Take it to the Limit

© Donna La Mattino Pagakis

Take it to the Limit

Uploaded: February 08, 2005 09:03:50

Description

This is my son riding the flowrider. Photo altered with Photoshop.

Comments

Shirley L. Carpenter February 08, 2005

Great effects and image Donna!! #213446

Kara L. Hendricks February 08, 2005

Wow Donna!! Great effects!! I love it!! #1091305

Marcie A. Fowler February 08, 2005

Great work on the effects with this image. Very well done! #1091435

cj patterson February 08, 2005

awesome action shot and effects...very cool! #1091442

Cathy Stancil February 08, 2005

Great action shot and perfect effect for this image ! Love the colors ! #1091476

Phil Sauvey February 08, 2005

Donna,

Very creative! I like the effect and colors. #1091488

Kristy E. Lane February 08, 2005

Wonderful effects! The water looks great!! #1091523

Karen Bacon February 08, 2005

Terrific image Donna!I love the way the water looks! #1091565

Dan Holm February 08, 2005

WOW! This is awesome, Donna!!! Your effects on this fantastic capture are outstanding!!!! Love it! #1091783

Darren K. Fisher February 08, 2005

Great capture and awesome effects. #1091802

Donna La Mattino Pagakis February 08, 2005

Thank you Shirley, Kara, Marcie, CJ, Cathy, Phillip, Kristy, Karen, Dan and Darren for your awesome comments!!!! #1092166

Kathleen K. Parker level-deluxe February 09, 2005

Awesome shot and effects,Donna!
Kathleen #1094674

Donna La Mattino Pagakis February 09, 2005

Thanks Kathleen, I really appreciate it!! #1094800

Kristi A. Howson March 15, 2005

Congratulations on your finalist Donna!...this is just awesome!!!!! #1175917

Kara L. Hendricks March 15, 2005

Fantastic shot, congratulations!! #1176139

Deborah C. Lewinson level-addict March 15, 2005

Wow, what an image! Congratulations on this finalist, Donna! #1176762

Kelly Abernathy level-classic March 15, 2005

Congrats on a great finalist! -K #1177662

Donna Roberts March 15, 2005

Yeah Donna !!!
POTD and Finalist....there is NO stopping you.
Good luck in the next round.
:-) from "downunder" #1178072

Nobu Nagase March 15, 2005

Congratulations, Donna, on this awesome work!!! #1178117

Colette M. Metcalf March 16, 2005

Congratulations Donna!!! #1179385

Donna La Mattino Pagakis March 16, 2005

Thank you Kristi, Kara, Debby, Kelly, Donna, Nobi and Colette for the wonderful responses. I appreciate it so very much!!! #1180608

Danilo Piccioni March 16, 2005

FANTASTIC!
Congrats and good luck for the next round!

dado #1181176

Noel Baebler March 16, 2005

Terrific work on this, Donna! Congratulations! #1182246

Debra Booth March 16, 2005

Super shot and effects, Donna! Another big congratulations to you!! #1182369

S J March 16, 2005

Many Congratulations on this wonderful Finalist, Deborah!! #1183395

S J March 16, 2005

Oh! I'm sorry! I mean to say Donna... Many Congratulations on this wonderful Finalist, Donna!! #1183397

Stanley J. Contrades March 17, 2005

Excellent work on this Finalist, Donna, and Congratulations once again!
Much Aloha,
Stan #1183629

Anita Hogue March 17, 2005

Congratulations on a great image, Donna!!! #1183902

Donna La Mattino Pagakis March 17, 2005

Thanks to each and everyone of you who have commented on this image. I really enjoyed working on the effects. Flowriding is so much fun. I would recommend it to all of you. Take care!! #1184727

Vicki Hunt March 17, 2005

I am so happy for your win! Congratulations! vicki #1185577

Mary K. Robison March 17, 2005

CONGRATULATIONS ON A WELL-DESERVED WIN, DONNA!!! #1185596

Murry Grigsby March 17, 2005

Congratulations on your win Donna!! #1185648

Dan Holm March 17, 2005

CONGRATULATIONS, Donna!!!! Awesome shot, awesome WIN!!!! #1185651

Dan Holm March 17, 2005

CONGRATULATIONS, Donna!!!! Awesome shot, awesome WIN!!!! #1185653

William C. Raco level-classic March 17, 2005

Very well done, Donna!
Congratulations,

bill
#1185810

Stanley J. Contrades March 17, 2005

CONGRATULATIONS once again, Donna, on this 2nd Place Winner! Very, very nicely done!!
Much Aloha,
Stan #1185875

Terry R. Hatfield March 17, 2005

Congratulations On Your Win Donna!!!! #1185987

Judy S. Fung March 17, 2005

Congrats on your win, Donna! #1186028

Noel Baebler March 17, 2005

Congratulations, Donna! #1186104

Marsha S. Smith March 17, 2005

Congrats, Donna - very well deserved. #1186344

S J March 17, 2005

Many Congratulations on this Fabulous WIN, Donna!! #1186368

Stephen Zacker March 17, 2005

Great effects and cool image. Congratulations #1186405

Debra Booth March 17, 2005

Big congratulations to you, Donna!! #1186435

Nobu Nagase March 17, 2005

Great win, Donna!!!
Many congratulations!!! #1186506

Julie Abston March 17, 2005

Congratulations on this well deserved win, Donna!!!!! #1186546

Colette M. Metcalf March 17, 2005

Congratulations on your win Donna!!!! #1186686

Sharon Day March 17, 2005

Congratulations on this outstanding win, Donna!!!!!

#1186740

Kelly Abernathy level-classic March 17, 2005

Yay! Terrific win! Congratulations! -K #1186941

Donna La Mattino Pagakis March 17, 2005

Thank you all so very much!! What a great group of friends!! I appreciate it very much. And thanks to the judges, as well!! #1186960

Kristi A. Howson March 17, 2005

Outstanding Donna...Big congratulations on his wonderful win...!!!!! #1187062

Anette Linnea Rasmussen March 17, 2005

Great job Donna!
Congrats on your win!

Best wishes, Linnea #1187117

Danilo Piccioni March 18, 2005

YeaH!
Big Congratulations Donna!
Fantastic shot and deserved win!

Dado #1187154

Donna Roberts March 18, 2005

From one Donna to another.
This is a fantastic result and I am very pleased to see your name amongst the winners.
WELL DONE!
:-) from "downunder" #1187251

Ed Heaton March 18, 2005

Good morning Donna,
Congratulations and nice work! #1187558

Anita Hogue March 18, 2005

Congratulations on a fantastic image, Donna!!! #1187703

Dale Ann Cubbage March 18, 2005

Congrats on this great image winning second place Donna! This image really shows off what I would consider your personal style! Very fun and full of energy! Love it!

da #1188203

Phil Sauvey March 18, 2005

Great job, Donna! Congrats on the gold! #1188598

Kara L. Hendricks March 18, 2005

Check you out!!! A winner!! Fantastic Donna! Congratulations!! #1188808

Karen Engelbreth March 18, 2005

Congratulations on your win, Donna! #1188938

Donna La Mattino Pagakis March 18, 2005

Thank you Kristi, Linnea, Danilo, Donna R., Ed, Anita, Dale Ann, Phillip, Kara and Karen for the great comments and best wishes. It is such an honor to have been selected as a winner, and to have such a talented group of friends here at Better Photo. Again, thanks to all of you and everyone who has commented previously!!! #1188996

Deborah C. Lewinson level-addict March 18, 2005

Congratulations on your wonderful win, Donna!!!! #1189468

Arya Bandyopadhyay March 19, 2005

Well done, Donna, congratulations!!! #1189963

Stan Kwasniowski March 19, 2005

Donna, a BIG Congratulations

Stan Kwasniowski #1191221

Donna La Mattino Pagakis March 19, 2005

Thank you Debby, Arya and Stan for the great comments. I appreciate it very much!! #1191379

Robin L. Wehrman March 19, 2005

Congratulations Donna on this well deserved win!!!! #1191388

Donna J. Taff March 19, 2005

Congratulation's on your second place win, Donna!!! I love this!! #1191674

Leonard Pierce March 19, 2005

Congratulations on your Second Place win, Donna!!! #1191737

KHAWLA Haddad March 20, 2005

Congratulations on your second place win Donna!!!
kelly #1192709

Susan T. Evans level-classic March 20, 2005

Congrats Donna, this is awesome, love it #1193178

Donna La Mattino Pagakis March 20, 2005

Thank you Robin, Donna, Len, Kelly and Susan!! #1193883

Wendy Stevenson March 21, 2005

I really love the effects you applied Donna. Congrats on your win!! #1195530

Jonna Bergström March 21, 2005

Congratulations on your win, Donna!! #1195623

Donna La Mattino Pagakis March 22, 2005

Thanks so very much Wendy and Jonna!! A very exciting win!! #1199391

Laura Clay-Ballard September 04, 2005

this is incredibly cool! congrats. #1801967

Susan Jane Allen level-classic May 05, 2006

Great capture and effects! Very colourful! #2729120

Donna La Mattino Pagakis May 05, 2006

Thank you Laura and Susan, this was a fun shot to work on!! The first of many flowrider creations! #2729383

Nadya Johnson May 09, 2006

WOW, Donna!!! Missed this, but was looking at your gallery again... Absolutely spectacular!! So a very late congratulations on this outstanding, awesome, well-done winner! #2744462

Donna La Mattino Pagakis May 10, 2006

Thanks so very much Nadya. The flowrider season begins in a couple of weeks. I can't wait to get on a flowboard again. It is so much fun and great exercise. #2748036

Bill Wyatt June 06, 2006

Terrific image and effects! The colors are awesome, Donna! Congratulations! #2857788

Donna La Mattino Pagakis June 06, 2006

Thanks so much Bill, this was a fun image to work on!! #2861046

Alana Ibe August 30, 2006

AWESOME work on this, Donna!!! An incredible piece of art you have created! Your gallery is lovely!!! #3244707

Donna La Mattino Pagakis August 30, 2006

Thank you very much Alana, I appreciate you stopping by!! #3245121

Susie Peek-Swint October 02, 2006

Belated congrats on this and all your wins Donna ~ great images!! #3398849

Donna La Mattino Pagakis October 02, 2006

Thank you very much Susie!!! #3400262

Toni A. Martin June 03, 2007

Beautiful poster image! #4360951

Donna La Mattino Pagakis June 03, 2007

Thank you very much Toni!! #4361470

Robert Baer August 22, 2007

donna
i really like the effect that you created. very colorful, action packed image! #4682787

Lynn Haack October 27, 2007

Love the effects, colors and lighting...the action caught is fantastic. I can certainly see why this is a winner! Congrats. Lynn #4990312

Amber Kennedy November 10, 2007

You have AMAZING editing skills...just fantastic..your images are soooo great! #5055955

Donna La Mattino Pagakis November 10, 2007

Thank you Justin, Lynn and Amber!! Your comments are so generous and cool!! #5055960

Lisa J. Boulden level-classic December 01, 2007

Fabulous winner, Donna!
Great capture and edits!
--Lisa #5154501

Donna La Mattino Pagakis December 01, 2007

Thank you VERY much Lisa! #5154539

Stanley C. Sims December 29, 2007

You have so many wonderful photos in your gallery Donna. I love them all, but this one is really eye catching. Looks just like a painting. #5266487

Donna La Mattino Pagakis December 29, 2007

Thank you Stanley!! I appreciate that you stopped by and took a look at my work! #5266548

Lisa J. Boulden level-classic January 24, 2008

Spectacular capture and use of effects!
Congrats!!!
--Lisa #5389652

Molly E. Baldwin February 07, 2008

No wonder you have so many winners! You're gallery is so great! Love the editing on this shot especially. Keep shooting! :) #5459965

Donna La Mattino Pagakis February 08, 2008

Thank you Lisa and Molly!!!! #5464554

Hurk (Steve) Hurkett February 10, 2008

Congrats on this Super action shot, Donna ... realy like the colors and effects ... #5473228

Leslie McLain level-classic September 01, 2008

Amazing action shot. Beautiful colors. #6396850

Donna La Mattino Pagakis September 01, 2008

Thank you Steve and Leslie!! It's a pleasure to hear from you and I appreciate your gallery visit!! #6396925

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