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Gustavo Valadares
{K:1437} 3/17/2006
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Hi Ann, wow!!! What an amazing shot. Great colors and textures. This place is simply magical. Congrats,
Gustavo.
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Piero Somma
{K:13399} 2/17/2006
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that man destroy!....magic shot..great composition...ciaoooooo
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ade mcfade
{K:12388} 2/14/2006
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I never saw the stream when I was there - though it was a fleeting visit with it being over 130 degrees that day. openig the window on the car was like having a bucket of hot water thrown over you!!! so hot..
you;'ve got the huge dunes and mountains in the shot wel here - takes me back to all those inclines from Yosemite to Vegas - via here of course.
Got a few photos from Death Valley junction somehwere! not digital though!
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Lynne Stacey
{K:529} 2/7/2006
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Wow! I'm looking through your portfolio and everything is breathtaking! First of all, your work is amazing and thank you for sharing it, secondly, I'm so jealous that you've been to so many magestic places, lol!
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Ann Nida
{K:45248} 2/2/2006
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Sorry Ina. I didn't get any pupfish macros. I don't do macro (yet) :) They are almost impossible to see with the naked eye so I didn't see any that day but I was assured by the rangers that they are there.
I haven't had time to post images Ina as I've been really busy. Also I have to start weaning off UF cause we are preparing to get on the road again. We have another month or 2 here but have lots to do in that time. I don't want to go cold turkey in UF so I'm posting here and there but less and less. When we get on the road again the only internet I will have will be wireless Hot Spots and they will be intermittent every few days if I'm lucky for short periods of time and all I will have time for is to download and send emails. I then do my reply emails offline and send them all the next time I'm online.
I won't just disappear from UF without a word though. I will post a "Farewell But Not Goodbye" image to let everyone know that I won't be around until we get settled somewhere again and we have stable internet again. I'm hoping to collect some email addresses to keep in touch with people who have become good friends so please drop me an email so we can keep in touch if you wish while I travel. My email is in my bio.
Cheers for now - Ann :)
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Ina Nicolae
{K:44481} 2/2/2006
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Ann, I keep checking your site for the pupfish macros, when are you going to post? Ina
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Ann Van Breemen
{K:13399} 2/1/2006
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Great photo, Ann, and interesting history of the area. I love the colours. So unexpected to see water in the desert like that. Cheers, Ann.
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Mohamed Banna
{K:34237} 2/1/2006
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very nice composition
very nice colors
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vanessa shakesheff
{K:68840} 1/31/2006
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Stunning landscape and lovely rich colours ..a interesting about ..you can learn so much on this site.best wishes nessa
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Ace Star
{K:21040} 1/29/2006
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stunning landscape with so much color in it ... like a heavenly desert and great Depth of field making it more catchy to eyes
excellent work i like it
goes to my fav
good luck
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deniz cesmeci
{K:5726} 1/29/2006
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nice work
wandefull colours
congrs.
best regards
waiting for comments
have nice day
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Mireille Heirendt
{K:7258} 1/29/2006
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Hi Ann,
Now you posted an outstanding landscape image again here!!!
And the way you composed it with the path/river leading the eye through the image is fantastic.
Also very good use of contrasting colours/tones!
Excellent work, dear Ann!!!
Thanks for all your nice comments!
Regards, Mireille
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jacques brisebois
{K:73883} 1/29/2006
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a great composition and contrast, and a very nice learning text for us Ann. Very well done... and interesting.
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mundh
{K:3974} 1/29/2006
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wow what a beautiful place. it seems their are not living life at all.
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Dave Stacey
{K:150877} 1/29/2006
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I like your perspective on the boardwalk, Ann, as well as the great scenery in the background. An interesting "about", too.
Thanks for your kind comments, as well!
Dave.
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Rashed Abdulla
{K:163889} 1/28/2006
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what an amazing place with a wonderful capture here my friend ,i do like the composition alot and the perfect depth of field , Iam still away and connected view a mobile phone and a note book, all of the best my friend .
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Gregory McLemore
{K:35129} 1/28/2006
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Water in Death Valley, what a incredible capture.
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Robert Kocs
{K:89085} 1/28/2006
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Amazing scene, love the unique colours and tones. The blue and reddish colours are very inrerestinb combined of colourtones. Really exciting landscape with alien look. (report from outer space) Lovely bluish creek leading the eyes into the centre, splendid perspective, great view. Very well captured & seen! Thanks for share us this very unique scenery! Very well done dear Ann. :) 7+++
My best wishes!
Robert
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Mark Beltran
{K:32612} 1/28/2006
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Oh, I wish I was here! This is stunning scenery. I've been there twice, but yet to visit the place where they have pupfish.
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Joggie van Staden
{K:41700} 1/27/2006
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Beautiful contrast between the blue of the river and the subtle brown tones of the desert landscape. Well done Ann.
Joggie
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jude .
{K:14625} 1/27/2006
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A marvelous image, Ann...I saw a documentary about pupfish, and it was fascinating. I hope someday to be able to see this place in person, but meanwhile, this is a great preview. *smile* Thanks for sharing!
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György Szönyi
{K:10011} 1/27/2006
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Gorgeous scene, Ann, reminds me of some Yellowstone landscape. Beautiful vivid colors, one can feel the crisp air. I am still stopping by your fantastic Multnomah Bridge picture. Thanks for your visit: Gyorgy
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Robin W
{K:16308} 1/27/2006
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A great composition Ann! Love the line of the boardwalk and the colors are spectacular.
Thank you for the comment, I do appreciate it!
Take care...Robin
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Del Metheny
{K:25617} 1/27/2006
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This is a beautiful scene. You would not expect to see that in death valley. Thank you for sharing the story that goes with the photo. If you look at my photos you will see I try to film things which are not just pretty but interesting subjects. You found both beauty and intersting facts in this photo. I wonder if the water is really that blue or if you increased the saturation a bit to add to the natural beauty. Either way it is very pretty and an excellent photo. Del.
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Ann Nida
{K:45248} 1/27/2006
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Hi Rina, thanks for dropping by and for your great comment. I've been trying to contact you via email but the only place I could find to get in touch with you was via a website on your bio page. I don't know if you received my message. Did you receive my message? If not would you please go to my bio page and drop me an email then I can reply email you.
Thanks and cheers - Ann :)
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Caterina Berimballi
{K:27299} 1/27/2006
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Like Ina, I must have been kissing QWERTY when you posted this! :))
I love the varying brown/coffee/cream tones here. Spectacular blues too. I can only imagine how utterly wonderful it would have been to walk along the path there... the strange collision between the vast, rugged, natural terrain and the neat, orderly, man-made boardwalk. Both of which sustain this fragile eco-system.
Even more strange to find any kind of 'sanctuary' in a place called Death Valley!
Fantastic post Ann :)
Cheers
Rina
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stingRay pt.4 .
{K:250401} 1/26/2006
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WOW Ann..! The composition is so rich in colour and chockerblock full of details. Well done to you sweetie. The storyline is great on this as well, very interesting facts. Why is it that so many of the World's endangered species find the most awkward of locations to go for their chances of survival. Well shot sweet Ann, best wishes to you....a big hug from Ray
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Ninni Termine
{K:8990} 1/26/2006
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Truly interesting this place, in a so wild nature to find a river with limpid waters therefore is absolutely strange. The photo is much beautiful and the colors saturate are much pleasant, appeal to also the second photo to me, beautifulst also this.
Ciao
Ninni
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Ina Nicolae
{K:44481} 1/26/2006
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Hey Ann! When didyou post this DV picture? I must have been asleep at the wheel (er, keyboard) today! Wow, that's one area I haven't seen, gorgeous landscape and yes, the colors are like that, I can testify with my own pictures! So no pupfish omlette, eh? Sorry, I had to say that.I know it's an endangered species from the National Park literature. Even flowers in DV are an endangered species. You know this story? I wanted to take a picture of a black rock, and it had a daisy stuck in it by someone. I thought I'd remove it because it looked odd in the picture. So I take it and throw it to the ground. Seconds later, this dialogue "No officer, I didn't pull that flower from the ground, I know, it was put there by somebody else...blah-blah-blah" - I almost got fined :)
Love the water and winding boardwalk leading the eye to the arrid hills and the 2/3 composition! Cheers, Ina
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Gabriela Tanaka
{K:16594} 1/26/2006
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Dear Ann, I like desert images and I agree with you that nature IS fascinating!The boardwalk is winding so beautifully and the colours of the dsert are very attractive, mostly earth colours.All sorts of shapes call for attention and the eye is moving all around the photo. A good capture!
Thanks for visiting my site so very often and leaving such interesting comments which I like to read. Some give me a diffferent way of looking at my own shots.
Best regards,
Gabriela
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Ann Nida
{K:45248} 1/26/2006
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Yes Janet...there is another place there called Stovepipe Wells. I get a chuckle out of those names too. :) Thanks for dropping by.
Cheers - Ann :)
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Janet B
{K:16139} 1/26/2006
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Wonderful view of the springs, Ann, with beautiful contrasting colors. Glad you included the story - nature IS fascinating! Hopefully the efforts will help save the Pupfish. I do get a kick out of the name 'Furnace Creek' :) How appropriate!
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Larry Hammond
{K:16631} 1/26/2006
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Very splendid about Ann, yes it is amazing in all the heat and all. Depth in picture is wonderful!!
Larry
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Gayle's Eclectic Photos
{K:91109} 1/26/2006
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hi ya, so cool to read about another Dr.Seuss creature,"pupfish" ;> ..LOL..seriously,what a fascinating eco system....the deep jewel tone of the water is very appealing and like the lead in line of the boardwalk....good subtle tweaking to bring out more definition...hope to get to email reply to ya and thanks for the home pics!
cheerios,gayle
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Susie OConnor
{K:34798} 1/26/2006
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Hi Ann,
My, my, you do get around! Another beautiful image. I agree with Kathy, the med view looks somewhat soft and the large is crystal clear. I wonder what the deal is with that? Great lines and colors and a wonderful story to boot. Nice job!
Susie
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Ann Nida
{K:45248} 1/26/2006
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Hi Kathy,
Thanks for dropping by.
I hadn't noticed about the softness but I know that some are complaining about having their images oversharpened on the upload. There is an option on the upload page to choose an amount of sharpening (or you can choose none). I always choose none as I prefer to do my own sharpening if any.
Thanks for taking the time to view and comment on my image Kathy. You are about due to upload a new photo. I look forward to your next photo.
Cheers - Ann :)
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Alberto Romano
{K:2407} 1/26/2006
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Great image!
Wonderful composition, details and colors...
My best regards
Alberto
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Kathy Hillard
{K:25721} 1/26/2006
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Nice line and great colors here, Ann! Also a very interesting about. I agree...nature is fascinating!
Is anyone but me noticing that many of the images look very soft in the medium size, but when opened up in large they are totally focused and sharp? This is one of those! I didn't notice that happening before...maybe it's just me!
Anyway...nice image!
Kathy
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Don Loseke
{K:32503} 1/25/2006
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A very interesting about Ann. The water is such a deep blue from the sky.. The boardwalk leads you right into the picture. Nice landscape Ann. Don
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Ann Nida
{K:45248} 1/25/2006
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hugo - oops...I forgot to attach the image. :)
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Ann Nida
{K:45248} 1/25/2006
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OK Hugo you got me!! I'll admit it. I did bump the contrast but only just a tad. Death Valley really does have colour all over it but the distances are so vast you need to post fix a tad to eliminate distance haze. For a desert it even has quite lot of water to be found....if you know where to look for it. Please see attachment on this thread of another image from the same day straight out of the camera.
OK so maybe you need a travel secretary. My forte. :) HK is first then Tehran then over to Seattle to rent a boat and shoot the city and then DV. That's quite a schedule but "WE" can do it. :) I will cancel your personal appointments for the rest of the month. :)
Cheers - Ann :)
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m ,
{K:15872} 1/25/2006
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Thanks for so quick respond to my doubt! I’ve look again at photo! It’s really astonishing photo particularly regarding to your explanation! Through your pictures I have a possibility to learn something new and see originally somewhere never I’ve seen! Fantastic!
Best wishes: Maxime
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m ,
{K:15872} 1/25/2006
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As usually you’ve captured from a nice angel! Easy to see details and feel all what you’ve described. The colours are very attractive; just I wonder it was somehow a foggy day or a very shinny day! A marvellous shot in deed!
Best regard: Maxime
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Yahya El Hosafy
{K:8369} 1/25/2006
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very nice view Ann. i like the colors and the composition alot.
very well constructed.
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Vandy Neculae
{K:7990} 1/25/2006
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Excellent capture with wonderful colors!
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Hugo de Wolf
{K:185110} 1/25/2006
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Hi Ann, what a geat teaser for my trip to DV.... (right after HK, and I expect to be shooting from that boat real soon, too, but first, a stopover in Tehran to grab a few more snaps in that part of the world, busy, busy, busy)
From the images I've seen from DV, those amazing colours can only be real, although I would say they look a tad unnatural, untill I've actually seen through my own lense. Good composition, too, using the path to guide the eye meandering through the scenery. Beautiful!
Cheers,
Hugo
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Petal Wijnen
{K:50989} 1/25/2006
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Interesting story and landscape! Great colors, nice composition... well captured! Hey, I think I see one.... there at two o'clock... jumping out of the water... ;-D BTW now why am I humming 'under the boardwalk'...
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Alan Shaffer
{K:5873} 1/25/2006
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That water looks as inviting in the photo as it does in real life I bet. Very nice image Ann.
-Al
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Marian Man
{K:80636} 1/25/2006
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wow!!! excellent capture dear Ann!!!! wonderful composition and fine colors!!!!!!very well done!!!
my best regards
Marian
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Ralf Denguth
{K:3353} 1/25/2006
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Wonderful colors and very well composed Ann! Thanks for your comments on mine! Cheers, Ralf
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Galal El Missary
{K:84569} 1/25/2006
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wonderful composition & colors , well done Ann .
Galal
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Riny Koopman
{K:102911} 1/25/2006
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This is an unbelievable scene.You have taken it very well,Beautifully done Ann. Greetingz Riny.
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