Hello everyone, hope you're all having a great week.

I've almost completely filled up the hard drive on my computer, and by the time I get back from Brazil, I don't expect there to be enough room to fit all my photos on my laptop.

So it's finally forced me to get around to buying an external HD.
I do back up onto DVDs, but it's not practical when it comes to accessing my photos, it's more for an emergency if the HD on my computer goes belly up.

I'm curious what everyone else uses for storage external to their main computer, and would be interested in reading any recommendations people have.
My main critiria is that it has to be fast, so a firewire connection is a minimum requirement for me.

Let me know any suggestions


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Prints

I was surprised to see that I've sold quite a few prints this week...thanks so much to whoever bought them..I really appreciate it

Also, someone bought a print of Palatifico [link] at 24 x 36. First of all, thanks so much for that. Could you let me know how the print comes out, I've never seen a print that big from my camera and have no idea how it will look.

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Contest

The results are in for =Inebriantia's "Earth - The Deepest Respect" contest.
I was honoured to be asked to be among the judges and personally found it hard to narrow my choice down to just three..there were so many excellent entries.
Well done to EVERYONE who took part, and congratulations to the winners.

Here they are:

1st Place

by *joffo1


2nd Place

by ~dzian


3rd Place

bt ~XipnosS


Honourable Mentions













Congratulations to everyone

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Weekly Features

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Some of my recent work




Take care everyone