Don't "PIG OUT" Behind My Back!

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• Adanac (13252)
• [2007-12-30 3:37]

Hello Loot,
Your words are superb and very meaning full, everything in moderation. Your image is splendid, the characters doing what they love and between your note and image I can almost see the glee with which they wallow. Great depth of field, focus and exposure in this wonderful composition. May the New Year bring You and Anna, health, happiness and a wealth of love, god bless.
Rick

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• jcoowanitwong (11459)
• [2007-12-30 4:27]

Hello Loot,
This is wonderful scene. These hogs are enjoying mud bath and your not is perfect for the coming occasion. TFS this fine image. Happy New Year to you and your family. With all best wishes.
JC

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• pvs (10803)
• [2007-12-30 6:06]

Hi Loot,

A nice capture,a lot of us pay a lot of money for a healthy mudbad like this,well composed and accompagnied by an interesting note,for you and your family as well a good and healthy 2008,

Paul

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• MartinL (1048)
• [2007-12-30 6:08]

Loot,
Great shot of hogs doing what they love! I think we could all learn something from their behavior and enjoy the little things in life that we sometimes take for granted.... It obviously doesn't take much to make them happy.
Have a Happy New Year!
Martin

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• uleko (21138)
• [2007-12-30 6:22]

Hello Loot,
They say that mud baths are good for the complexion! Must try it!! These certainly seem to be having a great time.
Joking apart, it's a lovely composition showing mum and her four piglets. Nice sunshine and sharp details too.
TFS and I wish you and your family all the very best for the New Year too.
Ulla

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• fartash (10025)
• [2007-12-30 6:44]

Hello Loot
Very intersting scene you captured,
Great focusing,composition and POV,Welldone.

Best wishes for 2008
Fartash

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• NellyD (1861)
• [2007-12-30 8:45]

Hi Loot,

This is very nice scenery, this family of warthogs. They seem to enjoy their mudbath.
I like the composition, beautiful natural colours and very pleasant to look at.
Thanks for sharing and a happy new year!

Greetings, Nel

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• oki (540)
• [2007-12-30 8:54]

Hi Loot,
a very funny and great photo - I love them. Colors, sharpness, presentation and title are great!
Wish you a Happy New Year,
Oki

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• wishnugaruda (13860)
• [2007-12-30 9:10]

Hahaha, Loot, that's realy lovely.
The young pigs seem to be very happy playing in the mud. The colours are so brilliant, excellent work, thanks and greetings from the cold and snowy Germany
Sabine - wishnugaruda

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• gracious (10965)
• [2007-12-30 9:38]

Hello Loot,
First, I liked to thank you for the wonderful notes that goes with this excellent composition of yours!
as for the photo, you had captured well in perfect exposure and focus in total sharpness, real colouration and so much details in it
many thanks for sharing
sincerely wishing you A VERY HAPPY NEW YEAR, my friend!
greeting
Tony

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• Alex99 (13775)
• [2007-12-30 11:21]

Hi, dear Loot.
I do not know what is the best: note or picture. Both are outstanding. Many thanks for all in the 2007 year.

Fantastic, clear, three-dimensional picture with terrific colours and stunning details. Subject is simply amazing. Outstanding quality. Bravo and best wishes in coming New Year.
Alexei.

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• jaycee (13255)
• [2007-12-30 11:46]

Hi Loot,

A wonderful and rare shot of this hog family doing what they love to do. Reminds me of one of my sons when he was young! You caught the scene just perfectly. I thoroughly enjoyed your notes and how right you are. I wish you and yours a healthy and happy New Year.

Jane

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• SelenE (13398)
• [2007-12-30 15:15]

Hello Loot,
First of all thank you for your good wishes and your meaningful notes. I liked this photo a lot, composition, your timing and the pose you captured of this family are very good.
I wish you and your family all the best for the New Year
Greetings,
Selen

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• demeve (3786)
• [2007-12-30 17:00]

Hello Loot,
Wonderful capture of the Warthog, what a mess! .. Great colors and details, superb sharpness and well composed image.. Very well done my friend, and Have a wonderful and blessed New Year.

Greetings from Arizona, Everton.

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• arfer (0)
• [2007-12-30 17:50]

Hello Loot

A super capture of these little characters.The focus is sharp with wonderful clarity.
The lighting is excellent with lovely rich colours and reflections .
Very good POV,did you get your feet muddy?
I had to chuckle when I read your notes.I will be fine for New years Day,still recuperating from a flu and not going anywhere.So this little piggy will be staying home.
Have a wonderful 2008.
TFS

Rob

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• scottevers7 (12253)
• [2007-12-30 19:15]

Hi Loot,
Wow! A great family scene. My mom was never really thrilled when I played in the mud. Here mom is right in there with them. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Warthogs are as ugly as it gets, but you gotta admit those babies are kinda cute. Excellent capture here.
Have a great 2008,
Scott

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• Janice (16707)
• [2007-12-30 23:38]

Look at those cute bundles of warthogs!! No, I don't want one!! How lovely to wallow in the mud like this!!!
You're very welcome to come around for the New Year celebrations this year Loot - but you had better get here soon - we won't be staying up 'til midnight - in just under 3 1/2 hours time in NZ... We'll definitely be paying attention to A.E.R.
Thank you MF, and God's blessings on you too
Best regards from
Janice and Dave

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• haraprasan (11593)
• [2007-12-31 1:32]

Hi Mr. Loot,
Many thanks for the wishes and a very good capture. Excellent composition and details as far as I know. Very nice notes too. Thanks a lot for sharing.

Wishing you and your loved ones a very Happy New Year 2008.

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• ramthakur (23117)
• [2007-12-31 3:06]

Very interesting presentation and an equally enjoyable note, Loot.
Thanks for sharing it and have a great 2008!
Ram

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• Argus (20861)
• [2007-12-31 3:35]

Hello Loot,
Superb capture of a Warthog family scene. Even if the mother is browned off with them, the young ones look very contented in the mud. Excellent lighting, sharpness and composition.
I thank you for your good wishes and wish you and your wife a Happy, Healthy and Serene New Year,
Ivan

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• Silvio2006 (21489)
• [2007-12-31 4:01]

Hello Loot, lovely family composition with splendid colors and excellent sharpness, very well done, HAPPY NEW YEAR, ciao Silvio

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• Juyona (12714)
• [2007-12-31 4:02]

Hola Loot,
simpática imagen y excelente pov.
buen trabajo,
magnífico foco, captura y detalles,
saludos
Happy New Year

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• JoseMiguel (4881)
• [2007-12-31 7:01]

Hi Loot,
An magnificent scene to illustrate your thoughts.
I like very much the composition made with all the 5 animals here, they seems to enjoying so much the mud's bath!
I want to thank you for your great quality work shared here in TN, not only to know the amazing wild life at your side of the world, but also to make a pause in our speedy life and enjoy your thoughts.
Wish you all the best things and health for the 2008.
Warm regards,
JM

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• sunkirana (1139)
• [2007-12-31 9:58]

Hello Loot,

Somehow this picture of yours eluded my notice. I loved the wise note you wrote. To enjoy responsibly and to introspect at every step as to WHAT we are doing with our lives is VERY IMPORTANT. One could hardly agree more with you on this.

A VERY HAPPY NEW YEAR TO AND YOUR LOVED ONES. Hope to see Loot post great pics the coming year and as often :-).

Warm regards,
Kiran

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• marhowie (34117)
• [2007-12-31 13:50]

"A pig is a pig, and will always remain a pig".
Well said Loot ;-}
The title works well, and these little piggy's will always be piggish on the mud bath thing..and they seem to have entertained everyone immensely..As you have this past year, with photo and script.
You da man! :)
Happy New year mf!
Howard

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• oscarromulus (4444)
• [2007-12-31 18:02]

WONERFUL NOTES my "DEAR" friend, Loot,

And before I go on I want to THANK YOU for taking the time to "teach" me a lot about this our lovely hobby.

A big THANK YOU.

I've truely enjoyed your images .... all of them.

A HAPPY NEW YEAR TO YOU AND YOUR LOVED ONES.

Mario.

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• cecilia (4626)
• [2007-12-31 20:15]

Wishing you and your love ones the joyous Happy New Year...

Cheers,
Cecilia

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• rdfoto (3058)
• [2008-01-01 1:09]

Bonjour Loot
Très belle prise de vue de cette famille, belle netteté et couleurs.
Meilleurs voeux pour la nouvelle année!
amicalement Robi

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• Dyker (142)
• [2008-01-01 2:48]

Hello Loot
Aaah, once again the master story teller at his superb best. You know how to take your personal observations and thoughts and weave it into an interesting and gripping chronicle and for good measure even include a moral message at the same time. A well captured composition showing this family of hogs going through one of their most enjoyed daily past times - mud diving.
A prosperous and happy 2008 for you and Anna as well.
Greetings
AC

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• mrcrow (2996)
• [2008-01-01 9:01]

HaHAHA
i love those pony express animals..
here's 2 towards that 7000
and all the best for 2008
god bless
geof

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• ddg (4953)
• [2008-01-01 9:25]

Bonjour Loot, what a wild scene !! Babies Warthok seems so enjoy in this mud bath!! Congratulations and happy new year my freind, with a lot of splendid shots from you , Didier.

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• vanderschelden (24711)
• [2008-01-01 9:28]

Hello Loot,
Due to a lack of time I often miss some pigs, I mean pics.
For instance this 'moody blues'. I don't know about you but often I wanted to join the 'party' viewing such or similar scenery in Kruger; talking about bathing elephants, cleaning baboons, fighting impala, fishing crocodiles, yawning hippos,...
I was really privileged to observe and photographed all these animals but still...I was in a car, in a cage almost...:-).
In that observed world there are no moral rules to get crazy about and it does make more sense in a way...
But let's talk about your great image; you managed to get everything sharp through an outstanding DOF; an amazing big aperture though.
I do like the compo. There's two times a triangle to detect; the three little pigs in the left corner and another one through the big warthog, the small warthogto the right and once again the three little warthogs, now functioning as one point.
Very good work, Loot.
Happy 2008!
Annick

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• peter_stoeckl (9245)
• [2008-01-01 10:14]

Dear Loot,
what a perfectly fitting cute and charming presentation for the time of the year - filled with cheerful energy, light and high spirits! Think Pig: Most shop windows are filled with rosy little pigs made of sugar in Vienna, Innsbruck, Salzburg these days - considered to be a symbol of luck by the hardly explored savage tribes of Austria.
Loot, all my best wishes to you and your family - Happy New Year!
Peter

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• jmp (8394)
• [2008-01-01 13:10]

Hi Loot,
A perfect light, exposure, colours and composition and a suggestive illustration for your notes.
Have a good year!
José M.

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• manyee (19540)
• [2008-01-01 14:09]

Happy 2008, my friend!
What a cute family of warthogs!
The little ones seem to be in their glee, playing in the mud. The muddier, the better.
Mom does not have eyes to see the mess, though I assume it probably does not faze her nearly as much as it would a human mom. : )
Those are faces that only a mom can love!
You really caught excellent eye contact with two of the two babies. Sharp details and wonderful moment captured.
Thanks for your good wishes and great images through the year. Here's to many more!!!
ManYee

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• lovenature (4004)
• [2008-01-02 18:57]

Hello Loot and Happy New Year.
I just love these Warthogs basking in the muck, they are definitely having a lot of fun. Perhaps somewhere in the world humans will be doing the same thing and will also have as much fun. Best wishes to you and your family in 2008.
Janice

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• XOTAELE (8)
• [2008-01-03 2:22]

Fabulosa captura con muy buena nitidez y excelentes contrastes.
Buena e interesante nota.
Saludos, JL.

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• SkyF (8113)
• [2008-01-03 3:34]

Hi Loot,
what a great shot, a lot of fun action and one really can see the pleasure of those little piglets in the mud.
Great angle and excellent sharp details.
"A pig is a pig even if the pig is a hog" and pigs represent luck, so this is a fabulous post for the New Year.
Thanks for the New Year wishes and all the best to you in 2008.
Sky

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• valy67 (5274)
• [2008-01-03 7:02]

Hello Loot !
You have captured a wonderful family scene here ! They seem to really enjoy their mud bath ! :-) Sharpness, details, colors, composition, POV, poses of the young hogs, everything is excelent here, like on all your other pictures. You are really an important part of TN with your wonderful work, and I really hope we'll see many more pictures from you with this new year.
Valerie.

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• Rehanna (0)
• [2008-01-03 15:13]

Hello Loot

Is hierdie morsige varkies nie te kostelik vir woorde nie? Dit lyk egter of mamma vark net so lekker smerig as haar werpsel is. Ek geniet jou stories meer en meer, elke keer wanneer ek 'n nuwe episode belewe. Ja, ek sê spesifiek "belewe" aangesien 'n mens nie net een van jou stories kan lees nie, maar dit in weklikheid saam met jou en Anna ondervind, so al asof mens 'n ooggetuie is saam met julle wat dan die toneel sien afspeel voor jou eie oog. Jy voer ons weg na die bos telkens met jou verhale en vertellings. Die foto spreek ook boekdele en jou opsommings en waarnemings word baie akkuraat weerspiel in jou notas.
Doet so voort.

Groete
Rehanna

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• Aaltjie (0)
• [2008-01-04 1:46]

Dear Loot

What an exciting and thrilling photo! These piggy’s surely seemed to be enjoying themselves tremendously and having fun, fun and once again fun. Are they family of your Miss Piggy? You know the one you always mention in your postings? Ha-ha, luckily I know that Anna has a sense of humour and that is way I can joke about it. This picture surely was a delight to look at and like always I appreciated your storytelling and your notes.

I know it is a little late for New Years wishes, but here is mine.

Hours of happy times with friends and family
Abundant time for relaxation
Prosperity
Plenty of love when you need it the most
Youthful excitement at life’s simple pleasures

Nights of restful slumber (you know - don’t' worry be happy)
Everything you need
Wishing you love and light

Years and years of good health
Enjoyment and mirth
Angels to watch over you
Rembrances of a happy years!

Thanks for sharing this delightful series of baby animals. All of them up to now have been so adorable and charming, and I enjoyed every single moment of it, as I am sure many others as envied your photographic skills in their silence.

Warmest regards.
Aaltjie

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• Maite (4856)
• [2008-01-04 7:44]

Dear Loot
¡What a marvellous and lovely picture even if they are a family of pigs! And pigs are pigs! :)
Thank you very much for this and all the great moments that I have enjoyed with your marvellous pictures and your pleasant comments. I hope to keep enjoying a lot more postings from you during the coming year.
Have a great Night and may 2008 will bring you great moments and lots of Happiness!!
With my best wishes
Maite

P:) Sorry for the delay but I couldn't do it before.

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• EOSF1 (19435)
• [2008-01-04 20:15]

Hello Loot ! That's a really sharp and clear composition, a great moment shot with a great technique. Thanks,

Mario

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• earthtraveler (3517)
• [2008-01-09 8:24]

Hi Loot,
Grand shot of these warthogs. Super focus and nicley composed.
Great journal note and words of wisdom.
Hope you are enjoying the new year.
TFS, Richard

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• wuta (2032)
• [2008-01-12 9:59]

Hallo Loot , Fantastic shot the pigs in the mud pool very good sharpnes details colours ,and pose from the little pigs , tfs Greetings Teunie .

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• betsie (0)
• [2008-01-13 23:02]

Hi Loot
Ek het jou fotos gemis die vakansie. Ek het probeer by die huis ingaan op die fotos, maar het my password by die kantoor vergeet. Jy maak die vleis van hierdie vlakkie darm baie lekker lyk. (speel speel) Dit is nie een van die veld se beeldskones nie, maar hierdie babas lyk darm te oulik en die uitdrukking wat jy vasgevang het, lyk behoorlik soos "vrolike kinders" Uitstekende foto - dit beeld die arogante houding van die ma perfek uit.

Groete

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• Tobias__Ortmann (649)
• [2008-01-15 8:32]

Wow amazing shot with exzellent sharpness and colours
great timing you have captured this very clean animals:)
the babies look very cute
tfs Toba
very well done

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• Miss_Piggy (2793)
• [2008-01-16 3:37]
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Hallo Loot
I asked you pretty please not to place this photo of me and the children, but you could not resist the temptation could you? Now it is water under the bridge and everybody can see what is Miss Piggy’s favourite pastime. This a lovely photo with clear details of me and the children. If I knew you were going to photograph us, I would at least posed and turned my backside away from the camera and showed you my beautiful and unusual tusks and comb the bristles on my back. I would even have lifted my tuft and waved it like a tiny flag. At least 2 of the boys are posing for you. Thanks again for reminding me of this muddy and fun filled day and sharing this special moment with fellow members on Trek Nature. It was lovely to relive the occasion.
Kind regards
Anna

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• jeanpaul (13821)
• [2008-02-02 9:52]

Bonjour Loot
Cette photo est parfaite pour rendre l'ambiance de la baignade de boue de ces animaux. Très belle scène de voir cette mêre avec ses petits.
Félicitations et amitié....JP

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• bobcat08 (1307)
• [2008-03-18 2:11]

Hello Loot,

You can see that these hogs are enjoying mud bath. They smiling (-: This is wonderful scene. Good compo. Razorsharp as usual. Great focusing,POV and BG. Ver interesting notes
Welldone. Regards and TFS BOB