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• dmoriaslr (22)
• [2007-11-04 22:04]

Hi Peter,
Enjoyed your pictures and glad to see that you are "active" again; although, I am sure your wife and family were happy to see you resting
Gave in to the irresistible however, didn't you?
You have no idea how you were missed, imagine all those pts surviving without their neuro exams!!
Linet

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• lucasgalodoido (8502)
• [2007-11-05 3:02]
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Olá Peter!
Uma bela vista dessa praia, achei curioso algun prédios na montanha, parecem estar abandonados, é isso mesmo?
Parabéns e Abraço!

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• ktanska (11497)
• [2007-11-05 3:36]

Hi Peter,
Pleasant holiday scene. Steeply rising hills make this a bit different. And it's interesting to compare old town with those bigger hotel or apartment buildings on the background. I'd like to see a bit more of the foreground beach.
Kari

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• belido (8354)
• [2007-11-05 3:40]
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Olá Peter,

sabe que senti a mesma sensação quando estive em Florença por exemplo. Não me sobrou tempo para "trekeafear" como você aponta em sua nota. Bem, creio que você tenha feito um bom trabalho nessa foto, considerando que o sol era forte no momento. Os tons escuros deram uma boa equilibrada na luminosidade. Belo enquadramento com parte do mar e as construções ao fundo.
Abração,
Carlos

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• cbrman (12742)
• [2007-11-05 3:43]
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Hello Peter,

Une vue bien cadrée de ce lieu qui semble paradisiaque. L'image comporte une belle profondeur induite par l'arrondi de la plage. La composition intégrant des personnes est bienvenue et dynamise l'image !
Bien vu !

A+

Dominique

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• John_F_Kennedy (19099)
• [2007-11-05 4:25]

Hope you enjoy your holidays. Wonderful shot. Great natural colours, nice bay. Interesting to the all the green in the backround
Best wishes,
Achim

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• Flavia (7415)
• [2007-11-05 5:49]
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Hi Peter,

Sometimes is good to take vacations from everything even from things we like. I see that eventhough you centered your shots on family and friends you still came back with some nice genral ones. This one has something, it is a very decent postcard from this nice beach. The inclusion of people walking on the beach works well and the city on the background was well captured. Its true that the scenery would be much more pleasant without the big buildings... but that seems to be the price to pay for the development?...

Best Regards,

Flavia

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• Floydian (24151)
• [2007-11-05 7:46]
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Hi Peter,
Paying some extra attention to the wife instead of TE is a wise decision ;-)
The photo is not something on the quality that i am used to see from you. Maybe this is not the right area, at least not the right light that you captured here. It's a bit hazy on the mountain and the houses, but the blue ocean gave you a very nice contrast to it. The people walking on the beach give a focus point and add a something extra.
Regards, Henk

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• Docarmo (5848)
• [2007-11-05 8:01]

Olá Peter,
Boa tomada do lugar - tem-se uma boa idéia geral.
Parece ser um lugar lindo!
Sua nota está muito interessante e com sábias observações.
Parabéns!
Maria do Carmo

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• Dyerco (4951)
• [2007-11-05 9:41]

Hi Peter
I like the fact that you included the people in the lower left. By the way I am printing an image that I posted called "Desert layers" and I have cropped it as per your suggestion. It looks quite good. Thanks for the suggestion.
Phil

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• zeca (16536)
• [2007-11-05 11:18]
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É isso aí, amigo. Esta é a minha vida de fotógrafo quando viajo. Sempre com a familiagem como freio...hehe. Mas, os postcards são válidos e este aqui é muito bonito, com capricho na execução que cuidou da profundidade ao incluir a plantinha no canto esquerdo. 55-200? Não sabia dessa! Faz tempo? Belezinha, hein! Super versátil! Estou enviando a minha para NY e já me programando para comprar uma de verdade adiante, pois gosto muito de fotografar com a zoom. Muito charmosa a praia...
Abraço,
Zeca

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• stego (13694)
• [2007-11-05 11:29]
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Olá Peter,

Lendo a sua nota e olhando para a foto, fico com a sensação que você tem dois "modos de funcionamento" muito distintos como fotógrafo. É frequente eu sentir isso e já me aconteceu passar anos sem grande vontade de fotografar.

Cada vez tenho menos objecções a "postais" - afinal grande parte do sucesso dos verdadeiros postais advém da grande beleza dos locais e da selecção acertada de POV's e é preciso ser simultaneamente muito presunçoso e também ignorante para pretender que é preciso muita originalidade para obter uma boa fotografia; o contrário é bem mais verdadeiro! Se fotos bonitinhas de praia fazem lembrar postais, muitas das fotos mais fabulosas de paisagens fazem lembrar posters...

Bolas, já estou a botar discurso a despropósito!...

Como postal não está mal. Atendendo à luz e névoa, a impressão de nitidez também está razoável, embora talvez tenha sido obtida à custa de uma saturação e contraste ligeiramente exagerados. Aceito que em termos de compo e cor, o arbusto florido à esquerda fica bem, mas pessoalmente acho desagradável coisas desfocadas em primeiro plano. Não é novidade para si que está longe da sua "média" (muito alta por sinal).

Um abraço, José.

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• paura (20257)
• [2007-11-05 12:31]
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Peter,
A paisagem é linda e você captou muito bem, apesar da posição do sol estar tentando te atrapalhar. Aquela antiga torre ao final da praia é um lindo detalhe.

Abração

Paulo

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• darrasin (2856)
• [2007-11-05 13:39]
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Very good work Peter! Composition is enhanced nicely with the angled shoreline and the inclusion of the beach combers adds a wistful ambiance for me. The hazy air in the distance confirms this is a tropical paradise.

Well done!
Doug

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• Gerrit (23801)
• [2007-11-05 14:16]

Hi Peter,
good composition. I like the layering of the village and the grouping of the elements.
Well done - a postcard in the good sense.
Groeten, gerrit

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• jwmunro (5942)
• [2007-11-05 18:16]
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Hello Peter -

It is a very good idea once in a while to focus on the wife and family rather than always making images. I had to make those same compromises on my past trip so I did not always get the image I wanted. For a quick snap this is not bad but it is sure a let down from some of your other images. In this image we have some very contrasty light but here it is working for you portraying the warmth and humidity of this beach side community. IMO, the FG bush should have been eliminated or should have been sharply in focus. I am having a hard time trying to figure out what the yellow is - is it leaves or is it flowers? IMO the bush and the highlights are distracting. The people on the beach are good FG elements and add strength to the composition. All-in-all a nice snap to remember the trip.

Thank you for sharing.

John

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• lcarolan (932)
• [2007-11-05 18:27]

Peter,
Quite a nice Travelogue type capture. I am ambivalent about the tourism because it does so much to support the local economies. Granted that it is also affecting the local lifestyle, in general, the standard of living in tourist areas is quite a bit higher than in other areas. We do the same thing. There was an old "Eagles" song named "Call Someplace Paradise and Kiss It Goodbye." We find an unspoiled spot, then open a real estate office and a Chamber of Commerce so we can sell it to everyone else!

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• jhm (64808)
• [2007-11-06 4:56]

Hello Peter,

I missing the heigher ISO and the higher F, it's a very nice picture but without the perfectly depth sharpness.
I want you absolutely not hurt Peter, want this image is very well, but I try the small details to improve.
I hope that you did appreciate.

Best regards,
John.

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• plimrn (15203)
• [2007-11-06 6:33]

Hi Peter,
Henk has nailed it perfectly, especially about paying attention to the wife. It is basically impossible to focus on photography with a host of family members. As the chief cook at my family gatherings, I even rely on Larry or my my son & granddaughter for family photos.
SAA, Pat

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• bruce_wayne (6352)
• [2007-11-06 13:57]

Hello Peter
colors and contrast of this shot are very very good...well done! I like your point of view...bravo!

Alessandro

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• wgreis (2882)
• [2007-11-06 14:17]

Olá Peter,
um emaranhado d construções lá no fundo. O pessoal caminhando pela praia parece contrastar entre uma paz e harmonia que lá no fundo não vão encontrar.
Nota como sempre: excelente.
Abraços,
Wagner.

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• gunbud (16215)
• [2007-11-06 18:29]

Hello Peter,
Nice tropical image with the beach winding around to catch the background of the modern city and distant hills.
Regards, Tom

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• Emile (15537)
• [2007-11-06 20:27]

Hola Peter.
Your picture was very well captured from a high POV permitting us to see the city of Puerto Vallarta and the surroundings, it really looks like a crowded place. Your expression about "to rest from my job AND FROM TE" is very real. My two weeks in Argentina with members of my family and friends (no wives) was excellent, if you haven't been there try to go, you will enjoy it. Now I have to take Rosa to Miami for Thanksgiving.
Un fuerte abrazo amigo.

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• Cretense (32507)
• [2007-11-07 0:59]

Hi Peter!

Excellent, clever and funny title! Unusual photo for you, not your "extraterrestial" landscapes, but still a beautiful one! The composition and the perspective created by the shore are for the textbooks. I think you 've overdone it a little bit with contrast but that's just personal "taste". Congratulations!

Hercules

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• cfreire (7217)
• [2007-11-07 4:11]

Olá, Paulo.
Uma linda captura, aonde podemos quase sentir o quebrar das ondas sobre a praia. O mar é de um azul profundo, e o emolduramento com as pessosas e a árvore à esquerda, deu muita vida a tomada. Gostei! Um abraço, Consuelo

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• Stepan (24822)
• [2007-11-10 0:05]

I enjoy your title, your note and I try to imagine that without the building... I can't ! Unfortunately... And that's the problem !!
Useful post.
Stéphane

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• kwazireal (168)
• [2008-01-08 9:36]
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I think this would have been better composed using 100-115mm focal length. Everything looks too scrunched-in to the frame.

The people walking are just barely in the shot, but the unfocused mass of foliage in the lower left corner made it. The surf line originating smack dab in the lower right corner leads only weakly into an unimportant area of the scene, the base of a jetty obscured by the out-of-focus foliage. The tiny peek at the mountains beyond, in the upper right corner is more distraction than substance.

Pretty good detail in the shadows and quarter tones, though. Note was detailed and appreciated.

Chris

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• ruisc_pt (4479)
• [2008-01-22 0:26]

OLá Pedro.
Tenho que concordar com o Henk Meijer.
De facto o bom é inimigo do óptimo... de facto era uma da tarde quando disparaste esta foto e está muito "harsh".
Abração.
R

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• coco (22931)
• [2008-03-02 11:16]

Hi Peter.

Excellent composition and timming. You made a wonderful work with the lens and the scene look very nice.

Well done.

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• xuaxo (3963)
• [2008-05-22 9:44]

Olá Peter,
Esta foto está muito longe das tuas habituais obras-primas. Mas é um bom postcard para mostrar o local - e também os efeitos de um certo tipo de turismo.
Um abraço,
F