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Beautiful shot! The innocence and caring demeanor of the cub contrasts nicely with the stolid determination of the mother. Well done!

Excellent shot of one of my favorite buildings. Love the shadows and sky. The majesty of the building really comes across--well done! All the best...Bill

Nice pike! You guys have some good fishing up there in Minnesota. I used to fish the Susquehanna River here with my 17-foot Grumman Eagle canoe and a trolling motor. Walleye and bass were fun, but the biggest catch was from shore: a 42-inch pike caught about 11 p.m. on a half-dead bass minnow. Thought it was a submerged limb until it got near shore and began moving. Weighed only 11 pounds but it won the pike category in Dick's fishing contest that year. All the best...Bill

One of the best captures I've seen in a long, long time. The composition is marvelous, and the figure on the right was caught at the absolutely best moment. The sign on the left provides an eyecatching framework, and the image's depth is icing on the cake. Awesome, Jack!

Nice play with colors and structures in this image, and I like the view in the mirror contrasting with the starkness of the concrete passageway. Well done!.

A contingent of native Americans joined the Poor People's Campaign in

Washington in 1968 to raise economic and social issues facing tribes

around the country. Here, the demonstrators sit-in at the U.S. Supreme

Court protesting the court's decision in a fishing-rights case in the

state of Washington. Comments and critiques are always welcomed.

Thanks..Bill

Participants in the Poor People"s Campaign rallied outside the U.S.

Supreme Court in Washington during their months-long effort to

persuade agencies of the federal government to take seriously the

plight of the impoverished in the U.S. Comments and critiques are

always welcomed. Thanks...Bill

In the spring of 1968, shortly after the assassination of the Rev.

Martin Luther King, thousand's of the nation's poor responded to the

slain civil rights leader's call to action and marched into

Washington, DC, to demand that their government do something about the

country's festering poverty. Mrs. Augusta Denison, of Marks,

Mississippi, seen here with three of her seven children, was one of

the respondents to Dr. King's call. Comments and critiques are always

welcomed. Thanks...Bill

Dr. Martin Luther King was assassinated in Memphis on April 4, 1968, a

short time before he was to lead the march into Washington of his Poor

People's Campaign, a gathering of thousands who would live on the mall

in an encampment called "Resurrection City" and visit government

agencies to demand action against poverty. Here, Rev. Ralph Abernathy,

who succeeded Dr. King as president of the Southern Christian

Leadership Conference, escorts King's widow, Coretta Scott King,

around the plywood "city." Next year, I was reminded recently, marks

the 50th anniversary of the Poor People's Campaign. Time flies, but

poverty, we can agree, persists. Comments and critiques are always

welcomed. Thanks...Bill

Comments and critiques are always welcomed. Thanks...Bill

In the early 1970s, the Black Panther Party reached out to communities

across the country with a breakfast program that benefited thousands

of school-age children. The project was probably the party's most

successful outreach effort. This image has been licensed for use in a

PBS documentary on the Panthers scheduled for the fall of 2016.

Comments and critiques are always welcomed. Thanks...Bill

At one time, Gimbels was the largest department store chain in the

world. In downtown Philadelphia, its store occupied an entire city

block. The company's slogan was "Nobody but Nobody Undersells

Gimbels." But the competition from stores like Macy's eventually

overtook Gimbels and the chain went out of business in 1986. Comments

and critiques are always welcomed..Thanks...Bill

On a typical sweltering summer day in Philadelphia, a youth takes a

cool dip in the fountain on the city's Ben Franklin Parkway. Comments

and critiques are always welcomed. Cheers...Bill

Very nice image.  Did you happen to get any shots of the couple pouring and enjoying their wine?  Just a thought.  Regards...Bill

A demonstrator offers good advice at a civil rights protest in the

early 1970s. Comments and critiques are always welcomed. Thanks...Bill

I'm adding this comment to see whether I'm having an issue with the administration of my photo.net site.  Thanks for visiting. Cheers...Bill

A very belated 'thanks" for the kind and thoughtful comment, Jack; you're observations always provide a useful framework for viewing an image.  And speaking of "framework"--there's some history behind this photo that might be of interest to viewers.  The shot was taken at the Electric Factory in Philly at a performance by the band "Cream" during its legendary final tour.  I was doing a feature on the new venue for the Philadelphia Bulletin's Sunday Magazine;  I'm pretty sure I lost part of my hearing that night. Cheers...Bill

A Grackle seems to be hitting the brakes as he approaches a somewhat

crowded feeder in upstate New York. Your comments and critiques are

always welcomed. Thanks...Bill

Here's a shot of a yellow-shafted variety of a Northern Flicker at a

suet feeder in upstate New York. The bird may have just arrived in the

area--it was in mid-March and he stayed at the feeder for almost 10

minutes. Your comments and critiques are always welcomed. Thanks...Bill

This is a gorgeous capture!  The subject's demeanor and the image's composition and colors are outstanding.  Well done!

A Baltimore oriole bores into a grape at a feeder in upstate New York

while a Woodpecker watches casually from a perch on a nearby suet

holder. Orioles have arrived just within the last week after a rather

brutal winter. They haven't lost their taste for grapes. Comments and

critiques are always welcome. Thanks...Bill

Man, this image really is a trip back in time.  I can imagine hearing "The Lone Ranger" and "Our Gal Sunday" coming in over that radio.  Once again, nicely seen, Mike.  All the best...Bill

Here's a scene seen frequently at the peanut feeder outside our

kitchen window: a Red-bellied woodpecker will be enjoying the peanuts

(most woodpeckers choose them over other offerings) when along comes a

Starling and challenges the woodpecker's prerogative. In almost all

such confrontations, the woodpecker wins, This time, however, the

Starling triumphed. Critiques and comments are always welcomed.

Thanks...Bill

You've got that right, Jack, and I do what I can to foster it. Always good to hear from you. Regards, Bill

Here's a shot taken at a Wegman's supermarket in upstate New York.

The produce-inspired employees seem to be having a good time in the

dairy department. Comments and critiques are always welcomed. Thanks,

and remember to eat your fruits and veggies. Cheers, Bill