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MAD DOG! love it

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STILL one of my favorite photos here. :-)

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Lovely, this photo just made my day! I love the action in this shot. The series is very nice! I have to ask... how much snow ended up on you?

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Congratulations on the ribbon. The whole series is wonderful.

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It is inconceivable that I never commented on this!!!!! This image is better than therapy! Just looking at it gives me a jolt of joy to the heart. What sort of dog is this? Offhand I'd say Irish Setter...

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Just tried to fav this and found I had already.

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This is actually pretty awesome... even though it is a pet shot ;P

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Oh,yes. Those floppy ears and total exuberance would resonate anywhere!



glad you are getting fantastic recognition for this fun shot.



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what an adorable shot!

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This shot is priceles..haha

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I dont know where I was, but I missed seeing this great photo. I bet Hogan finds the lost balls when the snow melts. You had a hard time selecting from the outtakes I bet.

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I liked this when I first saw it, but thought I'd let you know that I just came across it again by using "stumbleupon"--so it appears you are gaining popularity outside of this site as well!

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What a fun shot! Congratulations on your new PB and the yellow!

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What a great capture...look at all that snow...burrrrr. Congrats!!

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Such a beatiful shot of your dog at play

He looks so happy I just love this series of images and you certaily deserved a ribbon Congratulations

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Congratulations on your first ribbon. Love this shot.

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Congrats! What a joyful picture. Love it!

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Magnificent shot

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Absolutely loved this during voting. Congrats on your well deserved ribbon, Derek.

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*lol* very funny picture. :-))) congrats!

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This photo is so playful. Congrats!

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Big WOW lovely shot dear

i give u Blue ribbon :)



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This was my pick for the blue hands down!! I love everything about it & the technical

Quality is 1st rate. Congrats





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Nice action shot, I wish we had snow like that here! Great capture, congrats on ribbon.

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He sure looks like he is having fun..and that is what it is all about! Congratulations on a great image

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Very nice, congratulations. By the way, your dog looks like a big sweety.

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Congrats on your Yellow. Beautiful action capture of this beautiful dog.

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Great shot. In my view, even the outtakes would have placed in the top three.

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This was my #1, a terriffic energetic shot. Congratulations on your ribbon.

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Congratulations on your ribbon! Lovely image!

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I did the same thing with my dog after the storm...but without pictures. Now i wish i did.

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I REALLY like that burst of color in the middle of all of that white. Congrats on your ribbon!

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Lovely picture. The implied human interaction can only be missed by the blind. The perfectly exposed snow and subject are amazing. Should have taken the blue, IMHO. Congratulations !!!

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wow -- that's some serious snow! I'm in MI and we haven't had so much as a flurry yet. :P

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What a beautiful dog, congrats on your yellow ribbon.

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Well. . . you know how I feel about this photo. I reckon I've gushed enough. I'm so glad you ended up with a ribbon! Congratulations. Hogan is awesome!





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OMG - this is awesome!!!

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Congrats on the well deserved ribbon. The energy and enthusiasm of the shot makes the shot.

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Well done! Congrats on the ribbon!

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Congratulations. This was one of top 3 that I thought should end up on the front page.

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Great!



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Congratulation on your ribbon and PB!!

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i love dogs... i put here a photo of my Maffy too... congrats, a deserved ribbon

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Completely lovable and adorable!!

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Congrats on the ribbon! This is a fabulous shot!

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I absolutely love this shot! Definitely a 10! Fetch has got to be the most commonly observed animal/person interaction and you captured it beautifully! Congrats on the ribbon, but in my opinion, this shot deserved blue!

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Wd Derek, marvellous shot, my only 10. Pity so many speed voters missed the human interaction simply because there wasn't one (a human) shown in the photo...you got 46 x 10's, MORE than 1st (x44) and 2nd (x27) Place. Tells you that math and logic aren't related.



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Great shot! Looks like this photo shoot was a blast! Congrats on the ribbon.

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awesome!! I loved this shot (I gave it a 10!)

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Love a doggie shot, there soooo much fun, daft, but fun...... Hogan looks like he's having a ball! hahahahah



Congrats!

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Big congrats! I am so glad this image ribboned :)

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Congrats on the ribbon! This was one of my favorites!

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Comments Made During the Challenge

I have to give this the Posthumous Blue. Holy cowabunga.





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I elected to use a rating table to decide on what value to assign during voting.

Here�s the table:

1 No Animal/People Interaction

2 Slightly Appealing, but no Animal/People Interaction

3 Moderately Appealing, but on Animal/People Interaction

4 Greatly Appealing, but no Animal/People interaction

5 Not Appealing, but possessing Animal/People Interaction

6 Slightly Appealing and possessing Animal/People Interaction

7 Moderately Appealing and possessing Animal/People Interaction

8 Greatly Appealing and possessing Animal People Interaction

9 Better than #8, and caused an audible sigh

10 Better than #9, and would likely declare it a favorite

Ok. . I was just browsing thru the thumbs here, not even thinking I had enough time to vote on this challenge -- but after seeing this -- it is getting my 10 vote -- and I'm making sure I vote enough for it to count. Because if it doesn't win a blue ribbon, you have been totally robbed by an inferior photo! I can't imagine having a photo this cool of my pet! Congratulations! And thanks for being such an awesome owner who would get out and play in that weather :)

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Awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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woah boy! fantastic capture!

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What a fabulous shot. I bet that doggy is having a blast.

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Oh my goodness! This is too funny - what a terrific capture. The way that dog is just exploding out of the snow, lol! Would be nice perhaps if the human interaction part was a emphasized a litle stronger though...

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This is so fun & playful! Great stop action - full of emotion. Well done!

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great picture!

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This will ribbon (I hope)...emotive, fun, exhuberant and interactive with Human that threw the ball. Only negative is the snow being overexposed to get detail in the darker fur and eyes of the dog. May bump score later...

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holy cow, you really have snow! love love this photo

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All I can say is this looks like the dog is having a great time. He/She really pops out against the snow and the ball being a different color is perfect. 10

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I like how this clearly shows human/ animal interaction without a human in the frame - it makes the viewer part of the subject. Cool!

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Great cute shot of doggie in the snow and the ball makes a wonderful focal point. But though dog is clearly headed for you, you are not in the shot, so hard to tell which way voters may go.

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This is very nice! Actually I love it! So lively and great capture!

Gotta love the snow!

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Ack; snow already!!! This tells a story in spades. I fear if you were not using a long zoom that you may have been run over a split second after taking this ;-)

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Excellent photograph. He looks like he is a lot of fun, and enjoying the play so much! Great Capture, surely tells the story of interaction. 10

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I'm really thinking that a person needs to be in the shot to fit the challenge properly but this image is just so cool I had to give it a high score.

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Excellent action capture.

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wow! really good! almost perfect! 9

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Made me laugh. No human in sight but the interaction is there and I hope nobody dings you for that nitpick. Great shot. 8.5

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This is joyful and magical! Love it!

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What a great shot! 10

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Excellent shot! Great capture!

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Great shot but where's the human?

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Brilliant!

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wonderful capture! i wish that there had been a bit more distance in between you, so that there was a strip of snow at the bottom, but thats just me. great composition!

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What a COOL shot! 10

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Beautiful shot!!! If there had been just a little more human to it, I would have scored it much higher.

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LOL! I'm sure this will do well for you... I like the photo very much... but I'm missing the Human part. My dog picks up his ball by himself and runs around with it. Yeah. He's strange. (not voting)

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Guaranteed smile-inducing shot unless you have a fear of large brown dogs built partially of snow... I love how he does indeed seem part snow monster, part dog. The blue/green of the ball works well, and the implied human (ie us - the viewer) works well for me, too. Great fun!

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I like seeing all the different seasons in these photos. Even though you cannot see the interaction it is obvious from the picture, nicely done. The green color of the ball adds a nice punch to the shot.

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This is fantastic, i love it

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Really cool action shot. The dog is in great focus and you definitely captured the interaction between man and his best friend. Good job!

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This is awesome and he looks like Scooby Do. I love it and it's a 10 for me. Thanks for making me smile today.

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Super play shot, we have to assume the interaction with the human who must either be the photographer or behind the photographer. Good job keeping expression in the eyes and details within the snow.