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* James * (K:20200)
8/30/2007 12:38:37 PM
hi alison. this cloud formation and contrails is something i havent seen before. it really caught my eye. great work i must say.
best wishes ~ james
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| Photo By: Alison DuFlon
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* James * (K:20200)
8/30/2007 12:31:59 PM
i agree with the others. this is an excellent view and a nice photo. great work. james
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| Photo By: Abdul Halim Ab Rahman
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* James * (K:20200)
8/30/2007 12:31:17 PM
hi abdul, it is a nice night shot. a bit noisy though, i sugges you run it through a program such as neat image to get rid of that noise. free download online and it does wonders for filtering out noise.
warmest regards ~ james
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| Photo By: Abdul Halim Ab Rahman
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* James * (K:20200)
8/30/2007 12:29:28 PM
thats a good portrait of a cat. the whiskers are quite clear and sharp. good expression on the cat's face as well.
best wishes. james
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| Photo By: Jane Zeltser
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* James * (K:20200)
8/30/2007 12:27:47 PM
hi jane. this one could be improved by not overexposing as much, (hard to do this type of photo with one very bright spot and the rest much darker), i think the culvert/drainage pipe could be hidden as well. actually, might have been better had you stepped forward a few paces...
take care. james
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| Photo By: Jane Zeltser
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* James * (K:20200)
8/30/2007 12:23:43 PM
certiainly a different perspective here. it looks fine, but i think if you had a bit longer exposure time the lights would have more of that star effect. what was your shutter speed on this one?
warmest regards ~ james
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| Photo By: Mark Brewster
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* James * (K:20200)
8/29/2007 11:31:37 AM
my previous comment should have begun with "looks nice."
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| Photo By: Jimmie Clark
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* James * (K:20200)
8/29/2007 11:30:58 AM
lookd nivr. good range of colour and the blur seems to work nicely here.
james
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| Photo By: Jimmie Clark
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* James * (K:20200)
8/29/2007 9:30:46 AM
hi aj. thanks for the suggestion. i would like to frame some of these photos i have, but havent decided how to do it. your idea is simplest and probably most effective.
thanks. james
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| Photo By: * James *
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* James * (K:20200)
8/29/2007 9:29:16 AM
it is indeed a nice photo, and well framed as well. just curious what that is out in the middle of the water? well done joan. james
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| Photo By: Jo T
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* James * (K:20200)
8/29/2007 8:02:16 AM
this is indeed a very nice shot. wish i could find this type of view out my window. reminds me of the photos i saw taken around old bagan in myanmar. misty and mysterious looking.
well don and best wishes ~ james
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| Photo By: David Tasker
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* James * (K:20200)
8/29/2007 7:49:50 AM
panda shots are usually nice, mostly because its not easy to get a good shot of a panda. at least these ones were a bit more active than the ones i saw in china last summer.
good work jacques and take care. james
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| Photo By: jacques brisebois
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* James * (K:20200)
8/29/2007 7:45:32 AM
my apologies shirley, when i pointed out minor flaws, i did indeed mean minor. and i should have mentioned what they were. one was already noted, another i see is what looks like a wire running thru the hair of the girl on left. i might have cloned that out... most people wont notice it anyway.
take care. james
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| Photo By: Shirley Grove
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* James * (K:20200)
8/29/2007 7:42:57 AM
nice portrait. there are a few minor flaws, but overall its nice. i've suffered from similar setbacks in past work like this... makes me want to go back and do them over again. but its not that simple all the time.
you have a nice portfolio. keep up the good work.
best wishes ~ james
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| Photo By: Shirley Grove
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* James * (K:20200)
8/29/2007 7:40:38 AM
excellent desert photo and very wise to use the silhouette. i say that because these days most of the people you'll see on camels or other animals in the desert are dressed like tourists, and that takes away from an image like this. with the shadows, you cant tell who the people are.
its only in the past two years, since my first trip to a desert, that i've learned to appreciate photos such as this. well done.
warmest regards ~ james
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| Photo By: David Tasker
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* James * (K:20200)
8/29/2007 7:36:42 AM
a very excellent composition from the air. well done. few people have the chance to do this type of thing. i've been thinking of taking a hot air balloon over a few parts of china, but havent got around to it. great idea though if you can organize it.
warmest regards from china ~ james
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| Photo By: Tjaart van Staden
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* James * (K:20200)
8/29/2007 7:18:13 AM
Hi Alison. The people who live around Karakul Lake apparently don't stay here year round (so I was told). In winter, they make off with their yurts and animals and go elsewhere, probably to lower ground. As for making a living, in summer, they seem to make enough money from travellers who come by and look around. Any income would be derived from those travellers who stay the night, one night in a yurt costing RMB30 per person (about $4), and a meal costing RMB10. In winter, who knows? It's not expensive to live around this part of China anyway.
Warmest regards ~ James
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| Photo By: * James *
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* James * (K:20200)
8/27/2007 5:10:35 PM
good weather is the key in hong kong alberto. unfortunately, i have rarely found it to be good when i'm in hong kong. will be going there tomorrow to get a new visa for china, without my camera, so i'm sure the weather will be fine tomorrow.
best wishes ~ james
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* James * (K:20200)
8/27/2007 4:52:03 PM
i've heard of people standing on top of and then squatting on sit down toilets, but i couldnt believe people would actually do that. i heard about it frist when i found out canadian soldiers in afghanistan constructed separate toilets for afghan workers in the military camp. locals were doing what this sign prohibits and messing the toilets up (well, in a way we dont need).
james
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| Photo By: alberto baez duarte
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* James * (K:20200)
8/27/2007 4:48:42 PM
nice shot. if you havent gone already, try visiting wuzhen which is easy to get to from hangzhou. i think its nicer than zhouzhuang, and less tourists. unfortunately i was there in winter and the weather wasnt ideal for photos (rain/snow). but still pleasant place.
best wishes ~ james
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| Photo By: alberto baez duarte
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* James * (K:20200)
8/27/2007 4:45:55 PM
i guess i was looking at your photo of the TCW at the same time you were looking at mine. yours is also well-done. it would be a shame if one arrived there and was told no photos were allowed.
good work alberto ~ james
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| Photo By: alberto baez duarte
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* James * (K:20200)
8/27/2007 4:42:23 PM
thanks alberto. i didnt stay in xi'an long, two days, and didnt have a lot of luck with my photos there. need a longer stay next time but it was just a weekend trip from henan. thanks for the comment. james
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| Photo By: * James *
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* James * (K:20200)
8/27/2007 4:38:59 PM
good colours. they complement one another. well done.
best wishes ~ james
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| Photo By: Marcelo Berraz
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* James * (K:20200)
8/27/2007 4:34:54 PM
beautiful landscape. yes, clone out the trees at bottom right, or crop them out. and perhaps up the contrast a bit for a more striking image.
best wishes ~ james
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| Photo By: zhe qing ZHUANG
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* James * (K:20200)
8/27/2007 4:31:51 PM
its a good shot, quite indicative of the crowds in china. would be better if you straightened it out i think.
james
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| Photo By: alberto baez duarte
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* James * (K:20200)
8/27/2007 4:28:51 PM
hi tim. just wondering how close to the ground you are when taking a shot like this. the angle says to me that you're not standing up, and it seems to work. or maybe thats just the side angle of the lens i'm seeing. the photo is quite nice.
james
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| Photo By: Tim Schumm
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* James * (K:20200)
8/26/2007 5:38:42 PM
pretty imposing piece of real estate there. nice work here indeed. that 70-300mm lens is quite handy, isnt it?
warmest regards ~ james
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| Photo By: Debra Garside
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* James * (K:20200)
8/26/2007 12:17:40 AM
i knew i had commented on some of your photos in the past but i couldnt remember them for some reason. once i saw the statue of turkmenbashi (and this one), it came back to me. few people have been to turkmenistan taking photos. good shot of something many people dont get to see.
james
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Photo By: AJ Miller
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* James * (K:20200)
8/26/2007 12:14:00 AM
this one is simply astounding. i'd say its poster material that should be for sale somewhere. how did you ever come up with the idea in the first place? as for the shaky tripod, the manfrotto is what you want, those things are built like tanks. unfortunately so much so, that they're difficult to carry around. i dont travel with mine, but i really should as it makes a difference.
best wishes aj ~ james
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| Photo By: AJ Miller
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* James * (K:20200)
8/26/2007 12:10:33 AM
i would probably have tried to clone the bits out at the bottom, but if its not done perfectly, then it can look worse than if they hadnt been cloned out in the first place. the frame is nice too. nicely done nonetheless.
warmest regards ~ james
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