Inspiring Photo: You Blow Me Away Dude #8463377

You Blow Me Away Dude

Uploaded: June 08, 2009

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A Typical, Simple Comment
Often Made By
1970's Dandelions!

(Hey...what can I say? I grew up too close to Berkeley!)

(HA!)

Actually I have noticed a HUGE INFLUX of
Dandelion Images On BP Lately
So, of course, I had to make one too!

* * *
Hand Held Macro, Cropped Tight & Warmed.
Animations hand drawn by me in DDR PAINT SHOP.
TV 1/60, AV 7.1

SEE YOU CATS LATER IN THE WEEK.
I'M BLOWING TOWN TO SEE WHAT I CAN SEE.
(Translation: I'm going camping. Be back Friday)

Written and Created Summer of 2009 - Resubmitted for MT "HUMOR" May 2010

Exif: F Number: 7.1, Exposure Bias Value: 0.00, ExposureTime: 1/60 seconds, Flash: fired, auto mode, red-eye reduction mode, FocalLength: 4.60 mm, Model: Canon PowerShot SD800 IS

Comments

Kirsten Kiki Kjaer June 08, 2009

HAHAHAHA!!!!!!! This is hillarious, SSSLaura.
This will surely keep me smiling and giggling for a week!!!!
It takes me right back....... HA!
I love it!!!!!!!!!!!! GREAAAATTT work!!!!!!! #1138456

Laura E. Swan June 08, 2009

IT WAS LIKE A GAME SHOW! THREE OF YOU COMMENTED AT ONCE!

Now to round you up! HERE YOU ARE!

maria I. Warren

member since: 8/26/2006

lol omg girl this is way funny I love it :)

6/8/2009 12:11:07 AM #7607303

Barbara Waldoch June 08, 2009

LOL How cool is that, Laura!
Have a great time camping. Don't forget snow gear LOL #7607310

Laura E. Swan June 08, 2009

Paul E. Earl
paul-earl-photography.com

member since: 3/18/2005

Gotta love those '70s dandelions! LOL! A cool image man! Keep safe and don't smoke anything you shouldn't!!!!

6/8/2009 12:11:25 AM

I WONT PAUL! It's the bears that seem to be REALLY WILD behaving!

GO FIGURE! :D
#7607313

Renee Doyle June 08, 2009

Too funny Laura!!!! That's one beauty of a dandelion shot!! Have a great time camping!! #7607327

Ann Coates June 08, 2009

Great humorous prezzy to leave us before you go camping Laura. You have a fun time, take loads of images, don't get too close to the bears and look forward to seeing your travel photos when you return and I hope it doesn't snow. #7607339

Tiia Vissak June 08, 2009

very creative! #7607359

Usman M. Bajwa June 08, 2009

Very beautiful and gave an instant smile. Hope you have a good time camping, Laura.

Usman. #7607364

Kerry Hill June 08, 2009

HAHAHA!! Way cool, Laura!! Have fun camping!! #7607386

Laura E. Swan June 08, 2009

Thank you everybody! You guys are lots of fun!

I have been to each of your galleries and then some! Time for me to get some rest before our big adventure begins tomorrow.

Thanks for the smiles and for your great comments on my silly little image!

-Laura #7607409

Ray Clarke June 08, 2009

LOL! Wonderful creation Laura.!!!(R) #7607425

Troy Gallagher June 08, 2009

Great capture and work Laura, have a great week in the woods.

Troy #7607434

Avril Young June 08, 2009

ha ha, you are just so funny Laura...have fun in the woods....you are so creative Laura...Cool shot and work! #7607469

Brett Dolsen June 08, 2009

Cool work and be carefull Laura!!Watch those extreme POVS!!Brett #7607519

Pat Gamwell June 08, 2009

lolol:) Thought the dandelion was comical until I looked further at Mr Dancing Bear! ROTFLMBO!!!!! Very creative! Don't think we need to say "have fun" to YOU! Sounds like you carry smiles & fun wherever you go! #7607588

Tammy M. Anderson June 08, 2009

Very creative and funny image, Laura. Love the bear and have a great trip. #7607656

Jyri Vissak June 08, 2009

Very creative! Well done. #7607709

Gord MacEachern June 08, 2009

LOL.....have a great camping trip Laura...still lol. #7607715

Jeff Robinson June 08, 2009

Too funny and very original!! Jeff #7607771

Stephen Zacker June 08, 2009

Hey Dude.. this is totally cool and funny 8-) #7607851

Carol Sawyer June 08, 2009

This is great, Laura!!! #7607853

Jessica Jenney June 08, 2009

Your hilarious image is giving me the munchies!!!! Very cool, Laura! #7607889

Nancyj E. Hovey June 08, 2009

OMgosh, you are hilarious!!! what a great sense of humor...

have a wonderful vacation

#7608071

ROLAN NARMAN June 08, 2009

Very cool sister! Very cool indeed! Lovely composition...and it blows me away too! Have a great time camping but don't overdo on the marshmallows! #7608389

Lorna Shutter June 08, 2009

Hmmm ... can't say I've ever seen this species of Dandelion before, Laura! Ha! Ha! Must be almost extinct! What an amazing find and capture! LOL! Have a good time camping, my friend! :)

#7608429

Ujjwal Mukherjee June 08, 2009

LOL.....Wonderfully done,Laura!!! #7608438

June 08, 2009

Cool capture and excellet idea,have fun camping watch out for my friends the bears and snakes,Laura! #7608664

Lynne Morris June 08, 2009

Haha, this is a fabulous fun capture Laura. #7608821

AEK June 08, 2009

thank-you nancyj, for sending me this link - laura - you're too much.... definitely brightened up my day with this laugh. thank-you... #7608909

Mark Dodge June 08, 2009

This TOTALLY cracks me up, Laura! I love the irony of a weed smoking weed! LOL!!!!!

Have a blast camping. Come back with some photos!

Thanks for the huge Monday morning laugh!

Peace, right on, have a groovy day. #7608957

Derek D. Dafoe June 08, 2009

LOL! Nice Laura! #7609081

Karen Kessler June 08, 2009

Oh how funny! Great DDR work, too! Have a fun vacation and we look forward to hearing from you when you return! (Stay away from them thar bears, too!) #7609293

Julianne Bradford June 08, 2009

Ah, those were the days! Camping I mean..Camping out to me now is a Motel 6! LOL, just kidding. Have fun, keep the camera close and we'll look forward to lots of new shots. This is a classic to be, for sure! #7609434

Toni Riggs June 08, 2009

LOL! Great image and title! #7609774

John Connolly June 08, 2009

What a hilarious image Laura, with great DD work!
No need to say have a fun time, you are already in holiday mode!
I am already looking forward to your happy snaps after your return! #7609823

Kitty R. Rodehorst-Hanna June 08, 2009

LOLOLOLOL
Super work on this image, Laura!!! I hope you had lots of fun!!! :-) k #7610283

Tammy Espino June 08, 2009

ROTFLMAO..So glad I usually get her late!! Love your capture and all the comments and images that followed...hee hee hee!! Have a fun & safe trip~ :) #7610330

Teresa Burnett June 08, 2009

Groovy, man!! This is just too funny Laura!! I love your sense of humor!! It makes my day!! #7610501

Tommy E. Burgess June 08, 2009

This is toooooo funny Laura!! We need to create a special award for this one, it's a classic lol. Hope your having a wonderful trip! #7610597

Stefania Barbier June 08, 2009

LOLOLOL great capture Lala! #7610704

Rajeev 270293 Kashyap June 09, 2009

Terrific image capture Dear Sister Laura! Well DOne! #7611054

Christine Lobsinger June 09, 2009

TOO FUNNY SISTER LAURA....
ROTFLMAO........
HOPE YOU ARE NOT TO 'HIGH'... IN THE MOUNTAINS, WITH ALL THAT SNOW!!!
SIS
CHRISSY
LOL... #7612797

Gina M. Savage June 09, 2009

Oh how funny...reminds me of the movie "Car Wash." Thanks for the smile and have a wonderful day, Laura. #7613289

Patrick Rouzes June 09, 2009

A very "Laura Swan" image presentaed here!!! Translations: cool & creative work here!!! Watch out for the bears & depending on your mood-"the dandelions"!!! Have fun Laura! #7614212

Janice Mezzacappa June 09, 2009

So adorable, wonderful thought up image Laura!! Hope you are having a blast! #7614412

Boyd L. Alexander June 10, 2009

ROTFLMAO!!! This is toooo funny Laura...Love it!!! #7615763

Cassie L. Woodlee June 10, 2009

HAHAHA this is too funny. LOVE IT Laura!!! #7615914

Yulianto Soeroso June 11, 2009

wow so clarity and detail #7618167

Sherry McClead June 11, 2009

The detail and composition is wonderful... must have had a long lens to catch such a candid shot... the tabloids will pay a bundle for this one... it is hard to catch a weed smoking weed...

Sherrybear #7619057

Christine Lobsinger June 11, 2009

Hahaha!!! Great words above Sherrybear!!!!!
CHRISTINE
ROTFLMAO #7619066

Renata Gusciora June 11, 2009

Ha!D :D What an idea and creation,Laura!:D You have a great sense of humour!:D Cool shot! #7619903

Nancyj E. Hovey June 11, 2009

Oh OH, hope Laura wasn't laying on her belly to catch this one... she might have thought about it! 8o) #7620323

Jack R. Perry June 12, 2009

I heard that one gets really silly after smoking that stuff! #7622305

Vladan D. Djordjevic June 12, 2009

Fantastic capture and effects. Lovely idea. :) #7624761

Chris Ebben June 12, 2009

Obviously a Canadian species of Dandelion, I've looked all over, along the side of the road,in the vacant paddock & couldn't find any that looked like this one & I tell you none were smoking!!!

Skull - Smoking Skull Snake Pictures, Images and Photos

But I did find this one, maybe we know where he got the smoke from. Hope you had a good holiday=^..^= #7624859

Laura E. Swan June 12, 2009

WOW! YOU GUYS!!! WHAT FUN!!! We just got home from Camping earlier and what a treat to read all of your comments on this silly image!

It was a BLAST to make, a LAUGH to post and a JOY to come home to! HA!

Thanks all for the fun. Almost EVERYONE showed up here! WOW!

Camping was really fun! It snowed, Rained, was SUNNY then CLOUDY! We had it all! Got some neat shots, too, so I hope you enjoy them. I'll post two of them around midnight my time.

Again...THANK YOU ALL for the FUN and HUGE SMILES!

Chris, looks like your dandelion lost his entire head over that smoke! Bad case of red eye going on there, too!

Too funny.

Loved the TENT too Lorna. That was about it.

Mumj, you hit the nail on the head.

"YOU BLOW ME AWAY" stood for the life of a dandelion. Someone makes a wish then blows the seeds into the wind.

Won't be LONG till my "BRO" has no "FRO"! HA!

Translation: One wish later and my Brother loses his Afro.

-Laura :) Smiles to all! #7624875

Laura E. Swan June 12, 2009

SB, good idea. I'll call the TABLOIDS in the morning! HA!

All of the comments here were so fun!

Thanks again. #7624884

Nancyj E. Hovey June 14, 2009

#7630467

Lorna Shutter June 14, 2009

What ... No EFP???!!! :) #7630478

Laura E. Swan June 14, 2009

Hi Mumj and Lorna!

Looks like no EFP for the smokin' Dandy..."What is the world coming to?"...That's all I can ask.

Thanks for the beautiful bears and flowers in the pretty tree and for the votes of confidence.

It was fun for us all on this thread and I bet the BP judges got a snicker from it, too??? :D

-Laura

#7630543

Nancyj E. Hovey June 15, 2009

#7633948

Laura E. Swan June 15, 2009

Thanks Mummyj. #7633994

Sirsendu Gayen June 16, 2009

Outstanding macro. #7634860

Sirsendu Gayen June 16, 2009

Outstanding macro. #7634862

Lisa J. Boulden June 16, 2009

ROFLMBO!!!!
Crack me right up!!!
Love the image and adore your sense of humor! (Right down to the dancing bear!)
Giggles, Lisa♥ #7637847

Wm Nosal June 16, 2009

COOL! Reminds me of a friend I Had in the early 80's #7638154

Laura E. Swan June 16, 2009

You guys are so much fun! Thanks for playing "silly" with me and for your responses. :)

In my book all of you are:

Oh and Wm...I'm a little worried about you. The 80's weren't that long ago.

Oh never mind. That was 30 years ago wasn't it. HA! #7638166

Wm Nosal June 16, 2009

Oh! HA!! I have been going on a spring camping/fishing trip for 32 years, the same guys and more. You should see some of the haircuts, hats and clothing.

#7638300

Laura E. Swan June 16, 2009

Oh. I can ONLY IMAGINE, Wm! HA! After hearing about your "FOR MEN ONLY" Cabin and OUTHOUSE my funny little imagination can picture them all. Every last one of them! Clothing and haircuts included!!! TOO FUNNY!!!

HEY-Drop into the Comedy Club tonight if you have time. There are two birthdays. We have missed you there and are having a BLAST. Sign a few cards...have some cupcakes...GET ON THE CONFERENCE CALL CARD that I made Vicki!!!

See you there if you can attend! :)

-Laura #7638337

Wm Nosal June 16, 2009

I would like to--- BUT!

Well, maybe? No! Can't, do to night! #7638403

Laura E. Swan June 16, 2009

Drop in when you can. :) #7638485

Mary K. Robison June 28, 2009

FFFAAAAAAAAAAAARRRR OUT, my creative friend!
I enjoyed reading the thread ALMOST as much as your dancing bear and your beautifully painted, naughty little weed...the one that's smiling... ;-D

As for the other one, I'm going to round up the usual suspects based on whoever "reminisced" re: the Plant That Dare Not Speak Its Name. And nobody's going anywhere till I get me some! #7688113

Mary K. Robison June 30, 2009

I'm trying something with an icon or two. Bear with me! #7691773

Laura E. Swan July 15, 2009

Well, I have been waiting for a about a month now Mary. How are the ICONS coming? Am I too late? #7741576

Laura E. Swan August 15, 2009

Mary???

I'm still waiting for the "Smoke" to clear.

Has everyone left the party? #7850574

Tania Bounader November 05, 2009

LOL :) You sure had fun editing this one :) #8107570

Laura E. Swan November 05, 2009

That I did! Thanks for the visit, Tania.

-Laura #8107610

Laura E. Swan January 30, 2010

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2pfRmNXyF_o

#8341196

Mary K. Robison January 30, 2010

This video is terrific, Pom! Love the loose-limbed Robot Man! Funky Dancin' for sure!
It is stirring up some serious ashes from the flaming '60's AND '70's. But they'll have to take form AFTER I answer the Sandman's Siren Call...
See ya later today... :-D Mary #8341594

Laura E. Swan January 30, 2010

Can't wait till you get there!!! #8342429

Nancyj E. Hovey May 08, 2010

One of my favs...this is great creativity, Laura.... 8o) #8597439

Laura E. Swan May 08, 2010

Hi Mumj! Thank you! This was fun to make. Did you re-read the thread? It's hilarious! You guys are just too much fun!

Hope the judges like it. Hee hee!

-Lalelulem #8597550

Tammy Espino May 08, 2010

Made me smile, again :) #8597558

Laura E. Swan May 08, 2010

And you made -ME- smile again! Thanks Tam-tam!

-Lala #8597571

Mary K. Robison May 08, 2010

Get your funk on out there in the Great Wilderness, Pom! This is a very cool re-visit to your very clever creation.The image mellows with age...just like all those "mellow" folks who commented on it sincelast year!
Enjoy communing with Nature, or helping Nature create a commune, or whatever. I KNOW you'll take some memorable/ beautiful photos to share with the rest of us. That's the kind of lady you are!
Have a safe and soul-refreshing vacation, PomPom-e-doo! #8597832

Kitty R. Rodehorst-Hanna May 08, 2010

And you blow me away, Laura! Awesome work and thread! :-) k #8597841

Chris N. Sweet May 09, 2010

Hahahahahahahahahaha! Ha! Great! #8599274

John Connolly May 09, 2010

Great work and welcome back Laura! Good to hear you had a great holiday, I am looking forward to your happy snaps! #8599476

Laura E. Swan May 09, 2010

Hi Silly Dilly's: Mare, Kitty, Chris and John! Glad you guys could make it! Have fun looking at my wacky work this month. After MAY it all goes back DOWN UNDER!

HAPPY MOTHERS DAY to ALL APPLICABLE PARTIES!

-POM/Laura #8599486

JudyAnn Rector May 11, 2010

Wonderful macro work, Laura... you are SO clever and creative! #8604317

Laura E. Swan May 11, 2010

Judy Ann! HI!!!!!!!!!! Nice to see you! Happy belated Mothers Day and thanks for the visit. This was a silly one but really fun to make! Just running out to meet family now. Back to visit you later!

-Laura #8604333

Nancyj E. Hovey May 13, 2010

C O N G R A T U L A T I O N S
on your VERY deserving EFP! 8o) #8610241

Laura E. Swan May 14, 2010

Thanks Mumj!!! :D #8612317

Nancy (Peaches) Harker May 19, 2010

ROFLMAO, AWSOME job Laura, ROFLMAO!!! #8622873

Laura E. Swan May 19, 2010

Thank You Peaches! This was so fun to make and the thread is a kick to read! We've all had so much fun here!

Thanks for being part of it, too!!

-Laura #8622878

Mary K. Robison February 27, 2017

Thanks for the smile, Pom. I needed it. #11565796

Mary K. Robison February 27, 2017

Thanks for the smile, Pom. I needed it. #11565797

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