being "Chy" in the tulips (Cheyenne 2 yrs old)
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Comment by Denise:
really cute, great colors as well

Tabasco- made with peppers
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Comment by Senay:
Sorry to hear about the DQ :(, looks like I finished that critique not long before.

Tabasco- made with peppers
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Comment by citymars:
Sorry to read about the DQ.

Tabasco- made with peppers
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Comment by sekarmalathy:
Sorry about the DQ, Kelly. I had a DQ for almost the same reason. From then on, I shoot RAW and submit the RAW file for validation. With JPEG, there is always a chance that it might get rotated and saved, if we are not careful with the message that pops up. I learnt it a hard way and I know exactly how it feels.

Raj

Tabasco- made with peppers
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Comment by ace flyman:
Great image, took a lot of work to get it right. Sorry about the DQ. Still a Great job!

Tabasco- made with peppers
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Comment by VitaminB:
This is tragic... Sorry about the DQ. But, as many people say, blue ribbon or not, it is an amazing image.

I had a close call with the same issue you had. Rotated an image in windows, and it modified the image. Now, I shoot everything in RAW. The RAW image serves well as the original. Hope your camera shoots in RAW.

Tabasco- made with peppers
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Comment by Melethia:
Oh dear, that's really too bad. But yes, viewing software (like Windows Viewer) for instance, does indeed change the data if you rotate a file. NEVER do anything to your originals. If need be, make two folders and put the shots in each folder, mark one as "Original", the other as "Working". Then if you don't need the original you can dump that folder later. Make sense?

Still a darn fine shot and I still think you should send it to the company!

entering spring (the first flower)
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Comment by kiwinick:
WELL DONE THAT MAN S 10

entering spring (the first flower)
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Comment by bcrants:
I really like it, good color, clever, good DOF, in my top 3

for a moment...everything else seemed to fade away
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Comment by Senay:
This is another great image of yours I found looking at your top entries. I'm trying to comment more, during voting I gave you a 7. You were very deserving of your top 10 finish