Andy will certainly be missed here.

And he sure didn't deserve what Paypal did to him! I always miss him. ❤️

.....who was involved in fighting election fraud after the 2000 election and who died from cancer quite a while ago. i remember the right wing garbage, mainly freepers, mounting a campaign to shut off his access to paypal and other platforms people were using to fund-raise for him to help pay his hospital bills. i actually knew andy stephenson personally....i met him in a political forum before i joined DU (and i joined DU a long time ago). he was living in seattle and i was living in austin, which was actually his home town. he would stay at my house, or the houses of other DUers, when he would visit austin back in the days before he got sick.

my post here was referring to andy, who was a member of this photography forum, and who passed away very recently after a short battle with cancer.

And very sorry for your loss. I did not know the photography forum Andy, but DU has had some remarkably talented photographers, and all of you seems special in so many ways! It's obvious in what lies at the heart of your art.

These are just wonderful photos! I know Andy would have had incisive and meaningful things to say about them. I have no idea what. That was part of his genius.

I really miss his presence.

yeah it's not the same here without him

Glad that you are posting again Gato. Your monkey photos are great, showing off their personalities.

...because i'm not happy with them....and i go thru them all and process a lot of them, and at times i get tired of looking at my work, which pales in comparison to the work of people i look to for inspiration.

...for some nice encouragement.

The topic of "rain forest wildlife" is an adventure, in a way, for me since I live north of regions where these precious creatures range. Thank you for sharing them.

....yes, these guys would freeze in the wilds of NC in the winter:

Thanks for sharing. You have talent!