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Photographer Doyle D. Chastain  Doyle D. Chastain {Karma:101119}
Project #56 Wildlife and Insects Camera Model Nikon D50
Categories Wildlife
Film Format
Portfolio Furries
L.A. County Tourist Targets
Lens Nikon  70-300mm f/4-5.6G AF
Uploaded 12/8/2006 Film / Memory Type Digital ISO 720
    ISO / Film Speed
Views 1606 Shutter 1/500
Favorites Aperture f/4.5
Critiques 89 Rating
6.42
/ 13 Ratings
Location City -  Los Angeles
State -  CALIFORNIA
Country - United States   United States
About My first BiP for the Giraffe Baby in a composition called Giraffe Protection was of a newborn 6 footer. Clearly . . . it was THE choice to make. Now . . . digging through the vault . . . I see some of my other shots were good; though not for the Patterns Project. Here is a shot of the lil guy's father . . . standing in a lowered pen while I'm up a hill shooting him about 24 feet (8 meters) above his feet. Los Angeles Zoo . . . April 30th.

(F/5.0; 1/500sec; 210mm; 720 ISO)

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Doyle D. Chastain Doyle D. Chastain   {K:101119} 8/26/2008
Ok . . . Late Susie . . . but thanks!! :)

Regards,
Doyle I <~~~~~

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Susie  Peek-Swint   {K:7303} 2/4/2007
Wonderful capture Doyle ~ light, detail, and expression are all spot on ~ many congrats on the BIP award!
regards, susie

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Doyle D. Chastain Doyle D. Chastain   {K:101119} 1/30/2007
Thanks Joggie!! :)

Regards,
Doyle I <~~~~~

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Doyle D. Chastain Doyle D. Chastain   {K:101119} 1/30/2007
Thanks very much Ann . . . :)

Regards,
Doyle I <~~~~~

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Joggie van Staden Joggie van Staden   {K:41700} 1/29/2007
Congratularions Doyle! Lovely detail and colour in a tight crop! Well done!
Joggie

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Ann  Van Breemen   {K:13399} 1/27/2007
I missed this one. A beatiful image, Doyle. Excellent details. Congratulations on your award. Cheers, Ann.

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Doyle D. Chastain Doyle D. Chastain   {K:101119} 1/11/2007
Thanks very much Lisa!! :)

Regards,
Doyle I <~~~~~

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Doyle D. Chastain Doyle D. Chastain   {K:101119} 1/11/2007
Thanks Sandra . . . I loved (as you might have guessed) the opportunity to get to eye level with this wonderful animal . . . graceful creature and a unique POV. What more could I ask? Appreciate the comment very much!

Regards,
Doyle I <~~~~~

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Doyle D. Chastain Doyle D. Chastain   {K:101119} 1/11/2007
Thanks very much Ina . . . I appreciate that! :)

Regards,
Doyle I <~~~~~

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So Cal Photograhper   {K:18529} 1/10/2007
Congratulations on making the front page!

Excellent colors and great detail.

Lisa

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Sandra Anderson Sandra Anderson   {K:5837} 1/10/2007
Excellent detail...wondered how you got eye level so the blurb was very informative....just beautiful.
:)
S

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Ina Nicolae Ina Nicolae   {K:44481} 1/10/2007
Congratulations Doyle! Awesome capture and great detail! I love the B & W "Giraffe Protection" too, the patterns are great! This one's all about grace and elegance, well done :) Ina

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Doyle D. Chastain Doyle D. Chastain   {K:101119} 1/9/2007
Thank you very much Hesham!

Regards,
Doyle I <~~~~~

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Doyle D. Chastain Doyle D. Chastain   {K:101119} 1/9/2007
Thanks Michele!

Regards,
Doyle I <~~~~~

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Hesham Abouzekry   {K:15927} 1/5/2007
well done.
well seen.
well frame.
H.A

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Michele Carlsen Michele Carlsen   {K:146013} 1/5/2007
Just wanted to congratulate You for BIP award my friend !!!!
A well deserved recognition !!!

All the best,
Michele!

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Doyle D. Chastain Doyle D. Chastain   {K:101119} 1/3/2007
Thanks very much Leo . . . Hope your holiday season went well . . . and best wishes for 2oo7!! :)

Regards,
Doyle I <~~~~~

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Leo Régnier  Я£ Leo Régnier  Я£   {K:67696} 1/3/2007
Great shot my dear friend!!! And congrats on the award, very deserved!!!
Leo

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Doyle D. Chastain Doyle D. Chastain   {K:101119} 12/26/2006
Thanks Avi . . . very nice to hear from you and certainly hope all is going well! :)

Season's Best Wishes,
Doyle I <~~~~~

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Avi  Avi     {K:70138} 12/26/2006
The blue of the eyes is wonderfully captured.. very expressive !!...

Wish you and your family a Merry Christmas and a Very Happy 2007 !!!

Best wishes,
Always,
Avi

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Doyle D. Chastain Doyle D. Chastain   {K:101119} 12/25/2006
Thanks Jacques!

Season's Best Wishes,
Doyle I <~~~~~

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jacques brisebois   {K:73883} 12/23/2006
real nice capture, very great details and perfect exposure.

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Shirley D. Cross-Taylor Shirley D. Cross-Taylor   {K:174121} 12/22/2006
You're welcome, Doyle!:)

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Srna Stankovic Srna Stankovic   {K:172232} 12/22/2006
:))))))))))) Always my dear :) SRNA

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Doyle D. Chastain Doyle D. Chastain   {K:101119} 12/22/2006
Thanks very much Srna! :)

Season's Best Wishes,
Doyle I <~~~~~

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Doyle D. Chastain Doyle D. Chastain   {K:101119} 12/22/2006
Thanks Shirley!

Season's Best Wishes,
Doyle I <~~~~~

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Srna Stankovic Srna Stankovic   {K:172232} 12/22/2006
WOW, Doyle, a marvelous portrait of this wonderful animal.Beautifully composed and presented, it is full of warm and great details.Good clearity and and capture!Exellent done! All the best from SRNA :)

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Shirley D. Cross-Taylor Shirley D. Cross-Taylor   {K:174121} 12/22/2006
Congratulations, dear Doyle!:)

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Doyle D. Chastain Doyle D. Chastain   {K:101119} 12/20/2006
Thanks VERY much István - I really appreciate that!

Happy Holidays!
Doyle I <~~~~~

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István Sándor   {K:2411} 12/20/2006
Just PERFECT congrats!!!!
~~~
István

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Doyle D. Chastain Doyle D. Chastain   {K:101119} 12/19/2006
Hahahaa. . . Vele bedanken. Ik begrijp. Ik spreek Spaans. De juiste vertaling is recht niet altijd. Net zoals met Spaans! :)

Uw Vriend,
Doyle I <~~~~~

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Klaas   Baas Klaas  Baas   {K:15111} 12/19/2006
Thanks Doyle for your reply,and very brave you've tried this in Dutch. Crude it is indeed,I try to put the words you've wrote in the right setting, and try to teach you some more Dutch. (" Je vlijt mij Klaas, ondanks dat ik een tijdje in Europa heb gewoont, spreek ik geen Nederlands. Ik heb wel Duits geleerd, maar dit is al jaren geleden. Ik vertaal het online om het gemakkelijker voor je te maken en omdat ik het leuk vind.")
You've translate it too literal, and that's funny to read, hope you did learn something from my humble dutch lesson 1.
Take care,

Klaas

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Doyle D. Chastain Doyle D. Chastain   {K:101119} 12/19/2006
Thanks very much my friend. U flatteer mij Klaas. Terwijl ik in Europa even heb geleefd. . . Ik spreek Nederlands niet. Ik heb Duitser hoewel geleerd. . . Vele jaren hebben voorbij sinds dan. . . Ik vertaal online om hem gemakkelijker voor hem te maken en omdat ik van het geniet!

Vrolijke Kerstmis,
Doyle I <~~~~~~

(See - the Dutch here MUST be crude, huh? I think I type with an accent! LoL!)

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Klaas   Baas Klaas  Baas   {K:15111} 12/19/2006
Hi Doyle, congrats with this project of the month award.
See in your reply to Riny that you speak Dutch too my friend, you're amazingly versatile.
Take care, (wees voorzichtig)

Klaas

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Doyle D. Chastain Doyle D. Chastain   {K:101119} 12/19/2006
Thanks Robin . . . :)

Season's Best Wishes,
Doyle I <~~~~~~~~~

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Robin W Robin W   {K:16308} 12/19/2006
Congrats Doyle!

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Doyle D. Chastain Doyle D. Chastain   {K:101119} 12/19/2006
Thanks Roby!

Season's Best Wishes,
Doyle I <~~~~~~~~~

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Doyle D. Chastain Doyle D. Chastain   {K:101119} 12/19/2006
Thank you Dear Mary!! :)

Season's Best Wishes,
Doyle I <~~~~~~~~~

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Doyle D. Chastain Doyle D. Chastain   {K:101119} 12/19/2006
Thanks very much Joggie! Especially grateful for the comment coming from you!

Season's Best Wishes,
Doyle I <~~~~~~~~~

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Roberto Arcari Farinetti Roberto Arcari Farinetti   {K:209486} 12/19/2006
funny mode portrait..
cheers
roby

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Mary Slade   {K:40338} 12/19/2006
Well pleased to see the BIP Doyle- congrats!

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Joggie van Staden Joggie van Staden   {K:41700} 12/18/2006
Lovely image Doyle with great colour and detail and well composed. Congratulations with the BIP! Well deserved!
Joggie

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Doyle D. Chastain Doyle D. Chastain   {K:101119} 12/18/2006
Thanks Very Much Larry! :)

Season's Best Wishes,
Doyle I <~~~~~

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Larry Fosse Larry Fosse   {K:66493} 12/18/2006
Excellent profile of the handsome guy Doyle...congrats on the well deserved BIP

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Doyle D. Chastain Doyle D. Chastain   {K:101119} 12/17/2006
Well Annemette . . . I assume you don't use PS (it has auto frames too) . . . so google the name of the program you DO use with the word frames! ;)

Season's Best Regards,
Doyle I <~~~~~

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Annemette Rosenborg Eriksen Annemette Rosenborg Eriksen   {K:55244} 12/17/2006
Okay thanks for telling me. I must see if I can do sth. like that! I miss having frames around some of the photos. It adds something to a photo.
Take care
Annemette

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Doyle D. Chastain Doyle D. Chastain   {K:101119} 12/13/2006
Thanks Sheila. Now see? With lovely comments like that it makes your temporary absenses into reality that much more noticeable! ;)

Regards,
Doyle I <~~~~~

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Sheila Carson Sheila Carson   {K:5924} 12/13/2006
Wow! Great details! Love the colors and the composition! The lighting is great and the DOF is perfect! Great job Doyle!

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Doyle D. Chastain Doyle D. Chastain   {K:101119} 12/12/2006
Thanks Nessa . . . I always have something I can dig out of 'the vault'! At the time I was shooting these giraffes for the patterns project and though I liked this shot, I never uploaded it . . . the other was much better for patterns . . . but all three giraffes were very cool! :)

Season's Best Wishes,
Doyle I <~~~~~

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vanessa shakesheff vanessa shakesheff   {K:68840} 12/12/2006
Wonderful capture ..love his blue eyes ..great colour and detail ..nessa 7

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Doyle D. Chastain Doyle D. Chastain   {K:101119} 12/12/2006
Thanks very much Susie . . . it was the contemplative nature of this new father that originally attracted my eye. I appreciate your comment!

Regards,
Doyle I <~~~~~

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Susie  Peek-Swint   {K:7303} 12/12/2006
I love this pensive-looking capture Doyle ~ excellent light and detail with great perspective to be looking down instead of the usual craning of necks :)
regards, susie

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Doyle D. Chastain Doyle D. Chastain   {K:101119} 12/11/2006
I use PS Elements 4. It does a LOT! I make the fram by expanding the canvas in colors . . . usually B&W . . . then add drop shadows. ;)

Regards,
Doyle I <~~~~~

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Annemette Rosenborg Eriksen Annemette Rosenborg Eriksen   {K:55244} 12/11/2006
Okay thanks, Doyle! May I ask how you make such frames? Is it in PS?
A curious Great Dane *WRUUF*

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Doyle D. Chastain Doyle D. Chastain   {K:101119} 12/11/2006
Thank you Al . . . I appreciate your comments!

Season's Regards,
Doyle I <~~~~~

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Doyle D. Chastain Doyle D. Chastain   {K:101119} 12/11/2006
Thanks Ray! :)

Season's Regards,
Doyle I <~~~~~

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Alan Shaffer Alan Shaffer   {K:5873} 12/11/2006
Very nice Doyle. Beautiful detail.

-Al

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stingRay pt.4 . stingRay pt.4 .   {K:250401} 12/11/2006
Beautifully detailed 'jungle' shot Doyle with great tones and that lovely peaceful expression captured that these gentle creatures possess. Great shooting my friend.......Cheers Doyle...Ray:)

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Doyle D. Chastain Doyle D. Chastain   {K:101119} 12/10/2006
Signature frame - by MY meaning - was a frame I use more or less consistently for my work . . . and it may and will vary from time to time. Something unique or at least good IMO . . . nothing more. There probably ARE online frames . . . but I've never checked . . . I always strive to build my own! :)

Regards,
Doyle I <~~~~~

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Annemette Rosenborg Eriksen Annemette Rosenborg Eriksen   {K:55244} 12/10/2006
A signature frame- what is that, Doyle? Yes, Joggie does amazing work!
I don´t have any frames:-( Is there free software on the net featuring frames, do you know?
All those questions! Sorryyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy!:-)
Annemette

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Ace Star Ace Star   {K:21040} 12/10/2006
lovely warm image! nice effect and background detials :)
good clearity and composition!

good luck brother :)

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Shirley D. Cross-Taylor Shirley D. Cross-Taylor   {K:174121} 12/10/2006
You're welcome, Doyle!:)

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Doyle D. Chastain Doyle D. Chastain   {K:101119} 12/10/2006
Thanks Pablo!!

Regards,
Doyle I <~~~~~

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Doyle D. Chastain Doyle D. Chastain   {K:101119} 12/10/2006
Michele:

No need for apology Michele . . . was just a tad worried about you . . . I have had (in my time) an experience with wine that wasn't sooooo good too . . . hehehehee . . . so I switched to rum! It speaks more to the boy pirate in me anyway! LoL! Really . . . no need for anything even close to resembling 'shame' my friend. I've said before . . . it takes a great deal to make me upset with someone. No big deal! :) Besides, without you I'd probably NEVER get a 7 rating again!!

Regards,
Doyle I <~~~~~

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Doyle D. Chastain Doyle D. Chastain   {K:101119} 12/10/2006
Thanks Annemette:
Still looking for a signature frame . . . but I've borrowed this for now from Joggie who does frames and macros which are (IMO) amazing. :) Well . . . imitation IS the sincerest form of flattery, right?

Regards,
Doyle I <~~~~~

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Doyle D. Chastain Doyle D. Chastain   {K:101119} 12/10/2006
Thanks my friend!
(That old vault does come in handy from time to time).

Regards,
Doyle I <~~~~~

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Doyle D. Chastain Doyle D. Chastain   {K:101119} 12/10/2006
Thanks so very much Dear Mary!! :)

Regards,
Doyle I <~~~~~

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Doyle D. Chastain Doyle D. Chastain   {K:101119} 12/10/2006
Dank u (als altijd) Riny! :)

Met vriendelijke groeten,
Doyle I <~~~~~

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Doyle D. Chastain Doyle D. Chastain   {K:101119} 12/10/2006
Thanks Hanggan - my friend!

Regards,
Doyle I<~~~~~

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Doyle D. Chastain Doyle D. Chastain   {K:101119} 12/10/2006
Muchas gracias Alicia!!! :) y Feliz Navidad tambien.

Regards,
Doyle I<~~~~~

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Doyle D. Chastain Doyle D. Chastain   {K:101119} 12/10/2006
Thanks Dave . . . that means a lot coming from you! ;)

Regards,
Doyle I<~~~~~

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Doyle D. Chastain Doyle D. Chastain   {K:101119} 12/10/2006
Thanks Shirley . . . a sight to watch him munch on branches and leaves too . . . with that enormous tongue . . . not soo photogenic but cool in its own way! ;)

Regards,
Doyle I<~~~~~

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Doyle D. Chastain Doyle D. Chastain   {K:101119} 12/10/2006
Thanks very much Dear Marian!! :)

Regards,
Doyle I<~~~~~

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Pablo Dylan Pablo Dylan   {K:63918} 12/10/2006
Great shot!!!!
Very...very nice and thank for about.

Pablo

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Michele Carlsen Michele Carlsen   {K:146013} 12/9/2006
Very nice image dear Doyle. I would really like to appologize and tell you I will never do anything like that ever again.I took a left turn after a couple glasses of wine , and I promise to never drink and write at the same time again.
Shamefully,
Michele~

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Annemette Rosenborg Eriksen Annemette Rosenborg Eriksen   {K:55244} 12/9/2006
Oh yes, I remember the patternphoto which was quite remarkable! This is a nice one too - I like the colours and light in your photos in general, and here you´ve chosen a very fitting frame.
Take care
Annemette

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Robin W Robin W   {K:16308} 12/9/2006
Beautifully composed and presented Doyle...an excellent image of this gentle giant!

Take care...Robin

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Mary Slade   {K:40338} 12/9/2006
The clarity and warmth wonderful Doyle. Great details and colours.

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Riny Koopman Riny Koopman   {K:102911} 12/9/2006
Oeps forgot to rate my dearest friend Doyle..

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Riny Koopman Riny Koopman   {K:102911} 12/9/2006
This is packed with emotion & feeling, and is even more impressive! Best regards from Riny

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Hanggan Situmorang Hanggan Situmorang   {K:37833} 12/9/2006
Very nice capture, Doyle. Love the pattern and his expression. Well done, my friend!

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Alicia Popp   {K:87532} 12/9/2006
Preciosa!!!!
Qué ojos tan bellos tiene... una fabulosa captura!
Felicitaciones!

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Dave Stacey Dave Stacey   {K:150877} 12/8/2006
Beautifully clear details and I like your composition, Doyle!
Dave.

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Shirley D. Cross-Taylor Shirley D. Cross-Taylor   {K:174121} 12/8/2006
A marvelous portrait of him, dear Doyle!:)

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Marian Man Marian Man   {K:80636} 12/8/2006
wow!!! I dont believe he has such blue eyes!!!!! excellent capture dear Doyle!!!!! fantastic details!!!!! very well done
all the best
MArian

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Doyle D. Chastain Doyle D. Chastain   {K:101119} 12/8/2006
Thank you dear Viola! :)

Regards,
Doyle I <~~~~~

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Violetta  Tarnowska   {K:24497} 12/8/2006
Doyle...
Ouuu .... what are these eyes!.... ;) /Category - deep blue ;)/
The fantastic picture! Such pretty pose and details. Excellent first and second plan.
Great warmths :)
Viola

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Doyle D. Chastain Doyle D. Chastain   {K:101119} 12/8/2006
Thanks Ali!

Regards,
Doyle I <~~~~~

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Rashed Abdulla Rashed Abdulla   {K:163889} 12/8/2006
Very impressive about and very great Wildlife capture, wonderful exposure and details and so colorful

All of the best my friend

www.camerause.com

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