Inspiring Photo: DESIGNED BEAUTY #2164796

DESIGNED BEAUTY

Uploaded: May 24, 2006 02:49:35

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CONGRATULATIONS, WINNERS!!

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William C. Raco May 24, 2006

Beautiful rich color, shapes and light
Very well composed and taken, Rakesh!

Bill #451549

Robert R. Goodman May 24, 2006

A very beautiful image Rakesh!!!!!!! #2807613

Gail Vitikacs May 24, 2006

Wonderful perspective....classy! #2807628

Donald K. Cherry May 24, 2006

A definate winner my friend! Terrific comp and detail! #2807631

Paul E. Earl May 24, 2006

WONDERFUL!!!! #2807730

Jim Huffield May 24, 2006

Wonderful Rakesh. #2807732

Ross Throndson May 24, 2006

Love the lighting, composition & design, Rakesh!!! #2807743

Judyann Plante May 24, 2006

Beautiful lines and lighting, Rakesh!

judyann ><> #2807769

Bridgette B May 24, 2006

Amazing image, Rakesh! #2807803

Julie Robinson May 24, 2006

A wonderful image Rakesh- so beautiful! #2807862

Joy Rector May 24, 2006

beautiful, love the lines #2807934

Paul Michko May 24, 2006

MAGNIFICENT!!! #2807984

Jeff Robinson May 24, 2006

Very well done!! Jeff #2808005

Colleen Braun May 24, 2006

nice curves... #2808056

Melissa A. Mannon May 24, 2006

nice lighting and tones #2808137

Jenny Bosmans May 24, 2006

Love the rich color and the excellent lighting and compositon, Rakesh!! In fact...I love everything about this!! :) #2808224

Carla Metzler May 24, 2006

Gorgeous image, Rakesh! #2808233

Mary L. Graham May 24, 2006

Beautiful Rakesh!! =) #2808256

Rakesh Syal May 24, 2006

Thank you so much for your thoughtful words, friends! #2808327

Laura Clay-Ballard May 24, 2006

beautiful! #2808351

Terri L. Scribner May 24, 2006

Great lighting, Rakesh! Beautifully presented! #2808403

Linda Boehme May 24, 2006

Love the rich colors, lighting, and form, Rakesh! #2808590

Roger Bernabo May 24, 2006

Super image Rakesh!!! #2808615

Nina Shields May 24, 2006

Very appropriate for this image to be displayed with the word "winners"! Beautifully detailed image enhanced by perfect lighting usage! Congratulations! #2808803

Ann Bruynseels May 24, 2006

Beautiful composition ! #2808996

Donna W. Neal May 24, 2006

Love the richness of this image Rakesh. Perfect lighting as always. I always look forward to your inspiring images. #2809002

Navin Talwar May 24, 2006

Lighting has put a lot of life in this still. #2809312

Su Sana E. P May 24, 2006

Great capture with superb lighting, details and colors, Rakesh! Wonderful!! #2809354

Evy Johansen May 24, 2006

This is beautiful, Rakesh! Wonderful light, color and composition! #2809415

Tammy Scott May 24, 2006

What a lovely and elegant still! #2809481

Pamela Shane May 24, 2006

Wonderful lighting, tones, & love the grain of the wood. Beautiful still Rakesh! :) #2809595

Stephen Zacker May 24, 2006

Super lighting and splash of colors #2809720

Claudia Kuhn May 24, 2006

Beautiful tones and lighting Rakesh. You have an eye for composition! #2809753

Nadya Johnson May 24, 2006

Another outstanding close-up of a lovely violin! Wonderful, Rakesh! As I mentioned earlier, my father made violins. The work involved in these is totally incredible! Nice to see the details featured in the spotlight here!You really caught the deep rich colors of that varnish and the lighting's excellent! A truly lovely shot! #2809787

Wendy Stevenson May 24, 2006

Love the light and design in yet another fantastic SL Rakesh!! Well done indeed my friend! #2809795

Ray Clarke May 24, 2006

Great details and lines and curves Rakesh (ac) #2809797

Ray Clarke May 24, 2006

Great details and lines and curves Rakesh (ac) #2809800

Stan Kwasniowski May 24, 2006

Rakesh, awesome #2809948

Graeme yew Chow May 24, 2006

Nice shape and design, Rakesh. #2810086

Hendrik Storme May 24, 2006

Beautiful light and tones!!! #2810105

Kaye Burazin May 24, 2006

Perfect exposure and wonderful warm tones make this image superb Rakesh. #2810125

Mary N C. Taitt May 24, 2006

Fabulous details and tones, Rakesh! Mary :-) #2810479

Ronald F. Fischer May 24, 2006

Awesome color, lighting and clarity, Rakesh! #2810493

Rakesh Syal May 24, 2006

Thank you so much friends for your superb comments! #2810648

Terry L. Ellis May 24, 2006

Rich color, light, detail and capture, Rakesh! Beautifully done! #2810658

Alan L. Borror May 24, 2006

Wonderful clarity and comp[osition, Rakesh! Outstanding work! #2810687

Paula Dwyer May 24, 2006

Magnificent image!!! :) #2810697

Melissa G. Meiselman May 24, 2006

You have inspired me...I am sending for my violin collection..I have them in all sizes...as I can see what a beautiful subject they make. Your lighting and composition are excellent!!!! #2810707

Lynne Morris May 24, 2006

Wonderful image Rakesh, gorgeous tones and details. #2810726

Marcie A. Fowler May 24, 2006

Beautifully composed Rakesh! #2810830

Karen Engelbreth May 24, 2006

Beautiful image, Rakesh! #2810888

Bobbie Davis May 24, 2006

Gorgeous Rakesh! #2811175

Anne D. Eigen May 24, 2006

Another one of your masterpieces with light, Rakesh! Awesome tones, lines, curves, patterns. #2811196

John Connolly May 24, 2006

A beautiful image Rakesh! Wonderful detail and your trade mark lighting are so well demonstrated here. #2811395

Amalia Sylvia Arriaga Salinas May 24, 2006

Beautiful composition and colors Rakesh!,
Amalia #2812028

Darryl Wilkinson May 24, 2006

Terrific colors and composition, Rakesh! #2812182

Jill Odice May 24, 2006

Beautiful image Rakesh, I can hear the music ! #2812234

Rakesh Syal May 25, 2006

Thank you so much for so nice words, friends! #2812428

Nadia Paul May 25, 2006

Wonderful image Rakesh.... lovely lighting and great composition. #2812545

Renee Doyle May 25, 2006

Fantastic image Rakesh!!!! Wonderful composition, lighting and detail!!!! Love all the new additions to your incredible gallery ..... will try and catch up on all I've missed soon ... #2812613

Daniel Diaz May 25, 2006

Designed beauty indeed Rakesh!!!! #2812672

Laurence Saliba May 25, 2006

LOVELY!!!!!!! #2814419

Karim Abiali May 25, 2006

Brilliant, Rakesh! #2815367

Hector Contreras May 25, 2006

Amazing image, Rakesh!
Heco

#2815597

Arturo Guerra May 25, 2006

A very beautiful image Rakesh! The composition, lighting and colors are excellent. #2815816

Rakesh Syal May 25, 2006

Thank you Nadia, Renee, Daniel, Laurence, Karim, Hector and Arturo for your kind comments! #2816308

Kenneth Mucke May 27, 2006

Beautiful work as usual Rakesh #2823224

ALLEN O. HOWARD May 27, 2006

BEAUTIFUL!!! I'm a guitar player and wood is what its all about! I love the composition with all the grain running the same way but most of all I LOVE the dof. From the strings at the peak of the bridge and then to the other side of the frame curve to the wood it's against. Beautiful Rakesh! #2823337

Vicki Hunt May 29, 2006

This is just wonderful! I agree with Allen! #2827290

Alice Lero May 29, 2006

Absolutely beautiful and the color are amazing...great shot! :) #2827456

Janine Russell May 29, 2006

Rakesh, excellent colors, detail, clarity, lighting and composition. #2828093

Keith L. Clayton May 30, 2006

Superb shot! Very nice! #2833259

Carolyn J. Connolly June 01, 2006

A REALLY lovely capture AND image, Rakesh!! BEAUTIFUL warm colours, WONDERFUL details, and EXCELLENT composition!! BRAVO!! :o) #2842578

Carolyn J. Connolly June 01, 2006

PS, Rakesh - I forgot to add that your lighting of this image is FABULOUS...as usual, my friend!! :o) #2842584

Bill Wyatt June 15, 2006

Awesome lines, curves and designs! The color, lighting and composition is wonderful, Rakesh! #2899496

Rakesh Syal June 15, 2006

Thank you Kenneth, Allen, Vicky, Alice Janine, Keith, Carolyn and Bill for your kind words! #2900160

June 20, 2006

Congratulations on this excellent photograph, Rakesh!!! #2923452

Graeme yew Chow June 21, 2006

Deserved finalist ! Rakesh. #2923590

Renee Doyle June 21, 2006

Fantastic finalist Rakesh - congratulations!!!
#2923760

Stanley J. Contrades June 21, 2006

CONGRATULATIONS, Rakesh, and best of luck to you in the next judging! Beautiful, rich colors!!
Much Aloha,
Stan #2923803

Judyann Plante June 21, 2006

Congratulations, Rakesh!

Judyann ><> #2924007

Judyann Plante June 21, 2006

Congratulations, Rakesh!

Judyann ><> #2924008

Paul Sikora June 21, 2006

Congratulations Rakesh #2924030

Debbie Hartley June 21, 2006

Congratulations Rakesh! This is beautiful! #2924194

Colleen Braun June 21, 2006

congratulations... #2924231

Bill Wyatt June 21, 2006

Congratulations, Rakesh!! #2924368

Jenny Bosmans June 21, 2006

Congratulations on this beautiful finalist, Rakesh!! :) #2924555

Inge S. Lasmana June 21, 2006

Congratulations Rakesh! #2924830

Nadya Johnson June 21, 2006

One of my all time favorites, Rakesh! So glad to see it in the finalists! Congratulations, my friend! #2924872

Ray Thoms June 21, 2006

Congratulations Rakesh.....beautiful!!! #2925294

Daniel G. Flocke June 21, 2006

Rakesh - Another stunning image!!!

Congratulations on being a finalist and good luck in the next round.

~daniel #2925484

Su Sana E. P June 21, 2006

Rakesh, congratulations on this beautiful Finalist!! #2925553

Linda D. Lester June 21, 2006

Congratulations on your awesome finalist! Good luck in the next round! #2925622

Melissa A. Mannon June 21, 2006

congratulations on your finalists Rakesh! #2925754

David L. Luchowski June 21, 2006

A great month, Rakesh. Yuor work is inspirational.Congratulations my friend. #2925887

Deb Holmes-Hatfield June 21, 2006

Congrats to you Rakesh, this is awesome! #2926034

Sharon Day June 21, 2006

Congratulations on this impressive finalist, Rakesh!!! #2926172

Kay Beausoleil June 21, 2006

Congratulations, Rakesh, on this beautiful finalist! #2926211

Debbie Del Tejo June 21, 2006

Congratulations once again....it is a beauty! #2926625

Sylvia Rossler June 21, 2006

Congrats again Rakesh :o) #2927146

Ross Throndson June 21, 2006

Rakesh, You did it again!! You're Incredible, Congratulations!! #2927208

Barbara Helgason June 21, 2006

Congratulations Rakesh! #2927602

Tamera S. Phillips June 21, 2006

Beautiful image Rakesh. Congratulations. #2927659

Alice Lero June 21, 2006

What a wonderful shot! Congradulations! :) #2927927

Alice Lero June 21, 2006

What a wonderful shot! Congradulations! :) #2927929

Alice Lero June 21, 2006

What a wonderful shot! Congradulations! :) #2927931

William Moore June 21, 2006

the light and patina plus details=finalist #2927939

Terry L. Ellis June 21, 2006

Another wonderful month for you, Rakesh! Congratulations on this beautiful finalist! #2928000

Kaye Burazin June 21, 2006

Always thrilled to see you in the finals Rakesh. Good luck in the next round. #2928094

Ray Clarke June 21, 2006

Well done Rakesh #2928600

Leanne M.E. Boyd June 21, 2006

Beautiful shot, Rakesh - congratulations! #2929072

Anne D. Eigen June 21, 2006

Congratulations on this beautiful finalist, Rakesh! #2929428

Pamela Shane June 21, 2006

Congratulations on this great finalist
Rakesh! :) #2929640

Jenny D June 21, 2006

Congrats! #2930202

Ken Smith June 21, 2006

Congratulations, Rakesh. #2930266

Gail Vitikacs June 21, 2006

Wonderful! BIG Congrats! #2930944

Kristi A. Howson June 21, 2006

Beautiful light and design Rakesh! Congratulations on your finalist and best of luck in the next round! #2931396

Nadia Paul June 21, 2006

Congrats on this wonderful finalist Rakesh! #2931489

Lorraine A. Cook June 21, 2006

Beautiful! Congratulations, Rakesh!<:)) #2931504

Pat Gamwell June 21, 2006

Definetly deserves an award, Rakesh!
BIG CONGRATS! #2931860

Sherry Stricklin Boles June 21, 2006

Wonderful use of lighting, Rakesh...Congratulations! #2931908

Rakesh Syal June 22, 2006

Thank you so much for your kind words, friends! #2932659

Mary Timman June 22, 2006

Such a beautiful composition.
Congratulations...very well deserved. #2933442

Stephen Zacker June 22, 2006

Great lighting and detail. Congratulations #2934484

Donna La Mattino Pagakis June 22, 2006

Congratulations on your finalist win Rakesh!! #2934594

Marie Fields June 22, 2006

Congratulations, Rakesh! Beautiful image! #2935167

Kenneth Mucke June 22, 2006

Another superb winner...congrats #2936220

Hector Contreras June 22, 2006

Congratulations, Rakesh! a winner on my book
Heco #2937108

Corinne M. Thompson June 22, 2006

Congrats on your Finalist for this fabulous capture! #2937341

Cora Miller June 22, 2006

The beautiful light really enhances the warmth of the wood and the design of the curves. Wonderful work, Rakesh. Congratulations! #2937489

Revonda L. Gentry June 26, 2006

Congratulations Rakesh, beautiful composition and lighting!! #2954495

Rakesh Syal June 27, 2006

Thank you so much all my friends! #2955244

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