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Down in the Deep Blue Water
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Carol Teal |
Critiques anyone? I am practicing with the new camera and today was the 2nd day I have really been out with it except for at sunset time.
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Kay Beausoleil |
LOL! Very succesful composition, Carol, and you're lucky to have such a patient model. Love the colours and the design!
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Carol Teal |
Thank you Kay. I will relay the message to my handsome model! However, sometimes I think he is lucky to have such a patient photographer mom, expecially when he wants me to shoot many photos of him in multiple poses (of his own choice of course)! :D
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Mike Rubin |
Nice composition and great idea that Justin had. Soon we will be looking at his images when he manages to get the camera away from you!
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Carol Teal |
Thank you Mike, for your nice comment, and I will also tell Justin that is idea was a good one! He has taken over my Coolpix now and shooting photos and wants a gallery on BP too. I will be setting him up with one soon. :) Not sure how his photos are coming along; of course he doesn't want to hear my suggestions or tips! Guess that is common for 10 year-olds!
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Mike Rubin |
Tell him if he wants a gallery he better be ready for plenty of comments,suggestions and tips and praise.
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Roger Fry |
Photo is a good idea - composition by the photographer excellent! Rog
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Sharon C. Hinze |
Jolly good fun Carol...only thing I might consider changing would be the shadow in the lower right half...once seen it pulls the eye. Hope this helps. Love the image and the idea. S
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Carol Teal |
Thank you so much Roger for your kind words. Thanks Sharon for taking a look and for your nice comment. Also, I never noticed the fish shadow until you told me so I will see about cloning it out. Wouldn't be hard to do.
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Nadia Paul |
What a terrific image Carol... fun and well composed... nice work!
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Carol Teal |
Nadia, thank you so much for your kind words. I think Justin had a good idea to "swim" through my photo! :)
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Kenneth Mucke |
Very kool capture Carol...very well done
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Carol Teal |
Thank you so much Kenneth! I like Justin's idea, and I just noticed the other day how well his camouflage shorts blend in with the water! Someone is an excellent artist; you should see the rest of the murals there. They were incredible!
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Ann Kittelsen |
This is a great shot, he had a great idea and you captured it wonderfully, I love it. Such vivid colors! I know what you mean about suggestions to a 10 year old, I have an 11 year old I mentor and she loves getting behind the camera and clicking away but doesn't want those suggestions. They are very creative though so we might as well let them go and learn, see what they come up with. :) Great work!
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Carol Teal |
Thank you so much Ann! I appreciate your comment! Justin has started a gallery here, but we have to get some more photos uploaded. It's a good start, but I doubt if he keeps it up long at this age, but maybe he will come back to it later. I would like for him to get a hobby like this for his teen years. :)
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Suzy Betancourt |
WOW, nothing to CC here! Great colors and clarity and such an original shot. I am sure this will be a good photo to print like a 5x7 to display around the house. The camera and photographer are working great together. Suzy
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Carol Teal |
Thank you so very much Suzy for your kind comment. I am really glad Justin came up with this idea! The murals there at Homosassa were amazing!
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- Evy Johansen Contact Evy Johansen Evy Johansen's Gallery |
Beautiful image! Big congratulations on your POTD, Carol! Well deserved!!
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Donna La Mattino Pagakis |
Congratulation on your potd, bright and beautiful image!!
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Lynne Morris |
Wonderful image Carol and many congratulations on your POTD,well deserved.
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Joy Rector |
congrats on the POTD
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Ray Clarke |
Congratulation on your potd,!!!(R&A)
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Mary Clarke |
Congtratulations on POTD Carol, great image
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Sharrie Thomas |
What a cute picture, your son has a good imagination, and artistic ability perhaps, thinking of this idea. Look out, he might be taking over. lol. Nice shot mom! Congrats on the POTD.
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Datha Y. Thompson |
AWESOME Carol!!! LOVE everything about this!!! Beautfiul colors, fun, creative, Excellent!!! Congrats on POTD....Way To Go!!! :0)
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- Lindley Johnson Contact Lindley Johnson Lindley Johnson's Gallery |
Very cute, Carol. I love the orange shirt contrasted with all of the blue. Well done. Congratulations on your POTD!
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Sharon C. Hinze |
Carol, how very exciting and wonderful for you! POTD! Wow. Congratulations! S
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RC Fritz |
Carol, beautiful composition between blue and red. Congratulations on your POTD.
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Brie S. Washuck |
Outstanding picture Carol! Very well done Justin! Congrats on your POTD.
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Carol Teal |
Thank you so much Evy, Donna, Lynne, Joy, Ray and Audrey, Mary, Sharrie, Datha, Lindley, Sharon, RC, Brie. You all knew before me! I am certainly excited, and this is such a surprise! There are so many great images posted everyday, so I am honored. I called Justin in to see, and he is demanding modeling fees! :D
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Mike Rubin |
Congratulations!, Without a signed release, you owe him!.. Oh wait He's a minor so you can get out of it. lol
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Carol Teal |
Thank you Mike! I told Justin I would pay him, but then he would have to pay me for all the things I do for him (making sandwiches for him, taking him to school, buying his clothes, shoes, etc) That shut him up! LOL
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Tracey R. Hart |
Carol, Photo of the Day!! Congratulations! Good job Justin!!
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Leanne M.E. Boyd |
Excellent shot Carol, congratulations on your POTD!
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Kay Beausoleil |
Congratulations to you and Justin for your POTD, Carol!
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Carol Teal |
Thank you so much Tracey, Leanne, and Kay! This one was fun for us!
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Vicki Hunt |
Cute POTD! Congrats!
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Carol Teal |
Vicki, thank you so much!
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Amy JACKSON |
Great picture, Carol!! Congratulations on your POTD!!! WTG!!! :)
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Carol Teal |
Thank you so much Amy for your kind comment!
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Carol Teal |
I am so thankful to all of you who took the time to congratulate me (and Justin) on the POTD recognition! I truly enjoy being a member of BP and appreciate everyone's encouragement and support!!! And thank you BP for the honor!
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Carol Teal |
I am so thankful to all of you who took the time to congratulate me (and Justin) on the POTD recognition! I truly enjoy being a member of BP and appreciate everyone's encouragement and support!!! And thank you BP for the honor!
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Renaee Dimond |
Big Congratulations on your POTD Carol!!! :D
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Renaee Dimond |
Big Congratulations on your POTD Carol!!! :D
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Carol Teal |
Thank you so much Renaee! Looks like you had the same problem as me...your message posted twice like mine! :)
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Helen N. McHugh |
Congratulations on your well deserved POTD, Carol!
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- Mario Rocafuerte Contact Mario Rocafuerte Mario Rocafuerte's Gallery |
Congratulations on this very well-deserved POTD!!! Great job!!!
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Carol Teal |
Thank you so much Helen and Mario! It is such a wonderful honor, and I was certainly surprised when I found out!
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William Johnson |
Congratulations to you and Justin Carol on your POTD. Nice idea, and it looks as if you have a budding Graphics Designer in the family with justin, unless of course he goes into photography. Bill J.
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Carol Teal |
Thank you so much Bill; we were pleasantly surprised and feel honored to be chosen by BP for POTD! Justin says he wants to be a lawyer, but he may be like me, dabble in alot of different things that he enjoys, while doing one full-time. :)
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BetterPhoto Member |
Great Job Carol. I believe Justin will make a good photographer one day. He was right! The swimming motion definately adds to the photo.
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BetterPhoto Member |
Great capture Carol it really looks as if justin is swimming among the fish well done on POTD!!!!! Chris
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Carol Teal |
Gosh, I am so behind on here! I didn't realize how long I haven't been on! Thanks so much Teresa for your kind comment and Justin says thanks too! :) And Chris, thank you so much for your kind words. Justin's idea worked out very well. I took many more where he wasn't swimming and some where he was but without the sunglasses, and this one was the best of the bunch. The murals there were so beautiful too! This is just a small area of the painted walls; there were more fish and even a couple of huge manatees!
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RC Fritz |
Congraulations. Wonderful finalist!!
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Mike Rubin |
POTD then Finalist ! Congratulations.
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- Dennis Flanagan Contact Dennis Flanagan Dennis Flanagan's Gallery |
congratulations Carol.
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Amy JACKSON |
Hey Carol!! CONGRATULATIONS on your finalsit!!!! Way to go!!! :) :)
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johnvroscich.com - John V. Roscich Contact John V. Roscich John V. Roscich's Gallery |
CAROL A BIG CONGRATS HAD NOT SEEN THIS BEFORE IT IS AWESOME JOHN
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Datha Y. Thompson |
YAY CAROL!!! BIG CONGRATS!!! :0)
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Carol Teal |
Thank you so much RC, Mike, Dennis, Amy, and John! I am behind again and just found out that the finalists were out when I checked my email and saw all the alerts from BP on this photo and several more that I commented on. Wow, it is such a big surprise! I feel honored to receive this finalist among all the other excellent photos posted to BP everyday. And to all of you, a great big thank you for your support and encouragement!
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Carol Teal |
Thank you so much Datha! I think you posted your comment just as I was posting the one above! Thank you so much for your support and encouragement! :)
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Ray Clarke |
CONGRATULATIONS on your finalist! Way to go!!!(R&A)
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Sharon C. Hinze |
Way to go Carol! This is a wonderful shot!I am so tickled for you! S
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Sherry Sturgis |
Congratulations Carol (and Justin). What a creative capture!! Bravo!
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Carol Teal |
Thank you so much Ray and Audrey (and again, congrats on your finalist). And many thanks to you Sharon for your support! And Sherry, thank you and Justin says thanks to you also! I left the photo up last night so he could see it first thing this morning when he went to the computer. I wanted him to be surprised and he was!
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Roger Fry |
Congratulations !!!! Roger
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Carol Teal |
Roger, thank you so much!
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Renaee Dimond |
YAY!! Congratulations on your finalist Carol. Great shot!
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Carol Teal |
Renaee, thank you so much!
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William Johnson |
Nice image and original idea Carol and Justin. Congratulations on being a finalist Carol. Bill J.
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Laura Clay-Ballard |
this is so cool! FABulous work!
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Carol Teal |
Thanks so much Laura! And Bill, I missed your comment before so I want to thank you too!
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Gary Lange |
Wow, terrific work, Carol!! I hope you had a wonderful Christmas. Congrat on the POTD!
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Carol Teal |
Thank you Gary! Justin enjoyed posing for this one as much as I enjoyed taking it! When looking at it again, we noticed how his camo shorts blend in with the blue water! :) Hope your holidays are great too and we wish you a happy New Year!
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Shawn M. Marymee |
Congratulations Carol!!! Happy New Year
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BetterPhoto Member |
Congrats! Jen
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Carol Teal |
Thank you Shawn and Jen! Happy New year to you!
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Nemil B. Chabebe |
Congratulations on the finalist and photo of the day. Happy new year. My wife wants to know who is the baby in your mini pic? and how about a trip to Tarpon Springs in the weekend?
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Carol Teal |
Thanks Nemil for your comment! The baby is me! This was taken when I was 1 year old and the photographer wanted to use the picture for advertising so she made a deal to give it to my mother after a year if she could use it. Mom said ok (I am sure it was expensive to buy in those days) so the photographer put it in her studio window with the caption "Phooey on photographers!" I scanned the original which is a 16x20 and decided to use it for my mini-pic! Sounds like a good idea to go to Tarpon Springs. I will email you about it. Happy New Year to you and your wife too!
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Janet |
Congrats! It definitely is an awesome looking pic!
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Carol Teal |
Thank you so much Janet!
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Sue C. Cole |
very unique image! I'm sure you had fun doing this one.
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Carol Teal |
Thank you so much Sue! Yes, it was fun and a great idea Justin had. I took several of him in front of the different murals, some with him acting crazy, but this one was my favorite because he had the sunglasses on!
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Vladan D. Djordjevic |
Fantastic color and composition! Congratulations on the finalist and photo of the day!
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- Jill Odice Contact Jill Odice Jill Odice's Gallery |
What fun! Great creative shot :-) Congrats on your POTD!
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Carol Teal |
Vladan and Jill, thank you so much! This one was made possible by Justin and his great pose and idea!
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Remi Trepanier |
Funny, I love it Carol!
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Carol Teal |
Thank you so much Remi!
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Karen Slagle |
Wow, Justin had a great idea that resulted in a POTD. This is great and he really looks like he's swimming. What an imagination. Big congrats on this, Carol...
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Carol Teal |
Thank you Karen, and I will tell Justin too! He always tells me I owe him for this one! LOL He has always been quite a good model for me, and one day when he gets married, his wife will enjoy seeing all his baby photos! I'm sure he will thank me! HA
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Cheryl Meisel |
WOW excellent! LOVE THIS laughinggggggg and it's toooo cute to boot! Cherylm
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Carol Teal |
Cheryl, thank you so much for your kind comment! Glad you got a laugh! My son is a funny little guy and has some great ideas (and sometimes some not too great ones!) LOL
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Nancy (Peaches) Harker |
WOW, VERY COOL. Very funny. Your son was smart LOL. Congrat's on the photo of the day and the finalist.
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Carol Teal |
Thank you Nancy!! We were thrilled when it was chosen for POTD, and then it became my first finalist so we were excited (Justin was too because he came up with the pose, and he did it so nicely!)
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Vicki Zoller |
LOVE the set-up for this shot...you and your son are a clever pair!!! I especially love that this is something that you can do together...it will be a wonderful way to forge your relationship thru the tough teen years!
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Carol Teal |
Vicki, I want to thank you so much for your kind comment! I am half looking forward to and half dreading those teen years, so you are right about having something to keep us together during those times. I gave Justin my old camera too, and he uses it sometimes for a week or so and then stops and starts again. Maybe he will even have his own photography to work on during those times. He might could take photos for the year book or school news!
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Tori A. Woods |
how cool, Carol!! I know its about a year later but this is really great...I missed it earlier.......I too am from Fla.....Tori
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Carol Teal |
Tori, thank you so much for looking and for your kinc comment. Where in Florida are you?
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Tori A. Woods |
North Florida, about 32 miles from the Georgia/Florida line....
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Carol Teal |
That sounds about like Havana area. I lived in Coonbottom outside of Tally for several years. Used to ride my horse over to Mule Day in Calvary, GA each November. It was really close to the GA line there, but farther if I traveled to Bainbridge. We may come back that way in a few years. I miss it. I love St Marks and Wakulla and Dog Lake (if you have heard of it). Email me if you would like and we can chat a bit!
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