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Rashed Abdulla
{K:155043} 2/15/2006
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what a beautiful image here and the such great perspective ,expouser , details ,contrast and colors , very impresive Pro. work here and thanks alot for sharing it with us on UF , all of the best my friend .
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davide lupo-pasini
{K:8079} 2/15/2006
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ehy, Ina!
nothing more to add to what's been right said from Rashed...
wonderful detail !
Have u some special "recipe" on PS?
these colours looks pretty Cibachrome!....
complimenti!
Ciao
Davide
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Jim Goldstein
{K:21230} 2/15/2006
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Ina very nice capture. This is a little too static though and not as interesting as your last submission.
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Manu
{K:13082} 2/15/2006
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Another beauty...love the hues and the format...excellent..well done, Ina.
Manu
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brian underdown
{K:-1173} 2/15/2006
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holy mother of mary this just tops it all in the series a postcard from Caledonia! excellent .
brian
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Alicia Popp
{K:84967} 2/15/2006
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Si me dieran a elegir no sabría con cuál quedarme. Esas nubes de nuevo... las acomodas tú? jajaja. Encantador paisaje,,, el puente fabuloso! Felicitaciones!!!
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Ina Nicolae
{K:44481} 2/15/2006
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Thanks very much Rashed, it was lucky to have sunshine and clouds at the same time, usually it's more clouds and less sun in winter :) Best regards, Ina
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Ina Nicolae
{K:44481} 2/15/2006
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Hi Davide, I work the colors separately, destaturate some and increase the yellows, greens, and reds, especially to give it a warm look, but it has to be the right picture. These were almost at sunset, and the light was warm to begin with. It works with some, not with all, most are cool colors, but that afternoon I got a good number of landscapes with the warm light. Best regards, Ina
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John Pitman
{K:8401} 2/15/2006
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Very nice. Like the composition. I might have been tempted not to have the branches on the left. Just a personal view. John
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Ina Nicolae
{K:44481} 2/15/2006
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Thanks Jim, I posted a third, that's probably less interesting, but the place is fairly close and I could go again, weather permitting :) Best regards and thanks for your advice, Ina
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Ina Nicolae
{K:44481} 2/15/2006
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Thank you very much Manu, it was a nice warm light for January, we normally have snow, but not this year. Best regards, Ina
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Ina Nicolae
{K:44481} 2/15/2006
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Thanks Brian, this is a small town, but it has an interesting setup: the river, the drop in water level, this bridge and a railway bridge, plus the park on the riverbanks. Best regards, Ina
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Randee Armstrong
{K:8} 2/15/2006
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This is very well done!!
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Ina Nicolae
{K:44481} 2/15/2006
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Thanks for your comment, John! I do have some without the branches, but that little cubic white building stands out too much - these seem to cover it a bit :) Best regards, Ina
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Ina Nicolae
{K:44481} 2/15/2006
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Thank you very much Randee :) Best regards, Ina
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Kathy Hillard
{K:25721} 2/15/2006
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Wow! What a beautiful shot Ina! I love that bridge, and you took this at a great angle! Wonderful clarity throughout the shot! Well done!
Kathy
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Ina Nicolae
{K:44481} 2/15/2006
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Hi Alicia, it so happened there were interesting clouds that day :) Thanks very much for your comments! Best regards, Ina
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Ina Nicolae
{K:44481} 2/15/2006
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Hi Kathy, it's the same bridge I posted earlier in sepia, this was a beautiful sunny January afternoon. Best regards, and thanks for your comment :) Hope you had a great Valentine Day. How is your Mom?
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Nigel Watts
{K:11429} 2/15/2006
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Wonderful floating clouds and trees to the left and right of the image
Great photgraph
Nigel
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Ina Nicolae
{K:44481} 2/15/2006
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Thanks very much Nigel :) We've had an unusually mild winter, this was shot in January. Best regards, Ina
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p e t a .
{K:18374} 2/15/2006
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Lovely scene Ina - I like the treatment you gave it too - almost dreamy ;)
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Ina Nicolae
{K:44481} 2/15/2006
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Thanks Peta :) It was like a dream in January to have this mild weather, it's the mildest winter since I can remember! Not exactly beach weather, mind you :) Best regards, Ina
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Gust@vo Sch3v3rin
{K:128714} 2/15/2006
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Un excelente puente en un bello marco.
Felicitaciones!
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Ina Nicolae
{K:44481} 2/15/2006
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Thank you very much Gustavo :) Best regards, Ina
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Robert Kocs
{K:89082} 2/15/2006
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I very enjoyed your mini serie from Grand River. Excellent photograph with many, many nice sight.
Fantastic details, love the very nice fluffy clouds on the sky. Well presented really fine panoramic vision with great bridge. Leading my eyes to the other riverside. As I said love the fine warm tonality and great colours. Well framing the branches of tree on the two sides. Great solution, well seen and captured!
Great work, very well done dear Ina! :)
Thanks for share us this mini serie! Hugs!
Best wishes!
Robert
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NN
{K:26787} 2/15/2006
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Hi Ina! The sky looks just divine in this composition, and the shape of the tree on the right side is very pretty. An alternative crop (attached) ... please tell me what you think :) *hugs*
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stingRay part 2 .
{K:156863} 2/15/2006
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I couldn't possibly choose a favourite out of the three landscapes Ina, though I have to say that I love the natural framing provided by the trees in this shot. Wonderful cloud formation,like cotton wool pieces floating up there. Beautiful colours again and great details. Well done you..Best wishes...Ray
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Gorilla K
{K:17526} 2/15/2006
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nice perspective,composition and lighting...nice scene,Ina!!!
best regards,
Winfried
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Paolo Corradini
{K:53602} 2/15/2006
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another of your amazing panoramic view!!!!! i'm looking inside this image like a child..
well done
PAOLO
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Ina Nicolae
{K:44481} 2/15/2006
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Thank you very much Paolo, my next panoramics will have more views with little people and houses :) Best regards, Ina
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Ina Nicolae
{K:44481} 2/15/2006
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Thank you very much Winfried :) Best regards, Ina
P.S. I have some snow pictures from last December that look very much like your style! See attached:
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Ina Nicolae
{K:44481} 2/15/2006
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Hi Ray, and thank you very much. I posted all three because they are similar and they work together as a triptych, although it would be a very long one :) This one is my favorite, too :) Best regards, Ina
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Ina Nicolae
{K:44481} 2/15/2006
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Sorry about my spelling "tryptich" - my keyboard is to blame :)
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Ina Nicolae
{K:44481} 2/15/2006
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Sorry Ray, it was the right spelling the first time - this word gives me headaches :)
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Ina Nicolae
{K:44481} 2/15/2006
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Hi Elisa, and thanks for the crop :) I thought the weeping willow on the left was a "thing" - I like it cropped, it's nice that way too :) Have a look at this one (attached), how it was w/out the willow:
*Hugs :) Ina
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Ina Nicolae
{K:44481} 2/15/2006
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Thank you so much dear Robert, I really appreciate it :) Hugs, Ina
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jezabel /tutku tokol
{K:10730} 2/15/2006
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hi dear Ina,
i love this too much! great cityscape composition with the great perspective.
my best wishes,
jezabel.
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Ina Nicolae
{K:44481} 2/16/2006
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Thank you very much Tutku :) Best regards, Ina
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johancharles boers
{K:4292} 2/16/2006
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Ina,
Out of the three you posted on the Grand River - this on is my favorite. I like the way you used the trees for framing and the clouds really add to the river...it almost seems like the clouds are moving along with the river...which creates a unique effect. Great Job!
Best Wishes,
Chuck
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Eb Mueller
{K:23296} 2/16/2006
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Ina, I am extremely impressed with your three panoramas of the Grand River. The lighting, colouration and tones are superb giving your composition the look of a painting. In this one I like the framing of the trees on both sides. There is wonderful dymanic tension with the horizontal bridge and the clouds moving in at a diagonal.
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Ina Nicolae
{K:44481} 2/16/2006
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Thanks very much Chuck :) We've had a mild January, very unusual, almost no snow, but I can't complain :) Best regards, Ina
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Ina Nicolae
{K:44481} 2/16/2006
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Thanks very much Eb, I'm a fan of 19th century Romanticism, and try to get that in pictures, of course sometimes there are cars and other things, but the colors were there, I just enhanced them to look like an oil painting. I'm glad you saw it!
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Eb Mueller
{K:23296} 2/16/2006
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Ina, I am not fluent in art terminology (wish I were) but I can recognize a painting when I see one! There is something about rural southern Ontario that lends itself to 19th century romanticism. I always get that 1812 feeling when I am there for a visit. You were able to capture and bring out the essence.
Eb
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Tracey Main
{K:7294} 2/16/2006
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Ina you never cease to amaze me your photography is amazing and what a beautiful landscape love the tones Tracey..
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Gabriela Tanaka
{K:17991} 2/16/2006
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I started to look at your landscapes with this one and now I am back to it. It is the one that I like the most!!!It is well built, harmonious, calm and nothing is superfluous. I love the trees and specially the willow branches, the sky and the bridge, which is here at its best! Very harmonious design. The bridge pillars have wonderful patterns created by the play of light and shadow.You found a perfect angle and this makes the shot very painterly.
Gabriela
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Ace Star
{K:20802} 2/16/2006
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this looks amazing! so much details and the light :) love it really
good work Ina
keep up the good work
good luck
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NN
{K:26787} 2/16/2006
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Thanks, Ina! The weeping willow on the left is definitely a thing, just don´t like the buildings behind it :)
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Mohamed Banna
{K:34228} 2/16/2006
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i love the natural framing here
amazing color tones
perfect perspective and great nice angle
wonderful classical landscape
outstanding sky and clouds
perfect proportions and cropping
well done dear Ina
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Kiarang Alaei
{K:49121} 2/16/2006
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One of your best indeed,
with magic & perfect exposure and tone balanced.
closer F-stop ( and maximum DOF ) i think could be so useful to have better details in the sky.
the clouds are strange and moody?
did you edit it by PS. or is it natural?
thanks for share Ina!
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Ina Nicolae
{K:44481} 2/16/2006
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Thank you very much Tracey :) There are some lovely rural landscapes around here in less famous places, than let's say, Niagara Falls :) Best regards, Ina
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Ina Nicolae
{K:44481} 2/16/2006
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Thank you very much Gabriela, I thought the willow branches and the trees on the other side acted as a curtain opening the stage :) Best regards, Ina
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Ina Nicolae
{K:44481} 2/16/2006
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Thank you very much Ace :) Best regards, Ina
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Ina Nicolae
{K:44481} 2/16/2006
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Thank you very much Mohamed :) Best regards, Ina
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Ina Nicolae
{K:44481} 2/16/2006
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Hi Kiarang, to answer your question about these landscapes and the clouds: everything is naturally there, nothing was added or edited out. The clouds were there in the sky exactly as you see them. I always edit my pictures in PS, cropping, color saturation, contrast, sharpness and hues. I leave my camera in neutral - so all the pictures come out very soft and neutral (washed-out) in color, so then I can apply whatever treatment I see fit. But there are no layers and it's not a composite, nothing cloned or added.
The lighting was late afternoon, warm, and of course I enhanced the colors to make it look like an oil painting.
Thanks very much for visiting! Best regards, Ina
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Karina Brys
{K:16541} 2/16/2006
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Nice light which creates lovely colours. Perfect moment (shape of the clouds).
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Mitchell Miller
{K:3016} 2/16/2006
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beautiful colors and composition!!
mm
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Ina Nicolae
{K:44481} 2/16/2006
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Thanks again Mitchell, I'm really happy you wrote :) Best regards, Ina
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Ina Nicolae
{K:44481} 2/16/2006
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Thank you very much Karina :) Best regards, Ina
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Andre Denis
{K:56625} 2/16/2006
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Hi Ina,
All three of these landscapes are really good. I love the colours. I think this one is probably my favourite of the three, even though it might be the most conventional. The clouds are really powerful in the second one. But this one seems more balanced.
Andre
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Ina Nicolae
{K:44481} 2/16/2006
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Hi Andre, thank you very much! It seems that most people favor this one of the three, I'm really glad I can get your feedback :) Best regards, Ina
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Andre Denis
{K:56625} 2/17/2006
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Hi Ina,
The problem with most people (like myself) telling you that this one is our favourite of the three is that the decision is probaly based on a quick review of the three. In this case most people go with the "safe" and conventional. So you do have to be careful not to take these comments too seriously sometimes.
I often find another image of a series will grow on me in time.
Andre
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Ina Nicolae
{K:44481} 2/17/2006
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You are right Andre, I sometimes look back at my pictures and some that I favored don't look as good anymore, while others "grow on you" as you said. Very true :) Best regards, Ina
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AlZahraa Sulie
{K:7255} 2/17/2006
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Superior panoramic view, very nice tones and colors!
Z.S
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Ina Nicolae
{K:44481} 2/17/2006
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Thank you very much AlZahraa :) Best regards, Ina
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Sheila Carson
{K:5915} 2/18/2006
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Very pretty Ina. I really like the colors here. What did you do to achieve this look? I love it!
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Ina Nicolae
{K:44481} 2/18/2006
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Thank very much Sheila :) I took this picture at sunset, the lighting was warm to begin with, and the colors were saturated naturally. I selectively enhanced the warm tones, usually I cut the cold magenta and boost the yellows, cyans and reds, provided these colors are in there in good amounts, which in here they were. Best regards and thanks for asking, Ina
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