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Girish Chonkar
{K:6903} 5/6/2005
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Wonderful picture, great composition, superb colors and great catch!
Not only you missed something on that day but we also missed all that wonderful, beautiful pictures which you described in your story in about. I liked this theme of putting blank white pictured nicely framed.
This same kind of picture we use to speak about in our art college, about artists in exhibition. e.g.
One artist put a blank canvas nicely framed as you've done, in the big exhibit with other great artists paintings, then he stands nearby, every passing by person (Mr. X) really wonders what is it, then one person out of extreme curiosity ask to the artist, "What is it", Then Artist smiles and replies to him "It's about the cow who was eating grass."
Mr. X: "Then, where is the grass?"
Artist: "Cow ate all of the grass." smiles.
Mr. X: "Then where is the cow, who ate the grass?"
Artist: "You just missed her, she went away to find more grass."
Thanks for this wonderful sharing of yours. A good change.
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Jim Budrakey
{K:24393} 5/6/2005
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Clever!
Thank you for the congratulations on my shot taking Best Color Photograph. The image itself is in my portfolio if you care to see the shot in detail.
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Stephen Bowden
{K:64141} 4/30/2005
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LOL
Love it, I hate it when that happens - but when you have TWO cameras well there is just no excuse lol
Great work, super about and still rolling on the floor laughing at the categories ... particularly the infrared
Best wishes,
Steve
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Lori Stitt
{K:75282} 4/29/2005
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LOL LOL.............................
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Chris Spracklen
{K:32552} 4/28/2005
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Actually, Kim, it's a giraffe on his way to a fancy dress party!!
Best regards,
Connie Fused!
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Chris Spracklen
{K:32552} 4/28/2005
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Actually, Kim, it's a giraffe on his way to a fancy dress party!!
Best regards,
Connie Fused!
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Chris Spracklen
{K:32552} 4/28/2005
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Hi Gokhan,
I realise that this wasn't a totally original idea, but then what is?! I've seen plenty of blank pictures in my time, so Baki's wasn't exactly the first!!
Actually, it was my wife who suggested I made such an image and she had never seen Baki's upload, so I felt quite happy loading it up.
Best regards, Chris
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Chris Spracklen
{K:32552} 4/28/2005
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Hi Gokhan,
I realise that this wasn't a totally original idea, but then what is?! I've seen plenty of blank pictures in my time, so Baki's wasn't exactly the first!!
Actually, it was my wife who suggested I made such an image and she had never seen Baki's upload, so I felt quite happy loading it up.
Best regards, Chris
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Kim Culbert
{K:37070} 4/28/2005
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Is anyone else seeing Waldo in there? I think he's behind the elephant (or is that a horse?)
I still think this is one of your best... truly ART.
*grin*
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Gokhan Tercan
{K:261} 4/28/2005
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Sorry, I can't say nice words like others. Seems like you got the idea from Baki.
http://www.usefilm.com/image/629289.html
and you were the first to comment for his picture. mmmm ? Does DOH! clear everything?
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James Hager
{K:6285} 4/27/2005
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Very original post. Looks tack sharp and perfectly composed to me.
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Patrick Ziegler
{K:21797} 4/26/2005
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Way to go Hommer.... LOL Good use of negative space :-)
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ade mcfade
{K:12388} 4/26/2005
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....DOh indeed!
someone posted this shot a few months ago on Ephotozine and entitled it "The Scream" in honour of the theft of the Munch paining!
nice one
Ade
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Hanggan Situmorang
{K:37833} 4/26/2005
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I think it's a little bit underexposed, Chris...
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Mary Brown
{K:71879} 4/26/2005
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Great framing job with the gradations of colour. The yellow lettering stands out very dramatically against the white background. This is one of those pictures that leaves a lot up to the imagination. You're just trying to get your friends to think creatively.
Mary
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Fadel J
{K:13974} 4/26/2005
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One of your best Chris!
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Chris Spracklen
{K:32552} 4/25/2005
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Thanks for your comment, baki!
I notice that I was the first one to comment on your 'white' upload!
Best regards, Chris
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Marian Man
{K:80636} 4/25/2005
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hahahahahahha dear Chris...very smart!!!
best regards
Marian
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Ahmet Baki Kocaballi
{K:13618} 4/25/2005
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Hi Chris,
a masterpiece!!!
you should also check thisone
http://www.usefilm.com/image/629289.html
:))
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John Loreaux
{K:86210} 4/25/2005
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Chris, about that auto white balance.Did You end up with a 2005 BMW D-70 in white?
I always end up with a 66 VW in gray!BLAH!!!
I'll have to upgrade My camera! Take care Mr. Snapper!!! Your Friend,Johnny lottapoopie!
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Mark Kresl
{K:9434} 4/25/2005
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Chris, as a fellow D70 user, I often struggle with the white balance as well. The polar bear in the blizzard is a great concept, but I'm afraid you let it wash out just a touch. Hopefully this will be a learning experience.
Mark
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Miguel Andrade
{K:5463} 4/25/2005
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Lesson leanrt: never leave home without it!
I like your idea Chris...
Regards, Miguel
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B:)liana
{K:30945} 4/25/2005
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ha ha :)
B:)liana
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Larry Quigley
{K:12887} 4/25/2005
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Good composition and nice framing, Chris. I think your other 49 comments have taken care of the other aspects of the picture adequately :-). Larry
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Barry Wakelin
{K:7838} 4/25/2005
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Perfect composition and lighting. It must be the old age, it catches up with all of us in the end ;-)
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Kay McIntire
{K:11787} 4/25/2005
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Hey- I think this is MY shot! I have been in this situation way too many times to count! You did it great justice here, Chris. I will always think of this when I forget the camera!
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Frank Beer
{K:10112} 4/25/2005
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hahaha ... errare humanum est :))
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cessy karina
{K:14205} 4/25/2005
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LOL :)) :))
very nice simplicity, over exposed picture, that we can hang on our wall for reminder, lol
thanks Chris, for sharing your excelelent humor
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Antonio Trincone
{K:23167} 4/25/2005
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very sharp and nice composition... :)))))
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Den Thompson
{K:30432} 4/25/2005
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All of my thoughts regarding the technical aspects of this fine shot have already been mentioned. However I am very concerned about the onset of senility with you Chris. Having one camera and forgetting it is excusable - but TWO? I'd get a check up.
Seymor Cleavage.
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Chris Spracklen
{K:32552} 4/25/2005
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Now there's another thing I didn't think of, Mike!!
In fact, if I'd stop to take all those 49 pictures we'd never have got to the end of the walk so who knows how many of them I would even have seen!!!
Thanks for pointing that out!  )
Best regards,
Margaret Sturgeon
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Mike Frakes
{K:3349} 4/25/2005
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Do realise that if you did have your camera, you might have gotten to, oh about 5 of those oppotunities in time to catch them the way you saw them.. You will always remember those lost oppotunities as they are now, so which is better??
now I am trying to work out when you are going to run out of alter egos..... he he he
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julie hugill
{K:6730} 4/25/2005
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Nice frame anyway lol !!
Julie
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Fabio Ficola
{K:10466} 4/25/2005
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LOL! :-) Fabio
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Merete Westerdahl
{K:11079} 4/25/2005
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Yeah...together with my 'The Pond' (which I have removed this morning)...I'm sure you wouldn't get a chance to win...
;o)
My chicken brain doesn't understand this place!!!!!!!!! :(
Merete
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Chris Spracklen
{K:32552} 4/25/2005
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Thanks Czeslav!
Yep, the idea was great! That's why I stole it from one of Michaelangelo's lesser known photographs. )
Best regards,
Paul Theotherwon
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Chris Spracklen
{K:32552} 4/25/2005
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Thanks for your kind comment, Merete!
I'm thinking of putting this work forward for the Turner prize ~ I think it would have a good chance of winning! )
Best regards,
Will Gonow
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Chris Spracklen
{K:32552} 4/25/2005
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Hi Gayle,
Nice to hear from you!
Yes, this image was certainly refreshing?
Having load the condensed version on to Usefilm I ate the original.
It was very refreshing indeed, even though a little undercooked! )
Best regards,
Roby Farenough!
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Chris Spracklen
{K:32552} 4/25/2005
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Strange you should mention the 'white balance', Mr. 3:16.
I wasn't quite sure which setting I should use, so I finally opted for auto?
I ended up with a car in the picture which I had to clone out!!
Irritating! )
Best regards,
Ima Frootcake
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Chris Spracklen
{K:32552} 4/25/2005
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Dear Jim.
Thanks for your astute comment. No-one else has mentioned the high key lighting. Actually it was about 25 feet above the subject. Not the highest I've used, but still pretty scary lighting the candle! )
Best regards,
X. Bert Snapper
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Chris Spracklen
{K:32552} 4/25/2005
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Dear Roger,
I think some joker's going around faking your name on people's comments! Look down the list of comments on this page an you'll find he's going around saying things like, 'I prefer the frame to the photo.' Obviously some lunatic posing as my good mate from Japan! Bad sport! I'll write to Altaf! )
Best regards,
D. Tektiff
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Chris Spracklen
{K:32552} 4/25/2005
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Thaks for being honest, Giorgio.
Better that the picture's overexposed than the photographer! )
Best regards,
Noah Clotheson
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Czeslav Gavinkovski
{K:6800} 4/25/2005
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Very funny and very good idea.
Czeslav.
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Chris Spracklen
{K:32552} 4/25/2005
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Hi Kel,
Thanks for your prayers ~ I need 'em!
Don't tell the bishop. )
Best regards,
Anun.
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Chris Spracklen
{K:32552} 4/25/2005
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Thanks Dave,
But knowing me I'd probably forget my coat! )
Best regards,
Arthur Brane
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Chris Spracklen
{K:32552} 4/25/2005
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Many thanks for your comment Armando!
What do you mean you can't see the cow?! )
Best regards,
Hugo de Dingo
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Chris Spracklen
{K:32552} 4/25/2005
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Thnaks P.J.
It took me around 30 minutes to decide precisely where to crop this shot ~ I'm glad you feel I got it about right! )
Best regards,
Anne Leavabit
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Merete Westerdahl
{K:11079} 4/25/2005
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I like the simplicity...actually it's great art!
merete
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Gayle's Eclectic Photos
{K:91109} 4/25/2005
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DOH...great Depth of Holga!...at least it isn't another PS overly saturated sunset photo!...this at least shows imagination and refreshing to say the least! ;> ...thanks for the laugh!..regards,gayle
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John Loreaux
{K:86210} 4/25/2005
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Nice shadows and color Chris er David!The composition is a little off balance but the presentation is right on Titchfield !White balance is perfect Ataboy!For all the images that could have been here I give You a 7+ My friend(s)!
Very good sense of humor!
Take this photo and try Andsellit!Were You stinkin what I was Stinken?
My best.....(YOUR worst).............John
wondeful dof!!!!!!!!! LOLOLOLOLOLOLOL
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Jim Christensen
{K:18843} 4/25/2005
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Wonderfully clean shot, I love the high key lighting. Its great to see you have branched out into an entirely different phase of photography.
Also really like what you have done with the DOF and composition. Wonderful job
jimc
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Roger Williams
{K:86139} 4/25/2005
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I think this is a little lacking in detail, Chris. But it's quite the smoothest "bokeh" I've ever seen. And it;s one of the rare shots of yours where I prefer the frame to the photo. My recommendation to you is get a mobile phone with a built-in camera. Then you'll never be without!
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Giorgio Goretti
{K:15471} 4/25/2005
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Sorry Chris, but i have to say,
today your shot looks a bit over exposed.....
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Kelly
{K:20268} 4/25/2005
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poor chris, i will pray for you ....!!
kel
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Dave Stacey
{K:150877} 4/24/2005
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Chris, you'll have to invest in one of the smaller pocket type cameras, just for this type of situation, so it's always in your coat pocket!
Dave.
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ARMANDO ALCÁZAR
{K:42404} 4/24/2005
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Excellent picture of a cow eating grass, apparent and regrettably when I arrived to see your pic, the cow had put an end to the whole grass and she went to eat up to another place, hahahaha!!!!! excellent Idea my dear friend,
7+++++++++++++++++ and God bless you
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Khaled Mursi Hammoud
{K:54005} 4/24/2005
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Creative way to express your feelings Chris, all of us come confronted with similar situations.
Well done Chris,
Khaled.
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Chris Spracklen
{K:32552} 4/24/2005
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Hi Galal,
Thanks for that useful suggestion! I might well give that a try!
I'm also thinking of uploading the back view of this image!
Best regards,
Edward Stinken
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Galal El Missary
{K:84569} 4/24/2005
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Nice Shot Chris , Dark a bit , also i suggest to rotate it 90 d .......
Best Wishes
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arwa abdullah
{K:34415} 4/24/2005
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lol mary! i had to rate that comment! excellent
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Chris Spracklen
{K:32552} 4/24/2005
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Hi Mehmet,
I can tell you're a discerning conoisseur of fine art, with impeccable taste and a nose for the real thing!
Thank you for your gracious but accurate comment.
Best regards,
Andsellit Adams
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Jeanette Hägglund
{K:59855} 4/24/2005
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Ha ha ha ha - cool! A Malevic!!!!
Jeanette
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Mary Sue Hayward
{K:17558} 4/24/2005
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PORK FAT???
lol
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Mehmet Yorgancilar
{K:566} 4/24/2005
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Wonderful Photograph , Great colors, clarity and Composition.
Thanks for sharing?
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Chris Spracklen
{K:32552} 4/24/2005
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So that's what happened, Arwa!
Thank you so much for explaining this apparent lapse on my part! It's comforting to know that in reality I didn't forget my camera at all!! I deliberately left it at home!
Wow! What a relief! I'm not going round the bend after all!
Phew!!
And there I was thinking that I might be cracking bbbrrrbblllllll
sfncoij s[voij 'sk [ ijijed0fvj 09dja vdaiop jc[ojd[ 9ua`]0-pdoq2=
Best regards,
David Attaboy
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Chris Spracklen
{K:32552} 4/24/2005
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Hey Mary,
Thanks for your positive and helpful critique!
I'd have replied a little sooner but I had to look up the word 'obfuscation'. It wasn't in my exhaustive Oford Dictionary, so I checked it out on the net and found that it's a Latvian that means 'obscured by pork fat'.
Anyway I just wanted to say how much I appreciated you baring your heart to me in that way!
Best regards,
Anne Geddit
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arwa abdullah
{K:34415} 4/24/2005
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You can consider it a test trip!
You went there to explore good locations imagined different compositions!
Checking out the elements and perspectives
You went there without your camera intentionally to check out the light and the most favorable ones at tat time to come back again
actually you haven?t forgotten your cameras, your subconscious mind deliberately did this to you, so you can take the best images when you go back there
Feeling better now? ;)
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Mary Sue Hayward
{K:17558} 4/24/2005
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Hmm. The heavy black frame totally overwhelms your subject...in fact it distracts to the point of obfuscation. Dear me. And I'm not entirely sure the horizon is level (hard to tell at this DOF), but perhaps it is my monitor. And maybe, just maybe you should used a smaller aperture...seems a bit washed out.
You might consider removing the lens cap, or even using a lens at all if you reshoot this.
7+++++++++++
lol
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Chris Spracklen
{K:32552} 4/24/2005
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I am now that I've got home and cuddled my two D70s for about 5 minutes, Keith.
Thanks for asking! I appreciate it!
Best regards,
Lord Titchfield
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Latif alobaida
{K:5005} 4/24/2005
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loooooooooooool
good idea
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arwa abdullah
{K:34415} 4/24/2005
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LOOOOOOOOOOOOOL!!!!
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Keith Naylor
{K:13064} 4/24/2005
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Thats not like you Chris. you feeling OK ?
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