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Kelly
{K:20268} 4/2/2005
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wow david these photos are gorgeous.... have you got more?... love those clouds
cheers
kel
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Elahe S. Ahmadian
{K:8692} 4/2/2005
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excellent, beautiful and soo vast atmosphere, gives feeling of freedom and happines. and good trying too.
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Peace Istan
{K:535} 4/2/2005
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very nice and interesting photo ! excellent !
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David Hofmann
{K:23763} 4/2/2005
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thanks Kelly. I took many that day. Takes time to process them since they are all raw format and many of them are panoramas that need stitching. I actualy took a couple of photo of the clouds only to have an interesting sky just in case I need one somehwere in a different photo :)
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David Hofmann
{K:23763} 4/2/2005
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thanks Edahe, I had this feeling when I was there. It was really impressive.
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Elsje Fiederelsje
{K:6320} 4/2/2005
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NICE!!!
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Amna Al Shamsi
{K:21796} 4/2/2005
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wonderful!
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Saeed Al Shamsi
{K:47727} 4/2/2005
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Very well done and unnoticed stitched, the low angle shot produced a great natural contrast between ground and the sky, wonderful arrangement, Saeed
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Carsten Ranke
{K:14461} 4/2/2005
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Wow, those cumulus clouds are just gorgeous ! Good idea to shoot for panos, this scenery cries for WIDE angle perspective. Seems you coud not decide between sky and poppies again, so what. Dead horizon is no issue here, sky and ground structures are leading the eyes into the scene, to infinity. Superb result
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Gertrud Gozner
{K:14222} 4/2/2005
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wonderful capture... beautiful landscape and colors... G.
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Gust@vo Sch3v3rin
{K:153312} 4/2/2005
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Extraordinario paisaje David.
Realmente tuviste muchas suerte.
Felicitaciones!
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Romy Fabian Garmaz
{K:17105} 4/2/2005
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David.
Fantastic shot.
Great presentation, composition and colours.
My rate is 7 / 7
Greetings from Argentina
Romy
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David Hofmann
{K:23763} 4/2/2005
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Funny that you mention it. I was really undecided where to put the emphasis, tried different crops but didn't want to loose anything. When I uploaded it I almost called it "undecided" :?)
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Anne Knes
{K:60438} 4/2/2005
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BEAUTIFUL !!!!!!
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Robert Lloyd
{K:9929} 4/2/2005
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wow wonderfull and bueatyfull capture very well done love the sky
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Fadel J
{K:13747} 4/2/2005
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Your landscapes are getting wilder David, simply amazing work!
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Marco Grandi
{K:16680} 4/2/2005
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Another superb landscape!!
Fantastic sky and beautiful saturated colors!!
Congrats!
Marco.
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David Hofmann
{K:23763} 4/3/2005
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Thanks Amna, you're a great photographer (judging by your portfolio) so I'm very glad you like it!
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David Hofmann
{K:23763} 4/3/2005
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thanks very much Saeed. I was very undecided about the composition, so I'm very happy you like it they way it is.
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David Hofmann
{K:23763} 4/3/2005
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thanks a lot Gustavo! Yes the clouds were phantastic that day.
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David Hofmann
{K:23763} 4/3/2005
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Thanks a lot Romy. There were many other poeple enjoying the poppy blossom and virtually everyone had a camera :) I never saw so many cameras compared to people :)
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David Hofmann
{K:23763} 4/3/2005
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thanks a lot Robert
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David Hofmann
{K:23763} 4/3/2005
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Thanks Fadel! I think I was a little lucky also. I'm sure you would have got an even better result out of that day. But then I was "handycaped" with my two kids around. I always had to watch them very closely as we had just seen a rattle snake coming out of a hole and the whole area was full of those little holes.
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David Hofmann
{K:23763} 4/3/2005
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thanks a lot Marco!
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deniz kaan copur
{K:12726} 4/3/2005
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so very nice mr hoffman. --: ).
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Melanie Reynolds
{K:9090} 4/3/2005
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David, this series from the poppy reserve is so incredible! So lifelike! Really great work!
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David Wade
{K:2123} 4/3/2005
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Great colours, the panorama is flawless. The feeling of space in the photo is really well created. Thanks for your comment.
David
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C.A. Mikulice
{K:13300} 4/5/2005
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both the clouds and the poppy fields are wonderful, David. Spectacular photo.
christine
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David Hofmann
{K:23763} 4/5/2005
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thanks Mel. Don't you live close to that? Did you go this year?
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David Nepinsky
{K:238} 4/8/2005
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Excellent capture and work in PS David. You have some very nice images of the Poppy Reserve. Have you been back there recently? This has been an excellent year in California for wildflowers. They are blooming all over the place thanks to the heavy rainfall.
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David Hofmann
{K:23763} 4/8/2005
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thanks David, I have been there only once. I thought about going there one more time at sunrise, but that would mean getting up really early :)
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Elena Zabelina
{K:23212} 4/10/2005
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What a wonderful view... Very colorfull panorama.
Absilutely excellent shoot. Did you use some filter for sky? Or this clouds from second shoot? Great effect - looks like clouds moving up. Amazing color...7+++ To my Favorites.
Lena
O, where is this place? I live in California too, can you give me direction, please.
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David Hofmann
{K:23763} 4/11/2005
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Hi Elena, thanks a lot! The place is called Poppy Reserve and it is Close to Lancaster. You take the 14, exit on "Ave. I" (yes they don't have names, just letters) and keep going west on "I". After 10 minutes you are in the middle of poppys. Very busy on the weekends these days.
I didn't do too much to this photo. I adjusted the contrast and colors a little both for the sky and ground separately. This is pretty much as it looked like this day.
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Melanie Reynolds
{K:9090} 4/12/2005
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Sorry so long to reply! I do live close by, but have not made it out there  ( My husband has been driving our car to work since his truck broke down... and when he's not working we don't go too far with these gas prices. Unfortunatley we have been short on funds since the nasty wheather! He cannot work when the weather is bad... now that you know my life story ;o) LOL There are some gorgeous wildflowers off the 58 between Tehachapi and Bakersfield where I really want to take my boys for some photos!
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Larry Monserate Piojo
{K:10774} 4/13/2005
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Wow! Sir David Hoffman! This is fabulous!!! and congrats on the front page!!!
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David Hofmann
{K:23763} 4/13/2005
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thanks a lot Larry!
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David Hofmann
{K:23763} 4/13/2005
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Hi Melanie, sorry to hear that. I really hope you get that truck repaired soon.
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James Hager
{K:6285} 4/18/2005
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Beautiful sky and a nice bunch of poppies. The composition is a bit flat to me because there's nothing for my eyes to settle on.
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David Hofmann
{K:23763} 4/19/2005
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Thanks James, I see what you mean. the missing center is ok with me, I couldn't make a decision if I should give the sky or ground more weighting and ended up making no real choice (it is pretty much 50/50). :)
My biggest problem that day was I came to this place the very first time, was overwhelmed with the scenery I saw and tried to take some photos while constantly keeping my eye on my two little kids (2 & 3.5) to make sure they would not step onto a rattle snake (I almost touched one when trying to get a low angle shot).
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Bryan Jarmain
{K:11941} 4/22/2005
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A stunning photo, David. Something to really aspire to. The central horizon doesnt distract at all here - both the sky and the land add lots of value. Well done.
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David Hofmann
{K:23763} 4/22/2005
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thanks very much Bryan!
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Peter De Rycke
{K:41029} 4/24/2005
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What a great landscape with that tapistry of red flowers !
Peter
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Ann Texter
{K:10064} 4/27/2005
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Wow! such a dramatic sky! very beautiful... and thank you for your comments on my work. :)
Ann
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Glacus Arantes
{K:845} 4/28/2005
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You have wonderful photos around here, but this one called my attention. What colors and contrast, shapes and everything else. Amazing, love it!
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Barry Wakelin
{K:7838} 5/14/2005
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A wonderful feel to this image - wild and windy. Looks great.
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David Bourke
{K:2224} 5/16/2005
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Gorgeous image here.
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Ferran Lacruz
{K:5442} 7/3/2005
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Preciosa imagen maravillosas nubes .
Verdareramente estabas en el momento preciso
Felicitaciones
Saludos Ferran
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Judy Bodden
{K:1694} 7/8/2005
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WOW!
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