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Uploaded: November 26, 2013 03:15:05
Exif: F Number: 3.4, Exposure Bias Value: 0.00, ExposureTime: 10/250 seconds, Flash: did not fire, compulsory flash mode, ISO: 250, White balance: Auto white balance, FocalLength: 4.00 mm, Model: COOLPIX P500
Gord MacEachern November 26, 2013
Hi Mel, super macro capture here, like the colors, textures, and detail!! #1553951Carolyn M. Fletcher November 26, 2013
They came in a white pack when I was a kid. My dad used to smoke them. #10907257Carolyn M. Fletcher November 26, 2013
They came in a white pack when I was a kid. My dad used to smoke them. #10907262Tammy M. Anderson November 26, 2013
Fabulous find, colors and details, Melodie. #10907265MELODIE C. ROBERTS November 26, 2013
Thanks guysHey Fletch, they changed to white in 1942 to make the packaging more appealing to women #10907266
Avril Young November 26, 2013
terrific focus and capture... #10907283David Phalen November 26, 2013
They were white when I started smoking them in 1958. Worst ongoing mistake I ever made!! Fortunately I quit in time so that there have been no long term problems.Terrific find and capture!! Hard to believe that back them smoking was considered glamorous.
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Monnie Ryan November 26, 2013
I remember the white packs, but I never smoked these (remember Virginia Slims)?? I, too, quit quite a few years ago, thank goodness. Love the title! #10907358Linda D. Lester November 26, 2013
Toasted is right! This has been very interesting! :) #10907395John Connolly November 26, 2013
I too am a reformed smoker Mel! Been off them for about fourty years, and I am still alive! A great blast from the past! #10907456Tamara K. Walker November 26, 2013
Look in the mirror see what you saw, take the saw cut the table in half. Two halves make a whole, climb out through the whole. #10907541Lydia Williams January 01, 2014
What a find, Mel...and well done...Congratulations on your finalist award! #10933659Wm Nosal January 01, 2014
Cool Capture!Tammy M. Anderson January 01, 2014
Excellent capture and finalist. Congrats! #10934064John Connolly January 02, 2014
Congratulations on your finalist Melodie! Nice work! #10935235JO ANN CLEVELAND January 06, 2014
You are sooo Kool Mel! Congrats on your finalists!jo ann c. #10938991
Merna L. Nobile January 14, 2014
I recently opened my e-mail and found an announcement from Better Photo that the month of November award winners were basking in the glory of finding their name beside their beautiful entry. CONGRATULATIONS!
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