Aroma of love
by bnilesh

Comment:
Though I hate to get DQ'ed it doesn't bother me a bit to see such a great image get bumped up a notch. Congrats to a fine photo.

Through the Rain
by librodo

Comment:
Though it stinks to be bumped out and DQ'ed it's nice to see another great photo move up to a ribbon. Cheers. Very captivating image.

abdicatus zen
by tenfrozentoes

Comment:

Originally posted by BeeCee: Don't let it break you. This is still an absolutely STUNNING image that should be on DPPrints. Those 9 faves should be worth as much as a virtual ribbon, no? :)

Yeah you're probably right but it still is a blast to the face either way. Might be kind of stupid but after moving to NY and then having to repack all your stuff 2 1/2 weeks later and moving again, watching your first ribbon develop actually helped some of the pain of what I was going through. There where only 2 days left of voting and I didn't feel that there was ever a chance of being asked for the original on such a simply straight forward picture. But all 5 of the top images are asked to validate- that should be better publicized then. And yes I am just a bit sulky about that. I don't cheat and this makes me feel like I was suspected of that. I could of easily pulled the original off the desktop and had it on my laptop ready to send off if I'd known that top 5 where asked to validate.

abdicatus zen
by tenfrozentoes

Comment:

Originally posted by Larus: Originally posted by tenfrozentoes: Well we'll have to see if I am able to get my original to them in time. Request for validation has been made. (???) Not sure why but no problem- as long as I get it to them in time. All top 5 images in all challenges are always validated so it´s just automatic. Congrats on the ribbon!

That's what I figured but wasn't too sure either- not a problem that they're asking to validate the original just that I moved to NY and then had to immediately repack all my stuff and move again. My desktop computer is still packed away and of course it's in the very front of the trailer-lol. Hopefully I'll be able to dig it out tonight- gonna break me if it gets DQ'd now. :(

abdicatus zen
by tenfrozentoes

Comment:
Well we'll have to see if I am able to get my original to them in time. Request for validation has been made. (???) Not sure why but no problem- as long as I get it to them in time. I just moved to NY and my entire life is packed in my enclosed trailer. Gonna have to pull out almost all of my stuff to get at the desktop computer which has the original- blahhhhh. Well thanks all for the great comments. I'm so so happy about it- and man did I need the pick me up.

le serveur négligent
by yanko

Comment:
It always kills me to see votes of 123or 4 on an image like this. lol. What a spectacular image. Nice work and can't wait to see more. Cheers.

Better or Worse?
by brad177

Comment:
LOL too funny

Floater
by Blackbox

Comment:
Way too out of focus.

Sweet September Sunset
by battymaddie

Comment:
Very Very cute idea. It was my Blue Ribbon photo also. I love the little flick of hair on the girl. (The girl that looks like a girl) What a treat to have such great models!!

freefall
by Nocturnal_Delusion

Comment:
Very nice portrait. May have considered changing the angle just a bit to eliminate the green from the top left. 7