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RGatward (19737) 2006-04-16 4:42

Clever idea and very eloquent image from this iconic city.

Galmeida (12559) 2006-04-16 4:45

Hi Norbert,

A simple and beautiful with a message of hope. Very well seen, captured and composed. Lovely!

Congratulations and have a happy Easter and return to Europe.
Fernando

pilpel-adom (3016) 2006-04-16 4:53

Good composition with the BG ruins of the bomb. The combination of the pink flower and the pinkish building in the BG have a strong emotional connection and is very artistic. A very sensitive capture! Too bad the weather was overcasted.
Well seen take!
TFS
Chen

thor68 (5537) 2006-04-16 5:00

hi norbert,
hiroshima must be a "bad" and sad place to visit...
excellent idea and capture with the blossoms
as a sign of hope and peace in front
of the blurred ruins of the dome.
well done!
schöne ostern & einen guten heimflug, thor.

Framboisilla (5402) 2006-04-16 5:07

Bonjour Norbert,

Très belle photo avec une focale courte qui laisse deviner ce gros bâtiment en arrière-plan, le cadrage est très réussit ! Et puis les couleurs des fleurs sont très fraîches.

Amicalement,
Stéphanie.

hispic (7399) 2006-04-16 5:17

Hi Norbert,
My heart is pained every time the A-bomb Dome is seen. However, I think that this photo expresses hope by applying the focus to favorite Japanese cherry blossoms, and blurring the background.
Fukuoka is my hometown, Did you try Hakata Ramen which Chinese noodles in soup.
Happy Easter!
Hisashi

nerve (10210) 2006-04-16 5:54

beautiful in that context..i would still give it a bit more DOF i think..(would give a better idea)
in these kind of places, you did the right thing.. would be very boring otherwise.. ;)
nice composition, good title, good symbolic description of this place..
cheers.

dkeus31 (26180) 2006-04-16 6:49

Hallo Norbert,
Very nicely composed, the flowers of hope and the low DOF, but just enough to recoknize a symbol of the human destructive stupidity.
Happy easter (of what remain in the morning land) and have a nice return trip.
Regards,
Didier

bantonbuju (48622) 2006-04-16 7:20

hi norbert, guess youre still in japan, anyhow have a good easter,
i envy you the blooming spring (which is not still the case here),
somehow i do not get the dof here, the building in a distance only slightly shaped looks more like an european bit of architecture than an oriental japanese archi example;
best wishes, jerzy

ahmetgedikli (21877) 2006-04-16 7:29

Hi Norbert,
Very nice composition. Point of view, depth of field, colors and light are perfect. Thanks for sharing and best wishes.
Ahmet

Xalkida (11740) 2006-04-16 9:14

Hi Norbert

Very nice contrast between these flowers and the building at the background. Excellent note, describing the place very nice.

aznegrao (10230) 2006-04-16 10:02

Ola Norbert!!
Excelente efeito visual obtido com a luz, criando formas e texturas fantasticas.
Abraços.
aznegrao.

Philippe (11773) 2006-04-16 12:12

Hi, Norbert. The DOF here is very good and serves your purpose very well. The blossoms are very neat. The building in the background is just crisp enough to be recognised, this is what you wanted to do and you did it perfectly well.

Janice (4386) 2006-04-16 17:18

Norbert - beautiful! This is a wonderful image, the cherry blossoms are so pretty and it is good to see them growing here in Hiroshima.
Yes, PEACE for the world is what we all HOPE for.
Thank you
Janice

lestans (15452) 2006-04-16 18:12

"Hope" is really the right titile for this shot, Norbert. Good idea, and very well made, to put a cherry flower very sharp in the foreground, and to blur the monument.
Ciao!! Enjoy your tour
Livia

singuanti (15240) 2006-04-16 22:24

Hi Norbert. I like that you brought some cheer in a sad place. You had good timing to be there with the right light for it to illuminate those blossoms. The bokeh is ok, not awesome but not bad either. I won't be around TE tomorrow so have a great trip back on Tuesday!

IvarsU (2499) 2006-04-17 1:14

Hi, Norbert!
Emotions, emotions and emptions are coming from photo! Nice blurred background with superb composition.
Regards,
Ivars.

carper (64784) 2006-04-17 3:33

Very lovely shot Norbert.
the composition is great, the pov and the dof are both very good, well what can I say else then I like it a lot.
gr. jaap

robiuk (10763) 2006-04-17 6:49

Now Norbert,
what a better Easter post than this!
Soft, emotional, light - a really well chosen technique for presenting us with the Peace Memorial Museum and reminding us of all atrocities done by great power of the World Police (that is still doing it nowadays, unfortunately!)
Have a great time,
Robi

Didi (36078) 2006-04-17 9:10

Bonjour Norbert
Merci de publier cette photo en souvenir des victimes de cette bombe.
Cependant je constate que certains pays du monde n'ont pas retenu cette leçon.

toniox (868) 2006-04-17 11:12

Hi Norbert, I've recognise the hiroshima ruins at first sight, I think It's a good contrast between the destruction and the life.

blue-velvet30 (6524) 2006-04-17 12:29

Hello Norbert!
Beautiful! Fantastic POV and composition. Great colors. Well done!
TFS;-)
regards
Dorota

Ann75 (0) 2006-04-17 22:55

Hi Norbert,

Great idea to make a shot like this. I love the detailed and close up look of the cherry blossoms with the blurred building in the background. Indeed some sort of a renewal of life and maybe seen as a sign of hope. Well capture! Great composition with amazing sharpness and beautiful colours!

Greetings,
Ann

PS: Have a good & safe trip home! I hope you had a nice Easter as well!

avigur_11 (21273) 2006-04-19 2:48

Wow, you found an amazing way to show this place, Norbert. This way is expresing a lot of hope. It is very well captured, but composition is very smart and sensitive - that's why I chosed this one amont so many of yours from japan that I missed (And they are all gtreat!!).
Happy Easter, It is Passover here..

Gdouble (5245) 2006-04-25 13:29

Hi Norbert,
Very nice composition with a great background. Perfect choice of title.
Guy

tzu_chi (32) 2006-08-06 12:23

Blooms beautifully the oriental cherry and the background explode the construction
not to know originally why this chart does attract me very much

     tigra (2966) 2006-08-08 19:10

Hello, Norbert
Nice shot, it's so simple and tender!
Katia

aimee (941) 2006-09-12 13:44

Hi Norbert,

what a beautiful and symbolic composition !!!
:-)

I find really nice the idea to give an other dimension to this A-Bomb Dome ! That's meaningful and I like the feeling of peace, hope that you give to this picture.

Otherwise, I find that the blossom is well centred and very neat.

The colors get on well too.
That's a good contrast between the sadness (grey, past, death, war) of the A-Bomb Dom and the colors of the blossom (pink, present, life, peace, hope).

Thank you for this marvellous picture.
Have a nice evening, best regards.

Aimée

rchristiansmith (228) 2006-12-05 21:10

Creative, clever commentary.

MLINES (10880) 2008-06-13 16:56

Hi Norbert, A powerful way of putting the past into the future. Growth overcomes sad times. I met an Ameru=ican recently who pointed out far more were killed by fires from blanket bombing, and this was just a tipping point. Man's need to kill each other is beyond comprehension. TFS. Murray.

coco (27842) 2009-08-21 10:09

Hi my friend.

Let me begin in this way.

Some people won't know you've gone. You say us goodbye without a last present or picture, but I understand it would be silly: post another picture and the reason why you leave us is not compatible.

Anyway, from my first days here in TE, when I discovered your gallery I discovered a wonderful view of the world.

It's a pity, but somehow we haven't lost your pictures: is TE who has lost them.

I mean, I think I've learnt a lot from people like you. And I think you're one of the best members of this site.

Really we will miss you.

Carlos.

(maybe someone could remove this critique because I don't critique the photo: this is another good, very good photo, as all your pictures in your old gallery... and also I like the meaning, a new meaning, of this picture)