FOR RANGER - Mallard and Merganser

Critiques [Translate]

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• eng55 (3542)
• [2009-05-06 10:05]

Hi Franchine,
Beautiful scane.Well caught,exposed and composed.POV,reflections on water and composition are wonderful.
Thanks for posting..

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• demeve (5989)
• [2009-05-06 10:52]

Hello Francine,
It's been a while since I saw your last picture, I'm glad that
you're back. This is a peaceful scene. I like the vivid reflections on the water.. nice colors too... Well done

Everton

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• chrisruth (56)
• [2009-05-06 11:42]

Hi Francine

This is a beautiful and tranquil picture indeed.
Great great DOF!!! Well done:)

TFS
Regards
Chris

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• nglen (32138)
• [2009-05-06 12:31]

Hi Franchine. After reading your notes i can understand this beautiful picture even more. You have taken it with natural warm colours. As you say all looks so calm. I to like the way the colours of the rees are refected in the water. well done TFS.
Nick..

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• PaulH (13083)
• [2009-05-06 12:34]

Hi Francine,
lovely reflections and a great sense of calm in this shot, added to by your insightful notes...great post, thanks alot for sharing it and your thoughts.
Paul

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• MMM (8905)
• [2009-05-06 13:19]

Salut Francine
Jolie composition avec de belle couleur.Le paysage est sublime et calme.
Merci Michel

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• jaycee (21912)
• [2009-05-06 16:05]

Hi Francine,

I'm not sure which is more beautiful - your picture or your words. Yes, this is a wonderful scene and your capture is lovely. We need to see peace and serenity in our world today. The Mallard watching the Merganser swim by, the wonderful colors of the trees and the water and the marvelous reflections all provide a feast for the eyes.

Jane

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• eqshannon (27911)
• [2009-05-06 16:35]
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This PURE image is among the very best dedications I have ever read on TN. I know you are as Asbed a Francophone...and so you can easily speak in ways which jump idiomatic gaps. Yet beyond that...I can also empathize so much with Asbed that it's feeling carries over to your photo as if by magic...sometimes you take snapshots...this is a work of art! Asbed! Francine! Your are the heart of TN!
Bob

Bob

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• goldyrs (9269)
• [2009-05-06 19:44]
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Francine,
Death is not the end. Death can never be the end.
Death is the road. Life is the traveller. The soul is the guide. There are questions we still have, still unanswered...We will all go there, travel that path...I'm glad you show us this beautiful shot that speaks so soulfully of life!
Life goes on...Shelley says:
"The comrade of thy wanderings over Heaven,
As then, when to outstrip thy skiey speed
Scarce seemed a vision; I would ne'er have striven
As thus with thee in prayer in my sore need.
Oh! lift me as a wave, a leaf, a cloud!
I fall upon the thorns of life! I bleed!"

He ends the poem with these verses

"Drive my dead thoughts over the universe
Like withered leaves to quicken a new birth!
And, by the incantation of this verse,
Scatter, as from an unextinguished hearth
Ashes and sparks, my words among mankind!
Be through my lips to unawakened Earth
The trumpet of a prophecy! O Wind,
If Winter comes, can Spring be far behind?"

This shot is so tranquil, so poignant, it makes you think, think a lot many things!
Yes, you're the heart of TN, Francine!
Thanks so much!
Goldy

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• CeltickRanger (15122)
• [2009-05-07 7:05]
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bonjour Francine

merci beaucoup pour cette dédicace à Ranger
en souvenir de son papa Celtick, en regardant ta photo
le colvert est Celtick et le harle est Ranger et vice-versa,
Celtick aimé beaucoup l'eau et nager, Ranger son fiston
aime aussi beaucoup l'eau et nager,

parfois moi aussi je me questionne, où est-ce que ces
oiseaux dorment, comment ces oiseaux dorment...

de ta photo j'aime le fait que les sujets soient de loin,
beaucoup de personnes veulent des photos de plus
en plus de proche, pourtant les photos des sujets
de loin sont autant jolies et ces photos-là nous
montrent l'habitat et l'environnement de l'oiseau,

merci encore Francine pour ta photo dédicace
à Ranger en souvenir de son papa Celtick

Asbed

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• PeterZ (17564)
• [2009-05-07 10:19]

Hello Francine,
Beautiful serene atmosphere in this photo. Splendid natural colours and reflections. Great scene in contact of the mallard with the merganser. Excellent composition.
Regards,
Peter

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• Argus (34981)
• [2009-05-07 12:12]

Hello Francine,
This beautiful image evokes memories from my stay in Canada years ago at this time of year. A wonderful tranquil scene the calm water reflecting the spring vigour and colors of the trees at its edge.
The male Mallard and female Merganser fit the scene superbly and are nicely shown in their habitat.
Thanks and best wishes,
Ivan

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• Noisette (3915)
• [2009-05-07 16:30]

Bonjour Francine
cette photo nous montre une scene de tranquilité et de paix, j'aime ces endroit où la nature est entière, trés belle luminosité
la réflection des arbres donne une jolie couleurs à l'eau
magnifique note et magnifique dédicaces a Celtick et Ranger, les chiens bien-aimés de notre ami Asbed
Passe une bonne nuit
Jacqueline

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• ramthakur (32154)
• [2009-05-07 22:03]

This quiet and tranquil scene sends you down the path to deep reflection on life and its mysteries, Francine. You have the soul of an artist, a poet, a philosopher. You sense and see beyond the manifest. You make people ponder.
The image in itself is soul-stirring; here is nature at repose.
I feel a deep sense of peace by looking at this picture. I could sit by the water and watch this view for hours and hours.
Regards.
Ram

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• anel (15686)
• [2009-05-09 4:13]

Bonjour Francine,
C'est un petit coin de paradis que tu nous montres ici..quelle tranquillité, quelle sentiment de paix cette image nous transmet. Et au loin, ces deux canards laissant notre imaginaire voyager et se perdre à l'autre bout du monde. Tout simplement magnifique!
Un grand merci et une bonne fin de semaine
Anne