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Ina Nicolae
{K:44481} 1/5/2007
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I love this one Paul, this has a great perspective, and the angle makes it dynamic. I read the other comments and went to see the color version - both are equally strong, this one is my favorite, some subjects actually are stronger without color, although I liked the colors in the original too. With regards to the poles, I agree that you included them, usually two objects (such as here the 2 buildings) seem to need a third. Not always, but here the poles add that 3rd element tension and rounded shape. I am starting to shoot skyscrapers and I find the angle necessary - especially because I like horizontal compositions. Very, very good!
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a. gianfranco baccelli
{K:21379} 12/28/2006
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Beautiful shot. I like the compo and B&W tones. I want to make to you a question: Why not a view from the top of those buildings, one of these days?
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Ameed El-Ghoul
{K:42215} 8/18/2006
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What a wonderful capture you have here Paul, the creativity makes this capture stands out of your wonderful portfilio, the angle you took the picture from is very unusuall and simply perfect, this one deserver an award for sure, very well done, Regards,
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Annemette Rosenborg Eriksen
{K:55244} 7/29/2006
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Great angle in this photo that makes it so intriguing to view. Strong composition. Best wishes, Annemette PS: Thanks for commenting on my photo:-)
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Ciprian Ilie
{K:13571} 6/28/2006
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Wonderful image, very surreal; I very much love the angle and presentation. It's eye catching and very well executed Paul.
Regards, Ciprian
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Robin W
{K:16308} 6/22/2006
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Someone used the term brilliant...that's exactly what comes to mind. Awesome (by true definition) perspective, clarity, tones, and composition...an amazing shot! Thank you for the comment Paul, I do appreciate it! Take care...Robin
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Paul Lara
{K:88111} 6/12/2006
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very clean and quite majestic. I see nothing to change, Paul.
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Melanie Reynolds
{K:9096} 6/9/2006
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This perspective is VEEEEEEERY intersting. Great lines and detail. Works great in B&W. Nice work!
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Johancharles Boers
{K:4370} 5/10/2006
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Paul,
A really cool perspective...and angle. I like the fact the you have the two flag poles and Bldgs balanced it adds to your illusion.
Best Wishes, Chuck
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Mikael Leijon
{K:2224} 5/9/2006
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Nice picture with great angle. Good job on the tones.
/Mikael
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* James *
{K:20200} 5/9/2006
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nice to see this type of shot. just rotating the image one way or the other can make a huge difference. i'm beginning to think all my images are looking the same as one another and i need to try something different. thanks for a bit of inspiration.
best wishes ~ james
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donato r.
{K:16361} 5/3/2006
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great perspective! splendid B&W! ciao d.
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Roberto Okamura
{K:22851} 5/3/2006
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Excellent perspective Paul! Beautiful work! Roberto.
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Gayle's Eclectic Photos
{K:91109} 5/3/2006
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hi and thanks for your comments of late...how are you?...impressed with the unique perspective and the overall very clean look...very nice tonal range,contrast level and sharp focus...trying to imagine you on the street shootin' at this angle;> best regards,gayle (i prefer this one over the color one)
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Clifton Jones
{K:10688} 4/30/2006
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OUTSTANDING PERSPECTIVE..........
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Ron Wilson
{K:18362} 4/27/2006
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Great pov Paul. The detail is so crisp makes me impressed that you took this handheld at 1/8sec. But I guess it would have been hard to get your tripod to do that distortion.:) The flag poles belong. They finish off the top nicely. Regards Ron.
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Eligiusz Langner (ennio)
{K:3006} 4/24/2006
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excellent !!!
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Claudia De Benedetto
{K:2220} 4/22/2006
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whow! you have a very nice portfolio ! so many beautiful shots in B/W so in colors ! many thanks for your kind comment to me ! cheers Claudia
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vanessa shakesheff
{K:68840} 4/21/2006
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Wonderful and love the angle..lovely b&w contrast and tones ..superb 7..nessa
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Mary Slade
{K:40338} 4/21/2006
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Absolutely brilliant. The angle stunning- really makes you stretch the eyes.
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Gregory McLemore
{K:35129} 4/20/2006
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Fabulous capture, the prespective and beauty, both superb.
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Caterina Berimballi
{K:27299} 4/20/2006
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Awesome perspective. Been twisting my head around trying to get a handle on how you've achieved this. Hasn't helped and now I have a sore neck! :)) Really clever photography Paul. Good decision converting to B&W too, much more impact here than in colour I believe. Like looking at a scene from a futuristic movie and half expecting to see flying cars zoom across the screen...
Love it. Rina.
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Roger Williams
{K:86139} 4/20/2006
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Paul, my photo of that couple selling potted plants, on which you kindly commented, was a double-post, and in deleting one of them I lost that comment of yours... Nothing personal, you understand. [grin]
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Phillip Minnis
{K:13131} 4/20/2006
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Paul, I have two words to say - ABSOLUTELY EXCELLENT!!!
Cheers
Phil
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1301307 60
{K:44058} 4/19/2006
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Parallel with 90 degrees difference.... am still looking at it... really wonderful.. : )
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Andre Denis
{K:66407} 4/19/2006
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Hi Paul, An excellent cityscape! A very interesting perspective and great detail in the B&W conversion. PS It reminds me a lot of some of Thilo Bayer's work. Andre
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1301307 60
{K:44058} 4/19/2006
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beautiful perspective, its like magic... I like how you followed the vertical line of the building at the right and you ended it with the poles parllel to the horizontal... Magic! TO take this successfully as you did you must find the perfect spot where to capture it for this composition... The title Vertical Symmetry is very suitable,, a twist in logic.. Wonderful shot.. I like it very much.. congrats!
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Martin .
{K:24957} 4/18/2006
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Paul,
Wonderfully done indeed. It make one scratch there head.
Awesome angles,
Marty
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Amna Al Shamsi
{K:21795} 4/18/2006
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wooow! this is really great!
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Orazio Minnella
{K:49417} 4/18/2006
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Excellent and well composed city shot.Nice perspective and crop. Orazio
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Fred Lord
{K:4844} 4/18/2006
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This is a good angle for NYC. Looking up. Well conceived and executed. The elements and composition are just right. Grayscale is perfect for it.
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NN
{K:26787} 4/18/2006
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Hi Paul! Brilliant and unusual compo, great B&W, nothing to improve IMO. Congrats!
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Thilo Bayer
{K:50358} 4/18/2006
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Hey Paul,
the perfect neckbreaker ;-) I really appreciate your BW conversion here. Works very well for me, and the lights really pop out of the scenery.
great work as usual.
best wishes, Thilo
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Jose Ignacio (Nacho) Garcia Barcia
{K:96391} 4/18/2006
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wonderful composition. great .
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Joel Aron
{K:14920} 4/18/2006
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make that angle ;)
cheers, -joel
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Joel Aron
{K:14920} 4/18/2006
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Paul, Wicked angel!!! I love the composition! Brilliant job w/ the depth. The flag poles (?) fight a very good fight against the building in this, however, I love the contrast that they add!
very well done!
cheers, -joel
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Magali De La Cruz
{K:5775} 4/17/2006
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I am speechless with this awesome composition. Spectacular point of view with brilliant perspective and oustanding detail. Extraordinary angle of presentation and superb work. hugs. Magali.
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Roberto Arcari Farinetti
{K:209486} 4/17/2006
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absolutely great my friend.. your big return.. my best wishe.. imponent and massive perspective created in a stunning b/w so cool.. so grey...up in the sky.. up, up.. here the fantastic point of view and composition!!! sorry, but i don't see an award. i hope..
cheers
roby 7
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Saeed Al Shamsi
{K:47735} 4/17/2006
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Fantastic work, really interesting angle shot which produced a powerful perspective look. Superb Saeed
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p e t a .
{K:18700} 4/17/2006
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brilliant Paul! This really is awesome.
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神 風
{K:10665} 4/17/2006
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..... ABSOLUTELY EXCELLENT !!!
P.S. Was that critique long enough ?:))
Best of Regards Paul ... I just had nothing else to say!
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Roger Williams
{K:86139} 4/17/2006
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I think I'd want to see what a rectangular fisheye did to those severely straight lines... (no place for barrel distortion normally, of course, but like this unusual point-of-view, somehow if it's obviously deliberate it suddenly becomes OK), This shot is more than merely OK. It's positively splendid!
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Lori Stitt
{K:75282} 4/16/2006
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This is so COOL Paul. I love what you've done here. So original, which is why I like this. Excellent in black and white.
B O L D!!! Good job,
Lori ;)
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Christian Stocker
{K:3143} 4/16/2006
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Hi Paul, Very nice composition and upward perspective, it feels like I'm stretching my neck to see the top of the buildings. The B&W mode works very nice here. Well done!
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Mark Julian
{K:36866} 4/16/2006
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I like it. Kinda has a "spy camera" vibe to it for some reason. Or maybe taken from a spy satellite and then the image is reflected in a mirror close to the ground that the satellite sees. Very modern and futuristic Paul. Very nice job, a 7 from me (like in 007 :~>) Mark PS. Tell James a happy Easter from me, and to you too - lol
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Salvatore Rossignolo
{K:13559} 4/16/2006
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Absolutely BOLD! I love it. The focus on the balls and the lack of focus on the pole bottoms is really creative. Awesome ! I guess this is a twilight shot and the B&W is a great choice Paul. Sal
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Jeanette Hägglund
{K:59855} 4/16/2006
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hey Paul - i said that in the beginning i didn´t, but after looking a while i did. Thats how i work sometimes, also when shooting my self.
Jeanette
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Eb Mueller
{K:24960} 4/16/2006
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I like this unusual perspective, Paul. It is a thrilling visual ride and does induce tad of vertigo, until one becomes grounded at the far right bottom corner. The b&w tones are superb. Eb
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Paul's Photos
{K:35235} 4/16/2006
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thanks... interesting that you did not like the poles..but perspectives like this are usually very subjective.. thanks again
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Paul's Photos
{K:35235} 4/16/2006
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Hugo, thanks for the comments.. glad that you like the photo. I know what you mean about b/w NYC images. I have seen some great ones from you. The nice thing about UF is that you can see images taken in ways you never thought of.. I know I have seen a lot of unique compositions. The color photo is an old one and the version on UF has JPEG artifacts etc.. but, here is the link to it. http://www.usefilm.com/image/247107.html
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João F * Photography
{K:41945} 4/16/2006
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Paul's Photos , B&W angle and great perspective too !! joão
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Jeanette Hägglund
{K:59855} 4/16/2006
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HI there Paul! Hm..... first i didn´t like the poles included...but when looking a while i do...
jeanette
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Hugo de Wolf
{K:185110} 4/15/2006
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hi Paul, which colour version? Am I missing something? browsed through your portfolio, but can't find the colour version. Would be interesting to see....
Cheers,
Hugo
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Galal El Missary
{K:84569} 4/15/2006
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Great angle and prespective , this coulmns leads the eye nicely to the top of the photo , very well taken Paul .
Galal
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Hugo de Wolf
{K:185110} 4/15/2006
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HiPaul, Love this angle. unusual, but with this perspective, perfectly acceptable, and besides, it takes the scene nicely out of it's perspective. Somehow, I think NYC screams to be captured in black and white. There's not much to argue about this photo, it's strong, tough, bold, and very well captured... Very impressive shot. Every now and then there's a photo which I wouldn't have taken differently... (not that this means a lot, and it definitely doesn't say anything about the quality... heheheh) It does mean I like it. A lot!
Cheers,
Hugo
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Marian Man
{K:80636} 4/15/2006
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wow!!!! fantastic dear Paul!!!!!! the perspective is great!!!!!!! excellent capture!!!!! fine in b/w!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! superb work by you!!!!! my very best regards Marian
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Riny Koopman
{K:102911} 4/15/2006
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Good b/w work shot, Paul. An interesting architecture study of perspective photography! Happy easter to you and dear ones. Riny
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