Eye Contact [195968 Animals]
Uploaded: December 11, 2006 01:10:21
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
Fabulous details & colours Janine! #570399Paul E. Earl December 11, 2006
WOW!! What a wonderful macro!! #3689474Paul Michko December 11, 2006
Great macro, Janine. #3689504Ray Clarke December 11, 2006
Wonderful macro, love the detail and colours Janine!!!(R) #3689541Susie Peek-Swint December 11, 2006
Great find and capture of this beautiful little gecko Janine :) #3689542Alan L. Borror December 11, 2006
Love this, Janine! What great detail and POV! Beautiful. #3689586
Gail Vitikacs
December 11, 2006
Aimee S. McMaster December 11, 2006
....simply awesome Janine...Aimee #3689685Cindy Hamilton December 11, 2006
Here you are with another winner, Janine! This is terrific. #3689756Colette M. Metcalf December 11, 2006
GREAT capture, Janine!!! #3689763Wally Orlowsky December 11, 2006
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
WOW!!!!What a great find,Beautiful color Janine!!!!!!! #3690130Joy Rector December 11, 2006
great shot #3690210
Sherry Stricklin Boles
December 11, 2006
Michelle R. Kovach December 11, 2006
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
Su Sana E. P
December 11, 2006
Kara L. Hendricks December 11, 2006
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
Love the comp. and selective focus. #3690717Z. Banu December 11, 2006
Excellent shot superb macro work well done ...Janine #3691030
Janine Russell
December 11, 2006
Shirley L. Carpenter December 11, 2006
Excellent detail, color and composition Janine!! #3691611Barbara Waldoch December 11, 2006
Fantastic colours and composition, Janine! #3692196Patricia Ronan December 11, 2006
Lovely sharp eye Janine, pity you didn't have this for the "go green" theme last month! #3692378Donna La Mattino Pagakis December 11, 2006
Awesome image Janine! #3692525Sherri Gorman December 11, 2006
Awesome detail, colors and lighting Janine!!!! Wonderful capture!!!! #3692789Jennifer Rennison December 11, 2006
Cute little gecko, Janine! Wonderful colors, detail and image! #3692817Graeme yew Chow December 11, 2006
Janine, beautiful soft focus with large aperture. #3692823Lynn Crawford December 11, 2006
Wow Janine what great COLOR, and your DOF is perfect on this little fellow :) #3692834Brian Lobdell December 11, 2006
Fabulous, Janine! Great color and well composed... and the detail is just superb! Kudos! #3692846Ariel Lepor December 11, 2006
GREAT sharpness & colors!!! I would prefer the same picture without the blurred background, though.Ariel
ScrattyPhotography.com
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Janine Russell
December 11, 2006
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 11, 2006
Cristi Bastian December 12, 2006
Wow! Janine, this is SUPERB! A winner for sure!! #3693443Johnny Villaronga December 12, 2006
Nice shot, head in focus with great DOF. Great shot! #3694707
Janine Russell
December 12, 2006
Colleen Farrell December 12, 2006
Wow, this is really great, Janine! I love the perfect DOF, with just his face sharp. Really terrific! #3695241
Janine Russell
December 12, 2006
Ray
December 12, 2006
Janine Russell
December 12, 2006
Michael Khoury December 17, 2006
~~~this is great Janine...a good composition with fine clarity and detail~~~
Janine Russell
December 17, 2006
Ken Jarvis January 24, 2007
Congratulations again Janine on your Finalist! #3860735Bill Wyatt January 24, 2007
Congratulations on your wonderful Finalist! #3861100
Emile Abbott
January 24, 2007
randy dannheim January 24, 2007
Janine, congratulations on your well deserved finalist! #3861199Paul E. Earl January 24, 2007
A big CONGRATULATIONS on this superb finalist! Good luck in the next round! #3861271Glenn E. Urquhart January 24, 2007
A BIG Congratulations on your finalist award, Janine!!! Well Deserved! Cheers, Glenn. #3861327Patricia Ronan January 24, 2007
Congratulations Janine :) #3861570Colette M. Metcalf January 24, 2007
Congratulations!!! #3861592
Claudia Kuhn
January 24, 2007
Shawn Jennings January 24, 2007
Congratulations on your finalist, Janine! #3861809Datha Y. Thompson January 24, 2007
CONGRATULATIONS!!! #3862032Barbara Waldoch January 24, 2007
Congratulations on your finalist, Janine! #3862753
Janine Russell
January 24, 2007
Anne D. Eigen January 24, 2007
Congratulations on this excellent finalist, Janine! Best of luck with it! #3862891Sam Britt January 24, 2007
Congratulations again, Janine! #3863553Cheryl E. Molennor January 24, 2007
Congrats again Janine #3863870
Terry L. Ellis
January 24, 2007
Sherri Gorman January 24, 2007
Congratulations Janine!!! #3864159Kenneth Mucke January 24, 2007
Georgous finalist Janine...Love the greeennn #3864505Brian Lobdell January 24, 2007
Congratulations, Janine! This superb capture and composition makes a wonderful finalist! Good Luck! #3864591
Arnie Horwitz
January 24, 2007
Janine Russell
January 24, 2007
Kitty R. Rodehorst-Hanna January 24, 2007
WOW!!! Congratulations Janine!!!! Fantastic image!!!! :-) ^.^ #3865026
Janine Russell
January 24, 2007
Les Rhoades
January 24, 2007
Carol Teal January 25, 2007
Congrats again Janine!! What great detail! Nice job! #3865442
Laurie Daily
January 25, 2007
Laurence Saliba
January 25, 2007
Su Sana E. P
January 25, 2007
Paula Dwyer January 25, 2007
Congratulations Janine!!! :) #3866871
Kay E. Mahoney
January 25, 2007
eileen bedford January 25, 2007
Congratulations on this wonderful finalist Janine... #3867020Marie Fields January 25, 2007
Awesome capture, Janine! Congratulations! #3867419
Ken Smith
January 25, 2007
Teresa Norris January 25, 2007
Janine, this is so great! Congratulations! #3868421Kathleen Roughan January 25, 2007
Congratulations Janine!!! #3868506
Janine Russell
January 25, 2007
Kristi A. Howson January 25, 2007
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
Paul Sikora January 25, 2007
WOW!!! Congratulations Janine I can see clearly why this is a finalist #3871106Kevin P. Kelly January 25, 2007
Congrats Janine! You have a great eye.Jennifer Rennison January 25, 2007
Another big congratulations Janine! #3871572
Janine Russell
January 25, 2007
Susana Ms Heide January 25, 2007
YIKES!!! That's close! Great detail! CONGRATS Janine! #3872587Graeme yew Chow January 25, 2007
Great congratulations Janine. #3873045Cathy M. Gromball January 25, 2007
Congratulations on this wonderful finalist, Janine!Cathy :) #3873081
Janine Russell
January 26, 2007
Marilyn K. Lincecum
January 26, 2007
Janine Russell
January 26, 2007
Evy Johansen
January 26, 2007
Janine Russell
January 26, 2007
Kate Jackson January 27, 2007
Congratulations Janine on your countless finalists! Love them all! #3877696
Janine Russell
January 27, 2007
RC Fritz January 27, 2007
Great work, Janine. Congratulations on your Finalist! #3879961
Janine Russell
January 27, 2007
Barbara Sharts January 28, 2007
Congrats again! You're on a roll! Can't wait to see what you've got next month : ) #3884734
Janine Russell
January 28, 2007
Kathleen Brennan January 29, 2007
Wow,Great macro, Janine, and congrats! #3888335
Janine Russell
January 29, 2007
Les Rhoades
January 26, 2008
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