Is it not amazing what we see when we take the time to look out the window?! My, we are so familiar and so far away. Beautiful capture you have. I think the rainbow and the pot of gold is upon you! HAPPY NEW YEAR AND I HOPE WITH ALL MY LOVE YOU AND YOUR FAMILY FAIR WELL IN 2009! HUGS!

Take care my Friend!
Bettina Marie =0)

Ps. I have your photo ready to print, "Purple Path". It is the one you sent me with your signature. I thought this was a perfect one to send to you as an artist. An artist such as you should have his name on a piece of art so beautiful! As soon as I can I will send to you. I have been very ill, but still view your photos, and miss posting and talking with you. My love to you and your family forever.

Hello Tim,

First I would like to say that you have captured the sea and the beaches of New Zealand so amazingly that I find it hard to praise each and every one of the beautiful shots so I am going to THANK YOU for your lovely work. I am a lover of the sea and the beaches and you have amazing work with this subject. I will keep looking for more of these beautiful shots.

Second, I chose this shot because it stood out so much from all your other work of ocean and beaches and I will tell you that I have never seen a frog look so "shy". What a moment to see this guy and the moment so "innocent". Thank you for the great color, composition and subject!

Take care,
Bettina Marie =0)

Hello Prasan,

You have an eye for beauty and for detail! Wonderful subject and composition. I am sure if I look hard enough I could figure out what the image is in the large drop of rain?

Take care,
Bettina Marie =0)

Bonjour Pascal,

How did I miss this photo??? You have an amazing ability to capture automobiles in the most unique ways. I love this photo and not so much because of the subject being an automobile but because of the lines and the black and white composition. Dramatic point of view. Very clever you are!

Take care,
Bettina Marie =0)

Bonjour Pascal,

I love the diagonal lines you captured in this beautiful photo. Once again you have captured the smallest of details with your keen eye. The sun peeking through the tree and just enough mist or haziness to make the scene very dream like. Wonderful artistry!

Take care,
Bettina Marie

Again you amaze me with your eye. The flower is to me the "heart" of the pigeon. Do you think the bird "chose" that spot to take his nap or just by accident? I think he chose the flower. Wonderful capture and detail in this photo.

Take care,
Bettina Marie =0)

Hello Pascal,

If you had taken a photo of my garden this past weekend you would have found snow covering my flowers. We never get snow this late in the year and my poor flowers are shivering in the cold!

Very beautiful composition and again the unfocused background is reminiscent of Monet. I like the the small little raindrop just at the end of the flowers leaf. It is the details you capture so nicely.

Thank you my friend!

Take care,
Bettina Marie =0)

Hello Pascal,

Wow, these ducks almost look like they are falling from the sky instead of trying to land or maybe they were practicing a dance from "Swan Lake"! Very funny capture my friend!

Take care,
Bettina Marie =0)

Again you have created a magical moment my friend!

I love the colors...it is like Monet in neon! I am so amazed the eye you have for such beauty.

Take care,
Bettina Marie =0)

Dear Friend,
Amazing creativity.....amazing eye.....You are an artist!

Take care,

Bettina Marie =0)