Uploaded: February 19, 2007
Photo was taken at the Seattle Flower and Garden Show on February 15, 2007
Canon 24-105mm F/4L IS lens @ 95mm, F/5.6, 1/60 second, fill flash, handheld
Rotated, cropped, cloned, +saturation, -brightness, +contrast, resized and sharpened in Photoshop CS
POTD at Photo-of-the-day.com on February 22, 2007
POTD at digitalimagecafe.com on February 25, 2007
Paul E. Earl February 19, 2007
Fantastic detail, lighting and textures!! #607882William Johnson February 19, 2007
Great composition,lovely lighting and detail, the detail and colours are amazing. Bill J. #3963051Peggy J. Maguire February 19, 2007
Outstanding shot Janine... #3963073Susie Peek-Swint February 19, 2007
Beautiful capture Janine! #3963079Donna La Mattino Pagakis February 19, 2007
Beautiful lighting, details and clarity! #3963080Ray Clarke February 19, 2007
Great detail and lighting Janine!!!(R) #3963097Katarina Mansson February 19, 2007
STUNNING detail and lighting! Lovely coluour scale of browns and greens. #3963142Richard D. Cox February 19, 2007
Outstanding lighting and detail. #3963151Alan L. Borror February 19, 2007
Beautiful capture with dramatic lighting and detail, Janine! #3963173Donald K. Cherry February 19, 2007
Gorgeous macro, Janine! Wonderful color and lighting! #3963192Rakesh Syal February 19, 2007
Awesome detail, lighting and textures, Janine!! #3963292Glenn E. Urquhart February 19, 2007
Amazing clarity and detail, excellent color, lighting and contrast... Magnificent composition, Janine!!! Well Done! Cheers, Glenn. #3963322Grace Watts February 19, 2007
Nice shot! Incredible detail! #3963353Joy Rector February 19, 2007
gorgeous #3963425Jeff Robinson February 19, 2007
Outstanding use of light Janine! Excellent comp and detail! Jeff #3963432Steve Mescha February 19, 2007
Very striking, Janine! #3963667Irene M. Biery February 19, 2007
I have never seen anything like it before. Nice capture.#3964357
Janine Russell February 19, 2007
Paul, Bill, Peggy, Susie, Donna, Ray, Katarina, Richard, Alan, Donald, Rakesh, Glenn, Grace, Joy, Jeff, Steve and Irene, thanks very much for your kind and encouraging comments. #3964646Nadya Johnson February 19, 2007
Wow! FANTASTIC capture, Janine! This is stunning! Awesome work! #3964751Colleen Farrell February 19, 2007
Terrific detail and composition, Janine! #3964816Marilyn K. Lincecum February 19, 2007
GORGEOUS !!!! Beautiful composition,lighting, colors and details. Beautiful work, Janine. #3964854Tamera S. Phillips February 19, 2007
Stunning image Janine! I love the lighting and texture. #3964897Sharon King February 19, 2007
Beautiful lighitng and tones Janine, this is so pretty. Love the background color too! #3964912Sheryl A. Hudson February 19, 2007
WOW! Love the color, detail, composition, dof...everything about this image! #3964926Karen Bacon February 19, 2007
Fantastic capture Janine! #3965513Melissa G. Meiselman February 19, 2007
This is simply beautiful, Janine!! I love your sharp detail and the shiny surface, captured without burning out parts of the image. Fantastic job!! #3965954Sherri Gorman February 19, 2007
WOW, this is amazing!!! Beautiful capture!!!! #3966043Sam Britt February 19, 2007
Terrific details, great lighting & textures on this, Janine. #3966056Kitty R. Rodehorst-Hanna February 20, 2007
Wonderful details, lighting, framing and colors, Janine!!!! Very beautiful image!!!! ^.^ #3968445Janine Russell February 20, 2007
Nadya, Colleen, Marilyn, Tamera, Sharon, Sheryl, Karen, Melissa, Sherri, Sam and Kitty, thanks very much for your kind and encouraging comments. #3968484Cathy M. Gromball February 20, 2007
Beautiful photo, Janine!Cathy :) #3968860
Janine Russell February 20, 2007
Cathy, thanks very much for your encouraging comments. #3968953Ken Smith February 21, 2007
Super shot, Janine. Very vivid colors!! #3971939Karacan Salkuci (Kalacay) February 21, 2007
Wow!Stunning and magnificient work. #3973435Janine Russell February 21, 2007
Ken and Kara, thanks very much for your kind comments and encouragement. #3973449Patricia Ronan February 22, 2007
Beautiful flower image Janine :) #3976526Janine Russell February 22, 2007
Patricia, thanks very much for your encouraging comments. #3976615Derek D. Dafoe February 25, 2007
Very nice Job Janine, you have captured it perfectly, I like the dark BG very much.. #3988941Janine Russell February 25, 2007
Derek, thanks very much for your kind and encouraging comments. #3995122Carlton Ward February 27, 2007
Wow Janine, this is a wonderful photo. Your gallery is very inspiring as well. #4004873Janine Russell February 27, 2007
Carlton, thanks very much for your encouragement. #4004937Jennifer Cuscino March 07, 2007
oh wow, this is terrific. brilliant! #4032393Janine Russell March 07, 2007
Jennifer, thanks very much for your kind words of encouragement. #4032761Stanley J. Contrades March 20, 2007
The details of this Slipper Orchid are incredible, Janine ... WOW!! The colors and composition are outstanding!!Janine Russell March 20, 2007
Stan, I really appreciate your encouragement; thanks very much. #4074574Erica Murphy March 21, 2007
This is lovely Janine!! I can almost feel the texture of it.Erica #4077823
Janine Russell March 21, 2007
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