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I am enjoying this most recent exchange (as usual), especially the color prints. Quite a nice variety of images. There are two that I keep coming back to and find truly exceptional. Otto Bacon’s lusciously rich image of the vintage battery charger is amazing. Wow! I have shown it to a few friends who think it could easily be a painting. And I agree fully with Gary’s assessment of Jayanand’s Lilac-breasted Roller. A truly remarkable print that captures both the vibrant light of sunset on the Mara plain and the brilliant hues of one of my favorite African birds. This particular Roller has a special place in my heart. When I lived at altitude in Western Kenya I would often drop down into the Rift Valley to go birding at Lake Baringo. And there were always a number of Rollers in the trees around my camp site, including one particularly territorial female who would attack me whenever I ventured too close to her nest. Just looking at Jayanand's print makes me tearfully nostalgic.

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Rhonda loves the paper Jayanand chose (Hahnemuhle Photo Rag Metallic) so much that she made me order a box of it. Now to find an image of my own that will do it justice :)