Posted by Illuci (Hurdegaryp, Netherlands) on 20 August 2007 in Landscape & Rural and Portfolio.
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nice framing
20 Aug 2007 3:26am
I find it very interesting how you framed the wooden fence (? ) with the flowers. This draws our attention to the birds sitting on it and makes the photo more captivating.
20 Aug 2007 6:36am
@Wolfgang Prigge: Thanks Wolfgang, it's not a fence but a construction to moor boats, in Dutch we call it "dukdalf" a word referring to the "Duke of Alva", a very cruel Spanish general in our 80-year war with the Spaniards in the 17th century, I still have to investigate why this person is brought into connection with a mooring construction for boats.
nice composition! very interestiong!
20 Aug 2007 7:41am
@milot: Thanks very much I always appreciate such comments by photographers of your level! By the way I tried to comment on your p-blog in my best French but it failed with the Paris picture and the St. Lawrence river picture, only the ducks picture succeeded. Maybe a little error on your blog software? I 'm sure I filled in everything correctly.
Precioso lugar y estupenda la composición.
20 Aug 2007 2:55pm
@Jose: Jose, muchas gracias!
I thought about your "Uncle Reginald". Was he from the van doos? (the french-speaking royal 22nd regiment, famous for their bravery) They were rotated into Afganistan three weeks ago and had their first casualty on Sunday, a 23 yearv old private from Montréal.
20 Aug 2007 7:14pm
@Wolfgang Prigge: No, I don't think he was because his name was pronounced the English way, and I cannot ask my parents anymore because they passed away recently. It's anyway a tragedy all those killings for uncertain reasons. In Europe the Canadians were welcomed as liberators but Afghanistan? I don't want to elaborate further because there are other places on the Internet to discuss these matters.
I agree with you, this is not the place to discuss politics.
21 Aug 2007 7:25am
Beautiful shot! Did you bend that one plant down to get a better view of the water? :)
21 Aug 2007 6:48pm
@HorseRotorVator: Honestly, I didn't! Maybe someone else who wanted to have a picture from the same place. But the wind had been very strong (almost storm) during a couple of days, and I saw many more broken stems of this kind of plant around (they have to function only half a year, next year the plant makes new stems) so it could very well be nature itself.
Compositie en kleuren zijn hele mooi!
22 Aug 2007 3:57pm
I like this composition a lot. Seems like three images in one with the three layers. Strong foreground – soft background and the birds in the middle. Great contrast.
22 Aug 2007 4:15pm
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