American Dream
Uploaded: July 13, 2004 10:19:10
The Ballpark in Arlington, 2002. Applied a softener filter to give it a dreamy look.
Dan Holm July 13, 2004
Wonderful composition and color! Excellent capture, Patricia! #147504Stephen Zacker July 13, 2004
Super capture and effects. Neat image! #645789Murry Grigsby July 13, 2004
Nice "All-American" image Patricia! Love the arc of grass and the repeated flags!! #645816Patricia Marroquin July 13, 2004
Thanks, Dan, Stephen and Murry.:-) This was not too long after 9/11, and patriotic displays were prevalent. #645841Carolyn M. Fletcher July 13, 2004
This is wonderful. Perfect for the Independence category!! Love it! #645865Jeff Robinson July 13, 2004
Wow Patricia, great work with this one! Very well done..... Jeff #645899Colette M. Metcalf July 13, 2004
Wonderful!! #645925Ronald Balthazor July 13, 2004
Great composition, capture, and treatment, Patricia. Now, if you could only bring up the color a tad. ;) #646027Joy Brown July 13, 2004
Absolutely outstanding, Patricia!!! A definite winner! #646031Janet S Weaver July 13, 2004
Excellent shot Patricia! It is for sure a winner!! #646056Marie Fields July 13, 2004
Terrific image! #646107Terry R. Hatfield July 13, 2004
Hi Patricia The Colors Look So Good Here Nice Image!!Love The Repetition Of The Flags! #646190Carol Brill July 13, 2004
Very stirring capture of patriotism at its best, Patricia, and I especially like how you captured the lighting on the flags and those shadows! #646304Darren K. Fisher July 13, 2004
Awesome job Pat. Love the colors and your composition. #646475Diane Addonizio July 13, 2004
Nice image, Pat. #646539Patricia Marroquin July 14, 2004
Thank you so much, Carolyn, Jeff, Colette, Ron, Joy, Janet, Marie, Terry, Carol, Darren and Diane!Ron, you know I considered bringing up the color just a wee bit, but then I thought I'd be going over the top so I left it "toned down." ;-) #646594
Kristen McKain July 14, 2004
Awesome! Well done! #646817Patricia Marroquin July 14, 2004
Thanks, Kristen! :-) #648193Dawn Balaban July 15, 2004
Great Shot. I love the lines and color. You will be seeing an award for this one for sure. Good Luck! #649763Patricia Marroquin July 16, 2004
Thanks, Dawn! That's so nice of you to say. :-) #649871Marta Azevedo July 17, 2004
Thank you, Patricia.Anette Linnea Rasmussen July 18, 2004
Great shot, Pat!Best wishes
Linnea #656740
Patricia Marroquin July 19, 2004
Thank you, Marta and Linnea! I've decided to enter this one in the upcoming Ventura County Fair photography contest. :-) #658045Terry R. Hatfield August 14, 2004
Congrats To You On Your Finalist Patricia!! #707369Wally Orlowsky August 14, 2004
Congratulations again, Patricia! #707598William C. Raco August 14, 2004
Fantastic!bill #707965
Claudia Kuhn August 14, 2004
Congrats Patricia!! #708063Nobu Nagase August 14, 2004
Congratulations again, Patricia!!!Marta Azevedo August 14, 2004
Congrats, patricia. Well deserved. #708879Susan T. Evans August 14, 2004
congrats Patricia, awesome and well deserved! #708910Kelly Abernathy August 14, 2004
Congratulations! -K #709103Brenda W. LaFleur August 14, 2004
Congrat, Patricia! This is wonderful....well deserved! #709401Murry Grigsby August 14, 2004
Congrats again Patricia! #709516Colette M. Metcalf August 14, 2004
Congrats to you again, Patricia!! #710370Patricia Marroquin August 14, 2004
Thank you all so very much! I'll have to catch up with all the great finalist photos later as this weekend is a busy one for me. I appreciate your kind comments. :-) #710543Kathleen Clemons August 15, 2004
Congrats again, Patricia!! #711827Patricia Marroquin August 15, 2004
Thanks, Kath! #713558Michael Khoury August 17, 2004
A belated Congratulations, Patricia! #716985Patricia Marroquin August 17, 2004
Thank you, Michael! :-) #717150Karma Wilson August 17, 2004
I love your whole gallery Patricia! I hadn't seen it before so I wanted to comment on this which is a fabulous wonderful picture! I also love the Martha Stewart guilty! Of course all your photos are great! I love learning from people like you! And congrats on the fair wins!Karma #717714
Patricia Marroquin August 18, 2004
Karma, thank you so much for the incredible compliment. It means a lot and is much appreciated. :-) #719371Stephen Zacker August 22, 2004
Congratulations, Patricia! #727541Patricia Marroquin August 24, 2004
Thanks a lot, Stephen! :-) #731077Sign up for an interactive online photography course to get critiques on your photos.
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