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kri54 (1515) 2007-08-31 0:11

très eau jeu de couleurs

ChrisJ (69464) 2007-08-31 0:34

Hi Vincent

I like the intense reflected blue of the sky in the water. Wonderful reflections & saturated colour. Well composed, with excellent sharpness & pov. The fg grass stems add depth. Tfs!

John_F_Kennedy (30581) 2007-08-31 0:37

Beautiful landscape with strong colours and light, It's very well composed with the diagonal of the canal.
Best wishes,
Achim

cessy (13647) 2007-08-31 1:24

Never been to Palo Alto, but everytime I heard about the place, usually related with technology, computer, satellite, etc ..
so this is something different :)
very nice capture of the place, Vincent
and congrats for your first year anniversary in TE :)

PixelTerror (85994) 2007-08-31 2:15

Salut Vincent,
Felicitations pour ton premier anniversaire sur TE !
C'est pas etonnant que tu aies du batailler pour faire entrer cette photo dans les 200 KB, t'as vu le niveau de detail dans le feuillage, c'est quasi incompressible ce truc la ! Sinon c'est calme et bucolique, bien place sur la diagonale, mais c'est loin d'etre l'image la plus forte que tu nous as presentee en cette 1ere annee, perso je place sur le podium loin devant les autres tes images du Bhoutan !
Bon week end,
Jean-Yves

prumod (8258) 2007-08-31 3:05

hi vincent...
nice location with full of greenery... that peeping blue sky gives nice contrast...
greetings...

macondo (12967) 2007-08-31 5:30

Hello Vincent. First, congratulations on your first year in TE! Second, thanks for the shot and the interesting notes. I know how hard it is to get focus and sharpness on fine grasses, foliage and the like, especially in quite bright light. In this case, I think the result is pretty good. Anyway, the focal point here is the magical blue reflection, which adds real depth to the image. The perspective is good, with the convergence of the banks, and the heads of the grasses in the foreground and the overhanging tree make a good framing device for the reflection. Very nice work.
Regards,
Andrew

feather (49848) 2007-08-31 7:14

It's always the way when there are lots of tiny leaves. I think you got away with it. It's the sky that usually gives high compression artifacts away so little sky here helps with the visual result. We would never guess this was close to SF. It looks like an idyllic place. Excellent light handling and the reflected blue is an eye-catching feature of the image.
Kath

zeca (20024) 2007-08-31 21:50

Hi Vincent!
Very nice work on the sky and reflections, making this beautiful composition even better. Well taken!
Cheers!
Zeca

jlbrthnn (36842) 2007-09-01 1:03

Bonsoir Vincent,
Il est difficile d'imaginer que cette nature soit à proximité de concentrations urbaines et industrielles. J'espère que ce beau paysage montré n'est pas touché par une quelconque pollution. Belle image, bon travail.
Nonne soirée
Amicalement
Joël
Demain...

kermit350 (8988) 2007-09-01 5:23

Hello Vincent, a good contrast or the vegetable expansion consumes much pixel, also a great multitude of your visual green for one discharged in the image of a great quality, the expo is ideal for this simple sight or clearness precedes and or abounds grinds details, the weight of the file image is some more important, it is difficult of imagines that not far from this resting landscape the data-processing world center of Silicon Valley is, the angle selected gives a good depth to your image, but it is especially a place full with calms that I will retain EC image and a qualitative station for a well controlled sight that simple ou la netteté prime et ou foisonne moult détaille, le poids du fichier image s' en trouve plus important, il est difficile d' imagine que non loin de ce paysage reposant se trouve le centre mondial informatique de Silicon Valley, l' angle choisis donne une bonne profondeur à ton image, mais c' est surtout un endroit plein de calme que je retiendrai de cette image et un poste qualitatif pour une vue bien maîtrisée que je salue ainsi qu`une première année who have enriches the world by TE by stations interesting, sincerely.......................Bonjour Vincent, un bon contraste ou le foisonnement végétal consomme beaucoup de pixel, également une grande multitude de ton vert pour une acquitté visuel dans l’image d’une grande qualité, l’expo est idéal pour cette vue simple ou la netteté prime et ou foisonne moult détaille, le poids du fichier image s’en trouve plus important, il est difficile d’imagine que non loin de ce paysage reposant se trouve le centre mondial informatique de Silicon Valley, l’angle choisis donne une bonne profondeur à ton image, mais c’est surtout un endroit plein de calme que je retiendrai de cette image et un poste qualitatif pour une vue bien maîtrisée que je salue ainsi qu‘une première année qui ont enrichit le monde de TE par des postes intéressant, bien amicalement

Angelillo (9065) 2007-09-01 9:08

Bonsoir Vincz,

Malgré les limitations forcées, je trouve l'image de grande qualité, avec une combinations de lumière et couleurs superbe. Le reflet bleu entre les feuilles est très joli! Très bien composée!

Bon weekend,
Angel.

clnaef (6289) 2007-09-02 2:17

Bonjour,
Belle et sauvage nature, belles couleurs.
Bonne journée.
clnaef

danos (31610) 2007-09-02 5:10

Hello Vincent,
Congrats on you for your first year in TE.Your shot has a natural beauty with this great blue of the lake in Foothills Park.The environment looks idyllic and very fascinating.A paradise scenery of this magnificent place.Very informative your note too.Well done.

Regards,Danos

syd1946 (17807) 2007-09-02 13:35

Hello Vincent,
Nature is a real treasure for our lives!And your composition show this in the best way!Full of natural colors...
Congratulations for the first year in TE!All the best!

Have a nice week,
Thomas

carper (63998) 2007-09-03 2:49

a fine image again Vincent,
the pov is nice and the quality is super, I like the dark river and the good contrast in the photo well done I like it, have a nice day.
gr. jaap

gildasjan (23291) 2007-09-04 3:39

Bonjour Vincent
J'apprécie tout simplement ce coin de verdure et d'eau,je trouve cela très apaisant.Très agréable réalisation.
Bonne journée.
Amicalement
Gildas

plimrn (19558) 2007-09-05 6:06

Bonjour Vincent,
these little islands of serenity in chaos never fail to delight. The blue water and blue sky add nice contrast to the profusion of greens.
SAJ, Pat

john_c (24635) 2007-09-06 17:45

Hi Vincent,
A bucolic scene of great beauty. I especially like the blue tint of the water. As to compression, the biggest problem landscape photographers face on TE is loss of quality with shots involving lots of grass and trees, which require so many pixels. One way to solve the problem - the best way - would be for TE to raise the allowable size to, say, 250kb. Otherwise one has to either make the shot overly soft with eg. noiseware or reduce the size drastically. I increasingly am opting for the latter course as occasion demands with shots such as this one. Ultimately TE will lose out to other sites in my view if the better photographers are not allowed to post the good quality shots at a higher size limit. Here, the actual quality of your original is apparent. Very fine work. Cheers.
John