Inspiring Photo: Water Drops on a Hibiscus #3547337

Water Drops on a Hibiscus

Uploaded: March 17, 2007

Description

Photo was taken on March 15, 2007 at 7:53am in Wailea, Maui, Hawaii
Canon 100mm F/2.8 macro lens @ F/6.3, 1/80 second, ISO 400, handheld
Cropped, cloned, +brightness, +contrast, resized and sharpened in Photoshop CS
POTD at MyFunPhotoContest.com on March 18, 2007

Comments

Katarina Mansson March 17, 2007

Excellent clarity, DOF and lighting. Lovely yellow colour tones! #621930

Mary K. Robison March 17, 2007

Fantastic clarity and dof in this beautiful macro, Janine. Those drops, and the reflection in the largest one, are wondrous. #4062927

Lynne Morris March 17, 2007

Wow Janine this is an awesome macro, the clarity and details are fantastic! #4062931

Joannie Bertucci March 17, 2007

For a second I thought this was the paw of an animal! :-)
Beautiful, beautiful work Janine, love the unique colors hues! #4062933

Rakesh Syal March 17, 2007

Awesome macro, Janine!! The color and details are fantastic! #4062956

Su Sana E. P March 17, 2007

What a unique macro capture!! Splendid composition in every aspect, Janine!! #4062977

William C. Raco March 17, 2007

Such beautiful detail, color and focus
Very fine photo, Janine

Bill #4063041

Joy Rector March 17, 2007

fantastic #4063194

Chris Budny March 17, 2007

Wow! Your trips to Hawaii are something I always look forward to, for the results in your gallery! Fantastic macro work, as always! #4063426

RC Fritz March 17, 2007

Excellent macro, Janine. Awesome! #4063463

John Caruso March 17, 2007

Beautiful work, Janine, from dof to color to comp! #4063516

Kitty R. Rodehorst-Hanna March 17, 2007

Totally gorgeous... The DOF is awesome and the colors are so beautifully soft and pretty!!!!!! ^.^ #4063518

Susan Fox March 17, 2007

Wonderful detail and color! #4063963

Janine Russell March 17, 2007

Katarina, Mary, Lynne, Joannie, Rakesh, SuSana, Bill, Joy, Chris, RC, John , Kitty and Susan, thanks very much for your encouragement and kind comments. #4064196

Kay E. Mahoney March 17, 2007

Nice capture. Beautiful Marco. #4064939

Colleen Farrell March 17, 2007

Stunning macro, Janine! Gorgeous color and detail. I'm so impressed you captured this handheld! #4065099

Jessica Jenney March 17, 2007

Beautiful macro, color and detail, Janine! #4065116

Janine Russell March 17, 2007

Kay, Colleen and Jessica, thanks very much for your kind and encouraging comments. #4065441

Renee Doyle March 18, 2007

Fabulous detail and dof Janine! Great work!
#4065642

Janine Russell March 18, 2007

Renee, thanks very much for your kind words of encouragement. #4065651

Sheryl A. Hudson March 18, 2007

Beautiful macro Janine!!! I love the wonderful shades of orange and the detail in the drops!!! #4065667

Janine Russell March 18, 2007

Sheryl, thanks very much for your encouragement and kind comments. #4065708

Sue L. Cullumber March 19, 2007

Janine - cool pic. I like the various shades of yellow! #4071913

Holly Shao March 19, 2007

Awesome macro work and so lovely hues, Janine!!

Holly #4072216

Janine Russell March 19, 2007

Sue and Holly, thanks very much for your kind words of encouragement. #4072276

Linda M. Walker March 20, 2007

Beautifully composed,Janine #4075723

Janine Russell March 20, 2007

Linda, thanks very much for your encouragement and kind comments. #4075770

Sylvia Rossler March 25, 2007

Gorgeous tone in tone macro Janine !! #4095148

Janine Russell March 25, 2007

Sylvia, thanks very much for your kind and encouraging comments. #4095591

Theresa M. VanderStaay April 02, 2007

Janine...Terrific macro...The clarity is amazing...So crystal clear...Great color tones also...Tessa :o) #4122048

Janine Russell April 02, 2007

Tessa, thanks very much for your kind comments and encouragement. #4122204

Chris Budny April 24, 2007

No surprise to see this again!! Congratulations on this making Finalist! #4205701

Jayne Martin April 24, 2007

Congratulations on this finalist, Janine!!! Outstanding capture! #4206080

Kitty R. Rodehorst-Hanna April 24, 2007

Congratulations on this fantastic finalist, Janine!!!!! :-) ^.^ #4206310

Sam Britt April 24, 2007

Congratulations again, Janine! #4206476

Renee Doyle April 24, 2007

Congratulations on this wonderful finalist Janine!
#4206695

Colleen Farrell April 24, 2007

Congratulations on another wonderful finalist, Janine! #4206713

Graeme yew Chow April 24, 2007

Congratulations on this wonderful finalist, Janine. #4206905

Su Sana E. P April 24, 2007

Congratulations on this stunner, Janine!! Winner all the way. #4206992

Holly Shao April 24, 2007

Congratulations, Janine, on this terrific Finalist!!

Holly #4207161

Cheryl E. Molennor April 24, 2007

Congratulations Janine #4207378

DiAnna F. Paulk April 24, 2007

Beautiful, Janine! Congratulations! #4207382

Kristi A. Howson April 24, 2007

Congratulations on this wonderful finalist and best of luck in the next round Janine. Love the orange in this one! #4207468

Lorraine A. Cook April 24, 2007

Congratulations on this lovely finalist, Janine!<:)) #4208102

Anna Diederich April 24, 2007

Congrats on this fabulous image Janine! #4208221

Husain Akhtar April 24, 2007

I hope the dead slow speed of BF this morning would allow me to warmly congratulate you for being a March finalist! Very well done my friend! #4208437

Laurence Saliba April 24, 2007

What a beauty!!! Congratulations Janine!!! #4208477

Kay E. Mahoney April 25, 2007

Congratulations on your finalist. Good luck in the next round. #4209562

eileen bedford April 25, 2007

Congratulations on this great Finalist Janine.... #4210264

Janine Russell April 25, 2007

Chris, Jayne, Kitty, Sam, Renee, Colleen, Graeme, SuSana, Holly, Cheryl, DiAnna, Kristi, Lorraine, Anna, MH, Laurence, Kay and Eileen, thanks very much for all of your encouraging comments and congratulations. #4210415

Christy Nichols April 25, 2007

Congratulations on this amazing finalist, Janine!! #4210757

Paul Sikora April 25, 2007

Congratulations, Janine. #4210782

Emile Abbott April 25, 2007

Congrats on another super finalist, Janine. #4211793

Donna La Mattino Pagakis April 25, 2007

Super clarity, colors and design Janine!! Congratulations!! #4212388

Dr Silly April 25, 2007

Congratulations Janine on your finalist. :O)
#4212528

Sylvia Rossler April 25, 2007

Big congrats again Janine :o) #4212687

Dan Holm April 25, 2007

Congratulations, Janine! Absolutely gorgeous, macro! #4213501

Mike D. Perez April 25, 2007

Beautiful details and colors, Janine! Congratulations! #4213886

Robert G. Stalnaker March 29, 2008

Magnificent! #5716580

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