Resurrection

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• jmcl (11686)
• [2008-04-13 19:05]

Hi Peter,

Wonderful exposure .. beautiful colors .. I love the diagonal I feel from the foreground sage to the big tree .. tremendous. take care, John

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• ewiczek (349)
• [2008-04-13 19:33]

very nice landscape , nice capture, nice color

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• Dyerco (4981)
• [2008-04-13 19:45]

Hi Peter
What a lovely scene. It tells a story of life with nature taking the opportunity to "go forth and multiply" and prepare for the next showing. Nicely exposed.
Phil

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• ninghapsari (16)
• [2008-04-13 19:49]

very nice capture, beatiful landscape, love the color.

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• gunbud (16267)
• [2008-04-13 19:50]

Hi Peter,
Fantastic colors to this lovely desert landscape. The greens, yellows and golden colors are somewhat unsual and special in this arid part of California and the lovely cloudless blue sky makes for the perfecty backdorp for this symphony of color.
Regards, Tom

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• gneufeld (9231)
• [2008-04-13 19:57]

Hi Peter,
I find these kind of shots very difficult - always seems there needs to be more than just the colored flowers to present interest. You did it perfectly by including the tumbleweed, the tree on the right balanced of by the hillside to the left. And, the colors are great. Very well seen and presented. TFS. Gerald

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• Docarmo (5880)
• [2008-04-13 20:22]

Olá Peter,
Realmente um esplendor!
Uma composição primorosa, bem como a nota. Gostei também da moldura combinando.
Um abraço,
MCV

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• zeca (16546)
• [2008-04-13 20:39]
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Peter, eis um mar de cores que, apesar de belo, sozinho pareceria vazio. Por esta razão a inclusão da árvore quebrou a monotonia e adicionou interesse. Ainda que a árvore tenha importância, a beleza é toda da vegetação colorida, diversa também nas texturas. Você compôs muito bem.
Abraço e boa semana!
Zeca
Roteiro praticamente pronto. Vamos consultar as milhagens agora para ver a viabilidade do que pretendemos. Creio que ainda nesta semana definimos tudo. ;-D

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• robertosalguero (15251)
• [2008-04-13 20:58]

Hello Peter,

I enjoyed reading the remarks of Daniel. I see so much truth in his statement. I am also amazed at the amount of colourful flowers in this desert. It would be a pity to pitch a tent in such a delicate environment. Colourful and well composed image. Thanks Peter.

Rob

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• jjcordier (14021)
• [2008-04-13 22:01]

Merveilleuse photo, Peter! L'explosion de couleurs qui marque le renouveau de la nature est absolument superbe. Quelle beauté!
Amicalement
JJ

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• fayeulle (22826)
• [2008-04-13 22:42]

The flowers of the desert are really stunning. Le picture is fantastic. I would like to be at this place at this time.
Cheers
JP

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• ribeiroantonio (13999)
• [2008-04-13 23:29]

Nothing much I can say other than you have here a wonderful picture. And your note is also excellent. Congratulations.
Antonio

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• Floydian (24159)
• [2008-04-13 23:43]

Hi Peter,
Just wrote on John his image how nice that touch of red was in his image, but you present it even more red. His colour setting is soft while yours brinmgs out a much deeper contrast. Nice how you made the balance between the hill on the left and that tree on the right, very clever.
A beautiful landscape, very nice.
Regards, Henk

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• John_F_Kennedy (19175)
• [2008-04-14 0:11]

The composition is well taken, the atmosphere with all these flowers must be great. Beautiful country well captured.
Best wishes,
Achim

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• dareco (8502)
• [2008-04-14 0:29]

I am really enjoying all of these pictures. The colors are so pretty!! The scenery is beautiful!! TFS

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• Gerrit (23821)
• [2008-04-14 1:11]

Hi Peter,
fascinating and beautiful, these explosions of life. Fantastic colours and a good composition with the far way mountain and the dead tree as marking points.
Regards, gerrit

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• feather (39037)
• [2008-04-14 1:53]

You and John seem to be in competition to post California spring wild flowers. ;D This is another beauty with a riot of colour; totally unlike my understanding of a desert. What is different about this is the way everything seems to be leaning from left to right, no doubt due to the prevailing wind. It serves to add to our reading of the image too. Well done
Kath

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• vincz (17510)
• [2008-04-14 2:17]

Such a great one with beautiful colors and so nice rendering on the bushes. It really smells desert indeed at the time where the flowers bloom with so vivid colors. Really well done.

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• aadilj (8967)
• [2008-04-14 3:11]

Lovely spread of colours and textures with a great sprawling use of the depth and canvass. Superb job.

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• anes_lc (13637)
• [2008-04-14 3:32]

you are right ..fit perfect with this view :)
congratulation peter ,you still keep amazing me with your lovely pictures :)
beautiful colours
thanks sharing,anes

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• Dragut (835)
• [2008-04-14 3:37]

Hi

Just fabulous nothing else to tell.

Hat down...

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• MarcT (12053)
• [2008-04-14 4:00]

Hi Peter,
Those colors are superb. This desert is very special once the rain has come. Personnaly, I'm wondering if your picture desn't lack a little on sharpness.
Best wishes
Marc

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• dkeus31 (23398)
• [2008-04-14 4:07]
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Hi Peter,
that's desert? all these colors? wow!
a nice framing with the tree well placed.
i guess it is the size limitation, because it does not look perfectly sharp...
regards
didier

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• trekks (6870)
• [2008-04-14 4:22]

hello Peter

Well defined 'spring to life' cycle in your shot, the colors are testimony. Great capture of pov inside the desert.

The nature of life you were thinking is often times seen on National Geographic documentaries of African continent and more so there when quickened pace of life takes over as soon as raindrops fall on the dry land. Scores of animals swarm the place for a drink.

tfs, bill

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• belido (8384)
• [2008-04-14 5:00]

Olá Peter,

não, isso não é o deserto e sim o paraíso das cores laranjas e amarelas. O título vai muito bem aqui. Bem contrastente com a segunda-feira chuvosa que temos aqui. Ótima!
Abraço,
Carlos

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• ktanska (11497)
• [2008-04-14 6:01]

Hi Peter,
This really shows the effect of sudden rain on dry landscape. Saturated dynamic, everything on bloom at the same moment. This also has more elements, and thus better than the orange Mojave shot.
Kari

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• zmey (4201)
• [2008-04-14 6:42]

hello, peter

another wonderful desert-in-bloom scenery. interesting how you incorporated the dead tree in your life-death photo-story here.

warm regards,
kristaps

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• scobert (5321)
• [2008-04-14 7:22]

Hello Peter,
You, John Munro, and Wandering Dan have all had a field day with these amazing California wildflowers. I know that it is an overused cliche, but this photograph looks very much like a painting, and that is a compliment. I especially like the way that the boldly colored dappled wildflowers contrast with the softly rendered bushes, which looked like you added them in with a very soft paintbrush. The flowers looked like they were "dappled" in with a hard brush. You created a beautiful image of this unsual landscape! Superb!
Stan

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• Cormac (24523)
• [2008-04-14 7:49]

I can't recall ever seeing so many flowers in a desert environment, although I've read about such things. Great work to be able to capture this and share it. Beautiful work!

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• stego (13694)
• [2008-04-14 7:53]

Olá Peter,
Você e o John estão a fazer um excelente trabalho de divulgação destes campos californianos floridos. É realmente uma visão de uma beleza extraordinária e, como é seu hábito aproveitou-a lindamente para fazer uma compo magnífica, 'alinhando' os arbustos quase na diagonal, conduzindo o nosso olhar até à árvore seca.
TFS, Um abraço, José.

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• chpp (2735)
• [2008-04-14 8:18]

Hi Peter
very nice iamge, great balance of colours (intense and sharp). Very nice depth. I like how the balanced the hill on the left with the tree on the right
very nice composition
have a nice day
chris

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• Tobias__Ortmann (1677)
• [2008-04-14 8:19]

Hi peter,
great picture
very good colours nice compositon and great wide view over the field
very well donE
Tobias

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• mesutilgim (22173)
• [2008-04-14 12:00]

Hi dear Peter
Another amazing scene, masterly captured.
As if just out of the palette of a french impressionist master.
Very nice pov and amazing colors. Nice notes as well.
TFS and best regards
MESUT ILGIM

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• johnfreeman (1601)
• [2008-04-14 12:11]

Hi Peter,
What a wonderfully intense spring image with this brief explosion of colours. You've produced a very compelling composition here with a strong sense of movement due to the diagonals converging on the tree, which in turn is balanced by the hill on the left.
I particularly like the contrast between the flowers and the bare tree. I wonder if it is dead or not yet resurrected - perfectly in tune with the theme of life and death in the desert.
John

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• wgreis (2894)
• [2008-04-14 14:13]

Oi Peter,
ótimas cores, um POV excelente de um tema muito agradável.
Gostei muito do piso repleto de pequenas flores amarelas e laranjas.
Parabéns,
Wagner.

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• lilimih33 (9604)
• [2008-04-14 14:17]

Hello Peter!
Lots of flower and lovely spring composition!
Great colours and nice point of view!
Best regards!
Lili

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• lucasgalodoido (8504)
• [2008-04-14 15:28]

Olá Peter,
uma foto muito bonita essa, desse campo com as mais variadas cores, parece até uma pintura. Acredito que essa margem bem grossa tenha sido um artifício para contornar a limitação de 200kb imposta pelo site, e assim não perder qualidade da imagem, correto?
Parabéns e Abraço!

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• siolaw (21410)
• [2008-04-14 18:33]

Hi Peter
A flowering desert is a great view, thanks for bringing it here! Thes colors look very natural under this nice light. Sharp details and well rendered textures of all these plants. The dry tree adds a strong feature and you kept the right amount of sky.Good job
Greetings
Laurent

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• azleader (785)
• [2008-04-14 19:10]

Another very fine capture of Antelope Valley, CA.

I've had close personal experience that validates Daniel's statement. I would also agree completely with your remarks as well.

Oh... it looks like your outer vertical border width does not match your horizontal one. In my case that always happens when I enter odd numbers for the vertical width in Photoshop.

To get a border right I always have to enter an even number for width (or height for that matter). That is because PS splits the width you enter between each side. If I enter an odd number it will be distributed unevenly between the sides.

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• paura (20343)
• [2008-04-14 19:50]

Peter,
Tú pinta com a D200, beleza mesmo. Já tem material para uma exposição, né? Ajuste de cores e de iluminação muito bons.

Abraço

PAulo

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• guillaumejm (7492)
• [2008-04-15 2:47]

Hello peter,
you are right marvelous nature with xtraordinary capacity to change. Gorgrous colours here.
Bet regards
Jmarc

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• saylan-cb (8856)
• [2008-04-15 8:57]

Hi Peter
Beatiful landscape!Great colours and good image,nice POV here,excellent work.
TFS/Regards

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• Wandering_Dan (2952)
• [2008-04-15 9:20]

Hi, Peter -

Thank you for that comment, and this is a lovely shot to be associated with! Even if it does kind of go against my observation. :-)

But, yes, the desert occasionally goes all ambiguous on me, as it does here, which makes it, I suppose, even more paradoxical.

You've done a great composition, which not only shows the power of fleeting flowers, but also the sweep of the land and the suggestion of infinity in the distance.

I'd better stop now. Any more and I'll be writing bad poetry.

Best,
Dan

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• Jonas_Schmitt (2296)
• [2008-04-15 9:30]

Hi Peter!
Great picture with beautiful colors! I like the contrast between yellow, orange, green and blue very much. The sharpness is great, you chose a good point of view and I also like the depth here very much. Nice framing, too......just a beautiful composition!!!
Jonas

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• bostankorkulugu (23357)
• [2008-04-15 14:44]

this is dessert?... looks more like the "heaven" of the 3 Abrahamic religions i think peter... yellow and orange flowers are breath taking indeed... and the thin orange frame adds extra charm to the shot for sure...

all the best

korkut

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• Hunkar (1565)
• [2008-04-15 15:26]

An excellent scene of nature with great colors..
A lovely composition with flowers..

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• Scharan (11135)
• [2008-04-15 17:49]

Olá Peter

Lindíssima foto desta paisagem com uma bela composição e cores maravilhosas.
GA
Vera

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• capthaddock (27873)
• [2008-04-15 18:00]

Gorgeous carpet of poppies in the distance, and whatever the yellow ones are in the fg, at other times of the year this same spot would probably appear quite ordinary, but the different types of vegetation make the fg busy and interesting, I also like the way the tree is placed to balance the hill opposite at left.

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• dmoriaslr (22)
• [2008-04-15 23:33]

It must have been quite a spectacular vision to behold....the desert in it's "moments of colorful living glory". What is so unique to you Peter, is that with your lens you capture the most beautiful pictures and with your words you bring the pictures to life. The caption by itself speaks volumes. Very profound indeed!
Linet

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• danos (17031)
• [2008-04-16 3:00]

Hello Peter,
nice this colourful landscape view of this part of the Mojave Desert at Antelope Valley.The variety of the flowers are impressive and the whole scene looks like a huge carpet that cover this part of the desert..Very nice presentation with the vivid colours and light to make the capture great.Informative your note too.

Regards,Danos

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• rajiv_077 (1225)
• [2008-04-16 21:41]

Hello

This shot is good but more good because you capture a very unique scene of desert's. I had never this type of greenry in desert before. Just love the green, orange color, The Note is wonderful and love your thinking, This picture giving us some different kind of feeling.

kind regards

rajiv

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• banyanman (7274)
• [2008-04-17 6:15]

What a beautiful desert landscape shot, Peter. Perfectly composed and technically excellent. I think 1/60 at f/11 was just right for a tripod shot of this scene, and the detail you have achieved a the result of that. I am pleased that you weren't tempted to over-saturate this - the orange is striking but the colours still look very natural. Great work! Cheers . . . David

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• skippy007 (2519)
• [2008-04-17 7:12]

Hi Peter,
Beautiful picture, equally beautiful note.
Mother nature is amazing, well captured.
Thanks
Santo

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• wishlist (3249)
• [2008-04-17 12:40]

Hi Peter,
this shot is a hymn to the miracle of life with all that mix of colours in the ground so well contrasted by the blue sky..and this is the desert..unbeliavable!
Well done!

Igor

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• afshin339 (304)
• [2008-04-18 12:29]

Hi Peter
I really enjoy when look to your beautiful shot.What a nice colors and perfect details.That is really ressurrection for me!!.
Contrast and composition are wonderful and lovely.That lonely tree in your shot is excellent and fantastic.

I really enjoying your shot.
Well done.
afshin.

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• ag1993 (600)
• [2008-04-19 5:01]

Hello,
Great shot. Nice colours and amazing landscape.
One of my favorites.
Regards
Andrea Gatt

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• Didi (27852)
• [2008-04-19 18:05]

Hi Peter
I never see before so colourfull field of wild flowers.
Very attractive foreground.
I think for this time you should post a bigger picture or a panoramic large post.
Well done anyway.
Cheers.

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• jwmunro (5942)
• [2008-04-20 9:27]

Hello Peter -

The bloom was much better when you were there, I guess the 2-3 weeks did the trick. The color is wonderful with the poppies, fiddleneck, and the carpet flowers interspersed with the sage brush. Well done!

Thank for sharing.

John

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• delkoo (23383)
• [2008-04-20 10:24]

hi peter;
That must have been a wonderful trip and you got a most gorgeous shot. The sharpness and colors of it is real pleasure for my eyes.

regards
didier

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• plimrn (15209)
• [2008-04-20 12:04]

Hi Peter,
As Gerald comments, you have framed this shot perfectly with the bands of color and the fine detail of the sage and barren tree. I like the way you reflect on the desert in your note.

I'm hoping for fine weather too, Mt Bachelor has 4" of snow since yesterday and the mountain camera looks quite cloudy. Fortunately this is a land of micro-climates and it can be snowing in Bend and sunny in Redmond, 30 miles closer to Painted Hills.
HLJ, Pat

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• edytungkal (3297)
• [2008-04-20 19:18]

Wow...like a picture from a fairy-tale, almost unreal to see this beautiful place. A dream place for photographers...
Well done Peter, tfs


daniel

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• Greg1949 (5135)
• [2008-04-21 4:35]

Great shot and an inspiring note by Daniel and you. detail and color are awesome and through your camera we are able to see the wonderful sights that are probably in bloom like this only a few days a year.

Greg

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• rigoletto (19918)
• [2008-04-24 9:38]

Is this a desert???
Not likely to be the ones they taught me in school!
Well, i can easily imagine rabits, mice and ermins jumping to and fro, but never think about jackals and vultures, after looking at this desert place.
Great colors and mood in it. Lovely!
Cheers,
Deniz

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• xuaxo (3971)
• [2008-04-25 14:07]

Olá Peter
You were lucky enough to witness this beauty.
We are lucky enough that you photographed it to show it too us.
Um abraço,
F