Inspiring Photo: The Standout #3048802

The Standout

Uploaded: November 21, 2006

Description

Photo was taken on September 15, 2006 at 4:21pm at the Puyallup Fair, Washington
Canon 50mm F/1.4 lens @ F/3.2, 1/250 second, ISO 1600
Cropped, levels, + saturation, - brightness, resized, sharpened, blurred background and dodged in Photoshop CS

Comments

Mary K. Robison November 21, 2006

Perfect title, Janine, since you've emphasized its clarity by blurring all the other bright colors in the background. Beautiful! #560325

Julie Robinson November 21, 2006

Wow- stunning image Janine- well done! #3610798

Renee Doyle November 21, 2006

Excellent composition and use of dof Janine! Beautiful colours!
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Su Sana E. P November 21, 2006

Wow!! Totally Exquisite, Janine!! Absolutely perfection, I must say. #3610824

Barbara Waldoch November 21, 2006

Gorgeous composition and colours, Janine! #3610833

Paul E. Earl November 21, 2006

Very striking indeed! #3610862

Paul Michko November 21, 2006

Beautiful image, Janine. #3610901

Alan L. Borror November 21, 2006

Beautiful, Janine! Wonderful isolation against the colorful background! #3610958

Joy Rector November 21, 2006

awsome #3611021

Robert R. Goodman November 21, 2006

Beautiful capture and color,great imge Janine!!!!!! #3611106

William C. Raco November 21, 2006

How very beautiful!
Wonderful color, focus and background
Excellent photo, Janine

Bill #3611129

Sherri Gorman November 21, 2006

This is beautiful Janine!!!! Love the colors, clarity and focus!!!! Awesome!!! #3611173

Virginia Leone November 21, 2006

This is so pretty! I love the background colors and DOF...great!! #3611247

Jeff Robinson November 21, 2006

Very beautifully composed and captured Janine! Jeff #3611250

Aimee S. McMaster November 21, 2006

...so beautiful Janine...great SF and DOF...Aimee #3611365

Dr Silly November 21, 2006

Very pretty. :O)
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Carla Metzler November 21, 2006

Beautiful, Janine! #3611523

Datha Y. Thompson November 21, 2006

Gorgeous colors LOVE the blurred bg.. Excellent work Janine!! #3611546

Michelle R. Kovach November 21, 2006

Stunning colors & great DOF Janine! #3611678

Susan Fox November 21, 2006

It's beautiful Janine! I love the color, comp. and dept of focus! #3611745

Rakesh Syal November 21, 2006

Wonderful color, focus and background, Janine!! OUTSTANDING! #3612073

Colleen Farrell November 21, 2006

Beautiful image, Janine--love the colors! #3612175

Janine Russell November 21, 2006

Mary, Julie, Renee, Susan, Barbara, Paul E, Paul M, Alan, Joy, Robert, Bill, Sherri, Virginia, Jeff, Aimee, Doc, Carla, Datha, Michelle, Susan, Rakesh and Colleen, thanks very much for all of your kind comments and encouragement.

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Karacan Salkuci (Kalacay) November 21, 2006

Pretty image,colors,and composition. #3612285

Melissa G. Meiselman November 21, 2006

Janine you title for this exquisite floral image is perfect!! Great DOF with wonderful details and color for the flower in the foreground!! #3612294

Shelly A. Van Camp November 21, 2006

Beautiful colors and image!! Great capture, Janine! #3612389

Mário Ferreira November 21, 2006

Wow!!! A masterpiece Janine... #3612447

Darren K. Fisher November 21, 2006

WOW this is so beautiful. Great colors and wonderful DOF. #3612579

Souha Dooly November 21, 2006

wonderful colors ,well done, Janine !!! #3612751

Ken Jarvis November 21, 2006

Perfect title, perfect picture, Janine! #3613200

Linda M. Walker November 21, 2006

Wonderful colors and I love the DOF #3613387

Claudia Kuhn November 21, 2006

Perfect title for this beautiful image Janine! Great colors and comp! #3613820

Ronald F. Fischer November 21, 2006

Wonderful use of SF, DOF and vibrant colors for an awesome capture! #3613894

Melissa A. Mannon November 21, 2006

so beautiful! I love all the colors! #3613934

April Riggs November 21, 2006

Spectacular! #3613961

Joan Powell November 21, 2006

Lovely shot . #3614006

Nadine A. Lewis November 21, 2006

Janine, this floral is GORGEOUS!!! Love the colors, side crop, and what an awesome/colorful dof!!! <>< #3614012

David Whitcher November 21, 2006

The colorful background makes this shot. I love it, I love it, I love it. #3614087

Nancy L. Green November 21, 2006

Exquisite color and detail Janine!! This is absolutley gorgeaous!! <>< #3614328

Janine Russell November 21, 2006

Kara, Melissa G, Shelly, Mário, Darren, Souha, Ken, Linda, Claudia, Ronald, Melissa M, April, Joan, Nadine, David and Nancy, thanks very much fo ryour kind comments and encouragement. #3614370

Walter Graziano November 22, 2006

Nicely done Janine! #3614818

Laurence Saliba November 22, 2006

Perfect!!!! A winning image Janine!!! #3615233

Karen Bacon November 22, 2006

Beautiful composition Janine,great colors! #3615690

Janine Russell November 22, 2006

Wally, Laurence and Karen, thanks very much for your kind comments and encouragement. #3615879

Cliff & Patti Smith November 22, 2006

Beautiful colors and effects Janine! #3616049

Janine Russell November 22, 2006

Patricia, thanks very much for your kind words of encouragement. #3616054

Mick Burkey November 22, 2006

Beautiful image, Janine! Love the colors and DOF. Great work! #3616873

Janine Russell November 22, 2006

Mick, thanks very much for your encouraging comments. #3616956

Jim Kinnunen November 22, 2006

This is a real beauty, Janine!!!:) #3617520

Janine Russell November 22, 2006

Jim, thanks very much for your kind words of encouragement. #3617758

Ken Slade November 22, 2006

Great floral composition! The red one really does standout thanks to it's sharpness and the background work. Excellent color throughout. #3617904

Janine Russell November 22, 2006

Ken, thanks very much for your kind comments and encouragement. #3617919

Linda L. Ruiz November 23, 2006

The colors here are outstanding. I love this shot. Happy Thanksgiving to my photo friend. xoxo #3619346

Janine Russell November 23, 2006

Linda, thanks very much for your kind and encouraging comments. #3619556

Graeme yew Chow November 23, 2006

The colors and the compostion is oustanding , Janine. #3623585

Janine Russell November 24, 2006

Graeme, thanks very much for your kind comments and encouragement. #3623615

Gustavo Márquez November 26, 2006

Striking image!
Good shot Janine! #3633219

Janine Russell November 26, 2006

Gustavo, thanks very much for your kind and encouraging comments. #3634118

Steve M. Harrington December 29, 2006

Congratulations, Janine. Beautifully composed.
Steve #3750960

SaMi Martin December 29, 2006

Beautiful Janine; Congratulations! #3751102

Aimee S. McMaster December 29, 2006

...much congratulations on this beautiful finalist Janine....Aimee #3751300

Paula Dwyer December 29, 2006

Congratulations Janine!! :) #3751392

Shawn Jennings December 29, 2006

Congratulations on your finalist, Janine! #3751451

Carla Metzler December 29, 2006

Congratulations, Janine! #3751488

eileen bedford December 29, 2006

Congratulations Janine on this beautiful capture...

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Laurence Saliba December 29, 2006

I knew it!!! Congrats on this superb finalist Janine!!! #3752217

Husain Akhtar December 29, 2006

Another very well deserved finalist - big congratulations my friend! #3752293

Janine Russell December 29, 2006

Steve, SaMi, Aimee, Paula, Shawn, Carla, Eileen, Laurence and MH, thanks very much for your encouragement and congratulations.
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Terry Cervi December 29, 2006

Just beautiful, Janine!! Congrats on your finalilst! #3753182

Glenn E. Urquhart December 29, 2006

A big Congratulations on your Finalist Award, Janine!!! Well Deserved! Cheers, Glenn. #3753349

Tom Andersen December 29, 2006

Very lovely, Janine! Congratulations on another finalist! #3753388

Janine Russell December 29, 2006

Terry, Glenn and Tom, thanks very much for your encouragement and congratulations; Judges, thanks very much for your feedback and suggestions. #3753446

Renee Doyle December 29, 2006

Beautiful Janine! Congratulations!
#3753498

Sheryl A. Hudson December 29, 2006

Beautiful image - Congratulaitons Janine! #3753881

Terry L. Ellis December 29, 2006

A beautiful finalist, Janine! Congratulations, again! #3754395

Dr Silly December 29, 2006

Congratulations J9. :O)
#3754431

Patricia Ronan December 29, 2006

Congrats Janine :) I seem to have missed your best images first time round :( #3754501

Cheryl E. Molennor December 29, 2006

Congratulations again Janine #3754603

Sharon King December 29, 2006

This is so pretty, Congrats Janine! #3754739

Mary K. Robison December 29, 2006

Another great month for you, Janine ~ Congratulations on all your finalists! #3754816

Laurie Daily December 29, 2006

Beautiful, Janine...Congrats to you, again! #3755160

Ray Thoms December 29, 2006

Congratulations on your finalist Janine.... #3755251

Chris Budny December 29, 2006

Congratulations, Janine, on your Finalists this month! I love the soft bursts of colors that the background flowers offer! #3755259

Anne D. Eigen December 29, 2006

Congratulations on this wonderful finalist, Janine! Best wishes with it!!! #3755447

Susie Peek-Swint December 29, 2006

Many congrats Janine! #3755478

Revonda L. Gentry December 29, 2006

So beautiful!! Congratulations Janine! #3755565

Barbara Waldoch December 29, 2006

Congratulations on your beautiful finalist, Janine! #3755689

KV Day December 29, 2006

Congrats Janine! #3755800

Candice C. Calhoun December 29, 2006

Big congratulations, and Happy New Year!

ccc #3755823

Su Sana E. P December 29, 2006

Janine, congratulations on your Finalist and Happy New Year!!
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Lorraine A. Cook December 29, 2006

Beautiful! Congratulations, Janine!<:)) #3756930

Kristi A. Howson December 29, 2006

Congratulations on this beautiful Finalist and best of luck in the next round Janine. Great use of DOF! #3757101

Evy Johansen December 29, 2006

Congratulations on your beautiful finalist, Janine! #3757545

Janine Russell December 29, 2006

Renee, Sheryl, Terry, Doc, Patricia, Cheryl, Sharon, Mary, Laurie, Ray, Christopher, Anne, Susie, Revonda, Barbara, Vicki, Candice, Susana, Lorraine and Kristi, thanks very much for your encouragement and congratulations.
#3757558

Esther Smith December 29, 2006

Janine- congratulations on this pretty finalist and your others!! Good luck in the next round! #3757684

Datha Y. Thompson December 30, 2006

BEAUTIFUL!!!! CONGRATULATIONS!!! :0) #3757840

RC Fritz December 30, 2006

Excellent composition and DOF. Beautiful image, Janine. Congrats on your finalist and good luck in the next round! #3758566

Janine Russell December 30, 2006

Esther, Datha and RC, thanks very much for your congratulations and encouragement. #3759530

Jennifer Rennison December 30, 2006

Beautiful finalist, Janine, Congratulations! #3760170

Nadya Johnson December 30, 2006

This is SOOO stunning, Janine! Congratulations on your beautiful finalist! #3760275

Tonya R. Boles December 30, 2006

Congrats. #3760345

Janine Russell December 30, 2006

Jennifer, Nadya and Tonya, thanks very much for your encouraging comments and congratulations. #3762307

HSIHAO LUNG December 31, 2006

Janine, congratulations on your beautiful finalist.
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Diana L. Ralph December 31, 2006

Congratulations on ALL of your wins, Janine... they are all WELL-DESERVED! This is beautiful! #3763472

John V. Roscich December 31, 2006

CONGRATULATIONS JANINE
JOHN #3763494

Janine Russell December 31, 2006

Hsihao, Diana and John, thanks very much for your encouragement and congratulations. #3763935

Emile Abbott December 31, 2006

Congratulation on wonderful floral finalist, Janinne. I'm getting jealous, just kidding but I lost count. #3764485

randy dannheim December 31, 2006

Congratulations, how many finalist are there? #3764989

Janine Russell December 31, 2006

Emile and Randy (there were 5), thanks very much for your congratulations and encouraging comments. #3765265

Susan Jane Allen January 02, 2007

This is a sweet one. Congrats on all you wins! #3772125

Janine Russell January 02, 2007

Susan, thanks very much for your encouragement and congratulations. #3772375

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