Inspiring Photo: Major Air #1248155

Major Air

Uploaded: September 26, 2005 10:00:20

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*PHOTO OF THE DAY #408- 10/24/2005*

Exif: FNumber: 5.6, ExposureBiasValue: -3/10, ExposureTime: 0.001, Flash: flash did not fire, ISO: 100, WhiteBalance: auto white balance

Comments

Adilson F. Ferreira September 26, 2005

Great action capture Donna!!! #316883

Leanne M.E. Boyd September 26, 2005

Wow, great action shot, Donna! #1886936

Colette M. Metcalf September 26, 2005

Terrific capture, Donna! WOW #1887007

Deb Holmes-Hatfield September 26, 2005

Awesome capture, Donna, great job! #1887090

Linda D. Lester September 26, 2005

So Awesome...what an action shot! #1887193

Donna La Mattino Pagakis September 27, 2005

Thank you Adilson, Leanne, Colette, Deb and Linda for the great comments. This is one of the BEST flowboarder's in the nation. A join to watch ride the Bruticus Maximus. #1892359

S P Mukherji September 28, 2005

Stunning action shot Donna! Excellent timing!! #1895503

Ermanno Radice September 28, 2005

Fabulous action shot, wonderful capture, lighting and colors, Donna!! #1896122

Donna La Mattino Pagakis September 28, 2005

Thank you SP and Ermanno for the great responses!!! This is an invert off the lip. He looked as if he was flying!! #1896148

Claudette Foote September 29, 2005

So Awesome...what an action shot! #1900546

Daniel Diaz September 30, 2005

EXCELLENT action shot Donna, looks FANTASTIC!!! #1903853

Stephen Zacker October 01, 2005

WHOA... Great capture and perspective #1906335

Chris Macer October 02, 2005

Awesome, Donna! What an amazing action shot! #1908396

Dale Ann Cubbage October 04, 2005

Incredible capture Donna!! Looks like so much fun!!! Fabulous!!

da #1917110

Candice C. Calhoun October 24, 2005

Congratulations!

ccc #1990684

Stanley J. Contrades October 24, 2005

CONGRATULATIONS, Donna on this being selected as the POTD!! Great action shot!!
Much Aloha,
Stan #1990693

Susie Peek-Swint October 24, 2005

Fantastic capture Donna ~ many congrats on finalists and POTD! #1990741

Leanne M.E. Boyd October 24, 2005

Congrats Donna! Great action shot! #1990774

Bill Houghton October 24, 2005

Beautiful action shot Donna. Congratulations. #1990786

Evy Johansen October 24, 2005

WHOA.... Donna!!! BIG congratulations on your wonderful POTD!! So well deserved! #1990793

Paul Michko October 24, 2005

Congratulations on a fantastic POTD, Donna. #1990814

Judy S. Fung October 24, 2005

Congrats on your POTD, Donna! #1990908

Joy Rector October 24, 2005

congrats on POTD #1990931

Vicki Hunt October 24, 2005

Great shot! Congrats on the POTD!!! #1991005

Scott Pedersen October 24, 2005

Nice stop action. Whats that black sign on the right side? #1991057

Deborah C. Lewinson October 24, 2005

Wow, fantastic image, Donna, congrats on your POTD!!!
-Debby #1991092

Michelle R. Kovach October 24, 2005

Congrats on your POTD Donna! #1991132

Wendy Stevenson October 24, 2005

Congrats on this awesome POTD Donna!!! Great stop action!!!! #1991180

Laura Clay-Ballard October 24, 2005

congrats on this awesome potd! #1991238

Arienne Davey October 24, 2005

Great action shot, Donna. It looks like he's about to lose his shorts on this one. :-) #1991315

Virginia L. Allison October 24, 2005

Wow, great action shot. Congrats on your POTD. #1991410

Colette M. Metcalf October 24, 2005

CONGRATULATIONS on your POTD, Donna!!!! #1991543

Casey A. Hanson October 24, 2005

Cool shot, Donna! Congrats on your POTD! :0) #1991828

ashley nicholas October 24, 2005

Congrats Donna! Great photo!! #1991874

Terry L. Ellis October 24, 2005

Totally amazing action shot, Donna! Congratualtions on your POTD!! Wonderful! #1991893

Claudette Foote October 24, 2005

wow what an amazing action shot... just love the colors and the expresion... CONGRATULATION DONNA! #1992053

Deb Holmes-Hatfield October 24, 2005

Congratulations Donna, on your POTD! #1992054

October 24, 2005

Donna :

What a Great Shot !!! This picture captures the true value of life's exciting moments- and I like Exictement !!!

This is an amazing scene - Congratulations on your POTD !!!

From Avis K. Williams Caesar
aviscae@yahoo.com #1992066

Jill Flynn October 24, 2005

What an awesome shot Donna!! Congratulations on your POTD!!!!!!!!!! #1992075

Kathleen R. Struckle October 24, 2005

Awesome image! Congrats on POTD!!!! #1992092

October 24, 2005

Nice Capture, Donna~ #1992278

Luhut Napitupulu October 24, 2005

Stunning action photography, Donna! Congrats on POTD! #1992553

Cherif Keramane October 24, 2005

Nice action freeze Donna :)

May I suggest two things

1- A little cropping on the right side so as to give more weight to the wave diagonal

2- The black sign competes with the center of interest. Did you consider a digital removal,

my two cents,

Again, terrific picture,

CK. #1992579

Mary N C. Taitt October 24, 2005

Congratulations on this stunning action shot--great work!

Cherif K, I am glad to see people offering constructive criticism. We need both praise and help here. Even winning shots might be improved upon in some cases.

Again, congratulations Donna! Mary :-) #1992686

Donna La Mattino Pagakis October 24, 2005

Wow, thanks to each and everyone of you for your great compliments and critiques!!! I do appreciate it very much!! The image was captured at the Wavehouse in Mission Beach, CA. This was taken right after a flowboarding competition. The wave is a man-made wave called the 'Bruticus Maximus', a 10 foot barrel. For those interested I will enclose the link to the web page. http://www.wavehouse.com/home.php Thanks again, another competition will be coming up on Friday, I hope to share more images with all of you!! Take care and keep up the awesome work!!

Donna #1992843

Dan Gutierrez October 24, 2005

Superb picture! Excellent image quality.
Congrats.... #1992874

October 24, 2005

wow what a great action shot...congrats on the potd! #1992967

Tammy Nuxoll October 24, 2005

WOW!! What a Capture Donna, a well deserved Congrats!!! #1992980

Mary Clarke October 24, 2005

Many congratulations on POTD Donna - wonderful image. #1993164

October 24, 2005

Awesome image Donna! Makes me want to jump right in! congrats on being POTD! well deserved!! #1993321

Jenny Bosmans October 24, 2005

Fantastic, Donna!! Congratulations on this well deserved POTD!! :) #1993503

Sergio La Spina October 24, 2005

Fantastic ection Donna wowwwww very beautiful shot I love it!!! #1993576

Anita Taylor October 24, 2005

This is awesome, Donna! What a capture!
Congrats on getting POTD ;) #1993679

William C. Raco October 24, 2005

Fantastic photo, Donna.
As always, the detail, focus, color and action are amazing.
Congratulations on the POTD!

bill #1993776

Stephen Zacker October 24, 2005

Amazing capture. Congratulations #1993803

Leonard Pierce October 24, 2005

Fantastic image Donna!!! Congratulations on a very well deserved POTD! #1994058

Nancy Donnell October 24, 2005

WOW! Enjoyed seeing that. Didn't know it existed. Thanks for the link. #1994138

October 24, 2005

Congrats!
Perfect timing. The motion is amazingly well captured. Fab shot.
Where was it taken from?
A. #1994226

ronda chatelle October 24, 2005

Outstanding Donna! This is such a great shot! Congrats on your well deserved POTD! #1994258

Goshka G. October 24, 2005

Congrats on this beauty in motion, Donna!!! #1994740

Mary K. Robison October 24, 2005

Terrific timing on your part, Donna ~ truly amazing capture!
CONGRATULATIONS on your well-earned POTD!!! #1994858

Donna La Mattino Pagakis October 24, 2005

You are all so AWESOME!!! Thanks for the great comments!! And thanks to BP for this wonderful site!!! #1994901

Jim Kinnunen October 24, 2005

Terrific action image, Donna...congratulations on this POTD!:) #1995122

October 24, 2005

excellent pic, I sugest a shot without the message from the background, I think it would be hard, but the imagen would be better, congratulations, really a good picture. #1995216

Phil Sauvey October 24, 2005

Donna,

AWESOME photo and well deserving on the POTD!! A BIG congrats!! Simply outstanding stop action photography. Breathtaking color and detail! You go girl!! #1995287

Anita Hogue October 25, 2005

Fantastic POTD, Donna! Awesome capture!! #1996191

Ed Heaton October 26, 2005

Hi Donna,
Sorry I'm so late on this but I wanted to say AWESOME job! Congrats on POTD :-) #1999814

Donna La Mattino Pagakis October 26, 2005

Yhanks again to each and everyone of you!! Your comments have really been wonderful, and your support outstanding. The reason I left the sign in the photograph was because I thought it added to the atmosphere. It was after a competition, and not in the ocean. This flowrider is located in Mission Beach, CA. #2000910

Kara L. Hendricks October 29, 2005

WOW!! This is a cool shot!!! Awesome dude!!! #2012831

Donna La Mattino Pagakis October 30, 2005

Thanks Kara, yes- this rider can fly!! #2014909

Kirsi Bertolini November 06, 2005

So so SO well deserved, this is huge!! #2041400

Darryl Wilkinson February 21, 2006

Congratulations once again on this most excellent finalist, Donna!!! Bravo!!! #2443709

Kristi A. Howson February 21, 2006

Wow what a capture Donna! Congratulations on your finalist and best of luck in the next round! #2446325

Roger Bernabo February 21, 2006

Congratulations! #2447832

Ronald F. Fischer February 21, 2006

Congratulations on a wonderful finalist! #2448411

Deborah Sandidge February 21, 2006

Very cool capture, Donna - congratulations! #2448681

Terry L. Ellis February 21, 2006

Fantastic finalist, again, Donna! Congratulations! #2450252

Jill Flynn February 21, 2006

Congratulations on ANOTHER finalist Donna. Great month for you!!!! #2450819

Stan Kwasniowski February 21, 2006

Donna, congratulations #2450840

Chris Macer February 22, 2006

Congrats on your finalist, Donna! :) #2452534

Corinne M. Thompson February 23, 2006

Congrats on your Finalist :) #2459313

Donna La Mattino Pagakis February 23, 2006

Wow, I appreciate the great congratulatory wishes and responses!! You are all so great!!! Thanks!!!! #2459950

KHAWLA Haddad February 27, 2006

Congratulations on a wonderful finalist! #2475806

Bill Wyatt July 26, 2006

Fantastic action photography! Congratulations Donna!!!! #3085606

Donna La Mattino Pagakis August 04, 2006

Thank you very much Khawla and Bill!!! #3125475

Adam R. Rondelet January 31, 2009

I love this photo as I love all your work. You are a great photographer, thanks for sharing your photos with us. #7111828

Bunny Snow October 20, 2010

Great action shot, Donna. Is there anything you cannot successfully capture? (;-))

You've created a beautiful gallery and all with self-learned digital photography. Your are inspirational! #8985824

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