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Thank you Adrienne.

Aha! super capture! Very cute too :).

Nice cropping.

Very nice shot.

A lovely capture.

this truly is.

Great B/W treatment, so much action. Lots of interesting detail - grabs the attention and holds it.

I wonder if showing more of the water will tell the story better (in terms of the crossing or going to drink etc). Just a thought.

Kudos on a great piece!

Dear AJ, Bob and Rashed,

Thank you for your appreciation!

Thank you Niki!

Hey Trisha!

"I love photos like this one that allow me a glimpse into the life or nuances of a person" -- I actually don't wear the earrings :D. But I really loved the pic and was disappointed when I got that single bad rating. I'm happy at least one other person likes this photo. Thanks!!

Hi again Trisha! Thanks for the comment. Does (s)he really look sad? Maybe a little, since it was a zoo. Sorry for responding late to your comments - wasn't around for a bit.

Hey Trisha,

Thank you for the nice comment! Glad you liked it.

Dear Rashed, Thank you for your kind comments and for visiting! Sorry for the late response.

Thank you Sreehari and Colton. Apologize for the late response.

Thank you Matthijs.

I agree about the breathing room at the top - in this particular case, unfortunately, I was trying to crop out a distracting building in the b/g - hence the very little space atop.

Thanks Mike, it did look like he was looking up to the Almighty :D.

Hahaha LOL, that would have made a nicer title. Thank you Mike.

Liking both is always a good choice :D Thanks Mike.

Do you prefer this BW or the color version (which is next)?

Critique/comments greatly appreciated... Thank you in advance.

Don't forget to stop and smell the flowers and then comment and rate :D.

Critique/comments greatly appreciated... Thank you in advance.

David - I'm very happy this one caught your interest inspite of flowers not being your thing. I hope that says something positive about the image.

Thank you for visiting and commenting.

Thank you Rashed.

Thank you David for your honest critique - appreciate your candor.

Lovely, striking.

Would be powerful with a different caption? say something like "Please Help." or "Reaching Out" You can probably come up something better than me.

But great image! Love it.

Dear Mark and Radu - Thank you so much for your compliments!

As always, Roger, excellent observations and advice! I never thought about it fitting the stationary format - but you are right, its exactly like that!

I have flipped horizontally to have the flower to the left.

Thanks!