Smile pretty for the camera [Contest Finalists April 2004]
Uploaded: April 18, 2004 21:11:23
We took our son to our friends farm today and had alot of fun with the horses. This horses name is Ding and boy was he hamming it up for the camera. I'll be entering more of Ding this month.
Inna Strauss April 19, 2004
Great capture! #118890Kristen McKain April 19, 2004
lol!.. Cute! #490846Donna J. Taff April 19, 2004
Fantastic capture!!! #491271Julie Turner April 19, 2004
Thanks Inna, Kristen, and Donna! We had alot of fun with Ding. He is the first horse I have been around that absolutely loved the attention. #491469Debra Booth April 21, 2004
Great shot, Julie! Lucky for you that the horse was a ham! :-) #494837Julie Turner April 21, 2004
Thanks Debra, he was something else. He would even bump his head against you to get you to pet him. It was cute. #495961Susan T. Evans May 13, 2004
Congrats Julie, Yipppppppppppeeeeeeeeeeee you made it!!! #535657Julie Turner May 13, 2004
THANK YOU SUSAN! I'm excited because I haven't made finals since last summer when I first joined Better Photo. #535681Colette M. Metcalf May 14, 2004
A BIG congrats to you, Julie!!! #537111Debra Booth May 14, 2004
Congratulations, Julie!! #537429Carolyn M. Fletcher May 14, 2004
Great shot!!! Congrats!!! #540069Julie Turner May 14, 2004
Thanks Colette, Debra, and Carolyn! I appreciate it!!! #540536Susie Peek-Swint May 17, 2004
So funny Julie~ many congrats!! #545740Julie Turner May 17, 2004
Thanks Susan, he was a character and alot of fun to photograph! #545893Andrea Jawor July 17, 2004
Oh Julie, I laughed so hard when I saw this one! He is so cute and you captured his personality and what a nice background! I will show this to my children, they will enjoy it too. I needed a little chuckle and I just LOVE this.........thank you for sharing! #655141Julie Turner July 17, 2004
Thanks Andrea! Ding was so much fun. He would have been a perfect "Mr. Ed" #655166Detrick V. Martin February 25, 2005
Julie this is a wonderful image. Makes me laugh. I enjoy looking through your gallery, Well done! #1132450Julie Turner February 26, 2005
Thank you Detrick! Ding is so much fun to photograph. His owner wants me to come back out this spring and ride, but I think I would rather keep my feet to the ground and just photograph him. ha! ha! #1135226Alisha L. Ekstrom July 08, 2005
Oh my GOSH...This is the funniest best horse image that I've ever seen!!!! This is one FABULOUS capture!!! Congrats on it being a finalist....You have a great gallery!!!:):) #1572307Julie Turner July 09, 2005
Thanks Alisha! The owner of the horse has talked me in to entering photos in to our county fair so I plan to enter this one. He's now 19 years old and the best horse. Thanks for viewing my gallery! #1575044Stan J. Bendkowski September 11, 2005
Beautiful capture, Julie. I like your gallery. Congratulations! #1825888Julie Turner September 11, 2005
Thank you Stan for taking the time to view my gallery. This shot of Ding is one of my favorites! #1825903Sandra Freyler October 02, 2005
Great capture! Nice image! #1909779Julie Turner October 02, 2005
Thank you Sandra! (also, thanks for viewing my gallery!!) #1910177Paula Showen April 24, 2006
I love this, Julie! What an awesome capture! #2681688Julie Turner April 24, 2006
Thanks Paula! The owner has been inviting me back out there so I need to do that and see Ding again. He loves the camera. #2681784Paula Showen April 24, 2006
I'd say! He even smiles for ya! That's really cool! #2682068Janine Russell May 08, 2006
Julie, excellent detail, exposure and lighting; looks like Ding needs to see a dentist; love his expression :) #2736190Julie Turner May 08, 2006
Thank you Janine (and Paula somehow I missed Paula's comment in April). Someone suggested I re-enter this photo in the monthly theme for this month. Ding's such a character! #2737920Donna La Mattino Pagakis May 08, 2006
Very cool and funny!! Congratulations! #2740880Julie Turner May 11, 2006
Thanks Donna! #2753054Julie Turner June 29, 2006
Thank you Sue. This has always been one of my favorites too. #2964457Hurk (Steve) Hurkett March 25, 2007
Nice capture, Julie ... only thing I see is that this guy needs to brush his teeth ... LOL ... congrats on your finalist .... steve #4094801Julie Turner March 25, 2007
Thanks Steve,I appreciate it! #4095150Sign up for an interactive online photography course to get critiques on your photos.
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