American Pastime [Contest Finalists July 2006]
Uploaded: July 24, 2006 03:12:59
Take me out to the ballgame,
Take me out with the crowd,
Buy me some peanuts and Cracker Jack,
I don't care if I never get back;
Let me root, root, root for the home team.
If they don't win, it's a shame,
For it's one, two, three strikes,
You're out, at the old ballgame.
Jack Nortworth 1908
Julie Robinson July 24, 2006
A wonderful image & poem Gail - fantastic work! #490022Donald K. Cherry July 24, 2006
Very cool summer image, Gail! #3068306Glenn E. Urquhart July 24, 2006
Great eye, Fantastic abstract, Gail!!! Very Well Done! Cheers, Glenn. #3068322Judyann Plante July 24, 2006
Great image, Gail! Very well done.Judyann ><> #3068364
Gail Vitikacs July 24, 2006
Thank you Judyann, Glenn, Donald, and Julie! #3068374Rakesh Syal July 24, 2006
Great idea and capture, Gail!! #3068409Bill Wyatt July 24, 2006
Wow what an awesome collection of baseballs! Terrific idea Gail, it's terrific! #3068436Ross Throndson July 24, 2006
Beautiful Image, Gail...I'm getting hungry for a Hotdog.... :^) #3068439Paul Michko July 24, 2006
Baseball been beddy, beddy good to me!!! Excellent composition, Gail. #3068441Gail Vitikacs July 24, 2006
Thanks Paul, Ross, Bill, and Rakesh! I think I'll hold out on the relish! #3068455Ray Clarke July 24, 2006
Great image and Poem Gail!!!(R) #3068456Paul Sikora July 24, 2006
So, Gail, are you telling me Americans collect balls, baseballs in particular. LOL Gail I like the whole concept a beautiful presentation #3068473Colette M. Metcalf July 24, 2006
Terrific image, Gail!!! #3068477Robert R. Goodman July 24, 2006
It sure is,Wonderful capture Gail!!!!!!! #3068483Nadine A. Lewis July 24, 2006
Great full-framed capture, Gail! Love the detail, title, and description!<>< #3068583
Ken Smith July 24, 2006
Wow, you found my collection when I was a little kid, including the one with the Babe Ruth signature. My mom had thrown them out. Can I have them back??? Very cool picture, Gail!!! #3068589Su Sana E. P July 24, 2006
Gail, excellent close up with wonderful details and textures!! I love your POV and poem too.Dennis Flanagan July 24, 2006
Lady, you got balls! You have possibly also offended our Aussie BP friends..LOLCool concept g. #3068638
David Phalen July 24, 2006
Cool shot Gail! #3068808Joy Rector July 24, 2006
love the composition #3068809Jeff Robinson July 24, 2006
This is Outstanding work Gail! All of the Boys of Summer will enjoy this one! Jeff #3068998Jack R. Perry July 24, 2006
Let's Go Gail - LOL! Great capture. #3069068Agnes Fegan July 24, 2006
I really like this image Gail! #3069090Terri L. Scribner July 24, 2006
Great shot, Gail!!! #3069112Bridgette B July 24, 2006
Awesome image, Gail! #3069160Stephen Zacker July 24, 2006
I like this very much also. Like all the different colored threads. #3069277Darren K. Fisher July 24, 2006
What a great job you have done here Gail. I really like this, and can see it as a Father's day card or Sons birthday....WOW!!! #3069459Paula Dwyer July 24, 2006
You have hit a home run with this excellent image!!! :) #3069626Hayley J. Hamlin July 24, 2006
Awesome image!! #3069742Barbara Helgason July 24, 2006
Fantastic capture Gail! #3069744Pat Gamwell July 24, 2006
Way to go, Gail! Fabulous shot! #3069810Shelly A. Van Camp July 24, 2006
Great capture and image, Gail! How are you? #3070225Marcie A. Fowler July 24, 2006
Oh this is so wonderful Gail. What a great presentation of America's favorite pasttime. Wonderful composition and lighting. #3070318Melissa G. Meiselman July 24, 2006
Hey, Gail..this is a fantastic close-up with amazing colors and textures...live the full frame capture, as well!!!! #3070327Tarun Bose July 24, 2006
Lovely capture with a beautiful poem. Well done Gail. #3070665Melissa A. Mannon July 24, 2006
lovethis! great textured and shadows Gail! #3070875Ronald F. Fischer July 24, 2006
Wonderful idea and capture, Gail!! #3070973Cathy Barrows July 24, 2006
excellent still life but now i'm craving cracker jacks b ut don't won't to go out to buy them #3071012Nancy L. Green July 24, 2006
Wonderful summer fun capture Gail!! Very well done!! <>< #3071282Linda D. Lester July 24, 2006
AWESOME!!! #3071554William C. Raco July 24, 2006
I love baseball!Bill #3071601
Nina Shields July 24, 2006
Gail, looks as if they've been to the school of "hard knocks"!! Amazing detailing and super idea! #3071615Renee Doyle July 24, 2006
What a great shot Gail!!! Love it - and we aussies do have a little baseball here too .... occasionally - lol!!!Paul E. Earl July 24, 2006
A terrific shot, Gail!! I love finding ordinary objects and creating art with them! #3071902Kenneth Mucke July 24, 2006
Im a huge baseball fan so I really love this image...great framing and capture #3072120Gail Vitikacs July 24, 2006
THANK YOU ALL!!! Love the comments today! #3072124Sharon King July 25, 2006
Gotta Love it! #3076218eileen bedford July 25, 2006
Great work, they are all different which makes it very intesting. Love the song too. #3080013Sandra Freyler July 25, 2006
Love the closeup and detailing, Gail! Great shot! #3080213Daniel Diaz July 26, 2006
Fantastic composition Gail!!! #3082283Pamela Shane July 26, 2006
Super idea, & image Gail!! :) #3082286Gail Vitikacs July 26, 2006
Thank you Pamela, Daniel, Sandra, Eileen, and Sharon! #3082378Roger Bernabo July 26, 2006
Love this all American image Gail!!! #3083455Jill Odice July 27, 2006
Now that is a wonderful image! Love anything old, and these baseballs have seen the world :-) Good one ! #3090948Alice Lero July 28, 2006
Love this Julie...wonderful! :) #3096596Andreas G. Karelias August 02, 2006
Gail, not being an American, I have found it exceprionally difficult to understand baseball and its rules. Too many people tried to explain it, in vain. Anyway this is a fantastic picture, with great composition and brilliant graphical elements. Well done. Regards - Andreas #3115776Paula Dwyer August 25, 2006
Fantastic and such a creative composition!! Excellent capture!!Kenneth Mucke August 26, 2006
Many congrats on this finalist...super shot #3218398Robert R. Goodman August 26, 2006
Congratulations Gail!!!!!!!! #3218505Tarun Bose August 26, 2006
Big congrats Gail for being a finalist. #3218602Carla Metzler August 26, 2006
Congratulations, Gail. #3218690Ken Smith August 26, 2006
If I had seen this box of baseballs, I'd have picked one up and tossed it around. You, on the other hand, get a great finalist picture out of it. Congrats, Gail!! #3219003Bill Wyatt August 26, 2006
Congratulations on your wonderful finalist, Gail!! #3219068Jenny Bosmans August 26, 2006
Congratulations on this beautiful finalist, Gail! :) #3219427Kara L. Hendricks August 26, 2006
Congrats and best of luck!!! #3219508Ray Clarke August 26, 2006
Congrats on this lovely finalist Gail (ac) #3219601Glenn E. Urquhart August 26, 2006
Gail, a BIG Congrats on being chosen a finalist!!! Well Deserved! Cheers Glenn #3220038Nancy L. Green August 26, 2006
Congratulations Gail!! <>< #3220268Julie Robinson August 26, 2006
Congratulations Gail! #3220433David Phalen August 26, 2006
Way to go Gail! #3220879Tressie Davis August 26, 2006
Congrats Gail!!! #3221071Judyann Plante August 26, 2006
Congratulations, Gail!!!Judyann ><> #3221429
Pamela Shane August 26, 2006
Congratulations Gail on your finalist!Michelle J. Harvey August 26, 2006
What a great idea Gail!! I love the weathered leather!! Great comp and detail...Congrats!!! #3221608Gail Vitikacs August 26, 2006
Many thanks to everyone!!! I appreciate all of the nice comments! Best of luck to you all! #3221682Pat Gamwell August 26, 2006
Wonderful! Big CONGRATS, Gail! #3222152Lorraine A. Cook August 26, 2006
Super! Congratulations and Good Luck in the next round, Gail!<:)) #3222311Su Sana E. P August 26, 2006
Congratulations on this wonderful Finalist, Gail!! #3222461Sherry Stricklin Boles August 26, 2006
I like the worn look...Congrats, Gail! #3222536Nadya Johnson August 26, 2006
Great work, Gail! Congratulations on your finalist! #3222770Nadya Johnson August 26, 2006
Great work, Gail! Congratulations on your finalist! #3222772Leonard Pierce August 26, 2006
Congratulations Gail! #3223394Leonard Pierce August 26, 2006
Congratulations Gail! #3223395Paul Michko August 27, 2006
Congratulation on a great finalist, Gail. #3224065Sandy Stigliano August 27, 2006
Congratulations! #3225245Jeff Robinson August 27, 2006
Congrats Gail on this great Finalist!! Jeff #3225339Sandra Freyler August 27, 2006
Congratulations, Gail! :) #3225925Sylvia Rossler August 27, 2006
Big congrats Gail :o) #3226608Bobbie Davis August 27, 2006
COngrats Gail! #3226685Crossroad Photography August 27, 2006
Congratulations on your wonderful finalist, Gail!! #3226692Jill Odice August 27, 2006
What a great shot! Congrats :-) #3227846Megan p August 27, 2006
Congratulations!!!!!! Now that song is stuck in my head......;) #3228881Ross Throndson August 27, 2006
Big Congratulations Gail, on this Great Finalist!! :^) #3229777Gail Vitikacs August 28, 2006
Many thanks to all of you! #3230750Terry L. Ellis August 28, 2006
Congratulations, Gail, on this excellent finalist, too! #3233355Rakesh Syal August 28, 2006
Huge congrats!! #3234193Vicki Hunt September 01, 2006
congrats on all your finalists! Way to go! #3255582Sign up for an interactive online photography course to get critiques on your photos.
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