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saad alqasem
{K:1202} 4/29/2007
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the composition is grea:) :)
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Gökhan KARAMAN
{K:8878} 7/24/2006
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very nice image good shot nice composition...
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Gustavo Scheverin
{K:164501} 11/17/2005
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Espectacular paisaje, merecidos los premios.
Felicitaciones!
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Robert Höhne
{K:4290} 11/17/2005
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A lot of work for a great result.
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Derek Benkoski
{K:390} 11/16/2005
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I love the colors! The image is so rich and vibrant! It makes you just fall in love with the scene right away! Well done!
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Agnes Lemley
{K:427} 11/16/2005
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I really appreciate that you share with us how you achieve the most beautiful results you accomplish. Congratulations on being chosen "Featured Donor", a much deserved honor.
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Omar Amroussy
{K:4502} 11/16/2005
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amazing capture 7++++
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Shane O'Neill
{K:3054} 11/16/2005
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a really intricate process - well done on the award Carsten
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Paul Lara
{K:88111} 11/16/2005
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Carsten nabs Featured Donor status on the front page!
Congrats for some well-deserved recognition on some amazing technique behind a talented eye.
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Wonderlust
{K:427} 11/16/2005
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Nice Colors. . good craftsmanship & presentation...
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philip robinson
{K:225} 11/16/2005
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stunning. very artistic.
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Stefan Engström
{K:24473} 11/16/2005
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I like the composition you settled on. The right-angle settling in the lower left corner suggests to me that a square format might be good here (cropping from the top essentially). A little glow around the branches overlapping with the sky is a little unfortunate (and very hard to do truly well) but otherwise the edits are very convincing and effective.
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Engy Farahat
{K:11591} 11/16/2005
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Marvelous landscape Carsten. fantastic clouds.
wonderful sunset colors. it's fabulous composition. and I love your editing on PS.
congratulation.
ng..
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andrea giuseppe
{K:3122} 11/16/2005
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Absolutely wonderful
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Giulio Rotelli
{K:28441} 11/16/2005
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una bella elaborazione grafica, hai unito un cielo spettacolare ad un soggetto altrettanto bello.
Bel lavoro
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hayden johnes
{K:39} 11/16/2005
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Awsome - love it
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Roberto Arcari Farinetti
{K:209486} 11/16/2005
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ohhhhhhhhh wooooooowwwwwww..
very cool and marvelous your way!
carsten have a great style and created a fantastic photo-atmosphere.. also my new best congrats for the "yesterday" front page..
have a nice time my friend..
roby
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patrizio napolitano
{K:13119} 11/16/2005
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a beautiful way, flood of color and atmosphere
patrizio
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mishal mmm
{K:6} 11/16/2005
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Simplay .... Amazing
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Giorgio Goretti
{K:15471} 11/15/2005
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Great work Carsten!
Giorgio
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Steve Aronoff
{K:18393} 11/15/2005
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I adore your shot. Terrific composition and palette. Nicely done. You might think of cropping out some of the top to reduce a bit of topheaviness. One possible crop follows. I don't think it diminishes the dramatic impact at all.
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Jose Prieto
{K:671} 11/15/2005
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very beautiful !!!
jose
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Graham .
{K:2487} 11/15/2005
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A tremendous subject, well-exposed, well cropped and well presented. The lead-in is outstanding. I nearly lost my balance looking at it, lol! Thank you *so* much for taking the time to tell us how you did the image. It makes it so much more intersting for those of us with an interest in the image's origins, and of course tells us a bit about the photographer as wel. Otherise, it would be just another picture. The description makes it real. I *love* the stitching (barely noticeable) and is something not seen any more. It is a great technique for creating infinite DoF with <17mm lenses, too. Also, as a tool for false FoV it is superb! Overall, a nice treatment of the colors without blasting it with saturation and I love the cloud color control - nicely done! A superb image, well worth the award.... congrats! Sadly, my PS was stolen, so I am now limited to the 'Elements' version, which has no masking ability - very frustrating.
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Carsten Ranke
{K:14476} 11/15/2005
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Ann, thanks for your thoughtful comment, you make really valuable points, and it is always good to read your opinion. The "2 landscapes to 1 portrait" issue is as follows: you know the 300D has 3:2 ratio, and the maximum would be a 4:3 portrait. This is a 3.75:3 ratio, so you can see I did not have much overlap this time. Almost too little overlap, but it worked. In fact, I had another third shot for the middle part, I shoot normally handheld with 1/3 overlap. This time I had so much overlap that I could use the upper and lower landscape of the three and dismiss the middle. Believe me, I am glad you did not detect any stitch this time ;-) If you look VERY closely to the center you could imagine the overlap zone.
I was just too lazy to stitch three, because I had some composites for each one and a tricky job to match colors and tones exactly.
Cheers
Carsten
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György Szönyi
{K:10011} 11/15/2005
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Congratulations to your being featured donor. This is again an incredibly stunning image, powerful and dramatic, perhaps thanks to the PS doctoring. Also perfect stich, great depth, exciting color range. Best, György
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Mary Brown
{K:71879} 11/15/2005
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Congratulations on being the Featured Donor and having your beautiful picture on the Home page.
MAry
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Mark Longo
{K:12760} 11/15/2005
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Astonishing feeling of breadth and depth in this shot. The composition is pleasant to look at in general and the amount of interesting details to graze on is remarkable! Thanks so much for sharing the details of your PS process. Fantastic results!! 7/7, an instant fave!
Mark
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Mark Longo
{K:12760} 11/15/2005
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Astonishing feeling of breadth and depth in this shot. The composition is pleasant to look aty in general and the amout of interesting details to graze on is remarkable! Thanks so much for sharing the details of your process. Fantasric results!! 7/7, an instant fave!
Mark
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Ann Nida
{K:45248} 11/15/2005
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Carsten this image is stunning indeed. I read through your very informative "about" and I'm still trying to understand how you stitched 2 landscapes into one portrait orientation. Seems to me to be like trying to get a square peg into a round hole. I'm not being critical though cause your technique certainly worked here. I just don't have the technical know how to understand "how" you did it. I just wish I had a fraction of the Photoshop knowledge you've explained so technically. Although I've heard all these terminologies I've never had the time to consistantly work with Photoshop for long enough to learn these techniques which you have mastered so skillfully. I would love to know how to enhnace an image such as you have done here so masterfully.
There have been many occasions where I've looked at a sunset and just get caught up in the moment of wonderful light and feeling only to try to capture the moment with my camera and later find my photo is dull and lifeless. In such cases as these moments it is when these technical skills come into their own so we can record the image the way we saw and felt it at the time but the camera could not.
Personally I feel it's not about how sharp the grass is or how the saturated the image may be but just a matter of trying to show and put down what you saw and felt at the time. I think you have achieved that wonderfully here.
A truly beautiful image well deserved of the front page feature.
Congratulations Carsten. Beautifully captured and executed image.
I thank you also for your comments on my images. I appreciate the time you take to view and comment.
Cheers - Ann :)
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Carlos
{K:12969} 11/15/2005
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this is a fine piece Carsten. Always appreciate your unique generosity in detailing the work you do -
Ricardo?s comment absolutely on target.
C
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Linda Imagefree
{K:72276} 11/15/2005
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Absolutely gorgeous work Carsten, creative and well done, congrats for the front page!
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Stanisa Martinovic
{K:1478} 11/15/2005
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Excellent! S.M.
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B:)liana
{K:30945} 11/15/2005
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wow. superb bravo!
Biliana
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antonio nullus
{K:8540} 11/15/2005
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Una atmosfera che ha del surreale.
veramente molto bravo.
antonio.
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Alberto Romano
{K:2407} 11/15/2005
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No words....
It's simply fantastic!
My best regards
Alberto
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Carsten Ranke
{K:14476} 8/12/2005
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Ricardo, thank you so much for your very encouraging comment !
Indeed I do not try to show nature exactly as is (quite impossible even if you try, since all traditional camera gear as film, lens, filter changes perception of nature somehow already). My intention is to show what I felt @ the moment I saw the scenery, and I am glad that I had some learning curve with PS behind me. That makes me free to realize my idea this way or another.
As a rule, I do not manipulate the scenery in a photomontage manner, the sky is always the original sky, but of course I try to change the light and colours with digital or analogue filters in a way that shows me the beauty of Mother Nature as I feel it appropriate.
Thank you again for your detailed comment !
Cheers
Carsten
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ricardo longhi-frantz
{K:9628} 8/12/2005
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wonderful chromatic chord! the composition is so powerful! all forces seems to converge to the end of the road, creating great tension but same time great harmony!
by the way, i have been reading the comments and your replies concerning the somewhat unnatural effect of your works, but in my opinion you don't NEED to render the scapes as they already are, otherwise you would become a simple reporter of things - nothing to blame in that, it is an option as good as any other - but here we can see your deep engagement in the creation of a newer reality which we can enjoy in these marvelously unnatural landscapes. this kind of unnaturality can open our minds to other and more exalted planes of reality which cannot be seen in this common world, and that is a precious privilege of the artist: to co-create NEW worlds along with God and/or to suggest to common people what possibly could be seen in the future heaven - or something... in this double sense the artist acts as a very Mercury, leading people to the heaven and bringing the facts of heaven down to earth, and as we know, most probably heaven does NOT looks like earth!!!
at same time, you do not change Nature in such extension which could obscure its recognition as it actually is, i think that this kind of change just enhances what already exists and draws our attention to things that otherwise could be neglected by the inattentive eye.
best regards!
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Paul Lara
{K:88111} 5/28/2005
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This is already in my favorites, and I wanted to congratulate you again on such intense work on the way to a fine art image!
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Guido Tweepenninckx
{K:20076} 5/17/2005
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nice capture of this cloudy landscape.
I have been reading what you all did in postprocessing.The photostitch worked well here.
Job well done.
I also shoot raw using Capture One,I am very happy with the results,never go back to Canon Raw software.
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Gina Barone Oliver
{K:1011} 5/15/2005
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I really want to learn some more of your techniques. Your work is amazing. Where you live is beautiful. Thanks for sharing.
Gina
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Carsten Ranke
{K:14476} 5/3/2005
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Jeanette, thanks for dropping by ! Yes, this is in my neighbourhood, my usual walking tour (but an unusual sky, I was lucky to have my camera at hand this afternoon).
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Jeanette Hägglund
{K:59855} 5/3/2005
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Fantastic - so beautiful and so much more then "a sunset"....;) I like the composition and the light reflection on the road. Yes i was just thinking that could not be from one shot. Very good work!
Do you live down there?
Jeanette
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Andrew Houser
{K:31} 4/12/2005
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Damn, baby - that is simply hott!!
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patrizio napolitano
{K:13119} 3/22/2005
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questa tua immagine è veramente molto bella.
mia fovorita.
voto 7.
io sono dispiaciuto di non parlare inglese e non sapere dirti quanto mi piace questa foto.
stupenda.
patrizio
this your image is really very beautiful.
my fovorita.
vote 7.
I have been sorry not to speak English and not to know how to tell you how much I like this photo.
stupendous.
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Erik Shea
{K:1600} 3/17/2005
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An amazing shot, and the fact that I can't follow most of what you did makes it all the more amazing to me. I have too much to learn, but have to keep plugging to get shots to turn out like this one.
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Larry Monserate Piojo
{K:10780} 3/14/2005
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Wow! Carsten!!! This is fantastic!!! I love the colors and the tension that it brings! Very moving! So wonderful! I wondered thru your portfolio and found your collection very very amazing!!! WOW! Wish I could create such masterpieces! :)
b.rgrds,
Larry
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no longer a member
{K:10557} 3/8/2005
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I really like looking at your portfolio! You are an outstanding artist as well as a photographer. Again, congratulations and thanks for sharing.
Best wishes,
Mike
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Cheryl Ogle
{K:24494} 2/1/2005
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Excellent work with this! You are very talented.
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NN
{K:26787} 1/25/2005
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Stunning lighting! Well composed ... very moody & beautiful!
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Carsten Ranke
{K:14476} 1/22/2005
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David, you have a valid point. Perhaps, too perfect is sometimes unfavourable, or lifeless. Lets go Holga ;-)
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Peter Godden
{K:745} 1/22/2005
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Magnificent with great composition! The colour is wonderful and the sky very majestic. Simply great!
Thanks for sharing your great technique.
regards
Peter
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David Hofmann
{K:22223} 1/21/2005
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I think there is nothing wrong in doctoring on those photos in PS which makes them look "digital" or slightly synthetic.
Everything works perfect in this shot, it is maybe that perfect light, ocntrast and detail in every pixel of the image that would never be on an untouched photo.
We see flaws and errors and we are able to fix them. Once we found all and make everything perfect the result becomes so perfect that it looses life. I'm not trying to say your photos are like that, just trying to find an explanation to why we find totally perfect images less attractive sometimes.
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ISMAEL MARCOS
{K:10535} 1/21/2005
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FANTASTIC.
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ISML.
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Carsten Ranke
{K:14476} 1/21/2005
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Toni, your comments are really helpful, thank you very much. This is indeed kind of painting, the lots of PS dabbling in mind. Its really fun for me to try different light and color situations, and I recognise that sometimes the results look unnatural or manipulated. I am still on my PS learning curve (lifelong ?) and after some work with heavy PS doctoring I will try to get more decent, reasonably natural looking results.
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Keith Saint
{K:13784} 1/21/2005
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Great creation Carston
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Francesco Martini
{K:12249} 1/21/2005
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fantastic landscpe..magic light!!!!!
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Antonia BauerleinSehnert
{K:30599} 1/21/2005
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Thanks for all the details about how you achieved this. You are tireless in both your approach to your work and in explaining yourself. This comes off a lot like a painting. It is so vivid, rich and lush. The composition is beautiful, as are the light and color. For all those things, it is a fabulous image. The grass might have been sharpened just a tad less, if that is what is responsible for the slightly "hard" feel there. I have mixed feelings about it because on the one hand I like the way it balances with the rest of the image, and on the other, it as just a slight "digital" feel to this that is characteristic of PS worked images. T.
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Chris Spracklen
{K:32552} 1/21/2005
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A spectacular result, Carsten ~ great technique!
Kind regards, Chris
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Fadel J
{K:13974} 1/21/2005
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Masterfully done Carsten! such a beautiful result!
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Paul Lara
{K:88111} 1/21/2005
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"...but the original image was dull."
Well....the final product is anything BUT!
This goes at once to my favorites.
Again, thanks.
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Paul Lara
{K:88111} 1/21/2005
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This is quite admirable.
I'd never thought to stitch upper and lower images before. Ha!
...and thank you SO much for your technique explanation. Although it's going to take some time to absorb all you mention here, it does help me understand how one creates such a dramatically beautiful photo, Carsten.
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John Loreaux
{K:86210} 1/21/2005
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Turned out beautiful Carsten!
A real magical scene with very nice colors and excellent composition! Very well done!
My best................JOHN
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Phil Curwen
{K:310} 1/21/2005
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Stunnig picture..I looked at all of yours. You have some real nice shots man.
Phil
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Roberto Okamura
{K:22851} 1/21/2005
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Excellente landscape Carsten!! Very beautiful colors, moody atmosphere!!
Congrats!
Roberto.
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Miguel Andrade
{K:5463} 1/21/2005
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WOW... this is fabulous my friend... 7*
Regards, Miguel
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David Hofmann
{K:22223} 1/21/2005
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Ok now you got me. I usually never look for names when I browse through new uploads and just quickly open all photos I find interesting. There are so many landscape photos and I'm not really into landscapes that muhc. But interesting enough I always end up opening your photos and once I look at them I realize it's another one from Carsten.
Got me again. :)
Your surgery worked pretty good on this. You can almost feel the environment. And no, the sky work great here :) :)
One thing I noticed on all your photos is sometimes the hard edges between the idividual areas. The branches reaching into the sky look a little cut out. It is really a minor thing. I feel bad for mentioning it. The photo is really great!
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Khaled Mursi Hammoud
{K:54005} 1/21/2005
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Beautiful image Carsten.
Wonderful colors and dramatic sky.
I like the PS effects, good work,
Khaled.
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Nour El Refai
{K:12481} 1/20/2005
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the composition is great, and i like the edit you have done, the clouds seems like smoke. well done
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