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BetterPhoto.com Photo Contest SECOND PLACE Winner   Horse
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Crystal L. Craig

 
 
 

Steve M. Harrington
 

A striking image, Crystal. And I learned something from your composition. That sort of crop would never have occured to me...until now. :)
Steve


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September 03, 2007

 

Crystal L. Craig
  Thank you so much Steve! Truly appreciate the encouragement and the huge compliment!


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September 03, 2007

 

Allison Gaulin
  INCREDIBLE, Crystal! The lighting and clarity are stunning! What an amazing animal- you have captured his soul!!


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September 04, 2007

 

Crystal L. Craig
  Thank you so much Allison! Truly appreciate the supportive comments! He was a very amiable subject and quite willing to humor "the photographer"


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September 04, 2007

 

Cynthia L. Deters
  This is AMAZING! I would have never thought to take such a close up picture of a horse like this. I may have to try this sometime. Great work!


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September 04, 2007

 

Jim Britt
  BAM! into my favorites. Excellent shot. Sooo cool. You know, I'm gonna have to upgrade my camera - of course it takes skill to take shots like this too and you have it. All of your photos are fantastic.


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September 12, 2007

 

Crystal L. Craig
  Thank you very much Cynthia and Jim for the very generous encouragement! Truly appreciated!

Yes, a great camera is a huge plus! It's spoiling actually! lol


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September 12, 2007

 

Sharon F. Morris
  Great image Crystal. Love your lighting and clarity. :-) I know how hard it is to get a good eye shot. All my horses try to get closer to me and won't stand still :-)


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September 27, 2007

 

Amy Weiland
  The lighting and clarity on this is amazing! Excellent work. I tried to capture one of these with a horse... never did get it right.. you absolutely did!


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September 27, 2007

 

Crystal L. Craig
  Thank you very much Sharon for truly appreciating this one-of-a-bazillion that turned out. It might have helped that this particular horse didn't know me and was cautiously curious.

Thank you so much Amy! You know, I have more than I will admit of blurry-up-the nostrils, cropped the ear, swooshed by a tail ... shots. I was elated to catch this one. Lucky too.

Thank you for the wonderful encouragement! Truly appreciated :)


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September 28, 2007

 

Stephanie D. Moon
  Crystal, I love the light and composition of this. I have seen a lot of horse's eyes photos, but this one is different. Great job!


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October 03, 2007

 

Crystal L. Craig
  Thank you very much Stephanie for the wonderfully encouraging comment! This was an unplanned opportunity and I'm happy at what I walked away with.


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October 07, 2007

 

Aggie Villanueva
  Beautiful crop and clarity. It seems I'm looking right through his/her eye.


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October 07, 2007

 

Crystal L. Craig
  Thank you so much Aggie! Appreciate the encouragement :)


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October 07, 2007

 
- Lisa J. Boulden

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  CONGRATULATIONS Crystal!!!
Wooohooo!
WTG!
--Lisa


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October 24, 2007

 

Crystal L. Craig
  Thank you Lisa! Yeah!


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October 24, 2007

 
Mikeperezimages.com - Mike D. Perez

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  Congratulations on your great equestrian Finalist, Crystal!


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October 24, 2007

 

Steve M. Harrington
  Good on you, Crystal! Plus ten on composition alone. I need my calculator for the rest. :)
Steve


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October 24, 2007

 

Vicki Zoller
  Congrats Crystal!!! What a shot!


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October 25, 2007

 

Daniella Puente
  Wonderful Crystal!!! amazing finalist, congrats :))))


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October 25, 2007

 

Sharon F. Morris
  Congrats Crystal on your finalist. This is a great image.


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October 25, 2007

 

Sharon F. Morris
  Congrats Crystal on your finalist. This is a great image.


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October 25, 2007

 

Sam Britt
  Congratulations Crystal!


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October 25, 2007

 

Dianna Hauf
  A super heart felt congratulations Crystal!!! MUCH deserving and I hope to see you, Marta and Steve win, you know?


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October 25, 2007

 
- Amalia Sylvia Arriaga Salinas

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  Big Congratulations Crystal!!,
Amalia


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October 25, 2007

 

Karen K. Givens
  Congratulations Crystal. This is really beautiful the clarity and detail are amazing.


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October 26, 2007

 
Mikeperezimages.com - Mike D. Perez

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  Congratulations on your great Winner, Crystal!


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October 26, 2007

 

Dianna Hauf
  WTG, Crystal!!!! YES!!!!


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October 26, 2007

 

Crystal L. Craig
  Holy Smokes! Really? Wow!

Oh thank you so so so much for the wonderful supportive comments and kudos!


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October 26, 2007

 

Sam Britt
  Congratulations on this winner, Crystal!


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October 26, 2007

 

Steve M. Harrington
  I am truly pleased for you, Crystal! Probably Grand Prize if you'd saturated it. :)
Steve


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October 26, 2007

 

Crystal L. Craig
  Thank you so much Mike, Steve, Vicki, Daniella, Sharon, Sam, Dianna, Amalia, and Karen ... and Dianna, and Mike and Sam again!


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October 26, 2007

 

Crystal L. Craig
  Mwwwa Steve! Thank you for the kudos :)


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October 26, 2007

 

Cynthia L. Deters
  Congrats on the well deserved win! You are an inspiration!


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October 26, 2007

 
- Evy Johansen

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  Congratulations on your wonderful win, Crystal!!


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October 26, 2007

 
- Lisa J. Boulden

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  CONGRATULATIONS, Crystal!!!
WTG!!!
--Lisa


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October 26, 2007

 

Mary K. Robison
  CONGRATULATIONS on your win, Crystal!


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October 27, 2007

 

Donna W. Neal
  Congratulations on a well deserved Winner Crystal


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October 27, 2007

 

Cyn Valentine
  Awesome image Crystal..congratulations on this great winner!


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October 27, 2007

 

Dave Winchell
  Congratulations Crystal. I love the cropping and the DOF. Nicely done. Dave


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October 27, 2007

 

Crystal L. Craig
  Thank you very much Cynthia, Evy, Lisa, Mary, Donna, Cyn and Dave! Very much appreciate the support :)


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October 27, 2007

 

Ellen Powell
  This is gorgeous, Crystal. Really beautiful liquid eye. Great crop, lighting and dof.


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October 27, 2007

 

Denise M. Snyder
  Crystal this is an AMAZING image!!! Congratulations on your very well deserved WIN!


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October 28, 2007

 

Marta J. Baldwin
  WAY TO GO CRYSTAL!!! A HUGE CONGRATS ON THIS AWESOME WINNER!!!


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October 28, 2007

 

Crystal L. Craig
  Thank you so much Ellen, Denise and Marta! Very much appreciate the warm fuzzy comments! :)


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October 28, 2007

 

Donna La Mattino Pagakis
  Congratulations on your win Crystal!!! Great details!!!


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October 28, 2007

 

Crystal L. Craig
  Thank you so much Donna :) Truly appreciate the support!


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October 29, 2007

 

Sandra R. Alvey
  CONGRATS Crystal! I'm so happy this got recognised!!! :D


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October 30, 2007

 

Crystal L. Craig
  Thank you very much Sandi! After seeing the competition, I'm honestly surprised it did get recognized (but honored as well). Thank you again for the wonderful support :)


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October 30, 2007

 
- Amanda D. Austwick

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  Crystal, this is a MAGNIFICANT photo! I absolutely love horses, and the way you caught his eye in the profile is wonderful. CONGRATULATIONS on the award. You deserved it.


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November 05, 2007

 

Crystal L. Craig
  Thank you soooo much Amanda for the fabulously supportive comment! I'm very happy that this one got noticed. This "horse" was such an entertaining and curious model that I have very unsuccessfully failed at trying to duplicate this same type of capture with other horses since.


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November 05, 2007

 

Ellen Powell
  Crystal, Congrats on your winner with this!!!! You deserve it for this amazing look into this beautiful horse's eye (window t the soul)!!


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November 05, 2007

 

Crystal L. Craig
  Thank you so much Ellen for the wonderfully supportive comment! Was a fortunate opportunity to have such a willing model :)


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November 05, 2007

 

Jennie Marie Schell
  Amazing detail and the eye looks like glass! Fantastic! Congratulations!


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November 14, 2007

 

Crystal L. Craig
  Thank you very much Jennie for the wonderfully encouraging comment and fabulous kudos! Greatly appreciated :)


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November 14, 2007

 

Sherrye Nozaki
  Holy Moly Crystal...I didn't see this till just now. CONGRATULATIONS!!!! I'm so happy for you...this is an amazing & simply wonderful photo...too good you:)

Aloha,
Sherrye


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November 21, 2007

 

Crystal L. Craig
  Thank you sooo much Sherrye for the congrats and kudos! Truly appreciated :)


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November 25, 2007

 
- Shirley Sicurello

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  Congrats Crystal - beautiful portrait of this horse. Well done!


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November 26, 2007

 

Dave Winchell
  Congratulations Crystal. A well deserved win on an outstanding capture!


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November 27, 2007

 

Crystal L. Craig
  Thank you so much Sirley and Dave for the wonderful support! Cheers and have a great evening :)


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November 27, 2007

 

Sharon F. Morris
  Congrats Crystal on your win!!


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November 28, 2007

 

Carol Teal
  Beautiful crop Crystal and WTG on your 2nd place win!


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November 28, 2007

 

Crystal L. Craig
  Thank you soooo much Sharon and Carol! Truly appreciate your support and kudos :)


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November 28, 2007

 

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  Gorgeous shot Crystal!


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January 13, 2008

 

Crystal L. Craig
  Thank you very much Sarah for the very nice comment :) Truly appreciated!


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January 14, 2008

 

Pierre Graffan
  Very good, so pleasant.
I especially like the light, and your choice to shift this eye in one side, and have the other side full of nothing, that is full of thought ;-)
Bravo!


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January 16, 2008

 

Crystal L. Craig
  Thank you kindly Pierre for the very detailed and positive comment. Truly appreciated :)


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January 16, 2008

 

Roger Fry
  Superb! The dark background just adds to the impact of the shot.


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January 25, 2008

 

Crystal L. Craig
  Thank you very much Roger! Very much appreciate the encouragement :)


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January 27, 2008

 

Dawn M. Schneider
  talk about windows to the soul!! this is fantastic!!


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February 06, 2008

 

Crystal L. Craig
  Thank you again Dawn for the absolutely wonderfully encouraging comment! Truly appreciated :)


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February 06, 2008

 
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