Inspiring Photo: Orchid #3430382

Orchid

Uploaded: February 19, 2007

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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

Comments

Paul E. Earl February 19, 2007

Fantastic detail, lighting and textures!! #607882

William Johnson February 19, 2007

Great composition,lovely lighting and detail, the detail and colours are amazing. Bill J. #3963051

Peggy J. Maguire February 19, 2007

Outstanding shot Janine... #3963073

Susie Peek-Swint February 19, 2007

Beautiful capture Janine! #3963079

Donna La Mattino Pagakis February 19, 2007

Beautiful lighting, details and clarity! #3963080

Ray Clarke February 19, 2007

Great detail and lighting Janine!!!(R) #3963097

Katarina Mansson February 19, 2007

STUNNING detail and lighting! Lovely coluour scale of browns and greens. #3963142

Richard D. Cox February 19, 2007

Outstanding lighting and detail. #3963151

Alan L. Borror February 19, 2007

Beautiful capture with dramatic lighting and detail, Janine! #3963173

Donald K. Cherry February 19, 2007

Gorgeous macro, Janine! Wonderful color and lighting! #3963192

Rakesh Syal February 19, 2007

Awesome detail, lighting and textures, Janine!! #3963292

Glenn E. Urquhart February 19, 2007

Amazing clarity and detail, excellent color, lighting and contrast... Magnificent composition, Janine!!! Well Done! Cheers, Glenn. #3963322

Grace Watts February 19, 2007

Nice shot! Incredible detail! #3963353

Joy Rector February 19, 2007

gorgeous #3963425

Jeff Robinson February 19, 2007

Outstanding use of light Janine! Excellent comp and detail! Jeff #3963432

Steve Mescha February 19, 2007

Very striking, Janine! #3963667

Irene 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. #3964646

Nadya Johnson February 19, 2007

Wow! FANTASTIC capture, Janine! This is stunning! Awesome work! #3964751

Colleen Farrell February 19, 2007

Terrific detail and composition, Janine! #3964816

Marilyn K. Lincecum February 19, 2007

GORGEOUS !!!! Beautiful composition,lighting, colors and details. Beautiful work, Janine. #3964854

Tamera S. Phillips February 19, 2007

Stunning image Janine! I love the lighting and texture. #3964897

Sharon King February 19, 2007

Beautiful lighitng and tones Janine, this is so pretty. Love the background color too! #3964912

Sheryl A. Hudson February 19, 2007

WOW! Love the color, detail, composition, dof...everything about this image! #3964926

Karen Bacon February 19, 2007

Fantastic capture Janine! #3965513

Melissa 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!! #3965954

Sherri Gorman February 19, 2007

WOW, this is amazing!!! Beautiful capture!!!! #3966043

Sam Britt February 19, 2007

Terrific details, great lighting & textures on this, Janine. #3966056

Kitty R. Rodehorst-Hanna February 20, 2007

Wonderful details, lighting, framing and colors, Janine!!!! Very beautiful image!!!! ^.^ #3968445

Janine 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. #3968484

Cathy M. Gromball February 20, 2007

Beautiful photo, Janine!

Cathy :) #3968860

Janine Russell February 20, 2007

Cathy, thanks very much for your encouraging comments. #3968953

Ken Smith February 21, 2007

Super shot, Janine. Very vivid colors!! #3971939

Karacan Salkuci (Kalacay) February 21, 2007

Wow!Stunning and magnificient work. #3973435

Janine Russell February 21, 2007

Ken and Kara, thanks very much for your kind comments and encouragement. #3973449

Patricia Ronan February 22, 2007

Beautiful flower image Janine :) #3976526

Janine Russell February 22, 2007

Patricia, thanks very much for your encouraging comments. #3976615

Derek D. Dafoe February 25, 2007

Very nice Job Janine, you have captured it perfectly, I like the dark BG very much.. #3988941

Janine Russell February 25, 2007

Derek, thanks very much for your kind and encouraging comments. #3995122

Carlton Ward February 27, 2007

Wow Janine, this is a wonderful photo. Your gallery is very inspiring as well. #4004873

Janine Russell February 27, 2007

Carlton, thanks very much for your encouragement. #4004937

Jennifer Cuscino March 07, 2007

oh wow, this is terrific. brilliant! #4032393

Janine Russell March 07, 2007

Jennifer, thanks very much for your kind words of encouragement. #4032761

Stanley J. Contrades March 20, 2007

The details of this Slipper Orchid are incredible, Janine ... WOW!! The colors and composition are outstanding!!
Much Aloha,
Stan #4073109

Janine Russell March 20, 2007

Stan, I really appreciate your encouragement; thanks very much. #4074574

Erica Murphy March 21, 2007

This is lovely Janine!! I can almost feel the texture of it.

Erica #4077823

Janine Russell March 21, 2007

Erica, thanks very much for your kind and encouraging comments. #4077871

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