TL meet and Vandana2923

Critiques [Translate]

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• juyona (13816)
• [2007-10-04 1:55]

Hola amigo,
preciosa realización...
bello pov y dof,
excelente idea y compo.
saludos John.

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• anjhello (4550)
• [2007-10-04 2:00]

Anjhello Scoring System:
DOF - 3 POV - 3 CREATIVITY - 3 COMPOSITION - 3
LIGHTING - 3 SHARPNESS - 3 COLORS - 3

Average: 3.00

Range:
1 point: Average < 1.99
2 points: Average > 2.00

Scoring System:
1 Good 2 Better 3 Best

tfs!

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• jone (18945)
• [2007-10-04 2:03]

Hi John ;)
excellent composition...so relax...TFS
Greetings,
J ;)

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• tjutjut (15264)
• [2007-10-04 2:20]

Hello my friend,

Yes, it's Holland with mills as symbol of the country . . Great PoV . . What do you do in this place? Seems at noon . .
I am trying to arrange meeting with TL friends in Indonesia, and hopefully by end of this month we will comduct hunting together . .
Wish you are happy . .

Tfs,
Tjutjut

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• Marylou (12312)
• [2007-10-04 2:25]

Hello John,
Great symbol of those mills :) Sky looks so great ... nice perspective with Vandana on the left ... lost in her dreams :)
TFS
Have a nice day
Marylou

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• Photograph2u (0)
• [2007-10-04 2:29]

Hi Bro, this is a nice and peaceful photo with Vandana relaxing after a long walk I guess and admiring the scenery.

And in the ws you have a nice line of japanese girl full of laughter and posing for you beside the mill and it makes a more dynamic photo.

Both great images.

Take care, sis :)

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• jawa (11486)
• [2007-10-04 2:33]

Hallo John
Mooie sfeervolle foto.
Gr Jos

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• Viking (4383)
• [2007-10-04 2:38]

Hoi John
Ny oh my The Indian Princess is speachless it seems
( she normaly talks a lot, right? hahahaha)
Greet shooting, good depth and wild Windmills
I like the WS !!
Garoeten
Rob

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• Kiwis (12916)
• [2007-10-04 2:39]

Hi John,
Excellent composition, the mood is smooth and we can imagine she is in her dream. Beautiful catch, i like it. Thanks.
Bonne journée!
Diane

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• Jens (4625)
• [2007-10-04 2:46]

Hi John
I am confussed, what can I say, that I havent sayed before, nothing, you have already recived all possible compliments. This one is as the previos ones, real good photo job, great POV, great job my friend. Take care - both of you.
Regards from Denmark
and
Jens.

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• lavan (2267)
• [2007-10-04 2:47]

nice capture...
TFS,
Regards,
LavanSJ

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• Helkoryo (22076)
• [2007-10-04 2:51]

Hello there mr T

I love this shot, so much going on and too look at. Lovely view even with the cloudy weather. Nice POV with the tree accross the top giving partial framing and then dear Vandana sat there contemplating.

Excellent capture my friend

TFS regards Helen

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• Urfaust (10591)
• [2007-10-04 3:02]

beautiful look John..
this mill perspective is excellent!! so romantic view with Vandana.. perfect POV.. great sense of scene.. Bravo!
ciao ciao Marco

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• kulimpapat (7291)
• [2007-10-04 4:34]

Hi John

Great travel shots... it's valuable for Vandana especially for her to flash back the memory... Great shots

Amri HMS

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• PierreFrigon (15459)
• [2007-10-04 4:51]
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Excellent, brother. One of your best captures.
Excellent sharpness, composition and details.
Love the mood created here.
TFS
Piet.

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• Fons (12326)
• [2007-10-04 5:42]
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Molens water, boom en Vandana? mooi

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• Silke (24123)
• [2007-10-04 5:42]
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Superb perspective! Great colours, excellent PoV and I am still jealous (^o^)!
Great posting
TFS
Silke

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• kokos101 (25894)
• [2007-10-04 7:06]

hello john!
wonderful photo with great composition and colors.
tfs
zoran

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• kbeall (3548)
• [2007-10-04 9:03]

Hello John,
A very touching capture. You have discreetly caught an emotional moment--the subject, veiled in the foreground, and the focus of her attention occupying the center of the frame.
A perfect note as well. . .
Congratulations,
Karen

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• doganizler (2123)
• [2007-10-04 9:37]

very nice exposure....tfs..

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• vandana2923 (22199)
• [2007-10-04 9:58]

Oh my sweet friend John!!!!!
I have tears in eyes, and the story you wrote with it,
is soooo true!
I was very emotional that day, seeing these objects is quite something. How I miss this, YOU and all the friends
Big hug you wonderfull friend!!
Vandana

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• Josine (4069)
• [2007-10-04 10:28]

Hoi John
Heerlijk genomen joh!
En die girls in de WS deed je zeker met tegenzin ?!
lol
Heel mooi teder moment van Vandana hier
Doei
Joos

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• tucancr (2974)
• [2007-10-04 10:43]

Hola Juan,
Great composition, it has so many elements and all of them are well balanced, also, good POV.
Saludes,
Iris

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• sela (2448)
• [2007-10-04 11:52]

Wonderful scenery, excellently presented. Her I want to be now.
Regards sela

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• Dingo (11723)
• [2007-10-04 11:58]

Lol. Excellent note, John. Fits perfectly with the photo! Which has a very fine compo. Subtle. A pity we can't see Vandana's face, but we sure get the idea here... too much food for her eyes ;o).
TFS

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• korbee (9360)
• [2007-10-04 13:03]

Very good impression of a Dutch holiday John.
jan

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• BenF (2993)
• [2007-10-04 13:44]
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Hi John,
Baie mooi foto van Vandana in aksie.
I like the composition.
Goed gedoen,
BEn

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• tomek_wap (4673)
• [2007-10-04 14:02]

Nice shot of Vandana enjoying this beautiful view.

TFS.
Tom

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• rewshearer (16133)
• [2007-10-04 14:06]
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To be honest I don't think this is a spectacular photo in terms of wow-factor or composition; but sometimes subject alone is enough to make an outstanding shot.

That's what you've achieved here: the evocative scene of a TLer sitting and viewing these windmills-in-the-wild really appeals to the imagination, and tells a story so well that I can almost smell the fresh air!

Very nice work. Thanks for sharing it!

Rew

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• ttreen (14840)
• [2007-10-04 14:11]

Hello JT...
I really think Vandana adds so much here to your photo. She gives the landscape something special! Wonderful colors and the sky is just amazing.... I bet she had a BLAST.. how nice

Tricia

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• clnaef (5685)
• [2007-10-05 0:03]

Bonjour,
Belle perspective sur ces moulins que j'ai visité récemment.
Bonne journée.
clnaef

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• Hendrika (18836)
• [2007-10-05 1:13]

And Vandana has just the right idea - just sit and soak it all up, this typical dutch atmosphere. You knew just where to go John.
Thanks for inviting Vandana, thanks for the picture, thanks for helping people along on TL and now you have enough thanks already for 1 day.
Els
:)follow

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• hamperium (0)
• [2007-10-05 2:08]

mis focus en scherpte bij deze John

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• Janice (28451)
• [2007-10-05 2:33]

Hey Johnty - I love the Workshop photo!! Just like in NZ - all the cameras and 2 finger salutes - the same throughout the world!!

But your windmill scene - great - so "REAL" and showing us what we think of Holland - BRAVO
Janice

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• flipvd (1216)
• [2007-10-05 3:10]

Hi John

Very nice shot of this lovely place!!!
It look so quite and peaceful, you can spend the whole day there!!!
Great colours DOF and comp.
Well done John
TFS
flipvd

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• wallie (2550)
• [2007-10-05 4:19]

Nice picture with good depth and pov here, John. Good composition. Good job.

Groetjes en prettig weekend en groetjes aan Jolanda,

Don

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• wenqing (11697)
• [2007-10-05 6:46]
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a nice composition of the beautiful place john :)
having vandana in the frame givs that all important human element in a photo

the workshop photos look great too :) the one with the japanese tourist is my favorite :)

koh

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• vsinopoulos (13077)
• [2007-10-05 7:47]

Hi John,

Great shot,very nice composition, your idea to include Vandana looking at the lovely view and moody sky was great. Nicely presented, dear memories.
TFS,
Vassilis

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• EOSF1 (19326)
• [2007-10-05 8:36]

I really like this one John, the subject, the branch and the mills are all looking in the same direction. Good compo and good technique. Well done !

Mario

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• GreenBaron (40698)
• [2007-10-05 14:22]
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Hoi John,
Wat een heerlijk plaatje!
Excellent capture of Vandana and the mills. Superb peacefull composition. One of your best from the TL-meet in my humble opinion.
TFS
Hans

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• Beger (15449)
• [2007-10-05 21:38]

Hi John,
I just was back from 4 days at St-Marc sur le Richelieu, so I missed this one. This scene is very evocative of Treklens dreams! Your note is right about adventures offered by this site.
Nice to see Vandana contemplating willmills. Very good composition with the tree, perspective and natural colors. Bravo! Annie

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• norenastramus (22686)
• [2007-10-06 0:49]

Hallo friend.
Very beautiful photo with great composition and colors.Well done My friend.
Have a nice Weekend.
Greetings.
H.Ayhan

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• Dawn (16417)
• [2007-10-06 1:02]

Hi John, I can see why you took this photo..capturing the mood of Vandana, as she looks at the windmills.... I have to agree with Robert... first thing I noticed when I opened this was the tree growing out of Vandanas chest!! eeekkkk...more care with the composition my friend.

2 points for trying.
Cheers Dawn

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• HaBeMa (3062)
• [2007-10-06 8:28]
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Merhaba sevgili arkadasim John;merhaba vandana,nasilsiniz,ben iyiyim,netligi iyi bir resim,renkler de guzel,iyi aksamlar...
Habema.
:-]

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• c_rapp (6702)
• [2007-10-06 10:14]

What a beautiful view and a great pov. Nice colors and details. Like the ws pic as well very cheerful. TFS
Christan

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• Silvio2006 (29246)
• [2007-10-06 11:12]

Hi John, fascinating composition with sitting person and lovely windmill, great perspective, very well done, ciao Silvio

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• wishnugaruda (12438)
• [2007-10-06 11:19]

Hi John,
that's the best place you can show to Vandana, I think she also loves this view as I do. I like all the water in your country, the clouds in the sky - and the peaceful places all around, I'm always happy to be in Holland.
I would like to make a tour with a house-boat on this water-streets, must be fantastic.
Bye
Sabine - wishnugaruda

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• gunershot (13532)
• [2007-10-06 11:37]

Merhaba John,
Your country is beautiful also...
Excellent shot. Good composition.
I love it. Thanks for sharing.
M.D.Seyfettin Güner

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• riverfriends (6684)
• [2007-10-06 12:23]

John:
A very nice tribute to Vandana;
The windmills are positioned so ver well, and great overall composition...
you are excellent here.
David

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• gildasjan (0)
• [2007-10-06 12:36]

Bonjour John
Belle perspective de ces moulins et bon cadrage du personnage au premier plan.
Bonne soirée.
Amicalement
Gildas

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• bracasha75 (7182)
• [2007-10-06 14:27]

Hello John
Very brave from you to send image like this because you risk 100 and more points...
TFS
Cheers,Braca
...and the 100 points is mine....

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• captainsgirl (6637)
• [2007-10-06 16:03]

Hi John,
Your comments fit so well with the photo, it does indeed like Vanada had to sit to take in all the beauty..So very lucky to have traveled across the world to go visit such a place and such a friend.:o) Its a beautiful photo John . TFS
Donna:o)

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• Refugee (25502)
• [2007-10-06 16:52]

Hi John, windmill fanciers heaven. Nicely composed and good colour. I actually prefer the original, it looks more natural. TFS,
David

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• cloverstar (21277)
• [2007-10-06 20:58]

Fantastic composition.

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• inaam (1376)
• [2007-10-07 6:03]

Good Morning Sir John,

I can the beauty of nature on the low lands which is breath taking. The selection of view point if wonderful along with inclusion of Vandana didi. Excellent image my friend. Well done.

Thanks for sharing this beautiful shot.

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• perryhooter (26349)
• [2007-10-07 6:11]
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Good morning John!

It took me a while to post a comment on this one. As I like Vandana and you too. I know the feelings between you and her following numerous meetings and friendly relationship. But here I just want to express my opinion about the photo. Nothing else than the photo.

I have to agree with Rew here. If you took the best POV to capture the windmills in a distance , there is a big if. I think you also choose the worst one to capture Vandana. The tree seems to come straight from her since we can not distinguished the difference between her hair and the trunk.

Solution ? Well. Perhaps if she sat there , and you took the photo when she was unaware of your presence, a few steps on the left could have worked. Since, we are missing her face, by zooming more , you could have captured the windmills ( maybe missing the left windmill , and the tree completely. It would have still done the job.

Otherwise , you could have asked her to move slightly to her right and have her sitting to be halfway between the tree and the first windmill.

I trust you will not be offended, and find it constructive not in any way to be negative against you or Vandana.

Cheers!
Robert

PS. I like a lot the WS !

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• Mitra (7520)
• [2007-10-07 7:39]

Excellent sharpness, composition and details.
Love the mood created here. Well done Uncle John!
TFS.
Mitra

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• jan515 (14304)
• [2007-10-07 12:00]

Hello John ,
Beautiful wildmils and wonderful perspectve with Vandana on the left.excellent colors and detail, the picture loads to the vacation in, it is super, pleases me much.
Kind regards
Janusz

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• pozaru (16695)
• [2007-10-07 23:44]

What a wonderful atmosphere !


v

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• AJ786 (6677)
• [2007-10-08 18:12]

Hi my friend,

Lovely shot. Beautiful moment captured and the landscape view is just magnificient.

TFS

Cheers
AJ786
:-)

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• OeilMagique (3365)
• [2007-10-11 10:54]

Hi John
Beautiful scene with all these windmills and the canal in diagonal.
Vandana's presence adds to the mood of the presentation. It's funny
the tree and Vandana does not bug me, you may even say they are
two friends enjoying the view...You could have tittled this photo
"Friends, Introspection, Windmills". Well seen, I never get tired of
seeing windmills and lighthouses.

Paul

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• karith (6170)
• [2007-10-15 20:45]

This is a great scene and interpretation, made very real by the "close encounters" description in your note:) Vandana's view becomes the camera's POV, and from that we experience seeing the windmills together. An image to remember:)

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• deains (4691)
• [2007-10-20 8:26]

Hi John, great photo of Vandana taking in the scenery. I like the tree & the windmills in bkgrd! Thanks for all the good words on my Clydesdales. Not the greatest since I had trouble getting good bkgrds but thought the beauty of the horses was worth posting but did not get much response. Busy again, my wife just went to get the grandson. Seems he can unpack boxes about as fast as his mother can pack for the move, so we are keeping him a few days! Hope you & the wife have a great week-end!! :} Don

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• Pamela (1290)
• [2008-01-18 13:00]

Oh, what a beautiful place!! I am passing by the worst time in my life, and looking at this example of nature, give a breath. Thank you John.
Best Regards,
Pamela