Inspiring Photo: Looking Back #2 #2614957

Looking Back #2 [Contest Finalists August 2006]

Uploaded: August 29, 2006 00:02:39

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Reworked and resubmitted
Photo was taken on May 7, 2005 at 2:53pm in Edmonds, Washington
Canon 70-200mm F/4L lens @ F/4, 1/180 second, ISO 100, -0.5 exposure compensation
Cropped, levels, + saturation, resized and sharpened in Photoshop CS

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Julie Robinson August 29, 2006

What a lovely cat Janine- great capture! #512271

Paul E. Earl August 29, 2006

Gorgeous capture, Janine! Very cute! #3237249

Dan Holm August 29, 2006

EXCELLENT portrait, Janine!! Love that pose and the "attitude" in this! #3237251

Su Sana E. P August 29, 2006

How very beautiful!! Very lovely details and pose here, Janine!! #3237270

Tamara K. Walker August 29, 2006

Very pretty cat, wonderful color and details. #3237455

Paul Sikora August 29, 2006

The cat is lovely but the phot is great, Janine #3237503

Helen N. McHugh August 29, 2006

What a lovely capture, Jannine! A cat with attitude! Great colours & clarity!! #3237562

Karen Bacon August 29, 2006

excellent capture janine! #3237597

Paul Michko August 29, 2006

Incredible composition, Janine. #3237612

Lani J August 29, 2006

I love how you composed this photograph, Janine. It's beautiful! :o) #3237621

Adilson F. Ferreira August 29, 2006

Beautiful capture and composition Janine!!! #3237828

Carla Metzler August 29, 2006

Beautiful capture, Janine. #3237974

Marijana Fajgl August 29, 2006

Wonderful capture Janine! love her face expression! #3238141

Jeff Robinson August 29, 2006

Outstanding portrait Janine! Great composition and color! Jeff #3238258

Sherri Gorman August 29, 2006

Well done Janine. The cat looks so soft that I want to pet him. Another wonderful capture. #3238322

Amy JACKSON August 29, 2006

Wonderful capture of this beautiful cat, Janine!! Great composition!! #3238352

Ray Thoms August 29, 2006

Wonderful composition Janine.... #3238497

Karen Slagle August 29, 2006

Fantastic capture, Janine. This is a winner in my book... #3238715

Janine Russell August 29, 2006

Julie, Paul E, Dan, Susan, Tamara, Paul S, Helen, Karen B, Paul M, Lani, Adilson, Carla, Marijana, Jeff, Sherri, Amy, Ray and Karen, thanks very much for all of your kind comments and encouragement. #3238820

Bambi L. Dingman August 29, 2006

What a perfect shot!!! Excellent composition, beautiful cat, *and* you got him to look back at the camera! Amazing! #3239306

Gunther Allen August 29, 2006

What a great cat capture! The color and definition are perfect. Good luck on this one. BTW I love your clock in your gallery, so I got me one too! I really enjoyed browsing through your gallery - :-) #3239347

Sam Britt August 29, 2006

Fantastic cat photo. Excellent detail and color.

Sam #3239445

Theresa Marie Jones August 29, 2006

Memorizing, love it!! #3240171

Wendy Stevenson August 29, 2006

Amazing pose Janine - I think only cats and owls can turn their heads like that!! Love the colour and comp too! #3240331

Jo Berry August 29, 2006

Another outstanding capture!! Wonderful pose, detail and color!!! #3240505

Jill Odice August 29, 2006

Beautiful cat and image Janine! The cat looks so relaxed and like it doesn't mind at all about getting it's photo taken :-) #3240834

eileen bedford August 29, 2006

Beautiful cat, love the way it looks back, if only those eyes could talk. Well done Janine... #3241383

Kaye Burazin August 29, 2006

Fantastic feline focus. Purrrrfect Janine. #3241734

Janine Russell August 29, 2006

Bambi, Gunther, Sam, Theresa, Wendy, Jo, Jill, Eileen, One Shot and Kaye, thanks very much for your kind comments and encouragement. #3242063

Nancy L. Green August 29, 2006

What did you use to bribe the cat to pose like this Janine?? I love everything about this image!! Superb!! <>< #3242123

Kristi A. Howson August 29, 2006

Perfect comp and detail here Janine. I love this! #3242326

Esther Smith August 29, 2006

Excellent clarity, composition and color, Janine! #3242362

Datha Y. Thompson August 30, 2006

GREAT SHOT Janine!! Very Pretty kitty Love the brick and pose!! Wonderful colors!! :0) #3243503

Ronald F. Fischer August 30, 2006

Beautiful capture, Janine! #3244182

Janine Russell August 30, 2006

Nancy, Kristi, Esther, Datha and Ronald, thanks very much for your kind comments and encouragement. #3244935

Tarun Bose August 30, 2006

Wow! What a portrait, Great pose. Excellent composition. Well done Janine. #3246443

Melissa A. Mannon August 30, 2006

great portrait! love it! #3246672

Janine Russell August 30, 2006

Tarun and Melissa, thanks very much for your kind comments and encouragement. #3247104

Graeme yew Chow August 30, 2006

Very beautiful with clear detail , compostion and the background, Janine. #3247478

Janine Russell August 30, 2006

Graeme, thanks very much for your kind words of encouragement. #3247487

SaMi Martin August 31, 2006

Good looking cat; I always enjoy looking at your work Janine! #3247814

Robert R. Goodman August 31, 2006

A very beautiful cat Janine,And very beautiful image!!!!!!!! #3248059

Marianne Fortin August 31, 2006

Beautiful, Janine! I love the cat's expression. #3249713

Marilyn K. Lincecum August 31, 2006

Beautiful animal portrait, Janine !! Fantastic colors, detail and DOF, not to mention that priceless look. #3249949

Janine Russell August 31, 2006

SaMi, Robert, Marianne and Marilyn, thanks very much for your kind comments and encouragement. #3250308

Stephanie Laird August 31, 2006

Janine, this is absolutely perfect! What a beautiful shot! #3250521

Andrew I. Boyd September 01, 2006

Janine,this is gorgeous!The clarity is superb and the curve of the wall sets the compostion up very nicely,indeed!:-) #3252775

Brenda Sides September 01, 2006

Janine, beautiful cat! I want to hold him/her:)font> #3255306

Janine Russell September 01, 2006

Stephanie, Andrew and Brenda, thanks very much for your kind comments and encouragement. #3256304

KHAWLA Haddad September 01, 2006

Janine WOW WOW WOW I love this so much what great capture its winner in my book WOW I love it!!
he look so much like my tiger lol. #3256487

Janine Russell September 01, 2006

Kelly, thanks very much for your kind words of encouragement. #3256608

Sharon F. Morris September 02, 2006

Love everything about this great image
:-). But your whole gallery is full of beautiful images!!! #3257818

Janine Russell September 02, 2006

Sharon, thanks very much for your kind and encouraging comments; glad you enjoyed my gallery. #3258327

DiAnna F. Paulk September 03, 2006

I'm with Sharon ... I love everything about this image: the composition, colors, fantastically sharp focus and you just can't beat the subject matter!!

Thanks for commenting on my apple image today! #3262577

Janine Russell September 03, 2006

DiAnna, you're welcome and thanks very much for your kind words of encouragement. #3262694

Steve Rice September 08, 2006

Janine, Excellent capture. Well done!! #3284137

Janine Russell September 08, 2006

Steve, thanks very much for your kind comments and encouragement. #3284954

Jennifer Jones September 12, 2006

This is so wonderful, Janine! I especially love the colors and compostion. It really draws you in. Congrats on a job well done!! #3301596

Janine Russell September 12, 2006

Jennifer, thanks very much for your encouraging comments. #3301934

Daniel G. Flocke September 14, 2006

Janine - What a hansome fellow, very sharp great detail and a purr-fect expression!

~Daniel #3307325

Janine Russell September 14, 2006

Daniel, thanks very much for your kind words of encouragement. #3309048

Cary Rogers September 23, 2006

Wonderful, artistic composition, Janine! The framing, detail, lighting and colors are exceptional--and the juxtaposition of the curves--really makes this image some tasty eye-candy. #3350626

Janine Russell September 23, 2006

Cary, thanks very much for your kind words of encouragement. #3350727

Tamera S. Phillips September 26, 2006

Congratulations on your well deserved finalist! #3365595

Melissa G. Meiselman September 26, 2006

Congratulations, Janine on this most deserved finalist!!! #3365709

Renee Doyle September 26, 2006

Awesome kitty capture Janine!!!! Big congratulations on this stunning finalist!!!
#3365907

Tarun Bose September 26, 2006

Congrats my dear Janine for being the finalist. #3366037

Kay E. Mahoney September 26, 2006

Congratulations on your finalist. Beautiful kitty. Good luck in the next round. #3366131

Noel Baebler September 26, 2006

Beauty kitty cat portrait, Janine! I see you swing artistically both ways with regards to fowl and feline. ;0) #3366263

Bill Wyatt September 26, 2006

Congratulations on your finalist, Janine!! Good luck on the next round!!! #3366313

Pat Gamwell September 26, 2006

Exceptional shot, Janine! BIG CONGRATS! #3366456

RC Fritz September 26, 2006

Good luck in the next round! #3366757

Brenda W. LaFleur September 26, 2006

This is great, Janine! Big congrats to you! #3366978

Chris Budny September 26, 2006

Ah, that cat in your aviary ;) Looks like trouble...but a great image! Congratulations! #3367151

Revonda L. Gentry September 26, 2006

Congratulations, Janine!! #3367163

Graeme yew Chow September 26, 2006

Janine, congrats on your finalists. #3367197

Sam Britt September 26, 2006

Congratulations on this and ALL of your very well-deserved finalists, Janine! #3367201

Cheryl E. Molennor September 26, 2006

Beautiful Janine! congrats! #3367204

Terry L. Ellis September 26, 2006

Congratulations, Janine, on this beauty of a finalist! Love kitty shots! #3367311

September 26, 2006

Congratulations on this wonderful finalist Janine! #3367329

Virginia Leone September 26, 2006

Love this one...BRAVO! #3367341

Robert R. Goodman September 26, 2006

Congratulations Janie!!!!!! #3367367

Su Sana E. P September 26, 2006

Congratulations, Janine!! #3367532

Pamela Shane September 26, 2006

Gorgeous cat, & image Janine - congratulations!! :) #3367614

Datha Y. Thompson September 26, 2006

CONGRATULATIONS Janine :0) #3367753

September 26, 2006

Well deserved,Janine!! #3367771

Paul E. Earl September 26, 2006

Congratulations on this superb finalist!! #3367885

Nadya Johnson September 26, 2006

Outstanding! Congratulations, Janine! #3368410

Robyn Mackenzie September 26, 2006

Superb kitty image, Janine. The clarity is marvellous. Best of luck in the next round! #3368513

Jill Flynn September 26, 2006

LOVE, LOVE, LOVE this Janine! It is absolutely WONDERFUL. Congratulations on your finalist! #3368519

eileen bedford September 26, 2006

Congratulations Janine, This was a great shot... #3368623

Nancy L. Green September 26, 2006

Congrats Janine on this wonderful finalist!! <>< #3368706

Daniel G. Flocke September 26, 2006

Janine - Congratulations on your Finalist and good luck in the next round!!!

~Daniel #3368876

Barbara Waldoch September 26, 2006

Congratulations Janine, very well done! #3368878

Husain Akhtar September 26, 2006

Warmest congratulations on being wonderful and very well deserved finalist my friend! Good wishes. #3369245

Sylvia Rossler September 26, 2006

Finally !! I remember of this picture, if i'm not wrong it was the first I commented on your gallery :O) Love of first sight !! Big congrats Janine !! #3369382

Janine Russell September 26, 2006

Tamera, Melissa, Renee, Tarun, Kay, Noel, Bill W, Pat, RC, Brenda, Chris, Revonda, Graeme, Sam, Cheryl, Terry, Reine, , Virginia, Robert, Susan, Pamela, Don, Datha, Dawn, Paul, Nadya, Robyn, Jill, Eileen, Nancy, Daniel, Barbara, MH and Sylvia, thanks very much for all of your kind comments, support, encouragement and congratulations.

#3369450

Lorraine A. Cook September 26, 2006

Congratulations on this awesome finalist, Janine!<:)) #3369656

Janine Russell September 26, 2006

From Amalia Arriaga de Garcia on 9/26/2006 7:44 PM
CONGRATULATIONS JANINE!,
Amalia

Lorraine and Amalia, thanks very much for your kind and encouraging comments and congratulations. #3369741

She-She Killough September 26, 2006

Love his INTENSE Look! It is all so crisp and clean. Excellent work Janine, and COngratulations!! #3369765

Julie Robinson September 26, 2006

Congratulations on you finalist! #3369805

Raymond Pauly September 26, 2006

Not surprised to see you among the finalists, Janine! Well deserved. Great shot! #3369843

Sherry Stricklin Boles September 27, 2006

Congrats on this wonderful finalist, Janine! #3370232

Debbie Hartley September 27, 2006

Congratulations on your beautiful finalist Janine! #3370551

Deborah C. Lewinson September 27, 2006

Congratulations on this wonderful finalist, Janine, great clarity, texture, and DOF, makes you want to pet the cat and hear her purr!
-Debby #3370915

Kathleen Brennan September 27, 2006

Congratulations, Janine. I'm a vet and never tire of looking at pet photos. What a beautiful boy! #3371223

Marijana Fajgl September 27, 2006

I still love this image a lot Janine! Congratulations and good luck! #3371708

Emile Abbott September 27, 2006

Love it and Congratulations Janine on finalist. #3372295

Cindy Wong September 27, 2006

Congrats on this beautiful finalist! #3372354

Marianne Fortin September 27, 2006

Congrats, Janine! I thought this one would be a finalist. #3372457

Janine Russell September 27, 2006

Sheesh, Julie, Raymond, Sherry, Debbie, Debby, Kathleen, Marijana, Emile, Cindy and Marianne, I really appreciate all of your kind and encouraging comments, congratulations and support; thanks very much. #3372888

Karen Engelbreth September 27, 2006

Congratulations, Janine! #3372970

Karen Bacon September 27, 2006

Congratulations Janine! #3373190

Adilson F. Ferreira September 27, 2006

Congratulations Janine!!! #3373427

Rakesh Syal September 27, 2006

Congrats on this beautiful finalist, Janine!! #3373619

Jill Odice September 27, 2006

Congrats Janine! :-) #3373688

Ken Smith September 27, 2006

Janine, congrats on your finalist! Well deserved! #3374027

Claudia Kuhn September 27, 2006

Wonderful capture Janine, congrats! #3374889

Claudia Kuhn September 27, 2006

Wonderful capture Janine, congrats! #3374892

Erica Murphy September 27, 2006

Congratulations on this gorgeous finalist Janine!

Erica #3374909

Laurie Daily September 27, 2006

Another beautiful image, Janine. Congratulations! #3375239

Tressie Davis September 27, 2006

Great finalist Janine, congratulations!! #3375288

Arnie Horwitz September 27, 2006

Great shot, Janine. Congratulations on being a finalist! #3375292

Kristi A. Howson September 27, 2006

Congratulations Janine on this and all of your other fantastic finalists this month. What a great month for you. Best of Luck in the next round! #3375418

Deborah Sandidge September 27, 2006

Congratulations on your finalists, Janine!! #3375429

Janine Russell September 27, 2006

Karen E, Karen B, Adilson, Rakesh, Jill O, Ken, Jill F, Claudia, Erica, Laurie, Tressie, Arnie, Kristi and Deb, I really appreciate all of your kind comments, congratulations and encouragement; thanks very much. #3375900

Jeff Robinson September 27, 2006

Congrats Janine on your wonderful Finalisst!! Jeff #3375975

Debra Booth September 27, 2006

Great capture, Janine!! Congratulations! #3376357

Kitty R. Rodehorst-Hanna September 27, 2006

Cute composition, Janine!!! CONGRATULATIONS! ^.^ Kitty #3376482

Sharon Day September 27, 2006

Great capture and pose, Janine!!! Congratulations!!! Good luck next round! #3376899

Janine Russell September 28, 2006

Jeff, Debra,Kitty and Sharon, thanks very much for your kind comments, encouragement and congratulations. #3379541

Janine Russell September 28, 2006

From Sharon Mushock 9/28/2006 5:17 AM
Janine, thank you for your compliment on my Lhaso, he is a little devil but adorable.
This cat photo is just beautiful, it looks just like a cat I had when I was a kid. He lived to be 17 years old. I love this composition and the cat's expression is perfect. You have a beautiful gallery! Congrats on your finalist position!!

Sharon, you're welcome and thanks very much for your kind and encouraging comments and congratulations. #3379552

Tonya R. Boles September 28, 2006

Congrats. #3380350

Mitch Spence September 28, 2006

Wonderful lines, wonderful detail. #3381157

Cathy M. Gromball September 29, 2006

Congratulations on this wonderful finalist, Janine!

Cathy :) #3386213

Janine Russell September 29, 2006

Tonya, Mitch and Cathy, thanks very much for your kind comments, encouragement and congratulations. #3386334

Paula Dwyer September 30, 2006

Outstanding cat portrait!! Awesome looking cat, loved the way he is poised!! Congratulations Janine!!! #3389889

Janine Russell September 30, 2006

Paula, thanks very much for your kind and encouraging comments and congratulations. #3390528

Helen N. McHugh October 02, 2006

Congrats on this great finalist, Janine! Loved it first time round!!Stunning! #3398267

Janine Russell October 02, 2006

Helen, thanks very much for your kind comments, encouragement and congratulations. #3398453

Mário Ferreira November 06, 2006

It's always a pleasure to review your gallery Janine.
Impressive "portrait" , magnific!!! #3552414

Janine Russell November 06, 2006

Mario, thanks very much for your kind words of encouragement. #3552708

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