Day08 - Patience
by WalesP

Comment:
OMG .. you have a name for that ant .. the amount of ants we have around here is astronomical .. to remember all their names would be just about impossible ... and because they are all very similar in appearance it would make remembering their names even harder .. i usually repeat the "person's" name after i'm introduced so i will remember, (its also supposed to be polite too !!!) .. unfortunately i didnt repeat the names of the 120 ants that i was recently introduced to, when a new batch made an unwelcome appearance in my kitchen, due to the rain .. i decided it would be a waste of time trying to remember their names seeing i have the ant-rid stuff out and those ants will hopefull soon die .. (i'm very polite, but also a murderer .. i'm a very well rounded yet conflicted personality!!) .. anyway, i'm sure those 120 ants will be replaced by another lot real soon ... the 120 is a very conservative estimate .. its more like 120,000 !!! ..
oh bye the way .. i love this flower shot .. the ant is making me feel remorse for the 120 ... i said before that i'm not into flower shots that much, but your ones at the florist doing the wedding were superb ... if we had any flowers within a 2km radius of my home i may be tempted to go and photograph them .. its raining, maybe tomorrow!! ..:)

Day 8 Jeannie Beanie
by TCGuru

Comment:
wot a gorgeous dog .. i love that beautiful adoring expression .. how wonderful that you have another dog after that very sad and distressing experience with albert .. and i'm sure the pain will ease, especially seeing you have jeanie ... i know that one dog never replaces another, but the joy you get from having this lovely dog around should soften the pain of your loss ... it must'v made the whole thing heaps worse that you lost all your photographs of albert .. the one's you took from your camera phone are gorgeous ... :)

Message edited by author 2007-07-08 15:48:17.

Day 7: M Mountain
by cgino

Comment:
like this was ever going to be a square crop!!?? lol lol .. wot an amazing scene and an excellent panorama .. i find that i'd be wanting to sharpen up the mountains, for instance, and possibly the grass and leaving that beautiful softness in the clouds .. but in some ways the gaussian blur has added a sort'v interesting texture or feeling to this wonderful image, which is a different treatment to the usual sharpening that we all seem to do most of the time .. i'm as guilty as anything for that!! .. i really really like the slightly desaturated look .. it totally works for this in my opinion .. :) .. the sky is awesome, not only the clouds but the very intense dark blue/grey .. did you have a polariser on for this shot??..
i'm an insane lucisart addict and there's no way i could have this in photoshop without running it thru a lucisart treatment .. its such a shame that i cant use it in a basic edit challenge ..!! :)

Rounding the Mark
by Jedusi

Comment:
this is looking excellent on your profile page ... well done on a great place in this free study .. :)

Easily being green
by Pug-H

Comment:
congratulations on an excellent score in this free study ... another amazing close up .. frogs are your friend!!! :):)

The Baby Plays
by SandyP

Comment:
hey sandy ... i'm making your 50th comment on this awesome photograph !! ... congratulations on an 8th place in this free study .. its an absolutely fantastic image ... and how wonderful that you did so well with something that means so much to you .. :):)

08day3564, another choice
by Pug-H

Comment:
another excellent close-up .. i love the colours in both of them, but i prefer the other one tho .. :)

08day3565
by Pug-H

Comment:
fantastic shot .. i love the dof in this ..hmmm f1.7 ? .. i checked out your other photographs and the sigma 28-80mm lens .. looks like an excellent lens .. you've done some amazing close-ups of insects with it and scenes etc etc etc .... you have a very wow portfolio .. :)

Gulf Glow
by MelonMusketeer

Comment:
man this is awesome .. hope you saved something like this amazing image for your free study !!:) .. absolutely stunning .. :)

Day 6 4:49 PM
by thomaspeople

Comment:
interesting shot and great write-up .... :)