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• cjjc_jules (3511)
• [2006-08-03 5:45]

John,

another masterpiece of a Nature Shots.

congrats again,and thanks for the notes
jon

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• Janone (19331)
• [2006-08-03 5:49]

Make peace no war.!
Very well seen and captured, John.
Jan

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• Janice (28231)
• [2006-08-03 5:55]

Soft and prickly!! Yes, just like us humans sometime! Good shot Johnnie, very artful and colourful too. TFS
Janice

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• scubie (183)
• [2006-08-03 6:11]

Hi John

Nice metaphor (As die lewe druk, druk net harder...).

Excellent capture!

Carlo

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• cyiu (1098)
• [2006-08-03 6:39]

Hi John,

Great capture, nice details and DOF well taken

Chris

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• Elaine_Blath (0)
• [2006-08-03 6:56]

Hi John,

I see we have similar ideas ;-) perfect compo, I like this very much!

Take care, Ivana

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• ose (5251)
• [2006-08-03 7:00]

Hi John
Good composition and shot. Good colours, sharpnes, light and POV.
Well done John

osse

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• Dawn (16397)
• [2006-08-03 7:05]

John this is REALLY pretty, caught my eye..and meaningful too!

Love the colours, and your blurred background, and the composition with the barbed wire going across the photo.. well done on this one my friend.

Kia Ora from New Zealand...
:-)) Dawn.

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• lucbus (10488)
• [2006-08-03 7:17]

Hi John,
Superb photo,
I like the conflictual mood in it, with the serenity of the flowers, with the hardness of the barbedwire, that remember us the war and conflict. The composition is excellent with the diagonal, the DOF, the colors, ....
Very well done my friend.
Luc

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• chrisJ (28213)
• [2006-08-03 7:30]

Hi John

A wonderful juxtapositioning of sharp barbed wire, & soft downy thistle flowers. Well seen!

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• vsinopoulos (13077)
• [2006-08-03 7:49]

What a lovely composition, bringing two opposites together and showing the gentle thristel dominating the cold lifeless wire. Great lighting and detail.
Great metaphor my friend.
Greetings,
Vassilis

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• Viking (4383)
• [2006-08-03 9:31]

Good diagonal John and its nicely close!
Soft colors and metaphor make it more complete.
Mooi ! De mazzel,
Rob

CU morgen en not to short ok? :-)

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• shelbeesmom (35374)
• [2006-08-03 10:20]
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• izler (4059)
• [2006-08-03 10:40]

hi john
beautiful composition and strong expression with your note. blured BG, POV, colours, details (especially on feathery surface) and frame are great.
tfs
regards
izler

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• starkey666 (2845)
• [2006-08-03 10:48]

Good job choosing the diagonal point of view John it works well here and depth of field is spot on

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• Werewolf (26132)
• [2006-08-03 10:52]

Ok... But if you observ corectly... The plant have it's weapons too. We see it easily with attention... In 10 years... It will be different... The fence will be rusted and less solid... That plant with seeds will have renew it's defense.
This conflict with the nature is not good for us actually! You have a good symbolic here! It's nice too!

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• denizler (11050)
• [2006-08-03 12:10]

Hi My Dear John,
Good composition and shot. Good colours, sharpnes, light and POV.
Well done ,Best Regards Deniz.

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• Mitra (7426)
• [2006-08-03 13:20]

No War Please. Can we live in peace? I think it's not possible & it's only a wish.
Well seen & captured. Well done & TFS.
Mitra

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• Silke (24121)
• [2006-08-03 14:52]

A powerful message, John. Do you think we could send it to the Israelis and Palestinians and get them to listen? Technically a perfect shot -- metaphorically, even more so. TFS
Silke (a lady torn in two by conflict between her friends)

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• noelshami (2347)
• [2006-08-03 15:14]

A superb capture along with a powerful message. Natural light bring out the best in colour. Well done.

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• cstathoulis (13309)
• [2006-08-03 16:51]

Hi John,

This is an excellent catch! The photo & notes is a perfect match! Great POV with vivid colours! The DOF is just perfect! The diagonal barbed wire is a very strong feature!

Very well done
Constantinos

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• PierreFrigon (15459)
• [2006-08-03 21:10]

Beautiful.
Soft and hard alltogether.
TFS.
Pierre

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• TheMystic (5784)
• [2006-08-03 22:00]

Excellent shot, nice background colors. To see the beauty in thistles when there are what seems to be beautiful flowers all around proves that you have a very good eye. Great detail in the seed heads and the wire cutting across diagonally, setting up a quiet tension and contrast to the downy appearance of the heads.
Cheers
Otto

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• gnangarra (34)
• [2006-08-04 5:36]

Copyright: John van Aarle (JohnTulip) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1557 W: 261 N: 2394] (11111)

G'Day John
Long time no speak soory about that kinda got distracted with life. any how its great to your still taking and loading pictures.

I like this the contrast between barbwire and flower is wonderful.

The bit at the top thought you liked to see you had 11111 points when i passed thru.

Gideon

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• Josine (4069)
• [2006-08-04 6:12]

Heel apart John
Goh, zit er even van te kijken. Tja ik zeg zo vaak: je moet het maar zien and jij deed dat. Doeiii :-)

Joos

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• BenF (2993)
• [2006-08-04 7:29]
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• kristies (1458)
• [2006-08-04 15:22]

Soft and hard together... very nice composition. Good seen!! Well done

TFS greetz Kristies

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• Refugee (25486)
• [2006-08-04 15:38]

Interesting John... coloured barbed wire that is, ours is all galvanised or old and rusty. Nasty stuff, I have just finished removing some from the back fence. Well seen and captured John, nice diagonal formed by the wire. TFS,
David

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• jan515 (14302)
• [2006-08-05 5:04]

Hello John,
Excellent photo,contrast,frame and colours of the flours.Perfekt details.
Congratulations.
Janusz.

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• kokos101 (25758)
• [2006-08-05 6:13]

hello my friend!
this is great, but i think a little over sharpness
composition is wonderful, i like this diagonal.
TFS
zoran

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• hester (9677)
• [2006-08-05 16:23]

Hi John

Nature V Man
Soft V Rough
Beautiful V Ugly

Very effective visual message

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• Photograph2u (14508)
• [2006-08-06 0:17]

Hi dear bro! this is very nice and soft (the colours) and prickly (the wire) :) The flower is very sharp.

Yes, opposites always mingle in life.

Very well done with the blur and the speculars.

Take care, sis :)

p.s. I am very happy that you like the colour portrait of Ben :)

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• berek (229)
• [2006-08-06 2:21]

Hi John,
super caught. very good close taken and details. clear and simple composition. congratulations. Take care. Burak

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• cleocat (4230)
• [2006-08-06 15:17]
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Excellent metaphor. Well seen. The contrast between the wire and flower is strong. But then the flower is more flexible and it might bend and move and save itself. The wire will just rust away because it has never learnt to be flexible. A little bit of crazy philosophy for a Sunday night.

Be well
Annette

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• pozaru (16615)
• [2006-08-07 2:45]

Everything is great : compo, shot, note ...
Congrats, John !

thanks and have a great weekend,
v
ps.i'll come back with the points

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• orbiter (3125)
• [2006-08-07 17:04]

Hi John,

Very nice shot my friend! Well spotted. It just proves that nature and man can "almost" get along together. Maybe a disagreement will take place every so often, as your picture shows here.

You should have cut the wire so that nature could progress... Oooooh NO (just kidding) the wire probably prevents loads of sheep escaping :) LOL

Great shot and metaphor mate.

John O

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• yas_ank (0)
• [2006-08-08 12:30]

Hi John.
Very good subject, wonderful capture; well done.
The focus, colours, sharpness and depth of field are good.
Thanks for sharing, best regards.

Yasin.

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• Beger (15391)
• [2006-08-08 14:04]

Hi John,
Very beautiful mix between the thistle spines and those of the wire. A marriage which should not miss of prickly! :)
Good Pov and DOF! Sharp détails on the barbed wire and flower. Very nicely done! Annie

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• cobratan (1425)
• [2006-08-09 22:38]

Very artistic composition my friend.A barb wire going across the picture.You just opened my eyes wider:)Congrats.
Mel

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• perryhooter (26349)
• [2006-08-10 8:46]

Like I have read before,

From Space there are no boundaries visible, that is why the planet looks so good. Bounderies are sources of conflicts.
Too bad.

For sure , nature does not care about boundaries! So should we.

Great shot John!
Robert

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• Emma (9066)
• [2006-08-11 10:54]

Hallo John,
Deine Diestel ist wunderschön, man sieht es an dass der Samen gleich wegfliegt, es ist ein herrliches Bild.
Gratuliere
Schöne Grüsse nach Holland
Eva

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• arnaudb (147)
• [2006-08-13 4:58]

excellente composition entre la création de la nature et celle de l'homme

Arnaud

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• YasminesDad (6175)
• [2006-08-21 15:05]

Hi John,
Excellent composition my friend.
I like your pov,dof,colors,blurred bg,frame and details.TFS
Chris

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• deains (4691)
• [2006-10-27 0:42]
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One of my favorites John. Like the combo & the sharpness of the seed heads. Beautiful here but not so pretty in my yard! Don