Elephant Textures

Uploaded: April 19, 2007 00:04:47

Description

Photo was taken on April 13, 2007 at 11:01am at the Point Defiance Zoo in Tacoma, Washington
Canon 70-200mm F/4L lens + Tamron 1.4x TC @ 180mm, F/11, 1/160 second, ISO 1000, handheld
Cropped, +saturation, levels, dodged, resized and sharpened in Photoshop CS
POTD at Photo-of-the-Day.com on April 20, 2007
POTD at BestFoto.com on April 28, 2007

Comments

Su Sana E. P level-classic April 19, 2007

Oh Wow!! This is one of the most incredible shots of this majestic animal, Janine!! Love your tight framing and presentation. I was too scared to approach them when I visited India. #640479

David L. Luchowski April 19, 2007

Awesome texture indeed,Janine.This is fantastic. #4184701

Paul E. Earl April 19, 2007

Fantastic Janine! It looks like it is made from stone! #4184714

Janine Russell level-deluxe April 19, 2007

From Evy Johansen 4/19/2007 12:09:11 AM

Beautiful light and texture, Janine!! #4184733

Renee Doyle April 19, 2007

Amazing detail Janine! Excellent close up!!!
#4184751

Dan Holm April 19, 2007

What a capture!! OUTSTANDING detail and framing on this, Janine! #4184765

Husain Akhtar April 19, 2007

Terrific close-up work, Janine! Very sharp! #4184770

Dominick M. Dimacale level-addict April 19, 2007

Great capture here Janine...Dominick #4184800

Pat Gamwell April 19, 2007

The most INCREDIBLE clarity and details yet, Janine! SUPERB work! #4184853

Paul Michko April 19, 2007

Wonderful capture, Janine. #4184904

Rakesh Syal level-classic April 19, 2007

Great light, texture and colors, Janine!! #4184925

Donald K. Cherry April 19, 2007

Nice close-up, Janine! #4184975

Michelle R. Kovach April 19, 2007

Wonderful Details Janine! #4185296

Joy Rector April 19, 2007

wow, well done #4185430

John Caruso April 19, 2007

Beautiful work, Janine! What great detail, light, and comp. #4185667

Darren K. Fisher April 19, 2007

Great close up and super job capturing the detail. #4185732

Ronald F. Fischer April 19, 2007

Fantastic detail on this awesome capture! #4187984

Kay E. Mahoney level-classic April 19, 2007

Nice capture. Love the details and effect. #4188161

Christy Nichols April 19, 2007

Wonderful details and capture, Janine!!! #4188192

Sheryl A. Hudson level-classic April 19, 2007

Great composition and detail! Beautifully done! #4188434

Sherry L. Davis April 20, 2007

Awesome detail and texture! Great work, Janine!! #4189651

Janine Russell level-deluxe April 20, 2007

SuSana, David, Paul E, Evy, Renee, Dan, MH, Dominick, Pat, Paul M, Rakesh, Donald, Michelle, Joy, John, Darren, Ron, Kay, Christy, Sheryl and Sherry, thanks very much for your encouraging comments. #4190399

Sherri Gorman April 21, 2007

Wow Janine, this is so AWESOME!!! Excellent composition, textures and details!!! #4193017

Janine Russell level-deluxe April 21, 2007

Sherri, thanks very much for your encouragement. #4193400

Revonda L. Gentry June 20, 2007

Fantastic!! #4417466

Janine Russell level-deluxe June 20, 2007

Revonda, thanks very much for your encouraging comments. #4417819

Colleen Farrell July 24, 2007

Congratulations again, Janine! #4552221

Graeme yew Chow July 24, 2007

Congratulations ! Janine. Excellent finalists. #4552222

Les Rhoades level-classic July 25, 2007

Congratulations on your Finalist!

Good Luck in the next round. #4552706

Jennifer L. Alder July 25, 2007

Congrats, Janine!!! :) #4552842

Bob D. Hall level-classic July 25, 2007

Congrats, Janine!!
Fantastic detail on this awesome capture! #4553192

Sharon F. Morris July 25, 2007

Congrats Janine on your finalist. Fantastic image love detail and texture. #4553524

Judyann Plante July 25, 2007

Congratulations on this fantastic finalist, Janine!

Judyann <>< #4553776

ALLEN O. HOWARD July 25, 2007

B-I-G congrat's Janine! #4555462

Chris Budny level-deluxe July 25, 2007

Congratulations again, Janine! #4556031

Tarun Bose July 25, 2007

Congrats for your yet another outstanding finalist, Janine. #4558120

eileen bedford July 25, 2007

Congratulations Janine on this finalist... #4558585

Renee Doyle July 25, 2007

Glad to see this one again! Congratulations once again Janine!
#4559035

Kay E. Mahoney level-classic July 25, 2007

Congratulations on your finalist. Good luck in the next round. #4559172

Janine Russell level-deluxe July 25, 2007

Colleen, Graeme, Les, Jennifer, Bob, Sharon, Judyann, Allen, Chris, Tarun, Eileen, Renee and Kay, thanks very much for your encouragement and congratulations. #4559466

VISHVAJIT JUIKAR level-deluxe July 26, 2007

Congrats ! #4559811

Laurie Daily level-deluxe July 26, 2007

Congratulations, Janine! #4560354

Dr Silly level-classic July 26, 2007

Congratulations Janine on your finalist for this photo. :O)
#4561220

Doug Newman July 26, 2007

Wonderfully presented, Janine!

Congratulations on a great finalist! #4561694

Emile Abbott level-deluxe July 26, 2007

On a roll again this month Janine. Another great finalist my friend. #4563750

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