GungaJim Downs - Denver Area Photography

Jim, And I thought I was well travelled! Had a look at your mytripjournal.com site. Hope someday to get to just a few of these places. In the meantime, hope to see more of your travel photos here.

I agree with Jeremy. You have some exceptional photos here and hopefully we will get to see more soon. I will check back. :)

Jim,

As noted above, you have seen some very interesting places. Your images of people are very candid and comfortable.

Great Job,

Ed Harris

Very nice portfolio you have, it captures me. (muy bueno es uno de los mejores portafolios que he visto, de verdad me capturaron algunas imagenes.. Felicidades) GS

Hi Jim,
You have a excellent portfolio and looks like you are quite a traveller:)
Thanks for your kind words and comment for my portfolio:)
Cheers,
CT of Chicago

You have great photos, and you've been to many places in Asia, thanks to give good comment about 1 of my photos, you should go to Indonesia, its interesting place too..

very interesting portfolio, i'll be waiting to see more. Thank you for you're critique of one of my pictures i appreciate it

regards M'hammed

You have an unique and interesting vision in photography, very nice and talented portfolio, I spent some nice time here, thanks for sharing. Best wishes. ~Regards.

Ciao Jim!! Thank you for the interst on my photo! you are a BIG and a compliment from you is wondreful.To see you again!Mau.

Hi Jim, ah! You've been to Medan! Then i would love to visit your portfolio again to see Indonesian folder on it ;-) And there are alot of Eiffel photos which are better then mine, and also my Petronas Tower is not so good as the others. Thank you anyway for your comment, i really appreciated. By the way i like your Tunisia/Africa folder the most. Cheers, Yully

Jim, you have a very good portfolio. Very attractive shots. Interesting way of capturing the inner side of life. Great ones. Regards.

Perhaps one way to see if a photo works, is can it speak to you even as a thumbnail? Your people have a lot to say even when small.

Man you've been to a lot of places. Hope to get to some of them someday. I appreciate your comments on one of my photos. I'll try out your advice and see how the crop works. Regards, Nik

Very interesting portfolio there, friend Jim .. Love some of the photos here .. Thanks for sharing with us .. Cheers from Uppsala, Sweden ..

Very nice travel portfolio.

Hi Jim, you have a very colourful portfolio, so alive, I will definately be back.... Kim :o)

Beautiful, people-centered portfolio! Cheers, Sam.

Jim , you have lots of great pictures here !!..in my opinion this is -travel photography !.. Best Regards Markos .

hi, jim, thank you so much for your supporting words on my photo of that statue... acctually, I not even know why i just insisted to myself on posting it... maybe because i have uploaded it i felt like an obligation to follow all the process...

You have a fantastic portfolio and I will be coming back regularly to see whats news.

Regards

thanks for your critique, I really appreciate. I hope one day to be able to take great pictures like yours. love your travel pictures. great portfolio!

I really liked your collection of beautiful pictures and I want to thank you for giving your opinion on one of my pictures.

So much colour and every photo has its own individuality. Well done,jim.

you have a great portfolio very human

maybe you should try some of your street work in B&W it sometimes can make the photo more dramatic

with PS there are a few ways to do that. well maybe you already know all that. anyways you have a wonderful portfolio

Thanks for loving Yemen and living in this country. I live and work in Yemen and I was disappointed that I could not find any photo about my country in your nice and great portfolio. Very nice shots Gunga.

Thanks for sharing these excellent images. I shall not be able to go these places myself, but had a marvellous free trip vicariously. You have superb images in your portfolio,covering so many countries and people. These images are very colorful and high quality. "I like" folder is very interesting.Best regards.

Jim, your portfolio is very rich in color, beauty,and humanity- a pleasure to explore. Thanks for critiquing my photo Single Poppy.The dark spot in the corner bothered me as well.My photos aren't post processed yet but can't wait til I learn. Regards. Denise.

Thank you for your kind words on my gallery. You take the road less traveled and made good use of it. Lovely portfolio you have. I do that oftentimes too. There's a saying in Asia - see the difficult areas when you are strong - and then take the luxury stroll within the major cities in the world and enjoy it's amenities when your body aches from the passage of time.

A life of a traveling man........^_^

Your portfolio with your photos is an excellent travel guide.Your portraites are my favorites. I'll be back with pleasure.

wondeful around the world photo guide
i like your view of so much different countries
came here from the famous '27' forum posting
and found your jewels
you're great & i wish you luck & more new roads ahead

Thank You for comment my shot. You have a very nice and various portfolio, great work!

Thanks for your very warm and nice comment on my shoes photo, was good to read your good words. Viewing at your gallery I saw lots of feeling and details on your images, beautiful information of your trips and excellent contact with the people and subjects on your images, congrats for that! I will continue see your job now, Best regards Daniella Puente.

GungaJim, wonderful portfolio! I've been especially enjoying your Burma folder - my father is from there, but I never visited that country :-( Hopefully I will in the near future. Thanks for sharing those images! Regards, Jamila

Great travel photos of interesting places and people; full of colour and character. I have left some comments on several photos that immediately appealed to me. You certainly are widely travelled. Keep up the good work. Best regards, Neil

It really is you, Jim!!

I thought you had fallen off the face of the earth! How in the world are you?

You've got some really nice stuff here! Next time you're in the Hill Country of Texas, give us a call!

Hi Jim, thanks for your comment. I was visiting Vancouver, navigating city traffic,people- visual and sensory overload. I looked up and there were the mountains, quietly dominating. Maybe the v.s. in the title of my photo implied tension/competition between man and nature. I felt the harmony. I will think more carefully about naming my photos. I like how you altered my photo. I don't know how to do that yet but am slowly learning the marvels of P.S.Cheers. Denise

Gunga, thanks for your comment. I have seen your portfolio before and it is quite impressive I must say. I quote you from your bio, "I have come to enjoy "people" photography in emerging countries and have become fearless about asking even the shadiest rogues for an opportunity to take their picture. The biggest lesson I've learned in the few short months I've been posting on PhotoNet is that most people do not appreciate portraiture (at least from a ratings standpoint) of third-world, non-caucasians who have their clothes on, particularly if their teeth aren't straight, their skin cracked, their clothes ragged and dirty or if they display other visible signs signs of poverty or disease."

Mostly this is probably true and I myself would rather look at a young beautiful nude than anything else, yet I being one who also likes to shoot old, craggy, broken-toothed people in 3rd world countries(check out my Women of San Miguel in People folder,) can also appreciate these and yours are gorgeous. I would love to see more of them in B&W but this is your choice and they are still powerful and I love them and also your shots of euqipment and wheels and old junk as well. Keep it up my friend.

Paul Henri

thanks for your comments on one of my photos. Your portfolio is incredibly beautiful and fascinating. Stupendous job.

What an impressive work! and so much travelling, I envie you;D Truly grateful for your comment!

I'm approaching the six month milestone of my active participation in PN. I never imagined at the beginning that I would receive so many helpful hints, learn so much from the work of others, have my ego stroked occasionally, and make so many new friends. My thanks to all who have rated and critiqued my photos, and commented on my portfolio.

You have an excellent portfolio.(Humans & Colour & Design) Photos are very interesting and original.(especially humans are realistic.You are reflecting humans from real in life.). The light, composition and the angle all work is fine....At you - a hand of the professional... Thanks for sharing with us...Congratulations.... Regards...

Could you please criticize my photos if you see any mistakes? I am honoured by your praises. Thank you.

Excellent group of photos from your Travels.

Wow, a beautiful collection of photos. I wish i got to travel as much as you seem to.

You have a very vibrant portfolio here, thank-you for sharing it with us. I have particulary enjoyed perusing your people images. They have a very honest quality to them.

Yours is one of the most various and interesting portfolio. I would like to make a so long trip as you did and take thousand of pictures. Ciao

I'm dreaming of travelling to so many countries
and take a lot of pictures.
It most have been a wonderful period in your life.
Congratulations.

Great work, very intersting

I really loved your photos, hope to see more shots from Iran......Once again thank you for your comment

You have a wonderful porfolio with very interesting photos!i especially love your travel photos!!

my best wishes

sophia.

Congratulations !! Your pictures a form of beautiful art. Pleasure to watch your pictures. I do hope you will comment/advice on my portfolio

Very interesting photos ! You been around and around ! Great work !

Hey James, I'm not an expert thow, but I'm glad that I can share some experience. I already viewed this image, and commented it also. The thing is that the camera (if you don't have a great lens) and the light is not right ... you don't get enough saturation. Thow it looks more natural without extrasaturation ... I've seen that the images that receive great rates are a bit overexagerated with the saturation, tones, blend effects and other color manipulation with photoshop. I think you have seen for your self many sunsets/sunrises where the red is almoust #FF0000 :) ... the yellow and orange almoust clip ... they are not natural ... and still, they get above 5.5 or 6 rates. The human is amazed by the unbelieveable maybe ... the natural is common (this is what I have came up with ... don't get me wrong ... I like to stick as much I as can to the natural ... but sometimes even myself gets "blinded" by the tools of photoshop, and exagerate sometimes). Ok ... enough with this. Congrats again for your work ... I will return soon on your portfolio for comments.

My thanks to each of you for encouragement and suggestions. I had no idea how much I didn't know about photography until I began actively participating on this site early in 2006. I feel I have rocketed along the learning curve since then but have far to go!

Thank you my friend for your visit, I see you are a big traveller and you know how is difficult, sometimes, to photograph the people in the african countries.Thank You again. Paolo.

Well, I must say that your portfolio is not bad. Your real life photos are infact just that. Real people as they are. I like them a lot because they are how I also see them. However, from a photographic point of view there are some problems. For example, some shots are either out of focus, blurred by hand shake, or some problems in post processing.

There are a lot of nit pickers on PN and they just love to shoot out a 3/3 for any reason. I get them all the time.

As you know I am not a portrait man, but I have one for you (I put it in my Hayrack portfolio) to give you an example of what in my opinion would get 4/5, 5/4 or even 5/5. It is a photo of my daugther and I put in a lot of effort.

One of the things you'll notice is how nice the Bokeh is. This is no accident. Also the texture of her skin was rendered very nicely by my lens (Nikon 75-150 Series E shot wide open at f3.5)

It also tells a good story IMO. So, these are the things that you are up against so I think that you shouldn't be overly concerned.

If you want to see some amazing portrait photos from Asia have a look at Bruce Percy at http://www.thelightandtheland.com/

Amazing what can be achieved with a camera.

Jim:

If I did not tell you in the last message- there are 2 great sites that have taught me a lot. They are Photowalkthrough.com and Theradiantvista.com Thanks for the encouraging comment! All I want to do is get better, and I feel that viewing other pics (good and bad) is an important learning tool. Please keep in mind that I will continue to be critical and hope you will do the same for me- maybe it will help both of us!

Happy shooting,

Tom

Thanks, for your time visit and advice on my portfolio

Hello Gumga Jim

Thanks so much for checking my photos. I really appreciate it. Your portfolio is really fantastic, I will keep coming back for inspiration and learing.

BTW, you have been almost everywhere in the world, I would like to see what you would do in Brasilia. In my onpinion, its one of the most photogenics urban areas of the world.

Regards

Hi GungaJim. Thanks for passing on my portfolio.

I've just read your biography (here on photo.net). I like the way you present yourself, simply, honestly and without pretending to be anything but who you are.

You have a very interresting portfolio, of the type one should come many times to appreciate the full extent of it.

Thanks for sharing your pictures and with them your experiences.

Best regards.

Contrary to the statement in your bio about portraiture, I for one appreciate it. Certainly no need to be sorry for a long bio, you've every reason to tell so much. Thanks for taking the time and effort to give us all a view on the world virtually none will ever have the chance to see. Keep having fun, your portfolio definitely shows you do.

My english is not good enough to explain what I feel. Firts of all I'd love to travel a 10% as you did. Second I think that you are a very talented photographer and finally I can see that you are a very lucky and happy person. GOOD FOR YOU !!!!!!!!

Jim, Nice travel photos in new directories, some unique-especially-BW motor bike frames-great idea.

Hi Jim-keep travelling,photographing,and posting cartoons! all the best, cb :-)

You have wonderful portfolio. excellent.

thanks for those kind words!! i appreciate it, truly! thank you for readin my words, you have no idea how much that means to me....seriously! i love your work, its amazingly clear! (hehe) and youve gotten to travel so many places as well, how lucky! well then, thank you soooo much! :]

Fascinating photos. I build many big gray electrical things for power plants in some of those countries but never got a chance to travel much. It is interesting to see how the people actually live.

Ohhh, what incredible place you have seen!! Wonderful portfolio, keep on travelling (and shoting, obviosuly)! Best Regard Salvatore

tahnks for your rate on my tiger photo,you have an outstanding portfolio,love the people photos,screw the ratings .Cheers Duncan

Absolutely great gallery. Just one tiny thought, ooh lose the snakes in your bio photo. (just kiddin) as ever, Al

Thanks Jim for your comments and your photos from China and Tunisia. Is always interesting to see same places thru lens of another photographer. Your Xian photo is sure different than mine, because when i was there in august 05 it was three days cloudy and grey. It's nice to see the place on a sunny day. It maybe seems that we are following each other around the world, but you are miles and miles ahead of me. But I can say that your portfolio is great motivation for future voyages. I'm from Croatia and in your biography I noticed that you were in the neighborhood. I'm glad you liked it. Cheers

hy jim, i can see that u have the same travel feeling than me, specially i like ur asian photos, asia is my dream country and where is based the most of my pics, i like india and burma, i u want to see my asian photos, click in my portfolio, many thanks for ur great photos, and keep travelling

I like the way you capture life on your photos. Great original work. Cheers!

Hi,

thanks a lot for your visit!

I especially liked the sentence in your biography (I hope you don't mind my quoting) "I still consider myself more a traveler and writer than a photograper. I still use camera more often as a documentation tool than an artistic tool, rarely staying in one place long enough to wait for ideal photo conditions." I can say the same about myself. I know that I am much better in writing than in photography ... but sometimes photography is good to illustrate a piece of writing. As about travel - in the past year there has been a lot, basically because of more funds, but I am now exhausted by so much travel ...

Glad I found somebody with similar interests! (I appologise for being less around on photo.net since all these travellings ...)

see you around Maria

I appreciate all the encouraging words. Thanks to all of you I have learned more about photography in the last 11 months here on PN than I learned in the previous 26 years!

Sorry my grasshopper almost delayed your dinner :)

It was such a interesting sight.

I just took a journey through your portfolio - WOW you have captured some amazing images! I'll be back!

deb

thanks for rate my photo I really apreciate it, your port folio shows that you love the photography and travel as me have. I like your port folio a lot kind Regads Jorge Luis

thanks for your honest critique of my photo of the flutist. You've got a great portfolio here. I'm glad I stopped by. keep it up.

A lovely gallery filled with eyecatching images...and very diverse..Very much a pleasure to come view...

Hi Jim,thanks for visiting my work. It was an adventure viewing your portfolio. Your images reflect a keen eye, and an appreciation for the world around you- with your amazing travels,your world is bigger than most other peoples !!. Regards. Denise

Xmas is not only a Christian festivity, it is also a wish of rebirth, of continuous change considering the new year, who will like you more and more a human being! Good your Xmas and good 2007! Maurizio.

Dear Gungajim,

I appreciate your comments to one of my pictures. About how to capture the instant, me I am using a 300 telex, and, the most important thing, a lot of patience and the capacity of observation. Just to be sitted in a place for a long time, looking and "hunting" the picture. It is a nice exercice of looking to oneself, in order to look the others with a love eyes. By the way, I like your portfolio, is is very colourfoul and interesting because of the big quantity of travels you have done. Continue like that

Hello GungaJim,

I wish you, your family and your friends a merry Christmas and a very happy new year. Thanks for all your support, ratings and comments on my photos in 2006. It helped me a lot to improve my shots and I hope I will be able to learn a lot more from your valuable inputs in the coming months. Wish you a successful 2007 with a lot of nice photos.

Rejith Warrier

Happy New Year Jim and thanks for all of your support during the past year-especially the offer of bail money (for my "jailtime photo)!. regards! cb :-)

Thanks for the suggestions, you were SO right! Also, thanks for taking a look at the repost and providing such encouraging words.

deb

wow, amazing portfolio and an awesome collection of photographs.

Great portfolio and journey's.Your worked is varied and wonderful.You see the world with a great eye.I hope to be as traveled as you are some day.Thanks for your comments on my pics .

Very nice portfolio GungaJim. Sort of taking a trip around the world in pictures. Keep up the good work!

I came to your portfolio by way of a rating you gave one of my photographs. I feel that you are much more a documentarian that a producer of fine art. I do not mean that in any negative sense, and hope you do not take it that way. And you are a hell of a good documentarian. Due to time constraints, I cannot possibly comment on all of the excellent photos in your portfolio, so I shall have to return with that in mind. I am enormously envious of your resources in being able to travel the world. Thanks for the rate, and thanks for providing the interesting portfolio.

thanks for your comments on one of my photos.Without a doubt the intelligent commentary but. Your portfolio is incredibly beautiful and fascinating. Stupendous job. Saludos desde Mexico.

Welome to Lithunia. We get a lot of rain in fall. Here is interesting nature and peoples. Thank for you comments. Best regards! Antanas.

Art isn't here for all pleasures, i saw the less beautiful photo in your portfolio. It is your pink bike...

Thanks GungaJim for ratting one of my photos. Your portifolio is excellent. I enjoyed very much your Asia portraits. Congratulations. Keep sharing your beautiful photos with us. Cheers.

Jim, Great portfolio!! recognised some of the places you have been and intrested in visiting some that I did not.

Regards

Stephen P

very nice photos were taken from very different parts of the world...i like all of them..congrats.best regards.

Thanks for the many kind comments. From 2/14/07 through 5/4/07 I will be traveling through Latin America with a detour to Easter Island. I'll be posting journals and photos at: www.mytripjournal.com/gungajimgoesSOTB

Hopefully, I will also have time to post some here.

You have a well balanced, a well rounded, colorful and creative 'folio.... Nice work.

very good portfolio, your traveling and people shots are amazing. great work!!!

Thanks Jim for your kind ratings, it really does mean a lot coming from some with such a wonderful body of work.

Michael Harris

Your visited countries map is impressive! Congratulations!

And thank you for sharing the impressions from so much travel!

Maria

You have so beautifuly photos in yours portfolio...Excellent my friend...Excellent work...Greetings from Montenegro, old/new country in Europa and i will come back with pleasure...

thanks a lot for your comment to my work. I am glad to know, that my simple idea is pleasant to you!I have got acquainted with your portfolio. I like it! You have a magnificent opportunity to travel on the countries of the world. It's so great! Best regards! Yuri.

Dear GungaJim,

Thanks for your comment on my pinhole photo of the Nagoya Castle. I loved yours of the students perfectly aligned.

If you want to see some others of my pictures, feel free to comment on http://www.panoramio.com/user/30065

Regards, Marcio

Glad you liked one of my Yosemite shots. Great portfolio - lots of interesting shots of places and people.

First , your Portfolio is amazing , I truly enjoyed your work throughtout your travel. Congratulations! Second....Thank you so very much for the critique on the photo from Toledo. I took your advice and you were absolutely right. Thanks for the lesson. I truly appreciate it. Raquel

Greetings GungaJim, thank you for your comment on my sleeping bear shot. Your portfolio is wonderful, I am glad you descibe all your photos. I leaned so much. I also enjoy your sence of humor. Great job. Keep shooting, Janet

Great portfolio GungaJim. It would be interesting to compare notes on some of the trips you have made. I like the way you capture the spirit of the lands and people you visit. Great work. Thanks for sharing. Regards - michel

I do not understand what you mean to say. Regards, Antonio

Thank you for your comment on my picture. I think you do a wonderful job, your colors are so brilliant, I love your work and look forward to seeing more.

GungaJim, I just had a chance to read your bio entry, and I was impressed and moved by your statement regarding the photo treatment of Third-World people by Western shooters. I, too, am often sickened by photos, no matter how "artistic," that essentially treat any human being as an "exotic." You have consistently sought out the dignity and humanity in all the people you encounter. And for that, and for the quality of your work, I say bravo and thanks.

I haven't got comments on my portfolio since long. It's not the first time I "meet" you on "my place". Welcome as often as you want and thank's for your comments. I like very much the pictures of Eastern Island, "te pito no te fenua". I've been so long in Tahiti without have the opportunity to get there. You're luky to travel so much. Amazing work. best regards, Roger...

GungaJim-thanks for helping me with my photo. I used your suggestion and recroped-much better. You definitely have the eye and I really appreciate you taking the time not only to comment but to up load your thoughts in a photo. By the way I re uploaded the photo-giving credit to where it is due but to my supprise the ratings are lower-another reason to ignore ratings. You have a really ecclectic group of photos. The crab at Galalagos is wonderful.What is really amazing are your people shots-I get a real feeling of being there.As someone from Miami I really appreciate your Cuban photo's. Wish there were more-going there by the way is still politically( and legally) incorrect down here in the USA. Your Asian photo's even better. I would love to see some of the portraits converted to b/w. Senior citizen of T'Bilisi is crying out for this treatment!You really captured Miami nicely-my home base so I know like I said before you have the eye and talent. Paul

Thanks for taking the time to edit and comment on my photo. I enjoyed looking at your portfolio, especially your shots of Asia. You have some fabulous shots.

I came to look at your work after reading your comments on the Casual Conversations forum. What you said is helpful and much appreciated. Having looked at your portfolio, I'm in awe... so many, so beautiful, so many places, such a good eye, what a pleasure to browse your fine work. I'll be back for study and ideas, and to see your future uploads!

Thanks for taking the time to comment and critique my photo. I appreciate the input.

You have an incredible gallery here! If your writing is half as good as your photography... I've marked your website so I can return to do some reading! Thanks again, John

Gunga Jim, I just bookmarked your portfolio. I really enjoyed your Canada and Asia pictures. I'm going to Banff next year to photograph Lake Loise and Lake Moraine. And in 2009 hopefully I'll go to China too.

Awesome travel photos, I really love this kind of photography. Thanks...

wow, your portfolio, is amazing. Truly.

What a great variety of images you've captured! I'm amazed at the places you have travelled to. All your images are well crafted. Its tough to say which is best, but i'll go with the Easter Islands pics. It was a great feeling to have comments on my portfolio from someone who has so much of eperience like you. I wish you all the best in your future endeavours.
Best Regards - Dylan

after commenting on the same picture I came and visit your portfolio. i must say that I was impresse by the amount of work and spacialy by the qualaty. thanks for sharing whit the rest of Photo.net member

regards Pierre

i'll be back

You've been everywhere man, you capture so much of the culture and the enviroments of your travels! Im jealous of your adventures

Thanks a lot for you comment, I really appreciated. You've got an impressive portfolio. Best Regards.

You have an impressive portfolio. All pictures are very good and they are also very diverse. It is not easy to find something similar. Congratulations

Cipri

Greetings from SouthAfrica GungaJim, I am honestly in awe with all your photos in your Portfolio. The richness,contrast and genuine in all of them is a Unigue trait which hopefully one day I can achieve as well. I will most certainly keep coming back for reference to see where I go wrong. Warmest regards...Johanna

Thank you for you vote.You have an amazing and soberb portfolio.It make me breath and fly away from here.I love the landscaps and the people photos.I think you should explore also the B&W photos.Keep shooting,please!

I've only been on PN for a little over 6 months, and yet, yours is a name I see often or hear about. I've never stopped to see what you have to offer in your portfolio until today, I'm ashamed to say. You have a unique talent - your images are the kind of photography I love so much; the kind that has images which tell stories. Beautiful, humankind stories. From all over the place. I've enjoyed my experience here, and I'll be back again.

Thanks to each of you for your recent comments. There is nothing like kind words of encouragement to push one to the next level! Best, GJ

Hello Friend!

Well here it is another year is passing away and we are coming into the holidays. I think time starts to go faster as we get older, it was just yesterday I wished my friends Happy Holidays and here it is again the end of a year. The holiday lights are starting to be put on some of the trees here in Dallas, we were out last night and some were lighting the trees. I wish for you all a holiday season with family and friends, after all is said and done all we have is each other.

I want all of you to know just what your comments and ratings on my work means to me, your words are my motivation, my drive to discover, to learn this art that we all love, thank you for taking time and thank you for caring about my works. At the same time thank you for letting us see your world, our lives are so much the same, we all care about our families and friends and we all share the same things, maybe someday our photos will help make for a lasting world peace. May you and your family be blessed this season.

Happy Holidays and Happy Shooting

Ken

I thank you for all your kind comments and rates in 2007 and I wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year plenty of good photos. Ciao, Alx

I am truly in awe of you travels. Jealousy does not do it justice.

Thank you for stopping on my portfolio. I took a private helicopter and did shot from the open window. More photos you can see here http://www.pbase.com/mikhail_shlemov/argentina_-_2007 Best regards, Mikhail

You have an amazing portfolio my friend. Its so uniquie and every picyure almost has its own story to tell. I like this in a photograph. Well Done. Regards Alison

Dear friend, last Saturday night, my wife and I, had a big incident with our car (?head-on collision?), and we are alive for miracle: anyway, these not good moments, become also?good moments!... indeed, in these occasions, we can understand that life is so? breakable, for not being happy every day to awaken, drink a coffee, to smile, to make love and other simple things, to meet people and, why not, to do photographs! For doing these things we don?t need a lot of money and power:?we need only our life and the capacity for surprise of simple things. I have had a big gift, for this Xmas and the New Year,?that is to say,?I?m alive!...and now, I know, I?ll love more life! My dear friend! I wish to you the same thing, namely, the ability to transform the accidents of life in?happiness to live better and to give the proper value to your life and to that of other! ?Merry Xmas and Happy New Year!....Ciaomau!

Hey Jim, or is it GungaJim? You're right, we share a lot in common, but probably more than you think. Although I've never had a Malagasy wife, I've explored all 50 states, lived in Denver for 10 years, and have been to most major league ballparks. Growing up near Boston, however, you can guess where my allegiance lies. I liked the two (perhaps there were more) shots of kids playing baseball in their respective corners of the world. Could be a nice photo essay if you can find a few more (although MasterCard already shot the commercial). You've certainly got a good chunk of the world covered. I know what you mean about trying to balance the exploration part of travel with the picture taking part ? you could wait all day for the perfect light, but then you'd be waiting all day for the perfect light. Not always an option when there is so much world still to see. Even so you have some great shots in your portfolio. I'll check back from time to time to see where else you've been.

Thank you for your feedback on our photos.

We wish you happy Christmas holidays and a new year flourishing with fresh photo themes!

Cordial greetings!

Since ?discovering? Photonet you photos have provided and exceptional platform for so many of us that have yet to share exotic places, and interesting wildlife from around the world. Many of us here have been given the opportunity to see still shots, usually hurried along by the media (and Discovery Channel).

I thank you for enriching our lives through your eyes.

Good luck with the new year, new adventure, and know how much an impact your photos can make.. Merry Christmas

wish you a merry christmas and a happy new year. lin

Hi Jim, thanks for your comment on my Iguana picture.

You've done some amazing travel!!! I thought I was well travelled, but you put me in the shade. Congratulations on your beautiful photographic record.

Stumbled upon your portfolio, going through your 900+ photo's is like a taking a vacation all over the world. I truly enjoyed it! Next time you need somebody to carry your camera bag, let me know! Can't wait for you to travel to the countries on your wish list and post the photo's.

Herma

Jim, what a pleasure it is to view your photos of your travels. I especially enjoyed the photographs of the people. Through your exceptional photos you give us the insight that it is really a small world and we all have the same needs and hopes. One day you must go to Costa Rica. Costa Rica was rich in color and the people there had little, but they seemed to be very happy and friendly people. Thank you for commenting on my photo.

amazing portfolio

" Wherever one lives, one must travel and meet other people. And you realize how that is really the greatest art of all the arts that I've found." Raja Ram

i wish i could see more photos from iran though(since i am iranian, living in beautiful california!) specially because it is in your favorite places for photography list...

peace pp

thanks Jim. I only hope that I one day will be able to take photos as greate as yours.

Looked through your big gallery and - wow - what a diversity of great images. I like your travel,- street- and portrait pictures. - They are visually strong, technically very good and just a lot of fun to watch. I like to take the same kind of images - but boy, I am not nearly in your league. Anyway, congrats for all the fantastic work - hope they gave you as much enjoyment to make as it is for me to watch. Regards Peter

Thanks for your comments on my photo "White" (white tulips in a glass pitcher) Your portfolio: Brilliant! What a powerful range of photos. To me you've captured a good sense of each place you've been. Thanks!!

I love your photo's . What equipment did you bring? thanks, Kathy

I want to thank you for the comment on my shot "The ceiling of Sanborns". That brought me to your wonderful portfolio, I like it a lot, each place, each person has a story to tell, I like those beautiful colors, and it will take time to see each of these shots in detail, well done felicidades and happy shooting, best regards from Mexico // Salvador

... Thank you for your comment ... regards.

Thank you for your comment.I'm so glad to see that somebody with such a great portfolio is looking to my photos .Best regards Maya

You have a fantastic portfolio. I could lose myself in your pictures for days. Also, you have an incredible talent for capturing people.

Thanks for your comment, I appreciate it.

-Kari S. [From Aurora, Co.]

Your travels are inspiring! I particularly enjoyed your India portraits.

it was a pleasure for me to watch your very excellent and attractive portfolio.be always well and on travel move. best regards-siamak-tehran

Dear GuJiDo (...my nakname for you..., if I can!...), thanks for your friendly and kind comment on my portfolio. It's a wonderful compliment for me and Italy in general. Also I, like you (...looking for your images, I think you&me, have many things in common in our vision of life and world...) love...to eat a bit of all in our world. You have a big...chance:...to visit many parts of the world and show us in a lovely manner: your eye, full of curiosity, irony and taste, shows us all the beauty and richness of men, women, animals, landscapes and sitituations arund us! Also I have my chance:...to be born and live in Italy: one of the most small country in the world but, sure, the most rich place in the world, not in money,ha,ha,ha!!!...but in history, culture, art and nature. It's a wonderful thing to connect your&my possibilities and experiences. One day, I hope to know you or in Italy or in...Denver Area! For the moment..."Ciao, GuJiDo!": and..see you soon!...Ciaomau!

Thanks for the helpful comment to add a black line to my net fishing photo. It does look much better.

The background of your portfolio photos look like Snake Tample in Penang, Malaysia. Welcome to malaysia!! :-D You got a lot of great photos on you portfolio. I will need take some time to view all of them. All the best to you!!

Excellent Portfolio.Chapeau bas GongaJim.Best regards.Janusz.

Hello, Gunga Jim, thank you for visiting my portfolio and your nice words about it. I have gone through your wonderful photos from all over the globe with my mouth open. So many fantastic pictures of people, nature, landscape, cities. Great collection of valuable works. Thanks for sharing them. Milena

I am honoured to have one of my images commented on by yourself, the ultimate world traveler, GungaJim! I bow to your vast repertoire of travel experiences (and I'm a little--okay, a LOT, jealous!). You've been to some of my only dreamed-of places: Galapagos, Macchu Piccu, Al-Aqsa, Malaysia, India....wow! I've thoroughly enjoyed what I've seen so far in your portfolio--I'll have to come back for more! Best regards, Nancy

I've never had the opportunity to travel outside the US but if I do I may mention your name if you don't mind, in the hopes of getting on the good side of the locals, because I suspect that by now everyone has heard of ...GungaJim. Remarkable photos you have...and welcome back!

Thanks to each of you who have posted a comment in 2009 since I returned from my 5 month journey in Asia. I have indeed been fortunate to have been able to see so much of the world and it is my pleasure to share it with those who want to know about the world beyond the borders of their home country. Cheers, GJ

There are striking photos from every corner of the world.Wonderful! I'll wait yours Istanbul photos.Best wishes & greetings... Thank you for your comment on "Meric-2"

You have a monumental portfolio with excellent shots and great colours, congratulations ! Alex.

Oh the locations you've been to and the sights you've seen - Wow! Great shooting resulting in an awesome portfolio!! I very much enjoyed wandering through the galleries. Best Regards

Latacunga pictures are the best!!! congratulations, you have a lovely portfolio.

Hello GungaJim. What an absolutely wonderful journey it is to view your portfolio. I just spent a short fifteen minutes looking at various images...and assure you I will return often to continue the journey through it. We, as Americans, are so boring to photograph compared to the colorful and timeless people of the old world countries. Very provocative and thought provoking. Regards.

One of the finest and most comprehensive travel portfolios I have seen. A pleasure to study GungaJim! Manfred

You have a monumental portfolio with excellent shots and great colors, congratulations ! Roxana.

Amazing and impressive travel pictures. Congratulations.

I have been to many places, some of them also visited by you. I have seen some in your portfolio that I haven't been to yet but have decided I need to see those with my own eyes as well.

You are a priviliged person having been able to visit so many beautiful places and meeting so many different persons and cultures.

Many of your images breath the emotion of the maker which in my eyes is the most important attribute of images and the most difficult one to achieve.

Hi Jim,

looking forward for your photos in Romania! I am also in terrible delay, I haven't uploaded everything from last August, and I have holiday places at Balaton, Hungary, Quebec and Montreal and Ljubljana, Slovenia, waiting. BTW I am back in Romania since almost 2 years, I have to update my bio as well.

ciao Maria

Thanks to each of you for your encouragement, advice and critiques over the years. GJ

i enjoyed your travels. you mention some special shots taken in dhaka off the beaten track, would be most interested to see this.

I found your portfolio just as I'm ready to get on a plane to return home after a 3-week trip. I don't have time to view it properly now, but it seems your work is a virtual geography lesson! It's outstanding, and I'm marking you as interesting so I can return and view it properly soon.

Colourful portfolio with different cultures. Very well done.

Looking trough your portfolio is a worldvoyage itself... really wonderful personal pictures. I like it a lot! Thanks for sharing! Keep shooting and travelling... best wishes from Spitsbergen, Elise

Great portfolio! lots of interesting photos .Congratulation!

Wow, what a ride! Jim, you're a real traveler and the journey through your pictures was fantastic. I just wish I'll be able to follow your trail in this lifetime. Keep it going!

loking at your rich portfolio - this needs time - i have the sensation to have a jorney. is a very rich travel portfolio, interesting and complete

GungaJim, thanks a lot for your time and kind comment on my portfolio!Appreciated! I've just visited your gallery-an interesting collection of shots from all over the world!It's a big pleasure to look at your pictures!Keep up ypur good works! Regards! Milena

Truly one of the best portfolios on PN. I aspire to capture light like you. Thank you for sharing.

All the Best!

~ Joseph.

Sir, thank you for the virtual trip around the world and for you're kindly comments. Best regards.

Hi Jim,

I have just read the travel article and looked through your pictures. Congratulations on a wonderful collection of pictures from all around the world, they are very interesting, varied and inspirational. Hopefully someday you will publish the stories to go along with them. Thanks for sharing your expertise without getting big headed! If you ever come to Mongolia do let me know and I will help you. Regards, erik

I just had to add a comment about your photos after being away from PN a few years.

Congrats; they've really improved. Every shot is quite interesting to look at. Glad to see it, man. Best of luck!

Great gallery!! I envy you ;)

Thanks for looking at my photo. It's the Namib desert. There are other photos of Namibia and Zambia. as I travelled there this summer. I am glad you commented my photo, as I got a chance to see your portfolio. As I have travelled most o these countries, I could recognize them without looking at the name. You really selected the most charecteristic photos of, landscape, landmarks and people. I really envy you, because I didn't have a chance to visit Afghanistan, which is my dream dificult to realize at this moment I will come back Best Heinz

Wow...I appreciate your comment on my portfolio as it lead me here to your site. Thank you, Thank you, Thank you!!! I thoroughly enjoyed seeing your amazing captures of your extensive travels. Many of the places you have been to are my hopeful destinations. Warm regards from Vancouver Island, Iren

Thanks to all of you who have commented on my portfolio, rated my photos and answered questions to my posts in the forums during 2009. May your stocking be filled with lots of the photo gear on your Wish List!

Thank you very much for your support and your nice comments during this year!
We wish you and your family a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Many thanks for the attention to my works!

I wish you and your family a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year !

Svetlana.

I wish you

Wishing you and your loved ones a Merry Christmas and a very happy and prosperous 2010. May the beauty of the world brighten up your life and decorate your days with love, success and happiness.

Wishing you and your family a Merry Christmas and a happy and successful 2010. Thank you for all yours encouragement during the past year. Many greetings and warm regards Roger

whole world and present history of human being in your portfolio!!!! nice keep traveling and share with us, best regards, bijan.

I wish you and your family a happy and safe holiday season and all the best for the year ahead.

Kind Regards Mike

HAPPY NEW YEAR

As we all kow you have a wonderful huge travel portfolio and may Santa bring you more of it for the year to come! Merry Christmas!

PDE

Thank you very much for your fruitful comments and your help over the year. Compliments for your impressive works! Seasons Greetings and a Creative New Year! BR Dr. Joerg Vetter

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Wishing you and your family a happy holiday season and a happy new year. Many and warm regards, Dimitris.

These Holiday Greetings made my week! Thank you.

i wanted to thank you for spending some time with my image cataloochee barn. also, thank you for your rating. i hope this comment finds you well.

you have such a prolific portfolio it is hard to find my favorites. you have such consistency in your work. i will spend more time here when i am not fighting power outages and loss of internet. one of the downs sides to livin' in the sticks.

your work is a beautiful gift to western eyes, Jim!

Hi,

Thanks for sharing these excellent images. Your photographs are best described as stories from all over the world. I know for sure that I won't be able to visit so many countries.

I am currently living in Beijing and working in the same building as shown in one of the photographs from your 'Beijing' folder.

Best regards,

Avijit

Hi! First, thank you for viewing my imges. I love your work and your documentary style of photographing not only og people but of the places as well! Wonderful captures of emotion, structures, and stories behind them all. Looking forward to seeing more from you:)

thank you for commenting on my photos!!! kurt cobain was the lead singer for nirvana, a grunge band from the 90s who also dabbled in art and photography

Thanks for your comment! :) You have an interesting portfolio.

This one of the most interesting portfolios on P.N. You have traveled to so many places in the world and collected fantastic images from different part of our planet and have seen so many cultures and peoples.Thanks for sharing your visions with us all and looking forward to see more of your works.

With the best wishes

Sadegh Miri

A very educational portfolio you have here if I may say. Very brilliant, full of colors and great captures of hard core life. Thank you for this adventure! Look forward to many more!

Wonderful pics, interesting, beautiful, human tragedy and happy moments. Lovely animal pics. Congratulations, GungaJim, thanks for sharing these jewels, Mari

thanks for the ratings,you have the most amazing travel portfolio,its so big i have bookmarked it to look at it over several visits,thanks again,Harry

Your portfolio is amazing. I love your photographies. Thanks for showing us how to show travel photos. Cheers from Canary Islands

Thanks for the kind comment on my barn yard treasure. Your portfolio is so much like the travelogues my Mom took me to as a boy. Wonderful and diverse body of work. A pleasure to tour thru. All my best-Jim

Thanks for voting my photo. I'll take some time seeing your folio,eh eh but at a first glance ii is fabulous!Cheers!

Its' not only that you have the opportunity to travel so much , it's your good eye and your soul what you reflect in your wonderful portfolio, one of the best I have seen-
You have an incredible eye for everything, for people, for landscapes, architecture etc , etc. Your compositions and colours are also excelent!
Really thanks for sharing and I will come often to see your new amazing photos
Thank you very much to stop and comment one of my photos
Best regards
Ricardo

hi
thanks for new idea. you have very nice collection with variety of photos.
regards

Absolutely amazing diversity and wonderful shots. I'll be back to appreciate it a little at a time.

Great travel photography with a nice eye for the local population!
Keep it up.

I haven't had a chance to scroll through all of your portfolio yet, Jim, but what I've seen so far is really good. You've been to an incredible numbers of countries continents, far more than me. You have a great eye for documenting the people and places of those various countries. I'll be back to look at more of your work as time allows. -Jim

I just did travel around the world - Impressive portfolio. Each place is greatly documented with all characteristic features.

...to you and your family!

Great to see where you`ve travelled. The Galapagos..that`s what I dream of :) So many beautiful images.

Lots of thanks for the strong support and the encouragement you have given throughout the past year.
WISHING YOU AND YOUR LOVED ONES A MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A DELIGHTFULLY PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR. MAY THE SPARKLE OF YOUR ORIGINALITY SHINE ALL ALONG THE COMING YEAR. I WISH YOU A LIFE FULL OF CREATIVITY, SATISFACTION AND TOGETHERNESS.

May every blessing of this Christmas Season be yours, may you find time to relax with family and friends....enjoy, and make many fond memories....most sincerely, Gail

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Best wishes to you and your family in 2011. Andrew Campbell.

Best wishes for you in this Holiday Seasons. Sinceresly, Ricardo

Ciao Gungajim, I wish you a Merry Christmas and a 2011 full of great pictures

StairsTo2011

Good luck and take care. BR JV

Many thanks for the kind words on my close up of the cactus. Your penchant for travelling has meant that you have added a degree of diversity that is not often seen in many a portfolio, which indeed is refreshing.
May the coming year be filled with wonderful moments and many more exciting travels to the corners of this beautiful world.

Thanks so much for rating my 'Next Door' photo!
Happy New Year.
Diane

Enjoyed your multitude of fabulous travel images GungaJim. Very well taken and you must have enjoyed yourself.

Hi we are interested in high resolution digital images of old Baku to frame for an interior desing project. Can you help? Thanks Sheena@mcart.co.uk

Thank you very much for your comment on my last posting. Visiting your portifolio I could appreciate very much seeing so many beautiful photos taken around the world. Congratulations for your wonderful portifolio. Regards, Chico do Vale.

GungaJim...Great to meet you again at the Butterfly Pavilion (Flatirons Club) this past weekend. Your interview on P.net is most interesting--you are one lucky guy and you are taking full advantage of it! That's great! You have quite a collection of super images. We are looking forward to chatting now and then at the local club meetings and hearing your travel stories. Dan Joder & Maria Fuste.

This is such a amazing portfolio, full of life, culture and subjects. Thank you so much foe sharing your photo with us as i am persian From iran and havent been there for a while i really enjoy looking your Pictures from my country my friend .

Amazing work my friend

Warm regards

Kambiz

Hallo Jim,
There is so much to see here... amzaing PF, I will be dropping in for an inspiration, best regards, CF

GungaJim, I have visited your portfolio before, but today I spent the time to go through every folder. Very intersting, I love seeing the many cultures. Looking at the people, I get the opinion that people, no matter the country or culture, are pretty much the same everywhere. They just live in different situations, and make do with what they have. Excellent portfolio - one that should be preserved forever as a documentation of life on our planet.

Excellent work GungaJim. After spending more than 30 minutes on your portfolio, I felt like I had traveled along with you. Love your perspective of photographic images AND your philosophy on travel photography. Travel photography is more than just showing the Eiffel Tower or the Tianmen Square. Thanks for sharing.

Once again thank you so much for your kind words on my portfolio and one of my recent submitted works which in fact gave me the opportunity to see your beautiful portfolio again. I'm happy that you like my country and you are most welcome if you wish to visit Iran again and I promise to show you very interesting places.

Best regards Sadegh

Hi Jim,

if I've not wrong, I have some cousins in the Denver area - but never was there. Maybe it will get easier with my new Hungarian passport :)
have a great holiday season
Maria

Greetings 2012

Season’s greetings and Happy creative and inspiring 2012 ! Thanks for your support and for sharing your wonderful works! Always with power in 2012! BR JV

HAPPY HOLIDAYS

Dear GungaJim

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Thanks for your comment on my photo and that bring me to your gallery and it is awesome very nice quality there are a lot to learn, congrtulations and my best regards from cancun mexico, will take me a long time to watch your work.bye