Life is like.... [Contest Finalists July 2005]
Uploaded: July 13, 2005 00:24:44
a roller coaster ride and each day can seem like you're whizzing around on a whirling carousel.
St Kilda (Luna Park), Victoria, Australia.
March 2005
Paul E. Earl July 13, 2005
Nice to see you back Donna. Missed you yesterday. Hope all is ok! Life is certainly a rollercoaster ride. LOL!! Great capture and angle. #277728Donna Roberts July 13, 2005
LOL - this image represents my life at the moment.....thanks so much for your kind words.Dan Holm July 13, 2005
Aweome perspective on this, Donna!! Excellent shot! #1586590Karen Engelbreth July 13, 2005
WOW - fantastic - great perspective, Donna! #1586594Mata Patan July 13, 2005
Fantastic shot and way to think what life is!! #1586599Matthew D. Indes July 13, 2005
Nice shot Donna! I think if you look close enough you can see people getting sick on the ride. :-) #1586615S J July 13, 2005
Wow!!! Great capture, Donna!! Love your perspective and angle of this awesome shot!! #1586622Jenny Bosmans July 13, 2005
Excellent shot, Donna!! This is funny...I hesitated which image to enter today, and opted for the duck, otherwise we would have had same subject entries. Yours has a fantastic angle, love it!! :) #1586635Dominique Declerck July 13, 2005
Another great capture, Donna!! #1586640Kerby Pfrangle July 13, 2005
Donna nice to see you back.This is a wonderful perspective on this to see two rides at once.
I like looking at the open spaces between the rides with the beautiful blue sky and clouds.
Very nice capture. Kerby #1586677
Kate Jackson July 13, 2005
Great angle Donna! But I would expect nothing else from you! Hope you manage to get off the ride soon! #1586689Jill Odice July 13, 2005
Wonderful shot. Colorful and a really unusual angle that makes it much more interesting to me...:-) #1586710Paul Michko July 13, 2005
Great capture and sentiment, Donna. #1586739Donald K. Cherry July 13, 2005
Great perspective and composition, Donna!! #1586771Colette M. Metcalf July 13, 2005
FANTASTIC shot, Donna!!! #1586920Daniel Diaz July 13, 2005
VERY COOL shot Donna, great framing, makes me want to go to the amusement park now!! #1587008Cathy Gregor July 13, 2005
Neat perspective, Donna!!Bianca B. Steinfeldt July 13, 2005
Fantastic composition and a wonderful colors! Makes me go for a trip to Orlando LOL ... well done! #1587213Andrea W. Hedgepeth July 13, 2005
Very, very cool image. Perspective and composition is perfect! #1587383Linda D. Lester July 13, 2005
Great capture! I don't like to ride them but I do like seeing them. Great shot, Donna! #1587416Detrick V. Martin July 13, 2005
Very nice shot, great perspective! #1587585Deb Holmes-Hatfield July 13, 2005
Cool perspective, Donna, nicely composed! #1587615Adilson F. Ferreira July 13, 2005
Terrific image Donna!!!Joyce ONeil July 13, 2005
Awesome image!!! Love the energy! #1588006Carol Brill July 13, 2005
Love your free-wheeling philosphy and perspective on this shot, Donna, we're all truly just along for the ride!! #1588883Goshka G. July 13, 2005
Wonderful perspective on this scene and on life in general, Donna!;-) #1588956Boris Kirpichnikov July 13, 2005
Great angle,very emotional shot! #1589196Judy S. Fung July 13, 2005
Terrific capture, Donna! #1589266Patty Razonable July 13, 2005
Fantastic capture, Donna!! #1589305cj patterson July 13, 2005
wow! I love this donna!!! amazing capture!! I think we will see this one again! :) #1589400Mary Timman July 13, 2005
Great freeze capture.Bright and colorful and fun looking. #1589559Jeffrey D. Ziebell July 13, 2005
What fun this is I love it:) #1589607Marsha S. Smith July 13, 2005
Cool shot of the FUN stuff, Donna! #1589911Cathy Stancil July 13, 2005
Awesome perspective Donna !! Love angle and the colors...And I guess you have to have some down to be able to go up again... #1590040Leonard Pierce July 13, 2005
Beautiful image Donna!!! #1590213Janet Williams July 13, 2005
Fantastic fun image Donna and so well captured. Love the perspective which gives it such a classy photographer presentation - its amazing! #1590370Donna Roberts July 13, 2005
Thank you all so much - I love looking along the list of mini-macros to see who I recognise as having visited and it is always so nice to see some new mini-macros too.Mary K. Robison July 13, 2005
Hi, Donna! Life really IS a roller-coaster ride ~ which explains why I'm writing 24 hours later than I intended!!! LOL!Donna Roberts July 14, 2005
It has been an up day since I have read all of the wonderful comments and that fact that you took the time to stop by to say hi is *always* a bonus.Wren Hendrick July 14, 2005
What can I say, Donna, but DITTO to everyone else's sentiment. You're right on the money with such a wonderful metaphor. Such a great capture of this favorite ride. Well done!!! #1594680Donna Roberts July 15, 2005
Wren - I wish you had a gallery I could view.......thanks so much for stopping by.Kara L. Hendricks July 15, 2005
I love this Donna... Wonderful symbolism to this fantastic image!!! #1597577Donna Roberts July 16, 2005
Thanks Kara - you are always so kind and generous with your comments, much appreciated!Serena Pierce July 17, 2005
It does keep going round and round full of ups and downs!! LOL... Great title and image Donna!! #1603798Donna Roberts July 18, 2005
Thank you very much Serena, so nice to hear from you.Tammy Scott August 20, 2005
Congratulations on your finalist! #1740062Matthew D. Indes August 20, 2005
Congratulations on being a finalst!Matthew D. Indes August 20, 2005
And yes I can spell finalist! #1740649Jenny Bosmans August 20, 2005
Congratulations once again on your finalist, Donna! #1741175KHAWLA Haddad August 20, 2005
Congratulations on Wonderful finalists!!! #1742239
Cathy Stancil August 20, 2005
You go girl !!! Another awesome finalist !!! Bravo ! #1742486Serena Pierce August 20, 2005
Congratulations Donna!! #1742515Walter Graziano August 20, 2005
Congratulations Donna! #1743313S J August 21, 2005
Congratulations on this wonderful Finalist, Donna!! #1744030Dominique Declerck August 21, 2005
Congratulations, Donna!!! #1744059Robyn Mackenzie August 21, 2005
Luna Park never looked so good!! Congratulations, Donna!!!! #1744067Terry L. Ellis August 21, 2005
Donna, congratulations on amazing finalist, too! Marvelous comp. #1744500Susie Peek-Swint August 21, 2005
Congrats again Donna ~ so many wonderful finalists! #1744554Stephen Zacker August 21, 2005
Congrats! :-) #1745056Detrick V. Martin August 21, 2005
Congratulations! #1745201Kirsi Bertolini August 21, 2005
This is my favorite image! Great all the way, would not change a thing! #1745401Dan Holm August 22, 2005
Congratulations, Donna!!! An awesome shot and Finalist!!! #1752839Carol Brill August 22, 2005
Congratulations on this dynamic finalist, Donna! #1753819Donna Roberts August 23, 2005
Thank you so much for stopping by to wish me well on this finalist.Erland Pillegaard August 26, 2005
HiDonna Roberts September 10, 2005
Thank you very much Erland!Jennifer L. Trenchard January 02, 2006
wow- what wonderful composition & visual interest. looks like a fun theme park. great work! #2245233Donna Roberts January 02, 2006
Hi Jennifer - thank you for taking the time to look through my gallery.John V. Roscich May 11, 2006
GREAT SHOT. GOOD COLOR AND ANGLE.Donna Roberts May 11, 2006
Your great comments are much appreciated, thanks John!Bill Wyatt July 11, 2006
Fantastic lighting, details and composition! Congratulations, Donna! #3012537Donna Roberts July 14, 2006
Hi there Bill, I truly appreciate all of the wonderful support you have been giving me for the earlier finalits. Much appreciated!Sign up for an interactive online photography course to get critiques on your photos.
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