Summer fun
Uploaded: July 05, 2005 00:38:43
My son Moreno enjoying his swim!
It's a joy to see him learning to swim. I feel so proud!!
Paul E. Earl July 05, 2005
And a very important skill to learn too!!! I'm sure that soon he will be a regular little fish. A lovely photo, Mata!! #273644Mata Patan July 05, 2005
member since: 3/1/2005 Fun photo! Well done!
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S J July 05, 2005
Super summer fun shot, Mata!! Love his smile!! #1555108Mary K. Robison July 05, 2005
What a perfect photo for this month's theme, Mata ~ GREAT lighting and lovely bubbling foam!Donna Roberts July 05, 2005
The lighting of this image is PERFECT Mata.Stanley J. Contrades July 05, 2005
Fabulous catch of his joyful expression, as well as those terrific colors and water movement, Mata!! Beautifully done image!!Paul Michko July 05, 2005
Fantastic capture, Mata. He looks to be really enjoying himself. #1555180Marsha S. Smith July 05, 2005
Love his expression, Mata. Pure joy all over his face. Excellent fun portrait! #1555211Jenny Bosmans July 05, 2005
Super shot, Mata! Lovely to see Moreno enjoying his swim!! #1555240Stephanie Lyons July 05, 2005
Adorable! Such warm lighting giving his face the most beautiful glow ... #1555275Adilson F. Ferreira July 05, 2005
Fantastic portrait Mata!!!Kerby Pfrangle July 05, 2005
Matalooks like someone is having fun in the sun.
Love the smile and happiness on his face.
Wonderful image.
Kerby #1555317
Agnes Fegan July 05, 2005
A perfect summer fun shot with his cute expression and the water movement! #1555318Cathy Gregor July 05, 2005
Wonderful lighting on Moreno's adorable face!Judy S. Fung July 05, 2005
Wonderful fun capture, Mata! #1555476Daniel Diaz July 05, 2005
Excellent job here Mata, the water, the lighting and the sheer expression of joy on his face is perfect!!! #1555505Donald K. Cherry July 05, 2005
Wonderful candid portrait, Mata! I love the expression of joy on his face!! #1555516Tammy Scott July 05, 2005
Oh how wonderful, Mata! He looks like his is in bliss! #1555538Bobbie Davis July 05, 2005
What a wonderful shot Mata!! I love the closeness of it....I can almost feel the water myself! #1555603Stacey M July 05, 2005
Love it Mata. He is having a great time!! #1555655Steve Mescha July 05, 2005
Excellent portrait, Mata! A perfect exposure! #1555738Beverley A. Daniels July 05, 2005
A perfect capture Mata--nicely done!! #1555806Karen Engelbreth July 05, 2005
Super summer portrait, Mata - love his expression! #1555824Joy Rector July 05, 2005
What a beautiful image. #1555971Shelly A. Van Camp July 05, 2005
How cute!!! Great picture and looks like he is having fun :) #1556034Linda D. Lester July 05, 2005
You have a lot to be proud of...look at him he is adorable, you really captured an awesome shot of him, Mata! #1556074Kara L. Hendricks July 05, 2005
Wonderful summertime shot Mata!!! Looks like he's having fun!! #1556132Joyce ONeil July 05, 2005
Awesome colors & lighting.This is a very fun shot! #1556632
Amanda Price July 05, 2005
What a happy shot! Perfect timing, Mata! #1556834Cathy Stancil July 05, 2005
What a fun, happy shot Mata !! Full of life ! Beautiful summer shot of Moreno !! #1556900Jill Flynn July 05, 2005
What a look of joy on Moreno's face. Candid and spontaneous capture Mata. You should be proud. NICE!! #1556901Sandy Landon July 05, 2005
I love the lighting! His expression is perfect!! #1557258cj patterson July 05, 2005
adorable!!! #1557311Jessica McCollam July 05, 2005
What a fun image, Mata!:) #1557479Goshka G. July 05, 2005
Quintessential summer fun phot, Mata!! A winner in my book!! #1557652Ermanno Radice July 05, 2005
Bella foto estiva, gran luce ed ottima esposizione, Mata! #1557772Deb Holmes-Hatfield July 05, 2005
Outstanding summer portrait, Mata, nice colors and wonderful capture! #1557780Laurence Saliba July 05, 2005
Hey Moreno!!!!!!!! Mata he looks so happy!!! Wonderful summer portrait!! #1557868Patty Razonable July 05, 2005
He looks like he's having a lot of fun, Mata!! Great capture!! #1557922Terry L. Ellis July 05, 2005
Fantastic summer capture, Mata! Such a happy expression! #1558042Dan Holm July 05, 2005
EXCELLENT capture and so beautifully framed, mata!! Love the wavy diagonal of the water ! Outstanding work1 #1558266Carol Brill July 05, 2005
Such an delightful shot, Mata, you can just feel how much fun he's having here! #1559396Roxanne M. Bubar July 06, 2005
What a beautiful image and capture. You can feel the delight in your beautiful son's face. #1560331Jane Summa July 06, 2005
WOW, Mata..this is so crispy clear! The colors are brilliant! Moreno's expression tells us he's having lots of fun! Great shot! #1560596Roger Bernabo July 06, 2005
GREAT SHOT! Love it! #1560631Janet Williams July 06, 2005
Excellent capture of his joyful and radiant smile. Great to see him enjoying his swimming lesson so much. You have caught it so well, with the water in the front and back of the image. He looks like a lovely boy and you should indeed be proud of him! #1561954Serena Pierce July 06, 2005
Super image, great colors!! #1563583KHAWLA Haddad July 07, 2005
Mata such wonderful capture love this so much he look wonderful and really enjoing him self great summer shot well don!! #1566657Adrianna Province July 21, 2005
Beautiful image Mata! The colors are so striking and he looks like he's having so much fun! Wonderful job! #1618188Tammy Scott August 20, 2005
Congratulations again, Mata! #1740534KHAWLA Haddad August 20, 2005
Congratulations on Wonderful finalist, Mata!!! #1741481
Linda D. Lester August 20, 2005
Congratulations on your finalist! #1741537Jenny Bosmans August 20, 2005
Once again congratulations on your finalist, Mata! #1741546Melissa L. Zavadil August 20, 2005
Congratulations Mata on your wonderful finalist!! Love the expression!! #1742589Terry L. Ellis August 20, 2005
Many congratulations, Mata, on your fabulous finalists! #1742641Serena Pierce August 20, 2005
Congratulations!! #1742992S J August 21, 2005
Congratulations on this cute Finalist, Mata!! #1744299Tom Andersen August 21, 2005
Congratulations on another wonderful finalist, Mata! #1745293Patty Razonable August 21, 2005
Congratulations, Mata and good luck!1 #1745880Jill Flynn August 21, 2005
Congratulations on wonderful finalist Mata! #1746049Jim Kinnunen August 21, 2005
Beautiful capture of a very good looking boy, Mata...congratulations!!! #1746192Anne D. Eigen August 21, 2005
Great, upbeat capture, Mata! Congratulations on this wonderful Finalist!!! #1746950Jill Odice October 07, 2005
This captures pure innocent joy! What a great photo Mata ! #1927907Danilo Piccioni December 08, 2005
Ma questa non me la ricordo proprio! bellissima!Nandu Menon April 28, 2006
Wow ! Awesome photo Mata. Your album looks wonderful ! All great pictures. #2703075Donald K. Cherry July 01, 2006
Nice to see this one back again, Mata!! It's perfect for the MT! #2973192Lynne Morris July 01, 2006
Perfect image of summer fun Mata, beautiful shot! #2973219Paul E. Earl July 01, 2006
Good to see this gem again. As Donald says it is perfect for the monthly theme. #2973220Stephanie Lyons July 01, 2006
Loved it then - love it now! #2973499Laura Clay-Ballard July 01, 2006
fab shot! what fun! #2973709Julie Robinson July 13, 2006
Great capture Mata! Excellent lighting! #3026076Angela Azzinnaro August 18, 2007
Your son is SO HANDSOME Mata!!! He has a wonderful joyful expression that you captured here!!! I have seen your entire gallery and WOW- I am loving it!!!!! GREAT WORK Mata!!!!!!!! #4663751Sign up for an interactive online photography course to get critiques on your photos.
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