Inspiring Photo: Hibiscus Blossom #3562728

Hibiscus Blossom

Uploaded: March 19, 2007

Description

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

Comments

Esther Smith March 20, 2007

Fantastic detail, clarity and color Janine!! #623546

Su Sana E. P March 20, 2007

Outstanding capture with great use of shallow dof, Janine!! #4072816

Husain 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! #4072823

Dr. Harmeet Singh March 20, 2007

Beautiful floral presentation and capture. #4072829

Rakesh Syal March 20, 2007

Outstandind composition, details and hues, Janine! #4072839

David L. Luchowski March 20, 2007

Great color,detail and texture,Janine. #4072849

Amal A. AlNuaimi March 20, 2007

Beautiful Capture, great details & editing janine.
#4072850

Dominick M. Dimacale March 20, 2007

Beautiful floral image here Janine...Dominick #4072863

Katarina Mansson March 20, 2007

Excellent lighting and clarity. Lovely red and green saturated colours. #4072889

Paul E. Earl March 20, 2007

Another superb floral capture, Janine! #4072892

Mary K. Robison March 20, 2007

Wonderful colors and dof, and the vertical composition is ideal, Janine. #4072906

Evy Johansen March 20, 2007

WOW... this is an awesome image, Janine!! Simply beautiful! #4072925

Candice C. Calhoun March 20, 2007

Magnificent, Janine! Love this photo!

ccc #4073004

Anna Diederich March 20, 2007

Very beautiful Janine! #4073013

Bill Wyatt March 20, 2007

Beautiful colors and composition! Terrific work Janine! #4073055

Les Rhoades March 20, 2007

Sharp detailed focus! Do I see an ant? #4073062

Stanley J. Contrades March 20, 2007

Excellent color, details, and ant, in this Firecracker Hibiscus image, Janine! Very nicely done!!
Much Aloha,
Stan #4073120

Tarun Bose March 20, 2007

Perfect in every respect. Great work my dear Janine. #4073165

Joy Rector March 20, 2007

beautiful #4073175

Donald K. Cherry March 20, 2007

Very beautiful work, Janine! #4073187

Sherri Gorman March 20, 2007

Awesome details, lighting and composition!!! Beautiful capture!!! #4073381

Pat Gamwell March 20, 2007

Exquisite masterpiece, Janine! STUNNING! #4073487

John Caruso March 20, 2007

Great detail, color, and comp! #4073567

Claudia Kuhn March 20, 2007

Beautiful macro, lovely color and detail! #4073649

Kay E. Mahoney March 20, 2007

Nice capture. Love the close up and the details. Beautiful colors. #4073666

Regina L. Rickert March 20, 2007

Beuatiful detail and color. Nicely done! #4073877

Bob Cournoyer March 20, 2007

Great dof and sharpness and comp!
I think you're right, Les... :-)

Bob #4074033

Christy Nichols March 20, 2007

Beautiful capture, Janine!! Love the colors, great DOF, amazing details! #4074245

eileen bedford March 20, 2007

That's beautiful, love your dof and details of this and the colors of it.... #4074439

Janine 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. #4074470

Ronald F. Fischer March 20, 2007

Fabulous capture, Janine! #4074975

Kitty R. Rodehorst-Hanna March 20, 2007

Such wonderful beauty, Janine!!!! The colors, details, framing and lighting are all just perfect!!!!! ^.^ #4075055

Melissa A. Mannon March 20, 2007

wonderful detail! beautiful floral! #4075512

Michelle L. Frick March 20, 2007

Gorgeous image Janine! #4075546

Cheryl E. Molennor March 20, 2007

Beautiful Janine #4075608

Graeme yew Chow March 20, 2007

Superb image ! like the detail too, Janine. #4075903

Janine Russell March 20, 2007

Ron, Kitty, Melissa, Michelle, Cheryl and Graeme, thanks very much for your encouragement and kind comments. #4075920

Marilyn K. Lincecum March 21, 2007

Outstanding Janine !!! Fantastic lighting, colors, textures and DOF. #4079450

Janine Russell March 21, 2007

Marilyn, thanks very much for your kind and encouraging comments. #4079458

Marthese A. Cassar March 21, 2007

Great work Janine, love the colours and the light. #4079516

Janine Russell March 22, 2007

Marthese, thanks very much for your kind words of encouragement. #4079545

Morteza Safataj March 22, 2007

Really nicedetails and colors Janine !! #4083229

Janine Russell March 22, 2007

Morteza, thanks very much for your encouragement and kind comments. #4083246

Paul Goodman October 16, 2007

oustanding capture, wonderful color and comp. #4936298

Janine Russell October 16, 2007

paul, thanks so much for your encouraging comments. #4936480

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