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#8. Denise Wilton I remember a fancy travel photographer telling me that Scotland has the world’s best clouds. (Maine has beautiful clouds, too. And one of the reasons we moved to upstate New York is because the clouds here are regularly stunning.) The sunlight on...

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#9. Abbie Winter It just takes a few seconds, not that really, and then you realize there’s a bait and switch going on here. The power of the photograph takes over. Look how simple this photograph is! Think about how it has been pared down to the simplest of...

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#10. Tom Reese OK, two in one week is excessive even for Tom. But….   This may be the very best one, my friend. Big laugh out loud, all by myself. Humor is so important. Thank you for sharing yours. Photos are the heart of this project; your comments ae the...

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#11. Vicki Winton The effort and commitment by both of these people is nothing short of profound. Words really don’t touch this. Has it been almost 5 years? Really? You are both amazing. We are blessed to have you in our world.   Here’s what Vicki said: “ Against the...

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#12. Ivan Richardson The Richardsons happen to live down the road a piece from us here in upstate New York. Ivan is one of boys the same age as our kids and they are all dear friends. And they have a family of foxes that live near their barn that has a second floor...

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#13. Nikki Melcher-Wagner Catching air on a sled is one of the great thrills of winter sports. I totally love the look on this little girl’s face. She is one step away from putting out her hand and touching the face of God. ( A reference to John Gillespie Magee’s poem...

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#14. Kellie Anderson Llewellyn I know I’ve said this so many times I sound like a broken record, but I wish someone had said it to me back in the old days. The very best sports photographers see the little life moments that happen on the edges of the game, the moments...

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#15. Jennifer Smart A good background is like a good bass line. It supports the melody and keeps everything grounded. The mural behind our subject reinforces everything about the woman but says it in a very different way. Together the two become one and you have what...

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#16. Cori Mayfield In yet another chapter of just exactly how upside down our world is, this is smoke and flame on the West Coast. Seriously, just how much can people take? Those of us thousands of miles away send our condolences and heartfelt prayers. It’s just...

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#17. Arlett Sailer Gerde The alignment needs to be perfect and it certainly is here. Can’t you just picture, or hear, Arlette directing her subjects so that everything is perfectly Picasso. It’s really a wonderful idea and one of those, gosh, I wish I would’ve thought...

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#18. Diane Steever Anderson Every year Grandpa Tracy measures all of the grand kids to see how much they’ve grown. It’s all recorded there on the wall of his barn.   What a lovely end of year tradition that is. Diane, a grandmother on the other side of the family,...

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#19. Erin K. Crouse It’s little brother learning from big brother about the world. Lesson One: Toys are good. (They are.) Lesson Two: Mom is a good photographer. (She is.) This picture works so well because it is stripped to its most basic essentials. The little guy...

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#20. Kristin Pehl Kristin said she had no words for this photograph. She couldn’t describe the feeling. Only the picture would do it for her.   What a little oasis of calm and serenity this photograph is. I hope all of you Americans can experience that today on this...

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#21. Tammy Thomas Finding a building you love and can keep coming back to can be one of photography’s most rewarding self assignments. There is so much to be learned about photographing the same subject at different times of the day in different light.Many of you...

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#22. Molly Hoover A couple of things about our British friends.   First, they know very little about real heat. (I’m a graduate of the University of Missouri.) Secondly, anyone who drinks their beer warm isn’t going to have the decensy to cool off their watermelon,...

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#23. Mercy Shinsky It’s always fun to share a little winter chill in the middle of the summer. This was taken in Yellowstone a while back and by all the by laws of Fan Photo of the Day that’s perfectly acceptable. At this particular moment snow has the ability to take...

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#24. Joan McCarthy Grooming can take a hit after weeks of home schooling. (I mean that in the nicest possible way. She is unbelievably cute!)   But Joan had the good sense to leave it all alone and just push the button. I’ve said it so many times and I have been...

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#25. Tina Auten It’s grandfather and grandson reading Harry Potter out loud; Tina and her husband had him for the first month of the quarantine and they read a bit every day.   I wonder how long it’s going to take before every single photograph, regardless of subject,...

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#26. Brandi Opper Booth What’s the movie where the heroes are hiding right out in the open? This is a lot like that. You have to look pretty carefully but it’s completely worth it. I loved this, Brandi. You can leave feedback on this photo below then click "next"...

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#27. Susan Marsh This just in from the Real Life Department. Susan, I think this is just fantastic, It’s a wonderful piece of photo journalism. My now deceased, famous photo journalism professor would have gone gaga over this. Storytelling at its best. (He also would...

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