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• wallhalla15 (13829)
• [2006-08-27 12:04]

Congrats Pieter, this is a fantastic landscape. Perfect POV, framing and sharpness. This is an excellent composition. Thank you m.f.
Gr.
Heinz

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• snaphappy (1790)
• [2006-08-27 12:32]

Beautiful insight into part of Alaska you have captured a wild spirit of the place from a superb vantage place.

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• vanderschelden (27816)
• [2006-08-27 12:33]

Pieter,
I can live with it;-).
Nice landscape. Good content.
TFS
Annick

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• metcher (4241)
• [2006-08-27 12:44]

Hi, Pieter.
Very nice view. I want to be here. Great depth. Nice composition.

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• claudine (10195)
• [2006-08-27 12:48]

Hi Pieter,
This is wonderful. What a great POV! Details and exposure are very good as well as DOF. Interesting notes too. TFS,
Claudine

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• mbasil (3130)
• [2006-08-27 13:01]

Thanks for the wonderful travelogue, Pieter. This is a well composed shot, and does give us a taste of the overcast morning. Still you did a good job of capturing the majesty as well as the reality.
Mike

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• hester (11160)
• [2006-08-27 14:36]

Amazing shot. It seems to go on for mile. I love the colours and it has a great composition with the trees/bushes in the foreground. It looks fantastic there

TFS

Karan

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• Hay_kes (3475)
• [2006-08-27 15:07]

Great landscape.Wonderful details, colours and composition.Very well done.
Greetings.

hAyAti

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• aido (4046)
• [2006-08-27 15:23]

Hi Pieter,
If this was the worst weather you had then you were very fortunate on your vacation. A great shot, again showing us the expanse of wilderness in Alaska. A nice composition, perfect exposure and great light and colour. Great detail also, an excellent image. Great title too.
Cheers,
Adrian

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• wishnugaruda (14355)
• [2006-08-27 15:39]

Hi Pieter,
that's a shot full of silence and a peaceful atmosphere, I like this view so much.
I can relax while looking, wonderful, thanks
Sabine - wishnugaruda

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• scottevers7 (12259)
• [2006-08-27 16:08]

Hi Pieter,
It has been along time since I have been to Alaska. I am planning to get back soon, but it will have to wait another year or two. You amazing landscape shots continue to fuel that burning desire to return. The most beautiful unspoiled scenery. Another theme here is only the strong survive!
This is a superb landscape!
Scott

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• Signal-Womb (10986)
• [2006-08-27 16:55]

Hello Pieter, I really like this capture despite the weather, indeed it has a certain mood about it that makes it very different. Your composition is strong and your exposure consistent. Very good work mf, well done.

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• jossim (11898)
• [2006-08-27 19:50]

Bonjour Pieter1

fantastique prise,l'endroit est magnifique et très bien représenté.
Merci.
joseph

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• manyee (20016)
• [2006-08-27 23:09]

A fascinating and eerie landscape, Pieter.
I really like the mood created by the overcast weather.
The dried riverbed with its many streams of water going every which way, the mountains in the BF, the "dead" plants on the bluff... so many interesting things to look at. Great composition and lovely colors.
TFS. : )

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• pablominto (15576)
• [2006-08-28 1:43]

Hello Pieter,
What an amazing landscape!
Very well composed with a creative use of foreground interest...
Beautiful mountain range in the background, and the dry riverbed is interesting...
It is a high tech quality image, with wonderful colours!
Greetings,
Pablo -

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• Aramok (4885)
• [2006-08-28 8:16]

I have to say that I really like your series on Alaska and this one is no different. It shows a side of Alaska that we don't normally get shown.

It has a great depth to it.

TFS
Emma

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• liquidsunshine (11488)
• [2006-08-28 12:24]

Wonderful landscape Pieter,
You had the weather with you on this trip.
You've made good use of the grad filter. Fantastic composition.
This is a great post from you. Have a great week my friend.

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• SunToucher (9084)
• [2006-08-28 12:38]

Hoi Pieter,
Wat een prachtig vergezicht. Ik blijf maar kijken naar de rivierbekken en dan elke keer weer zie ik iets tussen de wolken door. Je kunt wel elke keer mooi weer willen, maar dan moet je een heel stuk zuidelijker gaan zitten. Dit is juist mooi, ruige natuur en echt weer. Prachtige compositie met perfecte belichting.
Groeten,
Niek

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• dew77 (13069)
• [2006-08-28 13:22]

Hello Pieter,
Very nice landscape,looks like a painting.Colors,POV,large DOF,framing and composition are wonderful.Exposure is spot on.Excellent work!
TFS...:-)

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• marmottelolo (14509)
• [2006-08-28 14:27]

hi
joli paysage,j'aime beaucoup les dessins qui ont été laissé par toutes les petites rivieres;les couleurs sont belles ausi.
laurent

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• SkyF (8113)
• [2006-08-28 14:37]

Hello Pieter,
such an incredible view.The depth of this composition is excellent. Very nice POV and the details are wonderful.
TFS..Sky

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• Janice (17794)
• [2006-08-28 21:24]

Hi Pieter, the lighting here is good and I like the blue tones to the image too. Great landscape view, the riverbed looks very interesting. Your timing for your holiday sounds just perfect for you. TFS this special part of the world some of us will never get to see,
Janice

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• wkshelton (5492)
• [2006-08-29 7:35]

Hello Pieter, excllent colors, Bg,POV details, are great, perfect work, TFS Kyle

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• flagman (2381)
• [2006-08-31 8:59]

Fantastic scene, so barren looking. Really well balanced composition. The muted blue colours on the mountains in the distance are a nice contrast to the sandy colours in the foreground. Maybe a tiny bit oversharpened? Maybe it's just me?

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• annagrace (2992)
• [2006-09-03 15:17]

Great light on a forbidding landscape, Pieter! I love the composition with the riverbank on the left and the wonderful mountains in the background. I am so envious of your trip to Alaska, what a spectacular place it must be!

Hope you have a great upcoming week,

Alli

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• reina (1992)
• [2006-09-11 17:26]

Hoi Pieter, wat een prachtige foto's! De laatste tijd ben ik steeds in dubio of ik nou wel of niet naar onbekende en onontgonnen plekken wil gaan. De komende tijd kan ik mijn hart ophalen aan jou foto's volgens mij. Ben erg benieuwd.
Deze compositie is mooi genomen, verhouding voor en achtergrond is mooi uitgekiend.
Groet reina

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• horia (13149)
• [2006-09-12 5:55]

Hi Pieter

This is a very beautiful view! Indeed the title fits the shrubs life very well. And you really hasd a lot of luck with that extraordinay weather :)
Anyway, great shot, taken from an excellent POV, with very nice details throughtout and a great light. The colors look lovely making the entire picture very well composed.

Bravo and TFS
Horia

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• luislourobd (2176)
• [2006-10-06 12:26]

Wow Pieter, a "lord of the rings" landscape!!!
Stunning shot, TFS, Luís.

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• carper (8410)
• [2006-10-07 2:55]

prachtige serie Pieter,
maar ik ga hier toch voor deze voortreffelijke landscape shot, mooie compositie, uitstekend3e kwaliteit en vanaf een goed punt genomen. mijn complimenten.
gr. jaap

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• peter_stoeckl (9381)
• [2006-10-14 15:12]

Hi Pieter,
what a marvellous depth and atmospherical beauty you have captured in this panorama of a river slowly meandering out of the cold and the dark! Very subtle colours, I like the cool hues of blue in contrast to the tender and warm colours of morning sunlight in the foreground very much.
With thanks, and best regards,
Peter

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• cedryk (5072)
• [2006-10-18 20:35]

Hello Pieter,
Very nostalgic landscape. Very subtle colours and light with that "distance hue". Good use of the foreground and nice details in clouds.
TFS and all the best!
Michal

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• extramundi (12764)
• [2006-10-22 10:19]

This places must be breathtaking. Nature gets really radical in this latitudes.
The picture is very plesant and natural. As always you include a nice read which brings me closer to the photo. You always make your posts interesting, thanks MF.
About your note in the forum, you already know what I think, but I have already given up. The only thing we can do is to mantain support between us, and welcome the new interested members. Time is limited for a lot of members, I come and go, but always try to return enjoying myself and doing what I want. I will keep on doing it. I dont always find the same people, but al last always an old friend appears. Thanks to all of them, sad but great at the same time ;)
BEST regards, Felipe.

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• Micror (48)
• [2006-10-29 19:33]

Top one pic i seen in here.
Excellent!

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• livios (16856)
• [2006-11-08 7:34]

Pieter, I do remember Ocean's hit. Great title.

I like the picture. An excellent composition to show us this beautiful landscape.

I like sharpness too.

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• marhowie (35311)
• [2006-11-17 9:19]

Well done Pieter, great quality.

I like the level of FG detail,
exposure, POV, and overall composition. The dry riverbed with it's "mini" rivers adds an interesting pattern, while leading the eye through the depth of the frame to the distant mountain range.
So let's get going..tough guy. ;)

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• james (74)
• [2006-11-19 16:38]

desolate yet inviting feeling in this one. DOF works for me as I have lots to take in. I love the harmonious geometry of it all with the various lines and curves. The bend of the river bed takes my eyes through the photo and back again. A very pleasing scene.
Well done.
TFS. James

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• osse (7755)
• [2006-12-14 16:58]

Hi Pieter
Good landscape shot. Good DOF, colours, sharpnes, details and POV.
Well done

osse