Summary Page For February, 2006

Feb. 01, 2006 HP PhotoSmart C945 (V01.60)

“Flowering Almond Trees”

©Harald Haganes [Harald]

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"The picture is taken in the green hills outside the town of Lefkara, Cypros." ~ Harald

"I don't like to describe my photographs; it's up to the viewer to make up his mind what they are about." ~ Gilles Peress

Feb. 02, 2006 HP PhotoSmart C945 (V01.53)

“Like a Star”

©Mike Biscott [Biscot1]

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"The photographer who combines scientific method with artistic skill is in the best possible position to do the good work." ~ Vero Charles Driffield

Feb. 03, 2006 HP PhotoSmart C945 (V01.60)d

“Waiting...”

© Xavier Cambrodí [_____]

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"The urge to create, the urge to photograph, comes in part from the deep desire to live with more integrity, to live more in peace with the world, and possibly to help others to do the same." ~ Wynn Bullock

Feb. 04, 2006 HP PhotoSmart C945 (V01.60)

“A Snowy Tree”

© Sheila Blom [esser]

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"I took this photo this morning (Jan 10). It was the first good sized snow we had this winter in Valemount. B. C. It Was really wet and clung onto the tree. I took the photo with the HP945 camera on portrait." ~ Sheila

""All I need is my brains, my eyes and my personality, for better or for worse." ~ William Albert Allard

Feb. 05, 2006 HP PhotoSmart C945 (V01.46)

“Day in the Life of an Insect”

© Ro-Ann Dansereau [thevancats]

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"I finally had the chance to sit and look through some images to find some to submit. It's surprising what I found. Sometimes I miss the good ones the first time I look though them." ~ Ro-Ann

"When words become unclear, I shall focus with photographs. When images become inadequate, I shall be content with silent." ~ Ansel Adams

Feb. 06, 2006 HP PhotoSmart C945 (V01.60)

“Fireworks”

© Greg Kroeker [Greg]

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"Fireworks over Omaha" ~ Greg

"When is the present? When did the past end and the present occur, and when does the future start? Ordinary photography has one way of seeing only, which is fixed, as if there is kind of an objective reality, which simply cannot be. Picasso...knew that every time you look there’s something different. There is so much there but we're not seeing it, that’s the problem." ~ David Hockney

Feb. 07, 2006 HP PhotoSmart C850 (V07.26)

“Guess What ???”

© Igor Veber [iver1 ]

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"A photograph is usually looked at – seldom looked into." ~ Ansel Adams

Feb. 08, 2006 HP PhotoSmart 618 (V1.10)

“The North Side, St Lawrence Sea Way

© Glenn D Campbell [_____]

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"Competence, like truth, beauty and contact lenses, is in the eye of the beholder." ~ Dr. Laurence Pete

Feb. 09, 2006 HP PhotoSmart C945 (V01.45)+

“Flecky”

© Vaidotas Dziugys [vdziugys]

http://www.hp945.com/a_POTD_06/060209.jpg

"For those ... present at the dawn of photography, the opportunity to have their picture taken was regarded as a chance for immortality." ~ Martin W. Sandier

Feb. 10, 2006 HP PhotoSmart C945 (V01.47)

“Evening Song”

© Benjamin Fuglsang Breum [Kenya1546]

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"Taken in Silkeborg. This was a shot that will only come once. The lighting was right, the sun at the right place, the season was right. For me this is the perfect shot at that location." ~ Benjamin

"Photography has all the rights, and all the merits, necessary for us to turn towards it as the art of our time." ~ Alexander Rodchenko

Feb. 11, 2006 HP PhotoSmart C945 (V01.66)

“Way to nowhere”

© Vladimir Chira [Vladutzz89]

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"My camera is my best friend when I travel." ~ Páll Stefánsson

Feb. 12, 2006 HP PhotoSmart C945 (V01.67)

“The Warmth of Dusk”

© Vivek [viv-ek]

http://www.hp945.com/a_POTD_06/060212.jpg

"The most important attribute a photographer can have is enthusiasm." ~ Arnold Drapkin

Feb. 13, 2006 HP PhotoSmart C945 (V01.67)

“Cocktail”

© Uros Dakskobler [daks]

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"Out in the field I try not to hold expectations. I try to achieve an openness. The senses heighten so that I am totally immersed in what's happening at the moment. I want to be receptive to an image coming together." ~ Keith Lazelle

Feb. 14, 2006 HP PhotoSmart C945 (V01.69)

“Perfect Iris”

© Marco Migliorini [_____]

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"If there is a good thing about photography, it is that it can be easily enjoyed." ~ Lord Snowdon

Feb. 15, 2006 HP PhotoSmart C945 (V01.60)

“Lamp with a Fly”

© Xavier Cambrodí [_____]

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"A true photographer is as rare as a true poet or a true painter." ~ Jean Cocteau

Feb. 16, 2006 HP PhotoSmart C945 (V01.60)

“Giving Directions”

© Sheila Blom [esser ]

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"I took this photo near Jasper Alberta, I think this Raven was showing us that we should look at the mountain that the sign pointed to." ~ Sheila

"Luck is the attentive photographer's best teacher." ~ John Szarkowski

Feb. 17, 2006 HP PhotoSmart C945 (V01.67)

“Katirini by Night”

© Vivek [viv-ek]

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"If I knew how to take a good photograph, I'd do it every time." ~ Robert Doisneau

Feb. 18, 2006 HP PhotoSmart C945 (V01.53)

“Sunrise in Yunnan”

© Per Norløff [Pedro]

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"To me, pictures are like blintzes – ya gotta get ‘em while they’re hot." ~ Weegee

Feb. 19, 2006 HP PhotoSmart C945 (V01.60)

“Dusty Fig Cactus”

© Harald Haganes [Harald]

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"The picture is taken on the island Lanzarote the 25, Dec.2005. " ~ Harald

"There will be times when you will be in the field without a camera. And, you will see the most glorious sunset or the most beautiful scene that you have ever witnessed. Don't be bitter because you can't record it. Sit down, drink it in. and enjoy it for what it is!" ~ DeGriff

Feb. 20, 2006 HP PhotoSmart C945 (V01.)67

“IN love

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"The idea that any photography can't be personal is madness! ... I see something; it goes through my eye, brain, heart, guts; I choose the subject. What could be more personal than that?" ~ Cornell Capa

Feb. 21, 2006 HP PhotoSmart C850 (V07.26)

“Landscape”

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" "If the man who paints only the tree, or flower, or other surface he sees before him were an artist, the king of artists would be the photographer. It is for the artist to do something beyond this." ~ James McNeill Whistler

Feb. 22, 2006 HP PhotoSmart C945 (V01.60)

“Just a Lonely Lilly”

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"Photo was taken in my flower garden" ~ Sheila

"Of course, there will always be those who look only at technique, who ask "how," while others of a more curious nature will ask "why." Personally, I have always preferred inspiration to information." ~ Man Ray

Feb. 23, 2006 HP PhotoSmart C945 (V01.53)

“Una Snowbound”

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"When asked how he felt about missing photographs while he reloaded his camera with film, he replied "There are no photographs while I'm reloading." ~ Garry Winogrand

Feb. 24, 2006 HP PhotoSmart C945 (V01.60)+

“50/50”

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"If you are not willing to see more than is visible, you won't see anything." ~ Ruth Bernhard

Feb. 25, 2006 HP PhotoSmart C945 (V01.60)

“Portrait”

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"Once photography enters your bloodstream, it's like a disease." ~ Anonymous

Feb. 26, 2006 HP PhotoSmart C945 (V01.60)

“A Tranquil Passage in Lefkara”

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"When you feel suddenly the need to stop, to enjoy only a bit of time, you become a photographer. Just take the photo and show it to the rest of the world." ~ Carlos Dominique

Feb. 27, 2006 HP PhotoSmart C945 (V01.67)

“Boy and Birds”

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"The camera relieves us of the burden of memory. It surveys us like God, and it surveys for us. Yet no other god has been so cynical, for the camera records in order to forget." ~ John Berge

Feb. 28, 2006 HP PhotoSmart C945 (V01.60)

“Fading Moon”

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"Taken early in the morning at Valemount B.C., Canada" ~ Sheila

"It's not the journey into space for man, but the space in his head that was first filled with the dream that took him there." ~ Ed Hardy