***DECEMBER CONTEST - COMMENTS THREAD***

[Blue_In_AK]

Please post any comments you might have regarding the December submissions here.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. OK, I'm in!

[mnhtnbb]

2. You beat me by a minute!

I had so many variations on my photo I had to make sure I had the right link.!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

3. I saw that!

And I really like what you've done with yours. It looks great!

I also had to resize mine........

Anyway, here we are!

[mnhtnbb]

4. I considered a third photo this morning...

it's one I used on the back of our holiday card this year.

So...for all my DU friends...may you have fair winds and following seas in 2016!

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[CaliforniaPeggy]

5. That is lovely! Thanks for the great sentiment too.

[alfredo]

6. I did it.

[Solly Mack]

7. I suspected as much.

[alfredo]

11. Yeah, but it isn't legal in this county.

[Solly Mack]

13. What flavor?

[alfredo]

15. desperation and cream.

[Solly Mack]

16. I drink that every morning.

[alfredo]

17. Remember, that Gin isn't just for breakfast.

[Solly Mack]

20. Is too.

[alfredo]

26. We used to drink gin and tonic to ward off malaria.

It worked

[Solly Mack]

30. Back when tonic water was mostly quinine?

[alfredo]

33. Yes. It wasn't enough, but enough to justify drinking.

[Solly Mack]

36. It worked, and that's what matters!

That you enjoyed your medicine is a plus.

[alfredo]

40. Especially while looking out over the port of Massawa.

It would get down to 90 degrees at night.

[Solly Mack]

41. A regular cold snap.

[alfredo]

42. In that heat you drink until you pass out.

If you do it right you fall away from the high tide.

[Blue_In_AK]

9. I like that shot.

[alfredo]

10. Thanks. I wanted to do something different.

I closed myself in the bathroom lit some incense, put it against a black background. I used an LED flashlight to illuminate the smoke. I came out with burning eyes, and sore throat, but I smelled marvelous.

[mnhtnbb]

12. LOL. Such dedication to your art!

It made me want to think of different titles...like, Feel the Burn? or What's left of Trump?...or....????

[alfredo]

54. Trump, he's making an ash of himself.

[mnhtnbb]

56. Very good!

[alfredo]

57. I have my moments

[Solly Mack]

8. Off to a great start!

Lovely entries.

[Solly Mack]

14. I'm in.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

18. I love it! It's just gorgeous.

[Solly Mack]

21. Thanks, Peggy. It was handy more than anything.

[NV Whino]

19. I can't decide.

Color, as submitted, or black and white?

[Solly Mack]

22. I like both. Sorry!

Maybe the B&W a tiny bit better.

[NV Whino]

23. Well, you're a big help.

[Solly Mack]

24. More, please. :)

[mnhtnbb]

25. I like the color better.

For me, I don't think the photo is quite as effective in B&W due to lack of contrast between the hills/trees
in lower third of photo. Can you do anything to bump that contrast?

[NV Whino]

27. No, that's pretty much it

They're too close in tone. So, I guess color it is.

[alfredo]

34. Maybe applying a green or yellow filter when converting?

[alfredo]

28. That is beautiful Go with your gut feeling.

[Solly Mack]

29. bluedigger: I thought about a gator too. I like yours.

[bluedigger]

35. It was that or a balloon - I didn't have a lot that fit the category.

I considered a photo showing archaeological flotation, but nobody would get it.

[Solly Mack]

37. Whew. Glad you went with the gator since I used the balloon. :)

lol

I would have! (get it)

[ManiacJoe]

43. bluedigger: so how long was that lens?

[Solly Mack]

44. heh!

[mnhtnbb]

31. Mira, that is totally wild. Looks like a ghost!

I love it!

[Mira]

32. Photo of the real statue and the window

from which I took the photo of it's floating ghost reflection. I thought it a bit creepy, but I chose it as my entry because it's a little different.

[Blue_In_AK]

38. Beautiful submissions, guys.

Keep 'em coming.

[Solly Mack]

39. I love boats. Great boat shots!

[Solly Mack]

45. Tom Kitten: Pretty! Nice!

[2naSalit]

46. I made it!!

I forgot for a day or two and then I had six pictures to deliberate about, finally just went with one. Yikes!

[Blue_In_AK]

47. That's a really beautiful shot.

[2naSalit]

48. Thanks.

I decided I wanted that one of all of them. It took a couple hours to make up my currently scattered mind!

[Blue_In_AK]

49. A la, I really like your photo.

How lucky to catch a rainbow like that.

[a la izquierda]

50. Thank you!

It was at the end of a long flight from Madrid to Philadelphia. I was tired, cranky, and reeked of the coffee and wine that the woman next to me had spilled on me. I was amazed to see it!

[Mz Pip]

51. Just in the knick of time!

I've been so busy I almost forgot about the December contest. I do need to pay more attention!

[Blue_In_AK]

52. Oh, Mz. Pip, I already posted the polls.

I'm so sorry.

[Mz Pip]

53. That's okay.

I thought I had more time. No big deal. Good luck everyone!

[alfredo]

55. Where's the link to the polls?

[Blue_In_AK]

58. I'm sorry, I forgot.

Senior moment

Poll #1. http://www.democraticunderground.com/10027463200
Poll #2. http://www.democraticunderground.com/10027463198

[alfredo]

59. Got em. Thanks.