Inspiring Photo: Spotted Towhee #3502594

Spotted Towhee

Uploaded: March 07, 2007

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Photo was taken on March 7, 2007 at 10:54am in Edmonds, Washington
Canon 400mm F/4 DO IS lens + Tamron 2x TC @ F/8, 1/250 second, ISO 800
Cloned, shadow/highlight, +saturation, levels, -brightness, resized and sharpened in Photoshop CS

Comments

John Caruso March 07, 2007

Lovley work, Janine! The colors are just so vibrant, and the background blur is a perfect enhancement to the subject. #617035

Brinn MacDougall March 07, 2007

Beautiful capture, love the moisture running off his backside, terrific, Janine! #4031654

Melissa A. Mannon March 07, 2007

love the gray on gray and the bright pink in contrast! #4031659

Les Rhoades March 07, 2007

This is unreal...I love the BG color in this iamge. It really makes the entire iamge pop. Just Super! #4031662

Susan Fox March 07, 2007

Sensational Janine!!!! I so love your bird photos :-) #4031778

Kathy Radford March 07, 2007

Love the color, contrast, and detail. Hope to see this shot again. Good Luck. Kathy in NH #4031779

Randy K. Baldwin March 07, 2007

Great color Janine..very nice! #4031815

Richard D. Cox March 07, 2007

This makes me believe that Spring is coming back. Great color, comp and clarity. #4032024

Jeff Robinson March 07, 2007

A Great slice of spring Janine!! Excellent comp and capture! Jeff #4032160

Carla Metzler March 07, 2007

What a great shot, Janine! Beautiful!! #4032301

Ken Slade March 07, 2007

Outstanding exposure, well saturated colors, nice sharpness and detail, excellent DOF and background. Well composed. I am amazed that you got such a sharp clean photo with ISO 800. #4032418

Colleen Farrell March 07, 2007

Outstanding color, detail and composition, Janine! And what a great, colorful spot for him to perch! :) #4032427

Lynn Crawford March 07, 2007

Oh Janine, this is outstanding, wonderful color and clarity :) #4032734

Sam Britt March 07, 2007

Terrific bird capture, Janine. Great color and clarity. #4032763

Janine Russell March 07, 2007

John, Brinn, Melissa, Les, Susan, Kathy, Randy, Richard, Jeff, Carla, Ken, Colleen and Lynn, thanks very much for your wonderful comments. #4032765

Kenneth Mucke March 07, 2007

Stunning capture Janine...Love the colors and the bird is just exquisite #4032766

Janine Russell March 07, 2007

Sam and Kenneth, thanks very much for your kind and encouraging comments. #4032768

Raymond Pauly March 07, 2007

Wonderful capture with great clarity, colors and detail, Janine! #4032778

Katarina Mansson March 07, 2007

Fantastic colours, composition, clarity, DOF and lighting! #4032848

Kitty R. Rodehorst-Hanna March 08, 2007

Most excellent in every way, Janine!!!! Totally beautiful!!!! ^.^ #4035768

Janine Russell March 08, 2007

Raymond, Katarina and Kitty, thanks very much for your kind words of encouragement. #4035808

Karen Slagle March 08, 2007

You take the prettiest bird pictures, Janine, and this is no exception. Love the sharpness and details... #4036091

Janine Russell March 08, 2007

Karen, thanks very much for your encouragement and kind comments. #4036110

Rosemary Buffoni March 08, 2007

Wonderful bird image-so crisp and sharp with great lighting and colors.
Ro #4036130

Janine Russell March 08, 2007

Ro, thanks very much for your wonderful comments. #4036143

Glenn E. Traver March 09, 2007

beautiful Janine, great color,like how the eyes and the flowers complement each other ~ GT #4036531

Janine Russell March 09, 2007

Glenn, thanks very much for your encouragement and kind comments. #4036561

Milan Banik March 09, 2007

awesome bird composition with red eyes and red flower . #4036633

Janine Russell March 09, 2007

Milan, thanks very much for your kind words of encouragement. #4037753

eileen bedford March 09, 2007

BEAUTIFULLY CAPTURED AND Framed, love this one Janine. It's amazing how they can sit atop such delicate looking flowers... #4039338

Janine Russell March 09, 2007

Eileen, thanks very much for your kind and encouraging comments. #4039438

Marilyn K. Lincecum March 09, 2007

Beautiful composition, lighting, colors and detials !! Another outstanding bird image, Janine. :-) #4039922

Janine Russell March 09, 2007

Marilyn, thanks very much for your kind comments and encouragement. #4039946

Patricia Ronan March 10, 2007

Beautiful picture Janine:) #4041759

Janine Russell March 10, 2007

Patricia, thanks very much for your kind words of encouragement. #4041971

Paul D. March 23, 2007

Just great, Janine. One of my favorites in your gallery (which has many great shots). #4090649

Janine Russell March 24, 2007

Paul, thanks very much for your kind and encouraging comments. #4090866

Laurie Daily April 24, 2007

An incredible finalist, Janine...congratulations to you! #4205246

Chris Budny April 24, 2007

Congratulations on this making Finalist! #4205857

Sam Britt April 24, 2007

Another fantastic finalist, Janine! #4206786

Deborah C. Lewinson April 24, 2007

Wow, awesome finalist, Janine!
Best wishes for the new round!
-Debby #4206842

Kitty R. Rodehorst-Hanna April 24, 2007

Congratulations again on this fantastic finalist, Janine!!!!! :-) ^.^ #4206950

Holly Shao April 24, 2007

Congratulations, Janine, on this beautiful Finalist!!

Holly #4207150

Graeme yew Chow April 24, 2007

Congratulations Janine. Glad to see this one again. Good luck ! #4207233

eileen bedford April 24, 2007

Congratulations on your finalist Janine... #4207380

Cheryl E. Molennor April 24, 2007

Great detail. Congratulations #4207531

Kay E. Mahoney April 24, 2007

Congratulations on your beautiful finalist, Janine. Good luck in the next round. #4207699

Sylvia Rossler April 24, 2007

Big congrats Janine :O) #4208022

Lorraine A. Cook April 24, 2007

Congratulations on this stunning finalist, Janine!<:)) #4208184

Laurence Saliba April 24, 2007

Congratulations on your finalist Janine!!! Good luck in the next round. #4208187

Marilyn K. Lincecum April 24, 2007

Congratulations on this and all your beautiful fianalist, Janine. Good luck in the next round !!! #4208397

Su Sana E. P April 24, 2007

Congratulations on this most beautiful Finalist, Janine!! #4208425

Katarina Mansson April 25, 2007

How can I have missed this one before?! Beeing used to brilliant bird shots from you I can only say "you have done it again!"! Congrats and good luck in the next round! #4208676

Janine Russell April 25, 2007

Laurie, Chris, Sam, Debby, Kitty, Holly, Graeme, Eileen, Cheryl, Kay, Sylvia, Lorraine, Laurence, Marilyn, SuSana and Katarina, thanks very much for all of your kind comments, encouragement and congratulations. #4210395

Christy Nichols April 25, 2007

Congratulations again, Janine!!! Fantastic! #4210987

Emile Abbott April 25, 2007

Congrats on your finalist and wonderful capture, Janine. #4211163

Colleen Farrell April 25, 2007

Way to go, Janine! Congratulations on another great finalist! #4211357

RC Fritz April 25, 2007

Congrats, Janine. Another great Finalist! #4212191

Shawn Jennings April 25, 2007

Super shot, Janine! Congratulations on your finalist! #4212463

Terry L. Ellis April 25, 2007

Another gorgeous finalist! Congratulations, Janine! #4212930

Patricia Ronan April 25, 2007

Congrats again Janine:) #4213072

Monika Sapek April 25, 2007

Wonderful capture, Janine! Many congratulations on your finalist and good luck in the next round!
Monika
#4214109

Ken Smith April 25, 2007

Congratulations, Janine!! #4214169

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