Vinca
by smartypants

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Love the water drops that grace this delicate flower. The white and the red of the flower also pops out at you. Nice work.

IMG_4035a.jpg
by dwterry

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Finally finding some time to comment on postings on the forum thread "Unique & Experimental Borders". I really like the tennis player 'breaks' out of his box. The border does not contain this tennis player as his arm & the racket extend outside the box to to hit the tennis ball that has also escaped it's boundaries. Creating this type of border where the subject partially escapes creates visual interest and a sense of being 3-dimensional and/or in motion because the subject is given the illusion that it is coming out of it borders towards the viewer. Great job.

Our Anniversary
by sherpet

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Just saw this in the forum threads and just had to stop by and say that in a world where a majority of marriages fail it is sooo very wonderful to see and hear about two people who are happily married and committed handfast to one another:-) Happy 35th and may 2007 bring much happiness, health and joy to you both.

Mio Cuore
by alfresco

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Slow on getting back on the forum post on unique/interesting borders....Ooooh, beautiful seascape. Love the textures and colors in this photograph. And of course the border is very complementry too! The desaturated border that is a continuation of the seascape really suites this one nicely.

Hey, I can go fast with this!
by EGoobie

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Congradulations on your personal best, my little E-bug! You remained persistent and very patient to get the shot they way you wanted even though it took 45 minutes & Eclair was not sitting still. I am very proud of how you handled yourself.

crazy.jpg
by Tap10

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Well at least the crab decided on a shell-ter, of sorts! I must say that that is indeed a crazy choice in a shelter, but whatever works right?:-) My youngest started off with a hermit crab. It outgrew it's shell, crawled out, looked around at the various shells we had out for it and decided they were absolutely not good enough. It crawled into a corner and refused to move. It died within a few hours. Same thing basically happened with the next one. No matter how much we tried to coax it into a shell it wouldn't have anything to do with the 10 different shells we had in the cage. It choose the 11th shell that was 4 times bigger than it's size to try as it's new home. The workers at the pet store told us that hermit crabs tend to be very picky and will do that. I just shake my head in disbelief that the survivial instinct did not kick in.

Australian Red Kelpie "working dog"
by Stagolee

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I always find it a most expressive pose whenever a dog cocks their head to the side. To me it communicates curiosity, or the dog's attention has been captured by the viewer or both. Coupled with the open mouth "smile" this red kelpie really looks like he/she is hamming it up for the camera and that creates an instant appeal for the viewer. I like how the dog is captured with the great outdoors as the backdrop. However, I wish the lighting played more evenly across his/her face. The right side falls a little too much into shadow when I think that the rich tones of the Kelpie's color would really shine if it was evenly lighted.

Looking Back
by sibeling

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Love the play of light and shadows on this dog. Normally I would not like it if the shadows fall upon the face because there is a tendency for a loss of detail. But in your portrait there is little loss of detail. I can clearly see some of the details of the dog's face and more importantly the eye is most visible. It is the action of the dog looking over it's shoulder along with the look in it's eye that is integral to the "feel" of the photo not to mention the title. The dog is in a relaxed pose resting upon the cushions and he/she looks over his/her shoulder. The viewer is left to wonder what object/something the dog is looking back at or if it is "looking back" as in reflecting on the days events. Nice job. Bumping up to an 8.

Dog Tired
by Nobody

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What a tired pooch! A nice portrait shot of this dog. I think that a vertical composition would have better suited this photo than the horizontal one. The reason, there is just too much 'empty space' floating on both sides of the dog that do nothing for the composition. The vertical one would better frame the sides of the head thereby keeping the attention more tightly focused on the tired dog.

Babaji
by hyperfocal

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"Oh! Please Mr. Tiger, don't eat me up, and I'll give you my beautiful little Red (er brown & white) Coat," said Little Babaji.

This Little Babaji seems to be holding his hands together pleading with the tiger like that of Babaji in the story. This is a wonderful close-up of this hamster. We get to see all the great details from the whiskers to the little fingers to the texture of his fur.