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arwa abdullah
{K:34415} 6/7/2005
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I like to think of it this way.......the dragonfly was very patient with this lunatic getting all agitated and cheerful over a bug and pressing into his personal space! 
Thanx for the comment
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Peter Bowers
{K:181} 6/7/2005
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excellent capture...you must have been very patient
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Jose Ignacio (Nacho) Garcia Barcia
{K:96391} 6/5/2005
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splendic image. marvelous tones. superb.
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Humayun Rizwan
{K:3235} 5/24/2005
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Arwa, this is one of the BEST macros I've seen so far in this site. Just FABULOUS! What wonderful colors and clarity. Right into my favorites!
You are amazingly talented
Regards
Humayun
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Kamran
{K:3526} 5/23/2005
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Great pic love the colors wonderful eye arwa..mashallah
kamran
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arwa abdullah
{K:34415} 5/22/2005
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hi Angelo
im overwhelmed with all your kind comments! Thank you! :)
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Angelo Villaschi
{K:49617} 5/22/2005
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Beautiful macro with loads of wonderful detail.
Fantastic colours, Arwa.
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Peter De Rycke
{K:41212} 5/16/2005
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Wonderful photography .. great colours ..
It was quite difficult to get the right DOF .. that i can see at the head of the insect .. pity, because i can see your DOF was quite sufficient as you got all legs sharp ..
Peter
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Thilo Bayer
{K:50358} 5/16/2005
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Hi Arwa,
you're getting better every day with you macro shots. the awards are waiting for you soon... I'm sure.
awesome colors.
best wishes,
Thilo
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arwa abdullah
{K:34415} 5/16/2005
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Thank you paolo for the comment!! Again congratulations for your BIP! its amazing!
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MUJAHID AWAIS
{K:1703} 5/15/2005
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Very nice Light and good compoisition.
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arwa abdullah
{K:34415} 5/15/2005
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Thank you danny for your visit!
Im glad you liked my work :)
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Danny Brannigan
{K:19523} 5/15/2005
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arwa, this is absolutely magnificant. congratulations. I have also looked at your prtfolio which is very impressive indeed.
Regards
Danny Brannigan
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Paolo Corradini
{K:59552} 5/15/2005
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amazing macro! colors are so real!
best regards
Paolo
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Fabio Brancaleoni
{K:2200} 5/15/2005
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Sharp image with good colors. To improve the DOF on the wings of the dragonfly try to take a shot by using a tele lens.
Compliments
Fabio
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arwa abdullah
{K:34415} 5/14/2005
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GC im thrilled that you liked it
Your work is so good I was excited when i saw that you wrote me a comment!
thanx!
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Gino Quattrocchi
{K:39580} 5/14/2005
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elegance
magic color
cleaning and simplicity in the composition
your eye brings me in the small world
very beautiful
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arwa abdullah
{K:34415} 5/14/2005
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Its good to hear from you and know your ok my friend!
thank you for your thoughtful comment :)
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Fadel J
{K:13974} 5/14/2005
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Wow, what a high quality and very impressive macro work Arwa!! Your constant increase in quality is very admirable indeed! Thank you very much for the warm welcome! I'm still alive, just busy with work.
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arwa abdullah
{K:34415} 5/14/2005
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thank you paola for your kind words! :)
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arwa abdullah
{K:34415} 5/14/2005
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salam amna! Thank you for the comment much much appreciated ;)
in the first two pictures I didn?t know what I was doing, just photographing macros of a fly, thanx to the help I got here now I almost know what im doing
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Amna Al Shamsi
{K:21795} 5/14/2005
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Excellent! much much better than the previous one. Keep it up dear
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B B
{K:30983} 5/14/2005
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Wonderful colours and definition.
This is a big MACRO.
Paola LL
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arwa abdullah
{K:34415} 5/14/2005
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thank you for the comment jorg!
good to have you back :)
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Jorg Reif
{K:16020} 5/14/2005
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Great shot, wonderful colour combination. Regards Jörg
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Jose Ignacio (Nacho) Garcia Barcia
{K:96391} 5/14/2005
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simply gorgeous.
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arwa abdullah
{K:34415} 5/14/2005
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thank you miguel for passing by!
wow for a hobby your work is really great!
I appreciate your comment! :)
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arwa abdullah
{K:34415} 5/14/2005
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thank you galal :)
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Miguel Andrade
{K:5463} 5/14/2005
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Well, my friend! First I have to thank for your comment and also that I totally agree with your thoughts! Man sometimes destroys what's perfect!
About photography, it's true. I've never studyed anything. About a year ago I starting posting photos and learning from what i see and read in people's comments! This is just a hobby (my favourite, I must say! lol
About your picture and portfolio, I also have to congratulate you! I are doing a very good work, and I wish the best!
regards to you, Miguel
P.S. - here's a 7* for this image and for you
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Galal El Missary
{K:84569} 5/14/2005
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Arwa
Very Nice Micro & details , 3D , Nice composition, very well done.
Galal
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arwa abdullah
{K:34415} 5/14/2005
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ahaa!!! So that?s it!
and I thought it?s the wind!
Hehehehe thank you David!
im glad you liked it
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arwa abdullah
{K:34415} 5/14/2005
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I did take a lot of pictures with small aperture even up to f16! :)
But im a sucker for minimal DOF!
And this lens is perfect for that!
The original image is not too tight I cropped it in PS when I saw the way the tail, wings and leave make a triangle so I thought it would be a good addition to the square image project
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arwa abdullah
{K:34415} 5/14/2005
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thank you peta! :)
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arwa abdullah
{K:34415} 5/14/2005
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Hi alex! Thank you for your comment and for passing by!
I appreciate it!
P.S.
Love your landscapes!
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Alex Pieroni
{K:15506} 5/14/2005
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Great capture!
Stunning details, great colors.
A superb shot.
Congrats,
Alex
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p e t a .
{K:18700} 5/14/2005
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Wow, excellent macro shot! Love the vibrant colours!
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Ned Ali
{K:11928} 5/14/2005
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Oh .. Wow!!
A marvelous shot!
I like the vivid red, green and yellow in the picture!
Although I generally don't like the idea of cropping out any part of the dragonfly, your crop here works well, as the wings are blurred (or out of focus).
I wonder how it would look if you moved a step backwards and showed the whole dragonfly and more space on the right with a Sufficiently smaller aperture to bring the wings in focus! keep in mind that a normally considered small aperture (e.g. f/11) is not really small in macro photography; it still gives a limited dof.
Keep up the good work, Arwa.
I'm looking forward to seeing more of your beautiful dragonflies ;)
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Judi Liosatos
{K:34047} 5/14/2005
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Absolutely stunning. Brilliant colours and detail. Thankyou so much my sweet friend for all of your comments.
Judi
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David McClenaghan
{K:9481} 5/14/2005
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Excellent work Arwa.
Like the crop a lot.
I think the effect of 'movement' in the wings is entirely due to the DOF.
If it was windy then the whole dragonfly and leaf would probably be blurred as the wings and body are relatively rigid when its sitting still. If one moves so does the other.
Check your shutter speed details by right clicking on the original file and look in the summary dialogue box. All your shooting details are in that section. Probably something like a 1/250th or a 500th I would guess. Which would have been enough to freeze the motion of the leaf and dragonfly.
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andree lerat
{K:17476} 5/14/2005
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Stunning shot. You've come a long way baby (with the macro and the dragonfly o:)) Cheers, Andree
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arwa abdullah
{K:34415} 5/14/2005
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WOW! Thank you so much erkoc!!
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arwa abdullah
{K:34415} 5/14/2005
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hi dirck! :)
I?ve only seen them in red!
the movement in the wings is caused by the breeze
Thank you for your comments my friend :)
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Giorgio Goretti
{K:15471} 5/13/2005
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Excellent macro
wonderful colors and clarity
well done!
congrats
Giorgio
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arwa abdullah
{K:34415} 5/13/2005
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Hello Roberto
I?ve always admired your D.F pictures!
You photograph them in different colors poses compositions
and each one is flawless!
So thank you for passing by! :)
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arwa abdullah
{K:34415} 5/13/2005
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I don?t know if it?s a male or a female!
until recently I was afraid of them now im running after them! lol
The movement that everyone seems to like is caused by the wind, it was quite breezy
Thank you linda :)
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Linda Imagefree
{K:72276} 5/13/2005
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Absolutely gorgeous reds and greens with that yellow accent! Wow the detail...it's a girl right? LOL..She's a beauty...Love the composition...I can see the movement in the wings, and it's just wow!.. wonderful image, beautifully presented....:) Linda
Arwa thank you for your comments on my image...:)
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ahmed saleh
{K:414} 5/13/2005
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nice colors contrast composition focusing
well done
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Paul's Photos
{K:35235} 5/13/2005
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becoming the dragonfly lady :) great shot.. love the colors,.. sharp image.. good work
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arwa abdullah
{K:34415} 5/13/2005
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thank you khaled!
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Jan .
{K:8693} 5/13/2005
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Excellent Arwa...especially the composition and the dof! Well, and the details and color are fantastic too!! Very well done, dear!!
Jan
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arwa abdullah
{K:34415} 5/13/2005
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thank you Margaret! :)
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Ehdae (Abullha AL Hazza)
{K:4725} 5/13/2005
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Great macro details.Congrats and Regards
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Khaled Mursi Hammoud
{K:54005} 5/13/2005
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Hi Arwa,
I'm a Urologist (the doctor who is concerned with the kidneys, ureters, bladder, urethra in both males and females in addition to the prostate and external genitalia in the males).
It's my pleasure to answer you any questions Arwa, just send me email on: khaledmursi@hotmail.com
My best regards,
Khaled.
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arwa abdullah
{K:34415} 5/13/2005
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thank you john :)
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Margaret Sturgess
{K:49403} 5/13/2005
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Wow now that is great, love the way he is hanging on
Margaret
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arwa abdullah
{K:34415} 5/13/2005
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im just getting started Dr ;)
I only stopped snapping away when the battery died!
Again khaled what type of a doctor are you? I would like to ask you some questions if you don?t mind
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Saqib Zulfiqar
{K:2745} 5/13/2005
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This is very beautiful. Like the composition, focus, background, crop,light colors.... Your best Dragonfly so far in my opinion. Well done.
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Khaled Mursi Hammoud
{K:54005} 5/13/2005
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That's the best of the dragon fly series Arwa... wonderful red and green tones.
Khaled.
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[[dead account]]
{K:6692} 5/13/2005
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What a lovely close up shot. You should feel proud.
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Paul Lara
{K:88111} 5/13/2005
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Delicate and beautiful, Arwa (like you).
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Bryan Miller
{K:3395} 5/13/2005
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composition (the way you have filled the frame) is fantastic. and the subtle transition of tones in the background is terrific. of course I would be remiss if I did not mention the complimentary colors ! wonderful
bryan
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Zannoni Matteo
{K:12211} 5/13/2005
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ottimi dettagli,
PAce e salute, M.
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Riny Koopman
{K:19998} 5/13/2005
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Great macro vieuw..Marvelous scene from nature with incedible colours and contrast 7+++
Keep up the good work!
Kind regards,
Riny Koopman.
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erkoc dalaman
{K:4295} 5/13/2005
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Arwa the first time I saw this shot without noticing your name I immediately guessed the shot was yours..This is insane...beautiful colors..details..Makes me shout Allah-u Ekber..
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Chris Spracklen
{K:32552} 5/13/2005
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Magnificent macro, Arwa! Brilliant colours and composition.
Best regards, Chris
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Dirck DuFlon
{K:35779} 5/13/2005
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Excellent shot, Arwa! Nice and clear from head to tail, and I really like the way the wings fade off from the DOF - gives the impression that they are moving! You know, I have never seen a red dragonfly!
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Sergio Cárdenas
{K:25028} 5/13/2005
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Incredible pict, colours, composition and detail
Great work, very well done
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Randy Lorance
{K:24769} 5/13/2005
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Great series of dragonfly photos! This is a nice conposition with it clinging to the diagonal leaf. Great colors and DOF, though the tops of it's wings are out of the frame, because of the DOF, it does not detract from the image. Nice work Arwa.
Randy
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Roberto Okamura
{K:22851} 5/13/2005
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Wow!! Very beautiful macro and details Arwa!!
Great work!
Congrats!
Roberto.
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Onur Özbakan
{K:16763} 5/13/2005
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Arwa you did unbelievable job and captured it with great detail and color, very well done!!
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Laurie Gould
{K:11942} 5/13/2005
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Looks great Arwa! Wonderful detail and great colors here. :)
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