Uploaded: April 19, 2007 00:04:47
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
Su Sana E. P 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. #640479David L. Luchowski April 19, 2007
Awesome texture indeed,Janine.This is fantastic. #4184701Paul E. Earl April 19, 2007
Fantastic Janine! It looks like it is made from stone! #4184714Janine Russell April 19, 2007
From Evy Johansen 4/19/2007 12:09:11 AMRenee Doyle April 19, 2007
Amazing detail Janine! Excellent close up!!!Dan Holm April 19, 2007
What a capture!! OUTSTANDING detail and framing on this, Janine! #4184765Husain Akhtar April 19, 2007
Terrific close-up work, Janine! Very sharp! #4184770Dominick M. Dimacale April 19, 2007
Great capture here Janine...Dominick #4184800Pat Gamwell April 19, 2007
The most INCREDIBLE clarity and details yet, Janine! SUPERB work! #4184853Paul Michko April 19, 2007
Wonderful capture, Janine. #4184904Rakesh Syal April 19, 2007
Great light, texture and colors, Janine!! #4184925Donald K. Cherry April 19, 2007
Nice close-up, Janine! #4184975Michelle R. Kovach April 19, 2007
Wonderful Details Janine! #4185296Joy Rector April 19, 2007
wow, well done #4185430John Caruso April 19, 2007
Beautiful work, Janine! What great detail, light, and comp. #4185667Darren K. Fisher April 19, 2007
Great close up and super job capturing the detail. #4185732Ronald F. Fischer April 19, 2007
Fantastic detail on this awesome capture! #4187984Kay E. Mahoney April 19, 2007
Nice capture. Love the details and effect. #4188161Christy Nichols April 19, 2007
Wonderful details and capture, Janine!!! #4188192Sheryl A. Hudson April 19, 2007
Great composition and detail! Beautifully done! #4188434Sherry L. Davis April 20, 2007
Awesome detail and texture! Great work, Janine!! #4189651Janine Russell 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. #4190399Sherri Gorman April 21, 2007
Wow Janine, this is so AWESOME!!! Excellent composition, textures and details!!! #4193017Janine Russell April 21, 2007
Sherri, thanks very much for your encouragement. #4193400Revonda L. Gentry June 20, 2007
Fantastic!! #4417466Janine Russell June 20, 2007
Revonda, thanks very much for your encouraging comments. #4417819Colleen Farrell July 24, 2007
Congratulations again, Janine! #4552221Graeme yew Chow July 24, 2007
Congratulations ! Janine. Excellent finalists. #4552222Les Rhoades July 25, 2007
Congratulations on your Finalist!Jennifer L. Alder July 25, 2007
Congrats, Janine!!! :) #4552842Bob D. Hall July 25, 2007
Congrats, Janine!!Sharon F. Morris July 25, 2007
Congrats Janine on your finalist. Fantastic image love detail and texture. #4553524Judyann Plante July 25, 2007
Congratulations on this fantastic finalist, Janine!Judyann <>< #4553776
ALLEN O. HOWARD July 25, 2007
B-I-G congrat's Janine! #4555462Chris Budny July 25, 2007
Congratulations again, Janine! #4556031Tarun Bose July 25, 2007
Congrats for your yet another outstanding finalist, Janine. #4558120eileen bedford July 25, 2007
Congratulations Janine on this finalist... #4558585Renee Doyle July 25, 2007
Glad to see this one again! Congratulations once again Janine!Kay E. Mahoney July 25, 2007
Congratulations on your finalist. Good luck in the next round. #4559172Janine Russell 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. #4559466VISHVAJIT JUIKAR July 26, 2007
Congrats ! #4559811Laurie Daily July 26, 2007
Congratulations, Janine! #4560354Dr Silly July 26, 2007
Congratulations Janine on your finalist for this photo. :O)Doug Newman July 26, 2007
Wonderfully presented, Janine!Congratulations on a great finalist! #4561694
Emile Abbott July 26, 2007
On a roll again this month Janine. Another great finalist my friend. #4563750Sign up for an interactive online photography course to get critiques on your photos.
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