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ahmad alayoub
{K:-218} 1/31/2006
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i like this abstract work
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Riny Koopman
{K:59745} 1/31/2006
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I know Kathy will be very plesead with this one..
Thankx for sharing Ina. Regards, Riny.
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Tracey Main
{K:7294} 1/31/2006
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Kathy will love this Ina as I do great angle and lines love the color Tracey..
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Jeanette Hägglund
{K:59985} 1/31/2006
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Outside and inside - clever crop and compo Ina :) Nice colours as well. NICE!!!
Jeanette
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Ina Nicolae
{K:44481} 1/31/2006
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Thanks very much Ahmad :)
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Ina Nicolae
{K:44481} 1/31/2006
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Thanks for visiting and for your comment, Riny, I hope Kathy will like it too, best regards, Ina
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Ina Nicolae
{K:44481} 1/31/2006
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Thanks Tracey, I may have to wait till late tonight when Kathy gets home :0)
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Ina Nicolae
{K:44481} 1/31/2006
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Thanks very much Jeanette, it was too tempting :) Best regards, Ina
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Ralf Denguth
{K:3363} 1/31/2006
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Great abstract work Ina! Looks like a road through a desert! Very well done! Greetings, Ralf
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Andre Denis
{K:56377} 1/31/2006
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Very nice abstract effect created by the angle. I like the way the light shows up strongly through the openings in the background, at the same angle.
When you get deeper into this one, you realize it isn't so abstract after all. :)
Nice texture on the red area as well.
Andre
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Ina Nicolae
{K:44481} 1/31/2006
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Thanks very much Ralph :) Best regards, Ina
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Ina Nicolae
{K:44481} 1/31/2006
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Thanks again Andre, it's not abstract at all, it's the actual opening, but people call a lot of things "abstracts" to mean "simplified." Great observation, Andre! Sometimes I wonder too where to draw the line :)
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carlo raingini
{K:11737} 1/31/2006
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very nice composition & lines, congrats,
carlo
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deniz cesmeci
{K:5528} 1/31/2006
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it seems good but i couldnt understand what this black thing is ??
nice colour
good capture 
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Joel Aron
{K:14920} 1/31/2006
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Wow Ina!
This is beautiful! I LOVE the DOF! It's so hidden when viewed as a thumbnail. Once I opend the picture, and saw the depth, the picture came to life. Wonderful capture, and amazing play on perspective! The contrast and color saturation is spot on! Well done!
best,
-Joel
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Ina Nicolae
{K:44481} 1/31/2006
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Thanks very much Joel :) Best regards, Ina
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Ina Nicolae
{K:44481} 1/31/2006
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Thanks Deniz, I'm standing outside the red barn, and looking through a gap (a missing piece of board). What I see is the inside of the barn (dark, black) and the light peeking through the gaps and cracks in the opposite wall. Have a look at this other crop, it's the same thing (see picture below):
Best regards, Ina
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Red Barn Straight |
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Robert Kocs
{K:89061} 1/31/2006
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Ooo! What an original abstract view, great comosition. Lovely bold reds with deep black gap. Very well composed abstraction, good example for the nice abstract shot. Very well captured!
Great dedication to our friend, Kathy! I think she'll loves this beauty capture. Great one dear Ina! :) A hug!
Cheers!
Robert
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Ina Nicolae
{K:44481} 1/31/2006
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Thanks very much dear Robert, you are the expert on abstracts :) Hugs, Ina
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Andrzej Pradzynski
{K:21408} 1/31/2006
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Ina, short only as I'm taking off for two business days. Great picture, red barn, you know I love red barns and I'm jealous of Kathy, unles you have another piece of the barn for me too.
Great angle and beautiful saturated reds, like the contrast too. I'm sure it's an abstract.
Cheers, n.j
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Ina Nicolae
{K:44481} 1/31/2006
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Thanks Andrzej, I will "reserve" the next one for you :) Have a great business trip, and bring lots of good pictures! I'm sure you will :) Best regards, Ina
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Rashed Abdulla
{K:154604} 1/31/2006
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I am sure that you will always post new things and with more powerful and interesting effects to amaze us all , this image boost wonderful expouser ,Magnificent details ,colors and contrast having the great atractive feel to enjoy viewing it , all of the best my friend .
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Ina Nicolae
{K:44481} 1/31/2006
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Thank you so much dear Rashed, I really appreciate your visits and feel humbled by your kind comments! I guess these barns are not something you would see in your country, as much as we don't see the lovely boats that you are presenting! Best regards, Ina
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Kathy Hillard
{K:25721} 2/1/2006
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Leave it to you, Ina! I must say, I was expecting more of the barn than this 
Interesting abstract you've created here! I like the square version, too. Thanks for the dedication my friend, and I do love it!
Kathy
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Susie OConnor
{K:34798} 2/1/2006
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Hi Ina,
Nice shot and dedication to my Sissy. I really like the square version, guess I'm not as "artsy" as some. ) Maybe you've given Kathy some ideas....??? I'm sure she will love it.
Susie
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Ina Nicolae
{K:44481} 2/1/2006
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I bet you weren't expecting this, Kathy, but I'm glad you like it! I have lots - just no time to post them, because something else always comes up :) Best regards, Ina
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Ina Nicolae
{K:44481} 2/1/2006
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Thanks Susie, my favorite is also the square version, but I'm finding that most people like diagonals. Both are fairly abstract until you see the details on the red painted areas. Best regards, Ina
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Ann Nida
{K:45230} 2/1/2006
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Oooh this is s tough one Ina,
While the square is more conservative it still has abstract elements and appeal but the diagonal is definitely (in my opinion) more abstract in design due to the diagonal lines.
I like both. I have my moods when I'm feeling quite artsy and enjoy a more abstract image but then I have times when I get writers block and can't quite grasp an abstract image so I don't know what to write. I hate it when that happens.
Either way they both have bold colours and strong lines with great lighting and if you hadn't mentioned it I never would have known it was a barn. Oh I see the timber textures but without mention of the barn I would have strained my brain to see a barn in there. I might have thought it was a fence or something similar but now of course there's no mistaking it - it's a barn! LOL
Lovely dedication to Kathy - The Barn Queen (and I mean that most endearingly. :)
Cheers - Ann :)
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Rina
{K:26519} 2/1/2006
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I know that this is a barn, but here's what I see;
I'm peering down through an opening of an above ground fixture that seems to be covering a tunnel. The lines of lights I see inside are that of car headlights as they're speeding through...
Ok ok. It's still a barn :)) And a really cool abstract Ina.
Cheers
Rina
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Dubravko Grakalic
{K:24332} 2/1/2006
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nice detail and close up!
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Ina Nicolae
{K:44481} 2/1/2006
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Thanks very much Dubravko :)
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Ina Nicolae
{K:44481} 2/1/2006
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Hi Ann, I just got back, nice to hear from you again! There's very little one can comment on abstracts other than technical stuff: color, line, composition. There is also less emotion attached to an abstract than to a realistic image. That's why I like to do both, for different reasons. When you see a "real" old barn, there is emotion, nostalgia, poetry, etc. This is just my abstract interpretation.
There was a very controversial painting that was purchased by our National Gallery in Ottawa for a million dollars, entitled "The Voice of Fire" (1967) by a modernist artist named Barnett Newman. It sparked a huge controversy as to why we were paying so much money for it (see a picture below) - it was a huge canvas with one long stripe in the middle. I think the value wasn't in the subject, but rather in the abstract movement itself, and what it represented in art, so there you have it, it's about color and line, it doesn't even have to be a barn, so all that can be said is about color and line!
He-he, I don't think poor Barnett would have had it easy on UF! Cheers, Ina
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Voice of Fire (1967) - Barnett Newman |
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jezabel /tutku tokol
{K:10730} 2/2/2006
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wonderful! great detail in the very beautiful colour balance. outside and inside in the one composition :)
bravo!
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Gabriela Tanaka
{K:17991} 2/2/2006
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Love the contrasts! The diagonal black is like a crack in a red sky!Excellent abstract!
Gabriela
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Mark Longo
{K:12757} 2/2/2006
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A simply brilliant creation of abstract. From a relatively non-descript shot of the side of a barn you have transformed this into an facinating abstract using a simple rotation and crop. Genius. I very much like the corner-to-corner crop involving opposide sides of the dark gap in the boards. Obviously the parallel lines inside and outside the gap help the cause tremendously. Perhaps the greatest credit to your artistry, I think, is the gift of vision you had to tranform this shot into a facinating and beautiful abstract with such simplicity. Great eye Ina! You seem to do this so often using relatively simple edits to your old stock shots. You're never bored! Inspiration!
Very best,
Mark
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Ina Nicolae
{K:44481} 2/2/2006
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Thank you Mark! I don't deserve so much credit for it, a lot of people do this, rotate and crop - it's probably the unexpected view of a barn, more than anything. I have many shots of this barn, and I've been sitting on it (as I am on a huge pile of other stuff) - many people seem to prefer diagonals and tight crops. I for one, try to limit these to only a few, as looking back into my own portfolio I noticed too many 45 degree rotations, and decided not to fall into a predictable pattern (it might be too late!) - but that's why I held this one back.
Thanks again, Mark! Best regards, Ina
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Ina Nicolae
{K:44481} 2/2/2006
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Thanks Tutku :)
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Eb Mueller
{K:22993} 2/3/2006
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Beautiful texture revealed in the wood and paint. The red is very attractive contrasted to the shadows and highlights beyond the barn door.
Eb
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Ina Nicolae
{K:44481} 2/3/2006
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Thanks Eb :) Best regards, Ina
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Ina Nicolae
{K:44481} 2/3/2006
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Thank you very much Gabriela :)
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Aram Gharib
{K:4122} 2/10/2006
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GREAT SHOT! Simple, eye-catching and simple!
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Mihai Ragea
{K:788} 2/10/2006
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Foarte frumoasa imaginea ! Felicitari !
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Ina Nicolae
{K:44481} 2/10/2006
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Thank you Aram, I'm taking a break from abstracts, but I'll post one here and there, for variety's sake :)
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Ina Nicolae
{K:44481} 2/10/2006
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Multumesc Mihai, O zi buna :) Ina
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