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hi all! i just recognized of the new 'devious folder' feature on deviantart and started cleaning up my gallery. i didn't find the 'scraps' anymore, then i guess nowadays you 'just' have to choose wether to 'feature' a deviation or not. anyway, i have reduced by far the number of deviations you'll find in my gallery folders and the number of featured deviations, so that the many photos i don't expecially like (anymore) won't bother you when you watch my gallery. i hope this will make you check my gallery more often than in the past :) by the way, i'm very next to an average of 100 views per deviation: thanks to all of you that made this poss

for all of you out there wondering if i'm still alive and around here, well, the answer is: yes, i am :) i've always had much to work, but since i've become dad i have twice the things to do and i love to spend the very little free time with my son filippo and my wife. in the meanwhile i started publishing a little bit of my website: you find it at www.giannirondinini.com there's not much yet, but it will grow up as time goes by. sometimes i still find 10 minutes to watch at some of your deviations: i'm sorry i cannot post comments on all of them, but i really have no time to. if you leave a reply to this journal, i'll know that these 10

i'm *sooooOOOOOooo* happeeeeee folks :) this monday we've had our annual photographic contest. i'm really glad to say that i won the second prize, after a *stunning* image of a bee-eater (Merops apiaster). that image is so great that i feel like i won the first prize, really. agains such a great image there is no race. i decided to bring some of the images i like the most, amogst which my "gate to nowhere" (that you can see here http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/25679640) was chosen as my best one. the other ones were "the old and the elder" (sepia tone) (http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/23795037), "sleeping sweetie" (http://www.devia