The Jezebel Spirit
by grigrigirl

Comment:
Yup - this was the one that stopped me in my tracks during the slide show.
Glad to see I wasn't the only one that had trouble choosing a favorite.

~Inspiration~
by annig

Comment:
Probably bad timing with all the flower pics flooding the site this past Moth.
That's really nice, and especially because it isn't a Photoshopped edit.

Day 39
by Brad

Comment:

Originally posted by patio127: I take it back....a very inappropriate thing to say. Am very sorry.... Pat

Oh hush.
It is true, I am slack in returning comments. Slowly working on it.
I'm the one that's sorry. I do appreciate the compliments.

Now that you took it back, I'm putting it back - so Ha!

Originally posted by patio127: I'm in awe... I have the same equipment but have not managed anything of this caliber.... BTW, I have left you a few comments in this side challenge and have not once received one from you...guess you are a very busy person.

Day 39
by Brad

Comment:

Originally posted by patio127: I'm in awe... I have the same equipment but have not managed anything of this caliber.... BTW, I have left you a few comments in this side challenge and have not once received one from you...guess you are a very busy person.

Busy is an understatement.
I am getting back to each and everyone in the side challenge, one by one.
I do appreciate the comments, please don't think I don't. I need peaceful brain activity to comment in a just manner.
Not directed at you Patricia, but I don't do "nice shot - pretty colors, etc" just to comment for a comment. Look at the comments I have given and you'll see what I mean.

I own and operate a business, and time is the one thing I have the least of, which is why you'll find most of my comments done in the wee hours of the morning, when things are calm, and the day's issues are resolved.

Message edited by author 2007-08-06 21:19:22.

kashmir pashmir
by whiteroom

Comment:
Timeless, and a great slice of life.
I like the ponchos personally ;)

Studying this a bit, the textures and weathered streets add so much to this. Stories of men building the walls, paving the streets without fancy machines, just hands and sweat, all can be seen here.

The world I live in is built without character. It's level, with sanitary angles, and few indications that craftsmanship existed. I love studying the character in old-world architecture, such as you captured here.

Amid the aged structures, shines a face.

A face that that lights up the screen, and says content.
I doubt they know little of the spoiled life we live really. They could never understand the complaints of having 100 channels on TV and finding nothing worth watching, or not being able to download the latest ringtone for their new phone.

Children form an important part in the family's daily survival in 3rd-world countries, often traveling long distances on foot to get to the market, to buy a few cents worth of rice for the family's one meal together, and I suspect this is probably just what this shining face is doing.

Yet amid the aged structures, shines a face. A smiling face.
A modern face in a timeless setting, with, not without.

laundry
by whiteroom

Comment:
This is truly an image of the highest quality.
The human spirit:
Joy
Life
Laughter
Fills the soul with warm fuzzy feelings.

One of my all-time favorites of yours.

Emerald Dreams
by Brad

Comment:

Originally posted by SandyP: Ohmygosh, mine DOES look like yours. Ok. . .now I do feel proud. I always have aspired to take pictures like you. Woo Hooo! :)

Sandy,
You should set your goals higher.
Tell ya' what - let's trade portfolios.

White Flight
by SandyP

Comment:
This I like!
The fluid nature of a bird in flight is so wonderfully done like this.
Are you sure you didn't steal this out of my collection?

jk - this is a beauty!

Day 31 - Night Shot
by runeric

Comment:
If it helps:

Button Bay Sunset redo
by annig

Comment:
Much better crop.
See how the leading lines work for you in the sky as well as the water?
I'd still take just a bit more off the bottom now.