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pertti jukkara
{K:1720} 4/13/2008
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red and brown works well together...
; )
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Roger Skinner
{K:81846} 3/30/2008
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kekeke maybe in B&W to reduce the reality of it...
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Michele Carlsen
{K:146013} 3/24/2008
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Hello dear Jenn, what a great portfolio you have - and a great life to travel so much . . .but ....back to the subject ..this image jumped right out at me !
It is great and original with great focus and depth !! Keep it up I will love to see more !!!!!!!
7/7
Warm Regards,
Michele~
XXX
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Igor Germanovic
{K:899} 3/19/2008
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Very provocative image...specily the seocnd one...
Great idea anr realisation! Bravo!
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Jen van Wijn
{K:24075} 3/11/2008
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Right you are Rob, it was tickling my skin, kind of really scary, like an electric wire...its like the indians laying their ear on the ground...loll xxJen
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Rob Roy
{K:1432} 3/11/2008
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Nice composition, I bet you could hear the train coming from miles or kilometers away:)
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Dave Arnold
{K:55680} 3/6/2008
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Sure to stop a train!!
Nicely done and great concept!
Dave
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Arif Ertan Ersoy (aersoy)
{K:27380} 3/5/2008
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unique with its perspective and pov!!
compliments,
arif
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Gavin McCully
{K:120} 3/4/2008
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Jen
As you know this is one of my favourite shots of yours. Composition and use of colour is good. A very evocative and powerful picture.... keep it up!
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Jen van Wijn
{K:24075} 3/3/2008
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Thanks a lot dear Bilja, read you had a nice birthday yesterday, it must feel great to have all these caring people around you...did you get my email too?
I will keep on playing, for sure! So many challenges around:)) Sleep well, hugs Jenxx
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biljana mitrovic
{K:48110} 3/3/2008
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Wonderful idea my dear Jen !!:))
Just keep playing :))))
I love this picture,it's very strange,fresh and unusual :))
big hug my dear
biljana
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Jen van Wijn
{K:24075} 3/3/2008
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Thank you so much dear Srna, it was a bit scary...but as I travel by myself its scary too, there must be some angle..;)) Hugsss Jenxx
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Jen van Wijn
{K:24075} 3/3/2008
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Thank you too dear Marian, I know it looks daring and scary, opinions are very different about this one;) And thats also what I like, these ideas are just coming up, like a painter put them on a painting..can't promise you not to do this again;)) hugs Jenxx
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Nick Karagiaouroglou
{K:127263} 3/3/2008
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Oha, wait wait, Jen! I am definitely not a master in anyway - and I'm afraid also in anything at all! :-D
One doesn't need to be a master to just speak the iwn mind, and speaking the own mind is only for exchange reasons, as we can't read minds. So, whatever I say it's no way "objective". It's only my personal view of it translated into words.
The critiques on images (or anything else) are bot only good for notes and likes/dislikes. They are good for that kind of "backward engineering" that perhaps gives also some idea about what the photographer could have done different at shooting time. It just could add something more to the already available knowledge/skill.
Now, on the image you attached to your message, well, it doesn't really reach the exciting look that the other one has. Things like details and lighting are OK, but the composition doesn't bring out that kind of tension. The first one put something into a very strong perspective, and it put it in a way that says "Bang!". The attached one is too "tamed" for that.
Cheers!
Nick
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Srna Stankovic
{K:172232} 3/3/2008
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Bravo dear Jen !!! :)))
Hug,
Srna
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Hussam AL_ Khoder
{K:79545} 3/2/2008
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VrY NiCE
PiC
kEeP !T Up :)
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Marian Man
{K:80636} 3/2/2008
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we have to be daring but this is toooo much!!!
anyway, is a nice capture!!! well composed and presented!!!
well done
thank you for your kind comments
Marian
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Jen van Wijn
{K:24075} 3/2/2008
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Dear John, txs for your reply, I will try to keep these kind of ideas, as someone has to try them:) Lots of ideas come up when driving for ages at these long tracks in Africa, but also brainstorming with my friends brings up weird ideas..lol Thanks again, xx Jen
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Jen van Wijn
{K:24075} 3/2/2008
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Denk dat iedereen weleens die gedachten heeft, ik wilde echt niet verder gaan dan het gevoel hebben hoe is het op rails, naast het idee dat ik al lange tijd had samen met vriendin. We gaan dat ook hier nog eens uitproberen...hebben al rails ontdekt:)
Wat ik van mezelf ontdekt heb is dat de wereld ingaan ook meer ideeën brengt, wat ik hierboven ook een beetje schrijf, maar het is wel heel belangrijk de juiste persoon bij je te hebben anders wordt het nikx, verkramping en frustratie, daardoor ook zichtbaar op de pics...
Je komt er wel Har en dat hoeft ook echt niet alleen...xxJ
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Jen van Wijn
{K:24075} 3/2/2008
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Thanks a lot John!! I keep on bringing up weird and also common ideas, as that is my way of working.... sometimes i'm just on my way and these strange ideas just come up, sometimes to be worked out at once!! On my long trip it frustrated me many times I couldn't work out my thoughts and ideas.......what I learned is rather go out there by yourself, making MY shots then together with someone stepping on them and not even understanding what I like! Just ignoring me, sitting and waiting there with this grumpy face...loll Hope you know what I mean? xxJen
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Jen van Wijn
{K:24075} 3/2/2008
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Really appreciate your comment Nick, please stay like that! I have seen before how you just say as it is...something I, myself don't dare really, as well as I feel an amateur, not worth telling others what is good or bad...;)
I think we all need some kind of master to tell us these more obejective thoughts and ideas, as I don't see what others see, although a shot is always 'what's in the eye of the behoulder'
If you are at the place of 'crime' you shoot what your eye sees.....if there is enough time you crop at the place delict itself, sometimes you just overlook the whole area and don't notice colours, lines or shades, in my opinion!
About the cropping I could have cropped a bit on the top yeah, you're right, it's something I just see through your eyes, did try it with this one too, works well!! Good homework for me;) Txs dear Nick
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Nick Karagiaouroglou
{K:127263} 3/2/2008
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I find the bright (almost shiny) stones with the rusty colors and the sharp details under the rails very well fitting the overall perspective of the scene, Jen. They cooperate with the leading lines that are set by the rails themselves, making the felt distance stronger. The idea is not weird at all - actually it is very interesting.
Especially the rose/pink colors of the clothes put a very sudden, very strong mark into the continuum of depth. The contrast to the rusty colors of the ground is strong, and so it adds that kind of "kitschy" attitude of Hong-Kong made decorative objects of the 70s in the rather steely, or even industrial definition of depth. A very welcome contradiction here. Almost like fashion photography with a nice dosis of punk.
The grass at the right complements nicely the rose/pink tones of the clothes, but then that hill behind it seems a bit "half". It adds a bit of not really usefull business to the otherwise strict composition. Could perhaps elimination of the upper part with the hill and the sky, and inclusion of more of the rails and the near field strengther it further? (Attachment.)
A very well thought out inscenation - not only a good image.
Cheers,
Nick
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John Hatz
{K:156973} 3/2/2008
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well that pose is surely original, the subject, the idea to use the rails like that is great for me, and as I always say, it's importante time to time to try something different and YES! you get the originality here Jen... my complements!
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Wolf Zorrito
{K:78768} 3/2/2008
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Oh ja, ik heb ook een donkere kant hoor. Nee, niet de depressie, ik heb geen depressie in klinische zin, het is uitputtings depressie. Gewoon naast de lieve Harry is er een die wel eens gekke gedachten heeft. Leuk dat je dit met een vriendin samen doet, samen ideeen uitwerken, dat werkt heel goed.
Liefs, Harry
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john conway
{K:1751} 3/1/2008
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you have so many great shots in your PF, and the diversity is amazing.
It's hard not to look at this and think there's an under lying story to be told.
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Chandru Shahani
{K:589} 3/1/2008
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I'd say you are a brave woman. It conveys the viewer an in site into your personality, that is an achievement.
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Jen van Wijn
{K:24075} 3/1/2008
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Wellllllllllll...dear friend, what can I say..I should rather keep my mouth shut..;) XJX
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Keith Growden
{K:29240} 3/1/2008
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Jen. I agree with the others. Your crazy. But i like it lol. That looks awfully uncomfortable. Really nice shot and composition. But your still crazy hehehe. Hugs xx Keith
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Jen van Wijn
{K:24075} 3/1/2008
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Molto grazie Gaetano, I did one year of Italian language study, but stupid enough I can't say the right words now...:)xxJen
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Jen van Wijn
{K:24075} 3/1/2008
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Its was a different experience Sid, you could feel the vibes on the tracks, quite strange..after hanging over clifs of Grand Canyon etc this was a new challenge..more to come:)hug Jenxx
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Jen van Wijn
{K:24075} 3/1/2008
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Of course I have a darker side Har..don't we all have? But I also like to try things out, hanging over clifs etc. Somehow I have this little angle around me..:)
Maar ik had samen met een vriendin afgesproken om meer van dit soort shots te maken, we doen veel samen aan fotografie en onderzoeken, dit was een soort van try-out samen met de road-block, ben alweer verder aan het broeden;)liefs Jen
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Gaetano (Nino) Aievoli
{K:7118} 3/1/2008
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Very nice shot. Ma tu il pericolo lo vai proprio cercando... monella!!!
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Sid Banerjee
{K:3127} 3/1/2008
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Hey jen.....honestly I dont think this one is a good place to take a mid morning siesta...however very unusual pose, good composition and colors. Wonderful
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Wolf Zorrito
{K:78768} 3/1/2008
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Dont try this at home !
Jen, first on the road, now on the trainrails, is this your darker side ? Muizenberg seems a lovely area. Photo is vy expressive.
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