Best Friend
Uploaded: February 26, 2010
(April 2010 - Monthly Theme)
Friend: Has never seen you cry
Best Friend: has always had the best shoulder to cry on
Friend: Picks you up when you fall
Best friend: Laughs at you and trips you again
Friend: Asks you to write down your number
Best Friend: They ask you for THEIR number (because they can’t remember it)
Friend: Borrows your stuff for a few days, then gives it back
Best Friend: has a closet full of your stuff
Friend: Only knows a few things about you
Best Friend: Could write a biography on your life
Friend: Will leave you behind if that is what the crowd is doing
Best Friend: WILL ALWAYS BE WITH YOU
My daughters as Best Friends!
Congratz. to all Participants, Finalists and Winners of Jan '10 Contest.
Exif: F Number: 5.6, Exposure Bias Value: 0.00, ExposureTime: 1/400 seconds, Flash: did not fire, compulsory flash mode, White balance: Auto white balance, FocalLength: 7.81 mm, Model: Canon PowerShot A95
Michelle Alton February 26, 2010
Beautiful and apt MT entry, and the couplets are fantastic. If you wrote them, you should publish them! #1242881Barbara Waldoch February 26, 2010
Wonderful shot, Usman! #8417512Carolyn M. Fletcher February 26, 2010
FAVE! #8417520Usman M. Bajwa February 26, 2010
Thanks for your time and comments!.No Michelle, these words are not mine. I read these recently in a local magazine and there was no mention of writer's name. I am glad you like these as I did.
UB. #8417541
Tess L. Yee February 26, 2010
Superb MT entry, Usman! Wonderful colors. #8417723Amy M. Wilson February 26, 2010
Wonderful capture, colors and commentary, Usman! #8417792Marilyn Cornwell February 26, 2010
A poet of images and words! This is wonderful! #8418011Usman M. Bajwa February 27, 2010
Thanks Tess, Amy and Marilyn!UB. #8419462
Arnie Horwitz February 28, 2010
Great composition, lighting and colors, Usman! #8423040Usman M. Bajwa March 02, 2010
Thanks Arnie!UB. #8428359
Anne McKinnell March 08, 2010
Wow, awesome shot Usman! Love the colours in the sky, the silhouette and placement of the sun. Way to go! #8440836Usman M. Bajwa March 21, 2010
Thank you Anne, your support is very welcome.UB. #8471001
Kara L. Hendricks April 23, 2010
Congratulations Usman on today's 101 POTD!!! #8563852Chris Budny April 23, 2010
Terrific imagery Usman! Love that sky! #8563875Dr Silly April 23, 2010
Congratulations Usman for your 101 POTD, on this super capture. :O) #8564169Graham Robards April 23, 2010
Congratulations Usman on your POTD, wonderful capture of best friends and sisters. Well done! ~Pat #8564265Karen E. Baumann April 23, 2010
Love the sky and the hands showing as silhouettes are wonderful! Love it! #8564338Jean E. Hildebrant April 23, 2010
Love the rich colors and the silhouettes as well as the sentiment! Beautiful, Usman! Congrat's on 101 POTD! :) #8564497Katarina Mansson April 23, 2010
Ditto to what Jean said. Congratulations Usman! #8564556Susie Peek-Swint April 23, 2010
Terrific capture Usman ~ great choice for the 101 POTD .. many congrats! #8564557Mitch Spence April 23, 2010
Congratulations on your joyful 101 POTD, Usman. #8564706Linda D. Lester April 23, 2010
WOW!! Love it...Congrats on your 101 POTD! #8564750Leslie McLain April 23, 2010
Terrific capture, colors and lights, Usman. Congrats. #8564922Elida Gutierrez April 23, 2010
Congrats on your 101 POTD!!! #8564927William C. Raco April 23, 2010
Excellent photo and descriptionDonna La Mattino Pagakis April 23, 2010
Beautiful Usman, congratulations! #8565716Usman M. Bajwa May 17, 2010
Thanks for your time and kind comments which are very much appreciated!!UB. #8616601
Nikki McDonald May 22, 2010
The light, joyous body positions and bold colors make this a winner in my book, Usman. Good luck in the April contest. #8629346Kara L. Hendricks May 24, 2010
I knew it when I saw it!!Congratulations Usman!!! #8632892
Patti Coblentz May 24, 2010
Congratulations on this fantastic finalist, UB!! Patti #8635481Nikki McDonald May 24, 2010
Great job, Usman. Congratulations on the finalist and good luck in the next round. #8636904Kelly S. Cavanaugh May 24, 2010
Congratulations on this fantastic finalist, Usman! #8637298frank w. degenhardt May 24, 2010
Fantastic and beautiful story and picture. CONGRATULATIONS on the Finalist my friend. #8637530Graham Robards May 24, 2010
Beautiful story UB, I bet your daughters are very proud, hope to see it go Gold. Congratulations.~Pat #8637756Carlton Ward May 24, 2010
Fantastic image Usman - Bold & Vibrant... #8637885Cindy Bendush May 24, 2010
Love this! Congratulations on your excellent finalist! #8637941Stefania Barbier May 24, 2010
congratulations, spectacular finalist!!! #8638105Laura E. Swan May 24, 2010
What a VERY special image and verses below it!ON YOUR BIG FINALIST Usman!
-Laura :D #8638224
Bojan Bencic May 25, 2010
Congratulations on all your finalists, Usman! #8638413Janet McNeil May 25, 2010
Congratulations on this beauty!!! #8638909Marilyn Cornwell May 25, 2010
Congratulations, Usman, on this spectacular Finalist! One of my favourites! #8639126Nadia Paul May 25, 2010
What a wonderful story Usman - congrats on all your finalists! #8639370Courtenay Vanderbilt May 25, 2010
Beautiful image and sentiment, Usman! Congratulations! #8639467Amy M. Wilson May 25, 2010
Congratulations on your excellent Finalist, Usman!! #8640097Daniella Puente May 25, 2010
Pure wonderful feelings :))))) congratulations! #8640183Susan Fox May 25, 2010
Perfectly captured! Congrats Usman!!! #8640213Rona L. Schwarz May 25, 2010
Wonderful, wonderful capture of these two, Usman, and the sentiments are so special! CONGRATULATIONS on a superb FINALIST and Good luck in the next round! #8640261Val Feldman May 25, 2010
A joyous capture and a wonderful commentary of the true meaning of friendship...a visually uplifting image and a superb Finalist! All the best in the upcoming round, Usman! ~Val #8640720Leslie McLain May 25, 2010
Congrats on all your beautiful finalists, Usman. #8640763Elida Gutierrez May 25, 2010
Jennifer L. Alder May 25, 2010
Congrats, UB, on this beautiful finalist :) #8641056Usman M. Bajwa May 25, 2010
Thanks to all of you and to Judges for leaving such kind comments which I truly appreciate and value.UB. #8642299
Deborah Lewinson May 25, 2010
Superb finalist, Usman!Congrats again!
Debby #8642412
Deborah Lewinson May 25, 2010
Superb finalist, Usman!Congrats again!
Debby #8642414
Deborah Lewinson May 25, 2010
Superb finalist, Usman!Congrats again!
Debby #8642415
Ujjwal Mukherjee May 25, 2010
Huge congratulations,Usman on this fantastic finalist!! Good luck with it!!! #8642733Usman M. Bajwa May 25, 2010
WOW...Thank you Judges. It just proves that perseverance does pay, as this was the fourth time re-submit. This is one of my favorite image of my darlings and always believed in the image. By the way this was taken with a point & shoot, the Canon Powershot A95 too.UB. #8642839
Usman M. Bajwa May 25, 2010
Thank you Deborah (three times) and Ujjwal. In my excitement I missed to say thank you ... lolUB. #8642847
Wajid Drabu May 25, 2010
Congratulations Usman! Wonderful shot!!! #8642939Patti Coblentz May 25, 2010
This is a great celabration image, Usman..big congratulations on your win!!Patti #8642950
Bojan Bencic May 25, 2010
Congratulations on your win, Usman. Fantastic photo. #8643037Renee Doyle May 25, 2010
Congratulations on this wonderful winner Usman!! #8643049Stefania Barbier May 25, 2010
gorgeous win, congratulations!!! #8643050Katarina Mansson May 25, 2010
Congratulations on your beautiful winner! #8643135Denny E. Barnes May 25, 2010
Outstanding, Usman! BIG CONGRATULATIONS on your beautiful and well deserved WIN!! Fantastic!! #8643143Mukesh Srivastava May 26, 2010
Incredible captures Usman!!!! Huge congrats for the GOLD!!!!!!! #8643202Corinne M. Thompson May 26, 2010
Congrats on your UB, fabulous capture! #8643203Christopher Sanan May 26, 2010
Congrats UB. #8643281Tiia Vissak May 26, 2010
Congratulations! #8643344Anna Krukowska May 26, 2010
I guess it was for JOY contest.Cheryl Schneider May 26, 2010
Great shot, Usman! Congratulations!!! #8643603Leslie McLain May 26, 2010
Congrats on your beautiful winner, Usman. #8643837Amy M. Wilson May 26, 2010
Huge congratulations on your FANTASTIC Second Place win, Usman!!! #8643874Lisa J. Boulden May 26, 2010
A delightful winner, Usman!Usman M. Bajwa May 26, 2010
Thanks everyone. :-)UB. #8643950
Candice C. Calhoun May 26, 2010
Congratulations! There are so many important life lessons in this photo...it really resonates with me, as it did with the Judges! Thanks, Usman, for your insight and your perseverance! Your photo has made my day brighter!ccc #8644018
Courtenay Vanderbilt May 26, 2010
Huge Congratulations, Usman! Beautiful and so deserving! #8644019Judy V. Kennamer May 26, 2010
A BIG CONGRATS UB!!! What a beauty!!! #8644067Jessica Jenney May 26, 2010
Congratulations, Usman on your fantastic win! #8644220Kara L. Hendricks May 26, 2010
HUGE congratulations Usman!!! #8644280Linda D. Lester May 26, 2010
Congratulations on your outstanding 2nd place win,Usman !!!!!!!!! #8644434Nancyj E. Hovey May 26, 2010
C O N G R A T U L A T I O N SFreddy Bland May 26, 2010
Beautiful image, Usman!! Congratulations on your fantastic win!!! #8644719Hosey M. Harrell III May 26, 2010
This is really a wonderful image, Usman. Congratulations on your win!#8644739
JO ANN CLEVELAND May 26, 2010
Congrats on this awesome Winner Usman!jo ann c. #8645031
Jeana Clark May 26, 2010
~J~ #8645047
Mitch Spence May 26, 2010
It's a joy to see and a double joy to see with the gold, Usman. Congratulations to you! #8645139Ken Smith May 26, 2010
Glad to see this one win gold. Congrats, Usman! #8645266Tarun Bose May 26, 2010
Congrats for your winner Usman. #8645456Mike Clime May 26, 2010
Congratulations on your winner! #8645616Robyn A. Terrell May 26, 2010
This is indeed an winner in every regard. Congrats to you, Usman! #8645924Karen Celella May 26, 2010
Huge congratulations on your exceptional winner, Usman! #8645957Carol Eade May 26, 2010
Congratulations, Usman, love the image and the description! #8645968Maria Morrow May 26, 2010
Congratulations Usman, this is an outstanding image! #8645999Chris Budny May 26, 2010
Terrific winner, Usman; congratulations! #8646145Sharon Sawyer May 26, 2010
Whoooooooo Hooooooooooo!!! WTG Usman! HUGE congratulations on your outstanding and well deserved Second Place Win!!! Delightful! #8646267Ellen Hodges May 26, 2010
Huge congrats on a fantastic winner and commentary, Usman!!!! WTG!!! #8646602Memoriee G. Sconce May 26, 2010
UB, Great winner and even a greater gift of two daughters that are that close.frank w. degenhardt May 26, 2010
Congratulations Usman on the Second Place Win for this colorful and gorgeous work of art. WTG my friend. #8646698Jennifer L. Alder May 26, 2010
An amazing winner, UB! Congrats :) #8646750Usman M. Bajwa May 26, 2010
Thanks for your appreciative and kind words and for your continued support.UB. #8646814
Cindy Bendush May 27, 2010
Love this Usman! Big congrats on your win! #8646869Datha Y. Thompson May 27, 2010
LOVE IT!!! This was my Favorite of the Fvs for April Usman!! Soo HAPPY to see it with the GOLD it deserves!!Mick Burkey May 27, 2010
WTG, Usman! Great image and certainly deserving of the win. Congratulations! #8647704Mary Beth Aiello May 27, 2010
Just spectacular, Usman. Huge congrats on this outstanding winner. #8648094Hendrik Storme May 27, 2010
Congrats on your winner,Usman!!! #8648099Carol L. Fowler May 27, 2010
Congrats on the Win! #8648191Kenneth Mucke May 27, 2010
Congrats on this stunning winner...just georgous #8648464Maria Coulson May 27, 2010
Usman, congratulations! Love the picture, love the words. #8648500Rona L. Schwarz May 27, 2010
I'm so glad to see this a Gold Winner, Usman! So well-deserved! Congratulations! #8648570Tommy E. Burgess May 27, 2010
Huge congratulations on your stunning and well deserved winner Usman!!! #8648610Nadia Paul May 27, 2010
Congrats on your wonderful winner Usman! #8648669Phillip R. Connolly May 27, 2010
Congratulations on such a well deserved winner!!! Well done!!Phil #8648675
Dominick M. Dimacale May 28, 2010
Congratulations Usman on your Win!!!
Dominick #8649318
Janice Mezzacappa May 28, 2010
Stunning winner Usman amazing work my friend!! Huge Congrats!!! #8650059Dr Silly May 29, 2010
Congratulations Usman on your Gold. :O) #8651584Phyllis H. Burchett May 29, 2010
HUGE Congrats to you Usman, this is awesome! Yes, perseverance does pay off! ☺ #8651604Yulianto Soeroso May 31, 2010
wow congratetulation ! #8654216Debra R. Harder May 31, 2010
This is totally brilliant, Usman! Huge congratulations on your OUTSTANDING GOLD WINNER! Deb #8656022Dianna Murphy June 04, 2010
Perfectly deserving,congratulations on your outstanding Winner!!!! #8665910Usman M. Bajwa June 10, 2010
Thanks a Million for your time and generous comments!!UB. #8687522
Julianne Bradford June 11, 2010
Thanks for sharing this great image with us Usman! Congratulations on your Gold :-) #8689172Julianne Bradford June 11, 2010
Thanks for sharing this great image with us Usman! Congratulations on your Gold :-) #8689175Usman M. Bajwa June 15, 2010
Thanks Julianne, appreciate it!UB. #8697868
Graeme yew Chow August 04, 2010
Thanks for your kind comments ! Usman. I really love your this image as the color is so rich and nicely exposed. #8805848Marsha S. Smith August 17, 2010
Love the wonderful image and the commentary reminded me of friends I haven't seen in years, but still cherish. #8843127Usman M. Bajwa September 05, 2010
Many thanks Graeme and Marsha.UB. #8884087
Rudi Reiner December 21, 2010
Wonderful shot, great colors #9119043Rod Partington September 03, 2011
I'm a sucker for silhouettes. Great shot Usman! There's a lot of emotion in this capture. It's been a while since I've looked at your gallery.Pretty awesome stuff dude!Great to hear from you again.Take care. #9650233Lindley Johnson October 25, 2011
Glorious light and color, Usman, and the silhouettes are terrific! #9762409Usman M. Bajwa October 25, 2011
Thanks for time and kind comments Rudi, Rod and Lindley!UB. #9763083
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