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that kills me inside! how sad, very well done its pulling at my heartstrings
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Hooah!!!!!!!!!!!!.....congrats on yur ribbon my friend.
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This is truly a moving, and well done image. It definitely deserved the ribbon. Congratulations.
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I'm so glad this ribboned! Its so poignant. I'm sure this is only your first of many -- I really love your work!
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Originally posted by pekesty:
Great photo, even beyondd bless our troops and keep them syes bring them homeafe!
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wow, that really hits home esp as a fellow site member, Melethia, has just been sent to Kuwait. Thank you for such a powerful shot.
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Congrat son the ribbon! woo-hoo! way to go.
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Very poignant image and expertly photographed (I gave it a 9). Just think: a few more high votes on Ursula's shot and we'd have to tie a yellow ribbon... ;-)Message edited by author 2007-07-18 21:59:55.
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Congratulations on your ribbon for this extremely moving photograph! For a moment, you wonder about the blur in the foreground and then the sharp black key words & the ring literally jump out at you. Great execution of the idea.
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Congratulations Jim! I wondered if this was yours during voting, and hoped that it would do well for you!!
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FAR OUT MAN! Congrats on your first! Woo Hoo! :-D
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Congratulations James!!!! Really touching image :)
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Many congratulations on your very first ribbon! You sure managed to touch a nerve with this image.
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Great photo, even beyond the emotional...congratulations on winning the yellow ribbon!
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YEAH BABY, WOOOHOOOOO... I knew this one would be a good one. Congrats buddy.
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I once talked my son, Chris out of joining the Air Force and going to college instead. He also was going to get eye surgery to get his eyesight up to par for them. The irony is accidents can happen anywhere. He may have been safer going to Iraq. Some times things turn out bad, but let no one's fear of a NIGHTMARE get in the way of their DREAMS.
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Congratulations on your first ribbon! What a remarkable and poignant image. Let's hope fewer of these become a reality. Great work.
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As I write this, my son is in flight enroute home from a 16-month deployment in Iraq. Your image expresses what has been the nightmare in the back of our minds that entire time, and as someone else has said, it's the real nightmares that are the scariest.
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Woooohooooo James, way to go guy!!!! This is fabulous, on the front page WOW. I am so glad that this one did so well.
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Jim, congrats on an amazing 3rd place ribbon ... very well deserved! Go Team Stranger!!!
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CONGRATULATIONS!!!! (And greetings from Kuwait, by the way.) Awesome idea, excellent execution, and I'm very very pleased to see you get a ribbon. And even though yellow is third on DPC, it seems to be very much the right colored ribbon for this photograph. Excellent work - very pleased to see this and you so honored.
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Brilliant idea, made think of Privat Ryans Mam getting Three of those, Never Mind one.
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I watched your score all week knowing you were gonna catch up on me and relegate me to another 4th place. This shot was in my top 3. Excellent work. The true nightmares are the ones that can be reality. Powerful image. Very well done. Congrats on your ribbon. So well deserved.
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Wow! Incredibly powerful shot here, great job!
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This is so scary on so many levels!! My husband leaves at the end of August for Iraq... he is in TX right now... this is the kind of thing I dread!!
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Congratulations on your first ribbon, James! Powerful stuff! Very well deserved!!
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Congratulations, great photo, but sad. Just coincidentially, along with Pennywise, the clown, the top six on this web page at this time, relate to Flying, Dying, and Angels.
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congratulations, this is absolutely amazing.
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Congratulations on your ribbon and excellent photo. This truly is a nightmare, and you depicted it so well.
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Congrats on your first ribbon, James. A very emotive image and a real nightmare. Excellent work.
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James, truely a great and powerful shot. Congrats.
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Congrats, James! Your first ribbon and a new high score, on a shot that's technically perfect and emotionally powerful. Well done!
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Oh man, this awesome James! Congratulations on a great photo and your first ribbon! Here is to many more to come! And to the team, GO STRANGERS!
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What a horrific nightmare to have! Congrats on an excellent photo and your first ribbon!!
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Great. That's all I can say.
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That's sobering...nice photo though. I hope the letter is not real.
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Nice Job. This photo moved me. That happens maybe once a year.
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I truely hope that you didn't or don't have to go through this "Nightmare". I like your DOF here it makes the "...regret to inform you..." stand out.
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grays, blacks and whites really set off the gold - well composed to tell the story -- one of my favorites this challenge
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very well executed. I hope it has never occured to you...9
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How sad is that, I hope it's a set-up and not real. Brightest Blessings if it is...
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A nightmare that is reality for some - the supreme sacrifice willingly made by one, but forced upon another at a time not of their choosing.
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Very touching and emotional portrayal.
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Oh how sad but true! It is such a devastating, real-life nightmare for so many people! sniffle sniffle.
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support our troops! I love this picture...
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Very well chosen focus/DOF and fine composition.
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wow - very poignant - so well composed and so emotive - 10
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This is without a doubt one of the best representations of this challenge. It is also nicely dramatized.
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Composition strong, as is the message this image sends.
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That is definetly a nightmare. Well done.
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so much drama.. nicely done!
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Wow. That is a great and horrifying composition. Nice job.
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great shot. well intepreted
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Hmmm, very topical and nicely shot. What would be good is to get some idea of the pain receiving this letter would cause. Maybe by including a half empty wine glass with some pills next to it. Still a great shot all the same, 9.
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Heart wrenching. Great depth of field. I like it.
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WOW. Talk about packing a punch. Well done!
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