OMG Andreas!! These portraits are fantastic! You capture the eyes perfectly and the rest is just as perfect. Wow. Awsome work here. What a cool thread this is. :)

Aww.... thank you Danielle.   I just got Jenny´s permission to post the photos of her in my gallery....so maybe i´ll do just that. Now i only got to convince Sara as well. :bored:

@ Andreas. I don't mind if you lie as long as it is come with a next excelent portraits ! ...LOL. 
    I am sure Sara will say ' ok '  too...if not try to find something to blackmail her...LOL

@Tom.  LOL I love the old potato....

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What a moody and dramatic style of portraiture you have, Andreas. Excellent work once again. I'm glad you have Jenny's permission. I'm sure the others will approve as well, once they see them.

And LOL at Tom's old potato..That's how I feel today...  ;^P

I like it! It has that, "We used all the good stuff for company, we'll have to make Stone Soup feel" Stone soup is also known as Summa soup. You add summa this and summa that. It never tastes the same twice and it always tastes good. I would get rid of the potato after the photo session though. I'd love to see the comments out front though. BJ

Had it been in front of the van..oh, my!  Fortunately for the deer and for us he hit us totally from the side, crossing the road and we happened to be in that space.  The rest of the short holiday went well, crumpled van and all.   So, here is one from real life made for the insurance company.              TomDart.

I once had a fox hit me! I was idling at a crosswalk light, there was no damage to Sir Red other than a very stunned look. He ran off shaking his head at the tale he'd have for Vixen and the kits! My daughter is somewhat of a magnet for turkeys. They don,y fly well and sort of launch themselves hopefully skyward off low hills. On her way home there's a section of road which has a turkey farm. She's replaced 4 windsheilds in her car! There were a number of dents as well, she finally decided to take a longer route when she bought a new car. BTW I agree w/ Damia this is such a cool thread! There's one in the writers forum, Drekkin started a Haiku challenge Dec 5, I posted Dec 20. That's the whole thread! Wanna hear a haiku? It' called 
"Winter Jewels"
Skies,winter grey. Stun!
The senses reel! The beauty,
 of an ice ringed moon!

That's all folks! Only 18 people have even checked it out! This is much more lively so I hope no one minds if I hang out a while!
BJ

Keepin' the thread alive

       Shadow Formula

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Goin' HAYWIRE!**

Very cool!  The shadows sort of look like Asian character writing, which is an art form, IMHO.  This was going so fast and furious for a while. I hope it just fizzled naturally, and not because I posted writing instead of photography.
BJ

A tree on a frosty morning....

WOW! I hope the rainbow drops are in the store! My daughter and her wife will love it! Great portrait of the future prince! The drops are wonderful. I love the sky behind the Frosty tree. BJ

Just like me? Awww...thank you. :tt2: That´s a beautiful couple of shots you´ve got there. I especially like the one with the turtle and the bird. That´s so cute.

Thank you BJ as well. You know i´ll put anything in the store for you.

I like the mixed species one too. What kind of bird  is that? It's beautiful! Happy Birthday again. BJ

Thanks Andreas, I get my taxes back in @ two weeks. BJ

It is either an anahing or a comerand (don't mind my spelling. They love to go diving after fish then sun themselves to dry off next to the water.

And...thank you Kort for starting this thread so I could post it without being totally humiliated.

From a writer's pont of view I find it adorable! The squirreel looks as if he's charging that chickadee!  The second looks like he's a furlong ahead at the preakness! Great shots! WOW! I didn't see the last three. I love how close you get! Sad about the tree, I loved climbing as a child, and now have rediscovered it with my grand daughter! Keep posting here, but some of these should go out front! I'm adding yoy to my favorites so I won't miss anymore. Monday I'll have a look in your gallery. Off for my nap, work tonight!.
BTW Thanks for the bird names TwoPynts
BJ

Thanks BJ, and... WOW thank you for adding me to your faves!!! 
I love the squirrels around here, they are always so entertaining, LOL!  Annnnd they give me many opportunities to practice my photo skills which really aren't many but I do hope to be improving :)

Great squirrel shots, Manning. :)
And that's a wicked capture of the woodpecker!!!
Hey, Andreas, great shot of junior.  Your first picture for the scrapbook. Congrats!

Whew, I went nostalgic for a moment...I'm ok now, just remembering going to the movies as a kid. Neat shot of the ol' theater, CavalierLady!!
I've had about a dozen wild turkeys come through my place on a couple of occasions but haven't seen them since. I can't imagine a hundred! Lucky you!!!

On my daughter's ride home from work she passes a place where they sort of launch themselves to try and get airborne, They kept taking out her windshield. She bought a new car and now travels several miles out of the way to save her windshield, I asked what about the turkeys you hit? She said the first time she stopped to see if it was OK. A coyote came out of the bushes so fast she knew they must just wait there for the turkeys to get hit! She reckons the coyotes much be much smarter than the turkeys, because the turkeys keep getting hit but the coyotes learned a new way to hint!
BJ

An attempt to breathe some life into this thread.

Have a great weekend everyone.