Up Close

VJbirdwatching, challenge, family, photographyCFFC, photos, up close9 Comments

I want to become intimate
with every nook and cranny

study each aspect of your contours
appreciate personal nuances

learn to love and respect you,
from the inside out.

(For Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Up close and macro)

9 thoughts on “Up Close”

j.a. case says:

December 7, 2018 at 8:55 pm

Mmmm, that is Wonderful.

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1. V.J. Knutson says:
  
  December 7, 2018 at 9:43 pm
  
  Thanks.
  
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  1. j.a. case says:
    
    December 7, 2018 at 10:00 pm
    
    Welcome.
    
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Cee Neuner says:

December 7, 2018 at 11:47 am

Wonderful photos V.J. I absolutely adore your pelican photo.

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1. V.J. Knutson says:
  
  December 7, 2018 at 2:52 pm
  
  Thanks Cee.
  
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CarsonArtMusic says:

December 7, 2018 at 10:41 am

great intimate shots, and I love the writing.

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1. V.J. Knutson says:
  
  December 7, 2018 at 10:43 am
  
  Thank you!
  
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michnavs says:

December 7, 2018 at 8:07 am

Ohh those photographs are lovely ..

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1. V.J. Knutson says:
  
  December 7, 2018 at 10:19 am
  
  Thanks.
  
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