Kirislin

I've been meaning to say, I absolutely love the colours in this photo, and her expression of course. Firestone, I am no expert but I think you have it right.

I've only sold one card, oh and some calendars, but yes, I'd love to say thankyou to them too. I think it's a real buzz and very flattering that someone likes your art work enough to single it out and buy it.

I haven't taken photos of people before and I found I was quite self conscious while doing it. I also really need to learn how to edit, I can see the colour and contrast is all wrong. Both of these were cropped too, I tried to frame pics but it was so busy there today every time I was about to take a photo someone would walk in front of me.

My whippet boy Puck has a deformed front leg. I am not sure if he was born with it or it was acquired through injury shortly after birth, I am leaning towards the latter. He still lives a good life and runs just as fast as his able bodied brother Tag and most people dont notice his smaller shorter front leg.

Have a look in the monthly challenges. Ash is an amazing photographer and she's been setting us challenges every month since Jan 09, all designed to help us understand the basics of photography and get the most out of our cameras. This month would be a good one for you to start on.

better get used to it Maverick. Hahaha I can just image you stalking around the backyard thinking what can I photograph. Maverick is a handsome boy, actually they're all lovely.

what a fantastic result. It makes it all worthwhile when her quality of life is so much improved.

You're right Annie, I dont usually put alot in anyway but I am feeling guilty now that I haven't tried enough. I will see what tomorrow brings.

woo hoo, come on, it must have charged up by now.

great drawing but that flower is called a Cyclamen.

In the first pic on page one it's Kibah who is flying but in the ones on page 2 it's her daughter Feather who looks like she should be wearing a cape like superman.

Hooray for the whippets http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Good_News/2010...691131-qmi.html Dog's barking saves choking three-year-old By Luke Hendry, QMI AGENCY CFB TRENTON, Ont. — He used to be "ordinary," but after helping save a three-year-old girl, Moose the dog now answers to hero. The year-old brown whippet's insistent barking alerted Jolene Sararas Tuesday when her daughter, Alexis, became caught in a backyard gate. "That's our friend Moosey-Moo. He saved me," Alexis told visitors, petting the sociable brown dog. The terrifying drama began Tuesday afternoon on Bell Irving Drive in CFB Trenton's residential family quarters neighbourhood. Jolene Sararas said she had taken her five-year-old son, Lodune, to school and returned home to spend the day with Alexis. "I was in the kitchen doing the dishes and Moose started barking and yipping — stuff he doesn't normally do." Jolene and her husband, Master Cpl. Terry Sararas, said Moose barks typically only when he sees something he wants — usually squirrels. But this noise was different. Jolene said Moose kept barking, lifting his front paws and looking toward the backyard gate. Alexis wasn't visible. "I went out and found Alexis with her head stuck in the gate," said Jolene. "My head got caught," Alexis said. "I was going outside to get to the trampoline." Her father explained the pagewire gate doesn't always latch properly, so a bungee cord had been added to pull it closed when opened. It had slammed closed, pinning Alexis' throat in the narrow gap between two metal bars. "I was crying," said Alexis. But when her mother found her, the blonde toddler was making only a raspy noise. "She was barely conscious and I could hear her trying to breathe," Jolene said. "I ran over and I opened the gate and I couldn't get her to wake up. "Moose was still going crazy, following me and yipping and jumping." She said she "wasn't thinking straight" and first called Terry at work; he teaches avionics systems at Trenton's 426 "Thunderbird" Transport Training Squadron. Jolene then called 911. "I could hear the base sirens before I was even done on the phone," she said. "I raced home," said Terry. "The base fire department was hot on my heels and arrived just seconds after I got home." The firefighters examined Alexis thoroughly. Hastings-Quinte Emergency Medical Services paramedics soon arrived and took her by ambulance to Quinte Health Care Trenton Memorial. Her parents said Alexis was examined further and held for about an hour of observation. She was "exhausted" but suffered no permanent injury, they said. "She's fine," said Terry. "She still has a lot of bruising." Alexis even played with friends that afternoon and on Thursday was smiling, talking steadily and playing. Even before Tuesday's excitement, Terry said, "we couldn't ask for a better dog." He and Jolene said Moose has always been loving, cuddly and very patient with the children. The family has three cats but Moose — their first dog — arrived as a six-week-old. They found him through a whippet rescue program. "We spent a long time deciding what breed we wanted," he said, explaining he liked whippets' look and personality. "They're supposed to be a very intelligent, very family-oriented kind of dog." But until Tuesday, Jolene said, Moose didn't seem "spectacular. "It wasn't like a Lassie kind of thing," said Jolene. "He's always just been our pet — ordinary."' The dog's nickname is Moofus — "part Moose, part doofus," said Terry. But he's now given the canine a new title: Moose the Wonder Dog.

I didn't take much notice of the price initially but you're right JS, that's a fantastic price!

How exciting, another DOLer to join us here. You will have such fun with it, just wait till you have the box in front of you and you open it up, it feels like Christmas.

I've tried this and mine were all dismal failures. You've done well.

hahahaha yes I did.

OK, I'll be serious now but it wont help because you already have differing opinions. I'd go for the white in this case. Usually I like black borders but I think white looks better here, it also gives it a more pop art look that I like.

Hmmmmmm I think you'd better buy both.

after seeing these amazing photos I did a search on flickr under lightning and volcanos. some incredible images http://www.flickr.com/photos/skarpi/452806...in/photostream/

there's much better dogs in Victoria. you really need to come down here.

If only you were in Victoria

lovely photos and you can really see how interested and excited they were.

I dont know the place you are talking about but surely they must get reported quite a bit if it's so bad. Dont they ever get fined, how come they haven't been shut down, I dont get it.

Yeah but you'll all thank me later.

that's so cool. I bet 2 years ago you never imagined a camera could enrich your life so much. Make sure you remind us about the ad, try to find out what channel and time. I wonder if you can get a copy. How do people put ads on youtube, you know how there's even really old ads there. Maybe you can put this one on for those who might miss it on tv.