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Portrait of my mother

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I surreptitiously shot a couple of snaps of my mother while home. She HATES having her photo taken!

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very cool.

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Very well done. It is a heartfelt creation that draws you into the the moment where it evokes a flood of memories and emotions.

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Very nice...

She looks like a strong woman who doesn't put up with a lot of nonsense...

Which begs the question; how she was able to put up with you? :P
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Interesting. In the original post, I only saw the back of her. When I hit reply, The whole thing showed.

I do a lot of shooting from the hip, for pix. The shot you get when people see the camera pointing at them is never a natural shot.

People seeing their candid shot will complain their hair is not ready, but it was as ready as I saw.
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Just hold down CTRL and spin your mouse wheel to see the whole thing - the picture zooms in (bad) and out (good)
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On my laptop I right click and choose 'view image'.

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it s great with the whole thing too, I knew that she was watching her programs....

it really looked good when she was at the far right of the shot, and you couldn t see what she was looking at. kinda surreptitious. left you wondering what she was looking at, or thinking.

endurance.

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Joe Guy wrote:On my laptop I right click and choose 'view image'.
There's no "view image" option when I right click
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I use the Firefox browser but I thought they all had that feature.

Or maybe you're using Windows 3.1 and Netscape?

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MajGenl.Meade wrote:
Joe Guy wrote:On my laptop I right click and choose 'view image'.
There's no "view image" option when I right click
How about an 'open image in new tab' option? That works, too.
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Nope - I can save a picture, email picture or print picture. There's a Show Picture but that's faded out to indicate it's unclickable.
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It must have something to do with your mouse having a scroll wheel. It gives you a different way of doing things because it doesn't give you the right way to do things...

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That could be - my mouse says "scroll, you!"
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My mouse says that too sometimes, but the right-clicker still says--among other less useful things--"Open image in new tab". (I'm using Chrome.)
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I'm using er... I dunno. Exploder something or other? Does my mouse say different things on different ... thingies, then?
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Your mouse is retarded.

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My mouse says your mouse wears army boots!
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MajGenl.Meade wrote:Does my mouse say different things on different ... thingies, then?
Maybe...

Well, actually, I wouldn't know; I've never had a conversation with your mouse. :shrug
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It's a pocket mouse - voice usually muffled
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