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  Beautiful photo and perfect clarity on your Junco, Janine.


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October 04, 2006

 

Denise M. Snyder
  Wow Janine - I feel like I can reach in and touch him! The clarity is amazing!!!


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Marie Fields
  Fantastic image, Janine!!


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October 04, 2006

 
- Rakesh Syal

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  Awesome detail in this image Janine! Well done!!


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October 04, 2006

 
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  Tamera, Adilson, Carla, Gunther, Connie, Nadine, Gary, Jeff, Kathleen, Larry, Joyce, Denise, Marie and Rakesh, thanks very much for your kind and encouraging comments.


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October 04, 2006

 

Derek D. Dafoe
  Wonderful details Janine, love the cedar foreground, and the nice green back drop !!


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October 04, 2006

 

Donna W. Neal
  Excellent capture, our junko's are a little different..no brown on them.


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October 04, 2006

 

Donna La Mattino Pagakis
  Impressive shot, great clarity and depth!


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October 04, 2006

 

Tarun Bose
  Excellent capture with great sharpness. Lovely colours and super composition. Excellent work Janine.


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  Derek, Donna N, Donna P and Tarun, thanks very much for your kind comments and encouragement.


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October 04, 2006

 

eileen bedford
  Wonderful capture, so beautifully done Janine....


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Peggy J. Maguire
  Very impressive shot Janine,The colors and especially the details are fantastic.A truly outstanding job....


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October 04, 2006

 

Graeme yew Chow
  Awesome capture, Janine.


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October 04, 2006

 

Iris Greenwell
  Great shot! I love the clarity and colors of this image. I share your love for birds.


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October 04, 2006

 
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  Great color and clarity, Janine.


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- Sherry Stricklin Boles

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  Excellent detail and color, Janine! Your birds are always tops!!


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  Eileen, Peggy, Graeme, Gricelda, Arnie and Sherry, thanks very much for your kind and encouraging comments.


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October 04, 2006

 

Mary N C. Taitt
  I just love your birds, Janine, great color, capture and detail! Mary :-D


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Sharon Day
  Awesome capture, Janine!!! Your bird photos are aways superb!


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- Evy Johansen

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  This is really beautiful, Janine! wonderful detail and great composition! Beautiful colors!


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Leonard Pierce
  Wow! Beautiful image Janine, amazing detail!!


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- Su Sana E. P

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  Janine, lovely details and excellent dof in this. Stunning composition as usual.


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October 04, 2006

 

Renee Doyle
  Wonderful capture Janine!!!!!!


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October 05, 2006

 

Lani J
  Beautiful compositions, great DOF, lovely color and wonderful details, Janine! :o)


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October 05, 2006

 

Sherri Gorman
  Beautiful Janine!!! Love the composition and detail!!!


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October 05, 2006

 

Judyann Plante
  Excellent capture and detail, Janine!

Judyann ><>


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October 05, 2006

 

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  Very nice details and colors. Great clearity. perfect lighting control.
Excellent capture.
Regards, Hayri.


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  Mary, Sharon, Evy, Len, Susan, Renee, Lani, Sherri, Judyann and Hayri, I really appreciate all of your kind comments and encouragement; thanks very much.


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October 05, 2006

 

Cheryl E. Molennor
  Janine, your bird shots are all so beautiful. Where do you find them all?


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Bill Wyatt
  Fantastic clarity and composition! Love the lighting and dof, Janine!!


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  Cheryl (they show up in my yard) and Bill, thanks very much for your kind and encouraging comments.


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Kitty R. Rodehorst-Hanna
  Beautiful image, Janine!!! It's Wonderful! ^.^ Kitty


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  Kitty, thanks very much for your encouraging comments.


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  Spectacular!

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  Candice, thanks very much for your nice comment.


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Carolyn J. Connolly
  FABULOUS details, colours, lighting, AND composition!! A GORGEOUS bird image...as usual!! :o)


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  Carolyn, thanks very much for your kind words of encouragement.


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Susan Candelario
  OUTSTANDING!!! Love everything about it.It's a pleasure to view your images, Janine.


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  Susan, thanks very much for your nice comments and encouragement.


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Mike Dawson
  Amazingly sharp and detailed. Nice work!


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  Jim, thanks very much for your kind words of encouragement.


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  Wonderful capture and details,Janine!!


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  Dawn, thanks very much for your encouraging comments.


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October 12, 2006

 

Andi Browning
  Super shot of this bird. I haven't seen any in Ohio yet, hopefully soon.


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  Andi, thanks very much for your kind and encouraging comments.


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Mary C. Legg
  nice capture. enjoy your photography very much


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October 23, 2006

 
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  Mary, thanks very much for your kind words of encouragement.


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October 23, 2006

 

Bill Wyatt
  Congratulations, Janine!


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November 23, 2006

 

Paul E. Earl
  Congratulations on this superb finalist. Good luck in the next round!


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November 23, 2006

 

Colette M. Metcalf
  Congrats, Janine!!


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Ray Thoms
  Congratulations on your finalist Janine...


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- Kay E. Mahoney

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  Congratulations on your finalist. Good luck in the next round.


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Tarun Bose
  Once more congrats my dear for your finalist.


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- Judy V. Kennamer

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  Congrats Janine! Beautiful shot!


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eileen bedford
  Congratulations Janine ong this beautiful capture...


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Graeme yew Chow
  Fantastic image and big congrats Janine.


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  Bill, Paul, Colette, Ray, Kay, Tarun, Judy, Eileen and Graeme, thanks very much for your kind comments, encouragement and congratulations.


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- Su Sana E. P

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  Congratulations again, Janine!!


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November 23, 2006

 

Johnny Santoso
  Congratulations Janine!! Excellent details.
Well deserved finalist.

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November 23, 2006

 

Barbara Waldoch
  Congratulations on your finalist, Janine!


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November 24, 2006

 

Laura Clay-Ballard
  beautiful. congrats!


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Iris Greenwell
  Congratulations! It's a great image.
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November 24, 2006

 
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  Susan, Johnny, Barbara, Laura and Iris, thanks very much for your kind and encouraging comments and congratulations.


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November 24, 2006

 

Kristi A. Howson
  Congratualtions on this awesome finalist and best of luck in the next round Janine. Excellent detail and framing!


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November 24, 2006

 
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  CONGRATS AGAIN JANINE
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November 24, 2006

 

Donna W. Neal
  Our Junco's on the East coast look totally different.
Congratulations on another well deserved Finalist and good luck in the next round Janine


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November 24, 2006

 
- Sherry Stricklin Boles

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  Wonderful natural-look to this one! Congrats, Janine!


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November 24, 2006

 
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  Kristi, John, Donna and Sherry, thanks very much for your kind words of encouragement and congratulations.


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November 24, 2006

 

Tonya R. Boles
  Congrats again.


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November 25, 2006

 

RC Fritz
  Congrats again Janine! Great finalist!


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  Tonya and RC, thanks very much for your encouragement and congratulations.


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November 25, 2006

 

Kay Beausoleil
  Beautiful work, Janine -- congratulations on this finalist!


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  Kay, thanks very much for your congratulations and encouraging comments.


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Sam Britt
  Congratulations on this and all your finalists, Janine. Good luck!


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  Sam, thanks very much for your kind comments, congratulations and encouragement.


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November 25, 2006

 
- ronda chatelle

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  You really need to put together a book of your bird images! I don't see any as good as yours even in Photo magazines! SPECTACULAR image Janine! Congratulations..


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November 25, 2006

 
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  Ronda, thanks very much for your encouragement and congratulations.


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November 25, 2006

 

Lavone Vannoy
  WTG Janine--CONGRATULATIONS!!! :)


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  Lavone, thanks very much for your encouragement and congratulations.


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November 26, 2006

 

Cheryl E. Molennor
  Congratulations again Janine.


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  Cheryl, thanks very much for your encouragement.


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Douglas Currie
  Janine, congratulations. This is a wonderful picture I love the detail and colors.


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