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Uploaded: December 11, 2006
Photo of a gecko was taken on December 8, 2006 at 12:09pm in Wailea, Maui, Hawaii
Canon 100mm F/2.8 macro lens @ F/3.5, 1/125 second, ISO 640
Rotated, cropped, +saturation, -brightness, +contrast, levels, resized, sharpened and blurred background in Photoshop CS
POTD at Photoshowdown.com on December 31, 2006
Julie Robinson December 11, 2006 0
Fabulous details & colours Janine! #570399Paul E. Earl December 11, 2006 0
WOW!! What a wonderful macro!! #3689474Paul Michko December 11, 2006 0
Great macro, Janine. #3689504Ray Clarke December 11, 2006 0
Wonderful macro, love the detail and colours Janine!!!(R) #3689541Susie Peek-Swint December 11, 2006 0
Great find and capture of this beautiful little gecko Janine :) #3689542Alan L. Borror December 11, 2006 0
Love this, Janine! What great detail and POV! Beautiful. #3689586
Gail Vitikacs
December 11, 2006
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Aimee S. McMaster December 11, 2006 0
....simply awesome Janine...Aimee #3689685Cindy Hamilton December 11, 2006 0
Here you are with another winner, Janine! This is terrific. #3689756Colette M. Metcalf December 11, 2006 0
GREAT capture, Janine!!! #3689763Wally Orlowsky December 11, 2006 0
Awesome close-up portrait, Janine. If you spend 5 minutes with him, you can save 15% on car insurance ... oh. wait, that's Gieco :0 #3689976Robert R. Goodman December 11, 2006 0
WOW!!!!What a great find,Beautiful color Janine!!!!!!! #3690130Joy Rector December 11, 2006 0
great shot #3690210
Sherry Stricklin Boles
December 11, 2006
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Michelle R. Kovach December 11, 2006 0
Great eye to find this little guy! We have these little Anetole's running around our yard in the spring! #3690254
Dr Silly
December 11, 2006
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Su Sana E. P
December 11, 2006
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Kara L. Hendricks December 11, 2006 0
WOW!! Incredible details make this jump right off the monitor for me Janine... Powerful comp. and colors as well... Bravo! #3690507Susan Fox December 11, 2006 0
Love the comp. and selective focus. #3690717Z. Banu December 11, 2006 0
Excellent shot superb macro work well done ...Janine #3691030
Janine Russell
December 11, 2006
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Shirley L. Carpenter December 11, 2006 0
Excellent detail, color and composition Janine!! #3691611Barbara Waldoch December 11, 2006 0
Fantastic colours and composition, Janine! #3692196Patricia Ronan December 11, 2006 0
Lovely sharp eye Janine, pity you didn't have this for the "go green" theme last month! #3692378Donna La Mattino Pagakis December 12, 2006 0
Awesome image Janine! #3692525Sherri Gorman December 12, 2006 0
Awesome detail, colors and lighting Janine!!!! Wonderful capture!!!! #3692789Jennifer Rennison December 12, 2006 0
Cute little gecko, Janine! Wonderful colors, detail and image! #3692817Graeme yew Chow December 12, 2006 0
Janine, beautiful soft focus with large aperture. #3692823Lynn Crawford December 12, 2006 0
Wow Janine what great COLOR, and your DOF is perfect on this little fellow :) #3692834Brian Lobdell December 12, 2006 0
Fabulous, Janine! Great color and well composed... and the detail is just superb! Kudos! #3692846Ariel Lepor December 12, 2006 0
GREAT sharpness & colors!!! I would prefer the same picture without the blurred background, though.Ariel
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Janine Russell
December 12, 2006
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Just a note - the background and rest of his body was already out of focus because of the wide aperture. I used the blur tool to reduce the areas of grain in the background.
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Nancy L. Green
December 12, 2006
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Cristi Bastian December 12, 2006 0
Wow! Janine, this is SUPERB! A winner for sure!! #3693443Johnny Villaronga December 12, 2006 0
Nice shot, head in focus with great DOF. Great shot! #3694707
Janine Russell
December 12, 2006
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Colleen Farrell December 12, 2006 0
Wow, this is really great, Janine! I love the perfect DOF, with just his face sharp. Really terrific! #3695241
Janine Russell
December 12, 2006
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Ray
December 13, 2006
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Janine Russell
December 13, 2006
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Michael Khoury December 17, 2006 0
~~~this is great Janine...a good composition with fine clarity and detail~~~
Janine Russell
December 17, 2006
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Ken Jarvis January 24, 2007 0
Congratulations again Janine on your Finalist! #3860735Bill Wyatt January 24, 2007 0
Congratulations on your wonderful Finalist! #3861100
Emile Abbott
January 24, 2007
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randy dannheim January 24, 2007 0
Janine, congratulations on your well deserved finalist! #3861199Paul E. Earl January 24, 2007 0
A big CONGRATULATIONS on this superb finalist! Good luck in the next round! #3861271Glenn E. Urquhart January 24, 2007 0
A BIG Congratulations on your finalist award, Janine!!! Well Deserved! Cheers, Glenn. #3861327Patricia Ronan January 24, 2007 0
Congratulations Janine :) #3861570Colette M. Metcalf January 24, 2007 0
Congratulations!!! #3861592
Claudia Kuhn
January 24, 2007
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Shawn Jennings January 24, 2007 0
Congratulations on your finalist, Janine! #3861809Datha Y. Thompson January 25, 2007 0
CONGRATULATIONS!!! #3862032Barbara Waldoch January 25, 2007 0
Congratulations on your finalist, Janine! #3862753
Janine Russell
January 25, 2007
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Anne D. Eigen January 25, 2007 0
Congratulations on this excellent finalist, Janine! Best of luck with it! #3862891Sam Britt January 25, 2007 0
Congratulations again, Janine! #3863553Cheryl E. Molennor January 25, 2007 0
Congrats again Janine #3863870
Terry L. Ellis
January 25, 2007
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Sherri Gorman January 25, 2007 0
Congratulations Janine!!! #3864159Kenneth Mucke January 25, 2007 0
Georgous finalist Janine...Love the greeennn #3864505Brian Lobdell January 25, 2007 0
Congratulations, Janine! This superb capture and composition makes a wonderful finalist! Good Luck! #3864591
Arnie Horwitz
January 25, 2007
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Janine Russell
January 25, 2007
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Kitty R. Rodehorst-Hanna January 25, 2007 0
WOW!!! Congratulations Janine!!!! Fantastic image!!!! :-) ^.^ #3865026
Janine Russell
January 25, 2007
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Les Rhoades
January 25, 2007
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Carol Teal January 25, 2007 0
Congrats again Janine!! What great detail! Nice job! #3865442
Laurie Daily
January 25, 2007
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Laurence Saliba
January 25, 2007
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Su Sana E. P
January 25, 2007
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Paula Dwyer January 25, 2007 0
Congratulations Janine!!! :) #3866871
Kay E. Mahoney
January 25, 2007
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eileen bedford January 25, 2007 0
Congratulations on this wonderful finalist Janine... #3867020Marie Fields January 25, 2007 0
Awesome capture, Janine! Congratulations! #3867419
Ken Smith
January 25, 2007
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Teresa Norris January 25, 2007 0
Janine, this is so great! Congratulations! #3868421Kathleen Roughan January 25, 2007 0
Congratulations Janine!!! #3868506
Janine Russell
January 25, 2007
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Kristi A. Howson January 25, 2007 0
Congratulations Janine on this wonderful finalist and best of luck in the next round! Excellent detail and DOF! #3870237
John V. Roscich
January 25, 2007
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Paul Sikora January 25, 2007 0
WOW!!! Congratulations Janine I can see clearly why this is a finalist #3871106Kevin P. Kelly January 26, 2007 0
Congrats Janine! You have a great eye.Jennifer Rennison January 26, 2007 0
Another big congratulations Janine! #3871572
Janine Russell
January 26, 2007
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Susana Ms Heide January 26, 2007 0
YIKES!!! That's close! Great detail! CONGRATS Janine! #3872587Graeme yew Chow January 26, 2007 0
Great congratulations Janine. #3873045Cathy M. Gromball January 26, 2007 0
Congratulations on this wonderful finalist, Janine!Cathy :) #3873081
Janine Russell
January 26, 2007
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Marilyn K. Lincecum
January 27, 2007
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Janine Russell
January 27, 2007
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Evy Johansen
January 27, 2007
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Janine Russell
January 27, 2007
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Kate Jackson January 27, 2007 0
Congratulations Janine on your countless finalists! Love them all! #3877696
Janine Russell
January 27, 2007
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RC Fritz January 27, 2007 0
Great work, Janine. Congratulations on your Finalist! #3879961
Janine Russell
January 27, 2007
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Barbara Sharts January 29, 2007 0
Congrats again! You're on a roll! Can't wait to see what you've got next month : ) #3884734
Janine Russell
January 29, 2007
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Kathleen Brennan January 29, 2007 0
Wow,Great macro, Janine, and congrats! #3888335
Janine Russell
January 30, 2007
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Les Rhoades
January 26, 2008
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