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Michele Carlsen
{K:146013} 4/12/2007
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Thank YOU for the info Doyle -- I checked it out and it truely is an amazing tree- Thanks for sharing the information !!!
-All the Best,
Michele~
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Doyle D. Chastain
{K:101119} 4/12/2007
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Michele . . . FYI, there is an interesting online article ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banyan ) about this tree . . . and it mentions THIS tree in your photo in particular. Truly fascinating. The branches do, indeed, grow their own roots!
Regards,
Doyle I <~~~~~
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Michele Carlsen
{K:146013} 4/12/2007
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Thank YOU so much for YOUR comment Roby !!!
Michele~
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Roberto Arcari Farinetti
{K:209486} 4/12/2007
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so.. roots and wonderful texture..
well done michele!
roby
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Michele Carlsen
{K:146013} 4/11/2007
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I would LOVE to see them Mehul --- so many people just don't know a thing about these wonderful tree's ... Thank YOu for your comment dear friend !!
Michele~
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Mehul Chimthankar
{K:18655} 4/11/2007
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Hi Michele,
Well seen ...We have some in India which are 250 Years old 7++++
Mehul
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biljana mitrovic
{K:48110} 4/11/2007
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Amazing my dear!!Thankl you for sharing this and thank you for about
hugs
biljana
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Michele Carlsen
{K:146013} 4/11/2007
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Thank YOU for your kind comment Alicia - It is my pleasure to share these images :)
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Alicia Popp
{K:87532} 4/11/2007
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Qué extraños son!!!
Gracias por compartir estas imágenes. Me encantan Michele!
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Michele Carlsen
{K:146013} 4/11/2007
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Thank YOU Srna :))
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Meg Metcalfe
{K:6114} 4/10/2007
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You're very welcome Michele, sometimes the subject is so strong that it outweighs the technicalities... This is one of those subjects!
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Srna Stankovic
{K:172232} 4/10/2007
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I am proud of You :) !!!
Hugs
Srna
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Michele Carlsen
{K:146013} 4/10/2007
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Hi My dear Srna, thank You so much for your understanding and kind comment:) You are right we are still learning .I am learning on a daily basis , don't know if that is to be proud of or not ..lol !!! But I won't worry as long as I have the kind support I find here at UF :)) You're the best my Srna!!
Hugs,
Michele~
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Michele Carlsen
{K:146013} 4/10/2007
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WoW !!! Thank You Doyle That is the look I was going for too !! I really like your help and what you've done-- I would work on it , and give up , and time went by and I just stuck it out there ! Thank fully I've got you and Robbie, and a few others that can see the trees' and beauty and help me out with the mess...
One day I'll get it all together until then--- I appreciate your help.
Best wishes,
Michele~
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Michele Carlsen
{K:146013} 4/10/2007
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Thank You so much for your support and kind comment Jan ...
--Best wishes,
Michele~
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Srna Stankovic
{K:172232} 4/10/2007
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Dear Michele, surely unique trees ... you really have the eye for Beaty :) !!! So very well composed and my dear, skil is something what we are learning, but if we have got no eye we are finished !!! Do not worry to much :)
If I would say now that I like the effects you would say .... I know ... do not even dear to say it :) !!!
Hugs, Srna
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Doyle D. Chastain
{K:101119} 4/10/2007
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Michele:
Perfect subject with some fascinating details and I'll not bother to comment on the white (Ooooops) since I KNOW you know already anyway what people think. I happen to think you may have had the right idea even though initially I also thought the white burned area really was distracting!
Michele . . . this was a great and interesting subject to shoot. To be completely honest, I think I would have tried to capture this at night with a flash (and, you know me, a remote flash behind a tree or something) . . . But have NO doubt . . . this would have captured my attention too!
I LOVE that you immediately thought about how to get rid of the distractions and, in fact, I took a look at this I never, ever would have thanks to your idea here. Frankly, I think you've come up with a very creative approach and given the right software editing tool . . . . You'd have done it too! I'm referring to the burned out area, of course . . .
Since I'm not on a computer with any editing software, I simply loaded your image in Windows Paint and spray painted white over the few remaining distractions. I gotta say . . . Wow. I think the distraction comes not so much from the white as from the partial images still visible in the white. Normally, I expect you know, it would be best, and usually first choice to adjust the aperture and get the shallow DOF to blur out those BG distractions instead of expose them out. Then again . . . 'Normal' is not 'inspired' . . . ;)
Great subject . . . great idea . . . FRAMED(!) . . . focal clarity . . . creative solution to the problems presented . . . WOW~! Impressive stuff!
Regards,
Doyle I <~~~~~
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Jan Hoffman
{K:39467} 4/10/2007
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Michele - So much character and beauty shine through in these old and interesting trees. Very good eye to see this and show us its beauty.
--Best to you, Jan
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Michele Carlsen
{K:146013} 4/10/2007
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Thank You so much Galal !! I am a fan of your work so this menas VERY much to me especially on this particular image and the problems I had...
Best regards,
Michele~
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Galal El Missary
{K:84569} 4/10/2007
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Great composition & effects , I like it .
Galal
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Michele Carlsen
{K:146013} 4/10/2007
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Thank YOU dear Pradnya !!
-Michele~
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Michele Carlsen
{K:146013} 4/10/2007
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Thank YOU Nacho !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Michele Carlsen
{K:146013} 4/10/2007
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Oh Wow ! thank You for the image of banyan trees in Cuba !!! How cool Nacho !!!!!!!!!
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Michele Carlsen
{K:146013} 4/10/2007
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Thank YOU dear jessie for your comment !!
Best Wishes,
Michele~
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Michele Carlsen
{K:146013} 4/10/2007
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Thank YOU Annemette-- Yes your ideas to get rid of the cars would have been better-- I can try another time maybe ... I am glad you like the tree's tho :))
Best Wishes,
Michele~
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Michele Carlsen
{K:146013} 4/10/2007
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Thank You John ! Missed your great humor :)) So nice to have you back here again !!!
Best regards,
Michele~
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Michele Carlsen
{K:146013} 4/10/2007
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Thank YOU Robbie for such an understanding and kind comment . I appreciate it very much , you are making my day so much nicer :) Thank YOU !!!!
Best To YOU,
Michele~
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Michele Carlsen
{K:146013} 4/10/2007
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Thank YOU Marco for your kind comment and understanding ... I appreciate it very much dear friend !
All the Best,
Michele~
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Michele Carlsen
{K:146013} 4/10/2007
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Thank YOU dear riny for the kind comment... I am glad you like the very old tree's and it is a shame the image was over-exposed... but I was trying to hide the traffic behind the tree's --no excuses I guess, but I thank you for your support !! It's 30 degrees here and sunny too , Hugs dear friend.... from Or. USA..michele~
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Pradnya D
{K:3875} 4/10/2007
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Nice patterns of trees...
I liked the fresh green colors of leaves !
Its spring ...:)
-Pradnya
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Jose Ignacio (Nacho) Garcia Barcia
{K:96391} 4/10/2007
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7+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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Jose Ignacio (Nacho) Garcia Barcia
{K:96391} 4/10/2007
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very creative.marvelous capture. fascinating.In Cuba
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jessie voigts
{K:6772} 4/10/2007
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i love this, michele! i wish that the background didn't have that sign and bench in it. signs of sprawl, right? what a great photo!
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Annemette Rosenborg Eriksen
{K:55244} 4/10/2007
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Excellent photo! It´s almost paintinglike and very fascinating! I remember seing such trees in the Caribbean, I think. Incredible how they grow!
Very nice, Michele, but maybe try to erase or clone the cars out leaving just these wonderful roots? I had a feeling you tried to hide the traffic by means of light and contrast.
Take care:-)
Annemette
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John Hatz
{K:156973} 4/10/2007
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Impressive trees, surely unique, it reminds me some trees of Amazon river, into the water. Nice details, looks like they are connected and ...dance in a cirqle!
Best regards!
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Robert Chin
{K:22282} 4/10/2007
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Lovely composed image Michele,the crop highlights the root system which is very good.The blown out background adds to the image since thee is no distraction.
Nice work Michele.
Take care
Robbie
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Marco Vredegoor
{K:7301} 4/10/2007
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hi michele. nice picture! The white is indeed a little bright, but it gives the picture a nice atmosphere and brings out the branches more. So I like it. I agree with you that the traffic shouldn't be visible, it is distracting, so it is good that you looked for a solution. Also nice detailed sharpness on the branches. Well done. All the best, Marco.
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Riny Koopman
{K:102911} 4/10/2007
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Hi Michele,agree with Pablo,to much over-exposed,but any way I like the very old trees,Hugs dear Michele,best regards from sunny 20 degrees Amstertdam.....:)
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Michele Carlsen
{K:146013} 4/10/2007
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Oh Thank YOU Luis they are odd looking tree's but sooooo beautiful !! Not from Star Treck tho from here on earth and now :)) I appreciate your comment so much !
Michele~
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luis pereira
{K:26013} 4/10/2007
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I feel like I'm looking at some creature from an old Star Treck episode. Great post. Never seen anything lke it
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Michele Carlsen
{K:146013} 4/10/2007
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Thank YOU Meg ! I appreciate your ability to see the beauty in the tree's and not so much on my learning skills for this ONE image !!!! Really Just this ONE !!! LOL !!!!
Much appreciation:)
Michele~
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Meg Metcalfe
{K:6114} 4/10/2007
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I agree about the whites, but this is such a fascinating tree that it really doesn't matter about that. If you look hard you can see the shapes of people in the roots.
Thanks for your kind comment on the picture of my cat Socks, she is quite a little miss mischief….. :))
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Michele Carlsen
{K:146013} 4/10/2007
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Thank YOU Pablo--- I understand what you mean and I should have written that I meant to lighten the BG to fade out the traffic in the city as I couldn't darken it and didn't want it so visable. Thank You for pointing that out !!! Much appreciation,
Michele~
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Pablo Dylan
{K:63918} 4/10/2007
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Beautiful capture, the white are perhaps too much burn.
But is well composed.
Congrats my dear Michele.
Pablo
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