Hibiscus Blossom
Uploaded: March 19, 2007
Photo was taken on March 18, 2007 at 4:56pm in Wailea, Maui, Hawaii
Canon 100mm F/2.8 macro lens @ F/6.3, 1/800 second, ISO 400
Rotated, cropped, cloned, +saturation, -brightness, +contrast, resized, sharpened and blurred in Photoshop CS
POTD at Photo-of-the-Day.com on March 21, 2007
Esther Smith March 20, 2007
Fantastic detail, clarity and color Janine!! #623546Su Sana E. P March 20, 2007
Outstanding capture with great use of shallow dof, Janine!! #4072816Husain Akhtar March 20, 2007
Another fantastic floral image, Janine! Wonderful red and its descending shades! The touch of green and the defocused background greatly add to the overall impact of the image! #4072823Dr. Harmeet Singh March 20, 2007
Beautiful floral presentation and capture. #4072829Rakesh Syal March 20, 2007
Outstandind composition, details and hues, Janine! #4072839David L. Luchowski March 20, 2007
Great color,detail and texture,Janine. #4072849Amal A. AlNuaimi March 20, 2007
Beautiful Capture, great details & editing janine.Dominick M. Dimacale March 20, 2007
Beautiful floral image here Janine...Dominick #4072863Katarina Mansson March 20, 2007
Excellent lighting and clarity. Lovely red and green saturated colours. #4072889Paul E. Earl March 20, 2007
Another superb floral capture, Janine! #4072892Mary K. Robison March 20, 2007
Wonderful colors and dof, and the vertical composition is ideal, Janine. #4072906Evy Johansen March 20, 2007
WOW... this is an awesome image, Janine!! Simply beautiful! #4072925Candice C. Calhoun March 20, 2007
Magnificent, Janine! Love this photo!ccc #4073004
Anna Diederich March 20, 2007
Very beautiful Janine! #4073013Bill Wyatt March 20, 2007
Beautiful colors and composition! Terrific work Janine! #4073055Les Rhoades March 20, 2007
Sharp detailed focus! Do I see an ant? #4073062Stanley J. Contrades March 20, 2007
Excellent color, details, and ant, in this Firecracker Hibiscus image, Janine! Very nicely done!!Tarun Bose March 20, 2007
Perfect in every respect. Great work my dear Janine. #4073165Joy Rector March 20, 2007
beautiful #4073175Donald K. Cherry March 20, 2007
Very beautiful work, Janine! #4073187Sherri Gorman March 20, 2007
Awesome details, lighting and composition!!! Beautiful capture!!! #4073381Pat Gamwell March 20, 2007
Exquisite masterpiece, Janine! STUNNING! #4073487John Caruso March 20, 2007
Great detail, color, and comp! #4073567Claudia Kuhn March 20, 2007
Beautiful macro, lovely color and detail! #4073649Kay E. Mahoney March 20, 2007
Nice capture. Love the close up and the details. Beautiful colors. #4073666Regina L. Rickert March 20, 2007
Beuatiful detail and color. Nicely done! #4073877Bob Cournoyer March 20, 2007
Great dof and sharpness and comp!Bob #4074033
Christy Nichols March 20, 2007
Beautiful capture, Janine!! Love the colors, great DOF, amazing details! #4074245eileen bedford March 20, 2007
That's beautiful, love your dof and details of this and the colors of it.... #4074439Janine Russell March 20, 2007
Esther, SuSana, MH, Harmeet, Rakesh, David, Amal, Dominick, Katarina, Paul E, Mary, Evy, Candice, Anna, Bill, Les (yes, you see an ant - great eyes), Stan, Tarun, Joy, Donald, Sherri, Pat, John, Claudia, Kay, Lexi, Bob, Christy and Eileen, thanks very much for all of your wonderful comments and encouragement. #4074470Ronald F. Fischer March 20, 2007
Fabulous capture, Janine! #4074975Kitty R. Rodehorst-Hanna March 20, 2007
Such wonderful beauty, Janine!!!! The colors, details, framing and lighting are all just perfect!!!!! ^.^ #4075055Melissa A. Mannon March 20, 2007
wonderful detail! beautiful floral! #4075512Michelle L. Frick March 20, 2007
Gorgeous image Janine! #4075546Cheryl E. Molennor March 20, 2007
Beautiful Janine #4075608Graeme yew Chow March 20, 2007
Superb image ! like the detail too, Janine. #4075903Janine Russell March 20, 2007
Ron, Kitty, Melissa, Michelle, Cheryl and Graeme, thanks very much for your encouragement and kind comments. #4075920Marilyn K. Lincecum March 21, 2007
Outstanding Janine !!! Fantastic lighting, colors, textures and DOF. #4079450Janine Russell March 21, 2007
Marilyn, thanks very much for your kind and encouraging comments. #4079458Marthese A. Cassar March 21, 2007
Great work Janine, love the colours and the light. #4079516Janine Russell March 22, 2007
Marthese, thanks very much for your kind words of encouragement. #4079545Morteza Safataj March 22, 2007
Really nicedetails and colors Janine !! #4083229Janine Russell March 22, 2007
Morteza, thanks very much for your encouragement and kind comments. #4083246Paul Goodman October 16, 2007
oustanding capture, wonderful color and comp. #4936298Janine Russell October 16, 2007
paul, thanks so much for your encouraging comments. #4936480Sign up for an interactive online photography course to get critiques on your photos.
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