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Critique By:
Ann Nida (K:45248)
2/19/2006 12:42:19 AM
Thank you Peta. I believe you are heading this way soon too. If you see this circus on the road wave cause you'll know who it is. 
Seriously though, we do have all the toys shown in this image but we only travel with the motorhome and blue jeep in tow.
Have a great trip to the US and make sure you too keep a travel diary. Will visit your portfolio again before I leave.
Thanks for dropping by.
Cheers - Ann
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| Photo By: Ann Nida
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Critique By:
Ann Nida (K:45248)
2/19/2006 12:38:16 AM
Thank you Ina for all your encouraging comments and fun we've had since I've known you. Yes I will keep a travel diary and keep you posted of our travels. Thank you for your well wishes.
Cheers - Ann
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| Photo By: Ann Nida
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Critique By:
Ann Nida (K:45248)
2/19/2006 12:32:41 AM
PHEW Ina....isn't it about time you gave the old rockmelon a burial. *cough* *gasp* Actually it looks like there is still some life left in it as there is still a touch of colour in it's cheeks. You're really working the old brain here throwing in the paper. I feel compelled to come up with a very thought provoking reason for including the paper in with the foods....umm...sorry no can do. Other than to say it makes the same sort of noise as the onion skin when crumpled. hehe Love the composition though and I really like the lighting. Is that a red pepper hiding in the shadows? Great work.
Ok that having been said it looks like I'm going to have to call in Rina to help me take out the trash. LOL
Cheers - Ann
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| Photo By: Ina Nicolae
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Critique By:
Ann Nida (K:45248)
2/19/2006 12:22:42 AM
Hi Ina - I love the colours in this. Beautiful warm earthy tones. I enjoy how the right hand side takes me into the image further along with the shadows. This image has a Hitcock feel to it as I can see the bad guy chasing me across the dark and creepy bridge but odn't worry. He doesn't make it around that small bend and ends up over the side while I make my getaway. Gotta have a happy ending. Great work Ina
Cheers - Ann
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| Photo By: Ina Nicolae
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Critique By:
Ann Nida (K:45248)
2/19/2006 12:17:33 AM
Beautiful colours here Larry. I like the tree sihouettes in there too. Very nice.
Cheers - Ann
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Photo By: Larry Donnelly
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Critique By:
Ann Nida (K:45248)
2/17/2006 11:25:56 PM
Now Petal I know you aren't going to belive me but guess where found this photo today? YES! On the front page! LOL You know I'm telling the truth cause how else would I have found it. Of course by the time you receive this email your 15 seconds of fame will no doubt be over but take consolation in the fact that you KNOW I saw it AND where I found it!!! LOL
Great shot by the way but that's not the hot issue here is it?! LOL
Cheers - Ann
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| Photo By: Petal Wijnen
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Critique By:
Ann Nida (K:45248)
2/17/2006 4:24:35 PM
Lovely curving flow in the direction of water. Rich greens contrast well against the white water and the browns here. Very nice shot.
Thank you also for you comment on my Death Valley image.
Cheers - Ann
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| Photo By: Piero Somma
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Critique By:
Ann Nida (K:45248)
2/17/2006 4:19:43 PM
Great perspective and fantastic movement in this shot. I like the converging lines. Really makes me feel like I'm falling. Excellent in B&W. Good work.
Thanks for you comment on my waterfall image.
Cheers - Ann
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| Photo By: Fatemeh Rahimi
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Critique By:
Ann Nida (K:45248)
2/17/2006 3:48:29 AM
What an awesome sight. I love winter and ice images. They are so interesting and impressive to view. A wonderful capture.
Cheers - Ann
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| Photo By: A.L Carter
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Critique By:
Ann Nida (K:45248)
2/16/2006 7:37:06 PM
A beautiful greeting Don. Sorry I'm late here to see it. I hope you enjoyed your day.
Cheers - Ann
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| Photo By: Don Loseke
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Critique By:
Ann Nida (K:45248)
2/16/2006 6:36:17 AM
A lovely natural portrait of a very happy chappy. He has those chubby shops that you just want to pinch. A real little cutie. Beautifully captured Susie with lovely tones.
Also a hearty congratulations for the front page critque today. Always lovely to see a friend on the front page.
Cheers - Ann
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| Photo By: Susie OConnor
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Critique By:
Ann Nida (K:45248)
2/15/2006 6:38:30 AM
Chuck I think you've captured these 2 soldiers doing their job very well. Political inferences aside they are just doing their job and you've somehow managed to capture that feeling under what look to be difficult cirumstances all around. I've seen much worse images posted here on UF of squalor and mamed children and even dead people. Those I consider to be shocking and in very bad taste. Your images don't show bad taste. No gory, bloody or gruesome images. Just vehicles or soldiers at work or in thought. Again I say good job on capturing these soldiers just doing their job....as you are doing yours.
Cheers - Ann
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| Photo By: Johancharles Boers
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Critique By:
Ann Nida (K:45248)
2/15/2006 4:50:01 AM
Although very sad another heartfelt image Chuck. I find your images quite tasteful without political agenda. I would love to see all the soldiers home safely with their families again but if they have to be there you are bringing us images which are heartfelt and human. I can feel emotions without being totally sickened by the sight of gore in war. I know it's there but you are showing us the emotional side rather than the gruesome side which need not be shown here on this site and you are bringing it to us with wonderful photographic quality which is what this site is all about. Your work does make me sad but I visit out of respect for the soldiers and to remember their efforts and sacrifices. Great work Chuck.
Cheers - Ann
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| Photo By: Johancharles Boers
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Critique By:
Ann Nida (K:45248)
2/14/2006 10:05:26 PM
What? Just a knee shot? I was hoping for at least a belly shot Ade. 
Great composition and very nice tones. Love the smooth water. Usually I always prefer colour images but this works nicely in B&W.
Nice to see you around again.
Cheers - Ann
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| Photo By: ade mcfade
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Critique By:
Ann Nida (K:45248)
2/14/2006 9:59:58 PM
Oooh it looks really yummy Larry. I hope you have a Very Happy Valentines Day. I could eat those roses. Very nice.
Cheers - Ann
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| Photo By: Larry Hammond
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Critique By:
Ann Nida (K:45248)
2/14/2006 9:24:00 PM
Surprise Gayle!!!
Looky what Rina found.
You're a beautiful looking woman and you're going to look wonderful in a snow fur bikini with those dark locks and exotic eyes.
Cheers from Ann mwahahahaha
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| Photo By: Gayle's Eclectic Photos
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Critique By:
Ann Nida (K:45248)
2/14/2006 4:35:46 PM
A beautiful Valentines Day image Gayle. Another Greeting card shot. Hearts on strings. Faded hearts. Memories of fading feelings. All heartfelt messages. I hope you have a Happy and Peaceful Valentine's Day Gayle. Now go eat chocolate.
Cheers - Ann
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| Photo By: Gayle's Eclectic Photos
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Critique By:
Ann Nida (K:45248)
2/14/2006 4:26:17 PM
Oh what a beautiful greeting image. so lovely for valentines Day. the heart shaped flowers with all the little soft toys dotted around it is beautiful. Yes I think we can all indulge in a little chocolate today. Best Wishes to You and Gabriela for a Very Happy Valentines Day Yoshiyuki. A beautiful image.
Cheers - Ann
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| Photo By: Yoshiyuki Tanaka
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Critique By:
Ann Nida (K:45248)
2/14/2006 4:18:40 PM
Ahhh....a beautiful beach scene just when I'm in the middle of all this rain. I enjoy B&W's but there's nothing like a lovely full colour shot to show a beach scene in all it's glory. WOW those trees have all grown a lot but my parents tell me it doesn't hide the view from the unit so that's good. Thank you for the heartfelt dedication Ann. I'm going to go back home later this year probably towards the end of your spring. My visit is way overdue. I'm looking deep into the image recognising the buildings and I can still name most of them. There are new ones there that I can't name and I can still see a crane to the south so they are still building mew ones too. Makes me wonder where they are putting all these high rises. There has been a HUGE empty block of land next to Imperial Surf for years and it's still vacant so I'm surprised not to see something right next door. Glad there isn't cause it would block the Indy Car Race views from the back stretch. (hehe)
Thank you again for the memories and this one goes into my favourites for viewing when I get homesick. Shades of home.
Cheers - Ann
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| Photo By: Ann Van Breemen
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Critique By:
Ann Nida (K:45248)
2/14/2006 5:16:58 AM
WOW Kelly this is the stuff that really cool greeting cards are made of. Colourful characters with the grunge mod clothing, tats (I think I've had striped socks and boots like those - years ago of course). A young couple in love busking/pan handling their way around the country getting by on love and music. Look out Madonna!!! A great Valentines Day shot.
Cheers - Ann
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| Photo By: Kelly Duntley
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Critique By:
Ann Nida (K:45248)
2/14/2006 4:55:26 AM
Wonderful shot and I love the portrait orientation here. The old tree is excellent interest making a great natural frame for the elephants. I love the subtle shadows and the details in the skin textures are so clear. The babies are adorable. Any images with baby animals in them are so very precious. A gorgeous image.
Cheers - Ann
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| Photo By: Mireille Heirendt
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Critique By:
Ann Nida (K:45248)
2/14/2006 4:51:31 AM
I always love your Tanzania shots Mireille. I love the curves in the background hills here. They make for a beautiful rolling background for these gentle giants. Such a tranquil scene to see them roaming free like this. You'll have to make another trip back there with your new lens now and do this all over again. That would be hard to take wouldn't it. Great iamge Mireille. I love it.
Cheers - Ann
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| Photo By: Mireille Heirendt
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Critique By:
Ann Nida (K:45248)
2/14/2006 4:08:02 AM
Oh Ann now I'm really homesick. You have taken a photo of my holiday unit. 6th floor north east aspect jsut above the tree line of the tallest building there - Imperial Surf. Lately I've been getting really homesick to go back home and I've been hunting down the Aussie photos to comment just to see shades of home. Great tones in this and a nice twist on all the glitz as you say. Great perspective. Thanks for the memories.
Cheers - Ann
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| Photo By: Ann Van Breemen
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Critique By:
Ann Nida (K:45248)
2/14/2006 3:36:22 AM
Oops...my mistake. I'm getting my mites and tites mixed up. So there is no adjustment of the eyes to that kind of dark then. Reminds me of a scene in a movie when Eddie Murphy "had" to make love to Eartha Kit and it was pitch black. He asked her to turn out the lights and when she did so it was pitch black and he said "Can you make it just a little bit darker". (haha - I guess you had to see it to appreciate the humour. Sounds like a good experience.
Cheers - Ann
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| Photo By: Gary Dyck
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Critique By:
Ann Nida (K:45248)
2/14/2006 3:21:56 AM
-12 !!! Bikini weather huh! Could have got a nice snow tan.
I have always enjoyed cave exploration but ice just seems so much more fragile to me. Intersting info. Thanks.
Cheers - Ann
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| Photo By: Gary Dyck
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Critique By:
Ann Nida (K:45248)
2/14/2006 3:06:05 AM
Most unusual tones caused by the dust. It seems to settle in layers or certain areas to cause the patterned lines. Great textures. It looks almost quartz like but it's obviously the ice which gives it the sparkle. I think I would have been quite claustrophobic in such enclosed type conditions. Really interesting.
Cheers - Ann
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| Photo By: Gary Dyck
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Critique By:
Ann Nida (K:45248)
2/14/2006 3:02:37 AM
WOW Gary, you never disappoint with your shots. A most unusual scene with the thick frost covered walls and to capture it with such a unique lighting technique. Looks like an ice tunnel and I suppose in effect it is. Fascinating. Great job.
Cheers - Ann
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| Photo By: Gary Dyck
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Critique By:
Ann Nida (K:45248)
2/14/2006 2:59:17 AM
Yes Gary it's more like an accumulation of frost cause the stalagtite is formed from accumulation of the dripping of mineral-rich water from the ceiling and they are usually smooth to the touch whereas this is very textured. No doubt would melt to the touch. I love these frosty images. So pretty. Must have been pretty darned cold down there but nothing you couldn't handle. Great shot and I'll bet the lighting conditions were rather challenging in the belly of a mine. Well done.
Cheers - Ann
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| Photo By: Gary Dyck
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Critique By:
Ann Nida (K:45248)
2/14/2006 2:40:13 AM
Stunning flow and lovely blending of tones. Superb movement like a beautifully tuned symphony. See I never would have guessed it was smoke if you hadn't written that. Brilliant abstract. Gorgeous.
Cheers - Ann
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| Photo By: Laurie Gould
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Critique By:
Ann Nida (K:45248)
2/14/2006 2:31:46 AM
Stunning colours Gustavo. Beautiful layers showing varying tones. Lovely lighting on the water. Very nice iamge.
Cheers - Ann
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| Photo By: Gustavo Scheverin
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