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Published: 2009-05-01 03:25:11 +0000 UTC; Views: 9600; Favourites: 22; Downloads: 8450
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Nope, not me.
This is a young man I have the honor of having on the fire dept. with me. He asked me to do his senior class photos for him and how could I refuse! This is one of the images that I "toyed" with that he chose for his final images.
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I thought it was a painting. I love how this capture the thoughts and feeling in his eyes. The flag in the background is a great touch. It really speaks to how much he cares about his country.
The coloring is great. Everything is crisp and clean. I love how it's not a perfectly centered portrait. I feel like this person is really able to capture the mood and soul of the person and, this may be some of the best work I have seen. I can't wait to see what else he submits next. This, indeed, is a wonderful work of art.
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Thanks Meena! I'm really glad you liked it
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Well you did a wonderful job.
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i marked unfair because its very cool indeed but a simple adobe or editor filter isn't 5/5 material 4/5 maybe but nothing extraordinary technically
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I didn't just like it for it's technical abilities. I liked it for the meaning behind it.
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technical abilities is 1/4 the rating i think its important
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Thank you for all the kind words, sorry for the delayed responses, just been really busy at work
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YOu're welcome.
No worries - no hurries.
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Thank you so very much for the kind words! It is a special piece for me, kind of a right of passage I suppose. Thank you again!
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You're welcome. <3
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I can't believe this shot; it's so perfect 
xxxxxx
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Oooh I love this ^^
Usually my pictures can't pull off accented edges but I think it works here ^^ Very niace
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You're more than welcome ^-^
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Thank you smexy lady!
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Lovely! What effects did you apply to it? It looks great
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I just toyed with the normal things in Elements then applied the "Accented Edges" filter. Does a right nice job eh? 
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Very nicely done! I thought it was a painting at first! Lol no probs
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so is that what you were tinkering with when I last spoke to you? Very nice effect indeed.. what do you call it (other than stylized)looks kind of vectorish but not. Its a very very nice shot though and nicely composed, It's still quite moving and in a sense its an image that reminds me of the brave men (and women) who lost their lives on 9/11.. a very thought provoking shot because I'm sitting here wondering what he's thinking about (and he's kinda cute 
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pass on my number too
It's a great shot and i can't wait to see more of your work hun 
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LOL, I already gave him your number and showed him some photos, now youve had it, a 18 yr old firefighting stud after ya! And thankee so very muches!
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hehe apologies for my late reply; I've been busy
18 years old? Gah! A tad on the young side for me - you should know me by now
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I've missed talking with you to! Any more trips to the bar lately? 
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no trips to the bar recently no - been off galavanting at the weekend though to see friends and also do a bit of happy snapping. For once I wont be submitting them here either - I have other ideas
Had other pressing matters to attempt to sort out and I've now done my share, it's up to the other people involved now - the ball is firmly in their court
Anywho, I've got to go out to the bank, get some mo-honey and then I'm off to do some shopping
Hope you're well sweetheart
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Oh do tell about the other people and balls in courts and and all the details, note if you have to!
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i've sent you a note
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great shot!! We had a fire today, jealous? lol jk.
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lmao, Thanks dude. And nope, we've been pretty steady too. And, we have 3 new guys so we make every run a training run, even the good ole MVA's turn into lessons on "fluid mitigation" lol
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we just had a new guy join. Do you guys run background checks and everything for the new members? takes about a month if all goes well to get into the fire dept here. No waiting lines haha, cept we actually might have to start having a waiting line like we use to a few years back. We're running out of gear and racks for gear we're getting so many members haha.
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Too many members is always better than not enough. I just hate when someone comes on then trains, makes a few runs then disappears. 
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sounds pretty close to us.
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Hey, i started a new chat room for firefighters here, pass it round! #dAFirefighters Ill make you a founder too!
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sounds good! let me know next time you're in there.
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Heading there now! yay!
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