Feeding Cars, Not People

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• maltese (16164)
• [2008-04-15 22:44]

Salut Vincent
Tu inaugures de belle façon la saison du Colza sur TE ;o))
Une belle lumière, un ciel "dramatique" accentué par l'effet du grand angle et une belle explosion de jaune.
C'est très bien vu!!
Amicalement
hervé

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• ribeiroantonio (13999)
• [2008-04-15 22:49]

It is a problem that nobody in the political arena of developed countries is willing to acknowledge. All they want is to ***look good*** about environmental issues. For the photo, I believe that putting the stress on the first flower was a very good idea. Well done.
Antonio

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• gary91 (13167)
• [2008-04-15 22:51]

Bonjour Vincent,
Bravo pour avoir su allier une très belle image à une note tout à fait pertinente. Ce ciel noir illustre bien la situation actuelle, qui devient dramatique dans certains pays où la révolte gronde...
Ce ciel annonce-t-il le début des guerres pour la nourriture ?
Merci en tout cas aussi pour cette note.
Bonne journée à toi.
Amicalement, Christian

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• besnard (19646)
• [2008-04-15 22:54]

Bonjour Vincent
Le colza fleurit dans les champs bretons et j'aime ta façon de faire ressortir cette tige très nette sur un flou artistique.
Merci pour le partage et bonne journée.
Nicole

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• imrek (6766)
• [2008-04-15 23:01]

HI Vincz,
i can see PP work here and of course the point what you want to show for as, but 10-22 is not the best choice for this kind of shots... colours are great!

regards,

imre

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• meltemi (7974)
• [2008-04-15 23:04]

Hello Voncent,
great capture of an beautiful country moment. You mastered the use of colours and perspective perfectly, it is impressive. I like the feeling of the picture, it's like you are invisible here but you are always very visible with your effective notes that I share at all.
Kind Regards.
Stella

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• siolaw (21410)
• [2008-04-15 23:19]

Salut Vincent
Un sujet d'actualité crucial, présente de manière artistique! Le bokeh est superbe et les yeux se perdent dans un océan de jaune.
Joli
Amitiés depuis le Cambodge
Laurent

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• emka (6779)
• [2008-04-15 23:34]

Hi Vincent,

Very beautiful photo and very important and interesting note. Good title also. What is this flower? Rapeseed? Good macro.

Thanks for sharing the photo and information

Malgorzata

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• kri54 (1341)
• [2008-04-16 0:07]

belle macro sur un fond de nuages comme je les aime
le jaune ressort très bien
tu as bien profité de l'effet 3d des eos numériques
effet très déroutant entre l'eos argentique et le numérique

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• robertosalguero (15251)
• [2008-04-16 0:25]

Hello Vincent,

There is a lot of truth in the editor's note. I do think erradicating hunmger should be a priority. Excellent composition with the plant properly in focus. The blurred background enhances the foreground subject. Colours and details are excellent. Thanks Vincent.

Roberto

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• PixelTerror (70124)
• [2008-04-16 0:40]

Salut Vincent,
Aaaaaah du colza, c'est de saison !
Belle lumiere orageuse qui fait peter le jaune, j'aime bien aussi l'idee de ton cadrage qui fait ressortir une fleur sur le tapis.
Amities depuis La Defense JY

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• daddo (7705)
• [2008-04-16 1:22]

Hi Vincent. A very sobering note that underlies such a pretty and innocent picture. It is a travesty, this reversal of the role of agriculture, which until very recently has been mainly for the feeding of people. Now it's for feeding cars.Technically/aesthetically the tall flower against the dark sky makes it an excellent work. Regards. Klaudio.

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• MarcT (12053)
• [2008-04-16 3:01]

Salut Vincent,
Moi j'aime bien le choix du grand angle pour ce genre d'image. L'énorme profondeur de champ est parfois bien utile mais, ici, on ne la voit pas.
Bonne journée
Marc

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• devimeuxbe (44649)
• [2008-04-16 3:12]

Bonjour VIncent
Ca y est, les champs de colzat vont bientot tenir la vedette sur TE. Sympa cette image avec le fond flouté et un superbe ciel de contrastes.
Amicalment
Bertrand

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• Floydian (24159)
• [2008-04-16 3:20]

Hi Vincent,
Strong note, also good contrast between that yellow and blue/grey sky, works pretty good. I think you did some work in the pp because with this wide-angle at 4.0 it's hard to get such a soft background. But i like the idea and your framing a bit off center.
Regards, Henk

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• Gerrit (23821)
• [2008-04-16 3:43]
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Hi Vincent.
A good statement with a false example. You're entirely right about corn and sugarcane. Rapeseed (that great yellow ocean)has nevr been a source of human nutricity. It is used mainly to fertilize the soil.
regards, Gerrit

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• japiey (9295)
• [2008-04-16 3:44]

Hi Vincent,

Marvellous !!
What a striking composition with colours..
Excellent.

jp

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• gilou530 (24988)
• [2008-04-16 4:26]

salut vincent
tient le colza arrive sur TE il est vrai que le jaune passe bien a l'écran, ici avec un ciel orageux et le font flouté cela donne une photo originale
amitiés
gilbert

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• belido (8384)
• [2008-04-16 6:27]

Hi Vincent,

very unusual and interesting shot. The dof enhanced the details on the foreground flower but I also like the blurred ones on the back and the dark cloudy sky. Great shot!
Regards,
Carlos

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• feather (39037)
• [2008-04-16 6:36]

I have never particularly liked small subjects in focus with a lot of bokeh, but I think it works quite well here, probably because the background is the same colour. Thought provoking note.
Kath

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• kevinos (5438)
• [2008-04-16 8:13]

I agree with you so much, Vincent.and your picture illustrates the point so well. You have great use of Dof to get a dramatic effect. It actually make a very attractive picture.

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• UnTrained (12217)
• [2008-04-16 8:15]

Salut Vincent,
just a very actual discussion well presented in a capture with a good colour composition and sharpness for just one element. This does not seem to be the final solution but I heard about something new with better results because of higher achieved amounts on energy based on the same used space.
Lieben Gruss, Ulf

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• stego (13694)
• [2008-04-16 8:32]

Salut Vincent,
Dans un monde on entend parler tout le temps de technologie et science, c'est absurde et révoltant le manque presque total de rationalité de la part de qui retient le pouvoir, soit-il politique ou économique (est-ce-qu'il y a des vrais différences?).
Une belle photo de nature, combinant le "close-up" de la fleur ensoleillé avec le champ verte et jaune et le ciel bien dramatique.
Amitiés, José

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• jasmis (36671)
• [2008-04-16 11:28]

Superb photo with amazing colours and DOF. And important message sent to all of us.
Regards.

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• clio (8617)
• [2008-04-16 13:29]

Salut Vincent,
Bien joli cette fleur de colza qui jaillit sur ce ciel d'orage. Voilà qui illustre malheureusement bien ta note très pertinente. J'ajouterai une question que je me pose: Qui a intérêt à faire grimper ainsi les matières premières agricoles? Car l'augmentation du pétrole n'explique pas tout et on n'est pas en sous production.... Bien facile ensuite de faire avaler aux gens la nécessité des cultures avec OGM, non? L'ombre de certaines firmes commercialisant les semences OGM, n'est à mon avis pas étrangère à ce qui se passe actuellement.
Et ce qui se passe est extrêmement grave...
Bref, le colza finissant dans la vinaigrette, c'est bien loin.
Bravo pour ta photo et pour ta note.
Amicalement
Diane

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• capthaddock (27873)
• [2008-04-16 19:11]

Wow, great shot with a fitting contemporary note, and what a dramatic bg.

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• gneufeld (9231)
• [2008-04-16 20:04]

Hi Vincent,
A pleasing image well seen, but the note is cause for pause! Thanks for sharing so honestly about the matter of sustainability and world environmental challenges. TFS. Gerald

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• Graal (40749)
• [2008-04-16 22:56]

Bonjour Vincent,
very nice spring composition and good comment in note. Fine blue & yellow image, like as painted. I like it.
Gr., Aleksander

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• Angshu (23874)
• [2008-04-17 1:01]

Hello Vincent
A subject so very important, I really appreciate your bringing it up with this community. Just in Chidambaram’s own words "We (India) are not insulated from global commodity prices. Self-sufficiency is the key to insulate ourselves from high global commodity prices". Only a country completely food self-sufficient, or rich enough to subsidise every morsel, can achieve de-link consumer food prices from international markets. In the normal & present scheme of things, beyond a point, it's impossible.
About this picture…a visual delight with the focus on the front bunch with the BG blurred & the strong colour contrast
Regards
Angshu

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• jlbrthnn (17902)
• [2008-04-17 2:01]

Bonjour Vincent,
Très belle composition pour mettre en évidence la plante sur un fond flou. Ce n'est plus une plante banale, maintenant au centre de polémiques et bientôt de drames et conflits. Beau et bon travail.
Bonne journée
Amicalement
Joël

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• carper (51623)
• [2008-04-17 3:54]

this is nice Vincent,
I think that a composition with the whole green sharp on the composition, against the dark sky was better, but thats my personal opinion, good photojob anyway. have a nice day.
gr. jaap

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• patdeph (7368)
• [2008-04-17 3:55]

bonjour Vincent
j'aime beaucoup la façon très simple dont tu as photographié ce champ de colza,en profitant d'un ciel sombre et orageux pour donner un magnifique contraste avec les fleurs jaunes et éblouissantes!Tu as eu une bonne idée d'isoler la fleur du premier plan en en laissant les autres floues!L'effet est superbe!
Je te souhaite une bonne journée.
Pascale

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• izmirli (243)
• [2008-04-17 3:56]

bonjour dear vincent
excellent atmosphere and landscape.wonderful yellow flowers abd clouds.well done.
best regards.
gürkan akçakır.

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• paura (20343)
• [2008-04-17 4:23]

Vincent,
A fotografia está uma beleza, com cores e iluminação muito bons. O uso do f/stop em f/4 está muito bom.

Abraço

Paulo

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• Stepan (24868)
• [2008-04-17 11:02]

Une très belle photo... d'actualité !!! C'est très bien vu, très bien réalisé et une idée finalement assez vénéneuse.
Stéphane

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• zeca (16546)
• [2008-04-17 21:27]

Beautiful framing, Vincent! The colours are really beautiful and the contrast is great!
Regards,
Zeca

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• chanjits (4117)
• [2008-04-17 21:58]

marvelous shot the colors are vivrant and shallow depth of field is making it splendid.

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• dvlazar (4127)
• [2008-04-17 22:47]

Hey there Vincent,
This shot is outstanding - the yellow colors are so strong and rich. I like that the flower in the foreground really stands out from the rest of the scene.

Regards
Dave

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• danos (17031)
• [2008-04-18 0:29]

Salut Vincent,
indeed it's crime against humanity all these harvests to be transformed in fuels.I like the close up focus in one of these plants that are used as biofuels.Informative and useful your note.

Have a nice weekend,Danos

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• Clementi (18940)
• [2008-04-18 0:47]

ciao Vincent,
nice use of the depth in this shot ,
Thanks for sharing the photo and information
Giorgio

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• bobocortis (4650)
• [2008-04-18 1:44]

Bonjour Vincent.
Image inusuelle, portrait d'une fleur.
Bien vue.
Amicalement.
Bobo.

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• salvator (15454)
• [2008-04-18 1:50]

Hi Vincent,
Nice blurry background , nice yellow and light on the single flower.
Best regards. Salvator.

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• Muse (22704)
• [2008-04-18 4:32]

Bonsoir Vincent,
Elle a mangé sa soupe quand elle était petite cette jolie fleur:-))
La couleur vive du colza contraste très bien avec ce superbe ciel.
Très jolie lumière et un tout bon cadrage. Très chouette effet l'arrière plan flou.
Je te souhaite une excellente soirée,
Denise

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• testmaniac (7434)
• [2008-04-18 23:09]

Hi Vincent, just great shot! Very attractive!

TFS and regards,

Philip

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• jhm (64868)
• [2008-04-19 0:37]

Hello Vincent,

Flowers are always a lovely subject for take a lovely picture.
You isolation the one flower very well for than the rest make a blur background.
Very well composition and nice presentation.
Thanks for sharing.

Have a nice weekend,
John.

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• sagar (1783)
• [2008-04-19 2:52]

Hi Vincent,
A message well conveyed. You have touched upon a very alarming yet one of the most avaoided topic in todays context...... 'Avoided', by industrialized nations, or indutrialised wannabes!!! Its not only the shot that matters here, the message is all the more important.
Thanks for the visual treat!!
Regards,
Sagarneel.

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• Photo65Net (29403)
• [2008-04-19 4:39]

Salut Vincent,
Le rayon de lumière sur la fleur est excellent, et ton choix de PDC le met bien en valeur.
J'aime beaucoup aussi ton POV, et ce ciel menaçant.
Bonne journée,
JB.

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• Jonas_Schmitt (2296)
• [2008-04-19 6:42]

Hello Vincent!
What a great idea for a photo. The choice of f/4 is brilliant, the flower you took as a foreground is a real eye-catcher. Also fantastic light, nice colors and excellent point of view. A composition you can really proud of!
Jonas

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• guillaumejm (7492)
• [2008-04-19 13:00]

Bonsoir vincent
Et oui le monde est fou!. mais nous sommes en démocratie et nous avons ce que nous avons cherché!.
A part ça, jolie photo.
Cordialement
JMarc

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• lucski (3480)
• [2008-04-19 13:05]

Hi Vincent
spring is coming...
nice, clear and atmospheric picture, very good colours and POV
regards lukasz

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• Bluejeans (17297)
• [2008-04-19 14:51]

Ola Vincent,
Magnifica foto com estas flores amarelas fazem um belo contraste com o céu cinza , bonitos detalhes , boa luz, parabéns!!
Um abraço Gonçalo

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• Charo (15994)
• [2008-04-19 16:33]

Hola Vincent,
Estupendo contraste de colores y precioso campo primaveral. Bonito trabajo.
Cordialmente
Charo

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• ChrisJ (55282)
• [2008-04-20 5:19]

Salut Vincent

Superb use of a shallow dof on the fg, with a striking colour contrast between the yellow flowers & blue/grey cloud. Bon travail, et merci!

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• rbcy1974 (20182)
• [2008-04-21 0:36]

Bonjour Vincent
UNe photo superbe avec le focale sur cete fleur parmi les autres, tres bon bokej, un capture superbe et une note tres ilustrative
A+
Daniel

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• pablominto (28015)
• [2008-04-21 2:40]

Hello Vincent,
An attractive colour contrast between the yellow flowers and the dramatic sky!
The narrow focus on the flower in front creates a great feeling of depth in the frame...
greetings,
Pablo -

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• jrj (32616)
• [2008-04-21 11:16]

Interesting theme and note Vincz and the best way to present the field with the backing of the dark clouded sky.

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• alaindiveu (1154)
• [2008-04-21 12:42]

Salut Vincent
Tu as dû remarquer comme la campagne bretonne et belle en ce moment avec ces champs de navette bien jaune et ces ceiels tourmentés. En tout cas tu sais très bien rendre cette atmosphere
Un grand bravo
Alain

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• keribar (37711)
• [2008-04-21 20:54]

Bonjour Vincent,
j'aime bien la combinaison de ce gris austère avec ce jaune canari et j'apprécie le fait que la netteté reste sur le colza du premier plan.
Bravo - Izzet

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• Wanda1 (7580)
• [2008-04-21 23:04]

Hi Vincent,
A good shot with the focus on the flower in the foreground and everything else blurred out. Nice contrasts between the yellow and the dark grey clouds, and a good note too.
Regards
Wanda

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• delic (6029)
• [2008-04-22 3:18]

Beautiful colors and contrast, Vincent. The image is as powerful as the underlying message in the note. Regards,
Hakan

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• Silvio1953 (22736)
• [2008-04-22 12:38]

Hi Vincent, fascinating view with splendid focus on highest flower, superb sky, great colors and wonderful light, very well done, ciao Silvio

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• pboehringer (18164)
• [2008-04-23 7:39]

Vincent,
a note worth to be read and some additional thinking. Excellent inclusion of India's finance minister quote and yet the whole global community, or at least the western part, lives in this predicament of comodism that energy gives, the vanishing oil ressources, the global warming, starving people, etc. Many contradictions and the right solution is far away if ever to be found.
Peter

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• axiotea (11063)
• [2008-04-23 11:26]

Bonsoir Vincent
ta note est tout à fait appropriée à l'actualité d'aujourd'hui... c'est rageant et désespérant!!
Une bonne expo, luminosité intéressante et des couleurs qui se marient bien entre elles. L'arbre au fond ajoute une touche supplémentaire que j'apprécie...le ciel menaçant est aussi un bel atout!
Marilyn

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• leo61 (29758)
• [2008-04-25 23:17]

Hi Vincent!
Spring arrived here too and this weekend I`kll take some shots of the nice yellow fields.Great POV here and well done with the focus at the single blossom.Great contrast with the blue tones of the sky.
Regards,Leo

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• toto (13369)
• [2008-04-26 0:25]

Bonsoir,
belle photo de ces genets qui fleurissent beaucoups et donnent de forts jolies couleurs a nos près qui devienne de plus en plus beaux.
Bonne netteté de ce brin bien éclairé, le flou autour augmente la netteté de celui ci et son importance aussi.
Amitiés Thomas
Je reviens

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• jwmunro (5942)
• [2008-04-27 3:21]

Hello Vincent -

You make a very good point with this image and the notes. I applaud you on the effort and totally agree without. But there is one other problem to this issue that it not being addressed and that is the problem over population. We, as a world and regardless of the fuel situation, are rapidly coming to the point where farmers and ranchers can not support the demands of the population for food sources. Places such as India, China, portions of South America and Haiti are so over populated that the land can not support them and everyone lives in poverty. Well, enough about the worlds problems, excellent image.

Thank you for sharing.

John

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• Emile (15553)
• [2008-04-29 7:53]

Hola Vincent.
Excellent composition with one single plant of flower in perfect sharpness and the rest blurred. Your f/4, 1/400 seconds worked very well. Agree with you and the rest of the group about what is going to happen with a hunger world.
Well done. TFS.
Best regards.

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• Cretense (32621)
• [2008-04-29 9:39]

Hi Vincent!

Fantastic landscape photography, beautiful wide angle sensation, great focus and depth of field, fantastic colours, really outstanding job! Congratulations!

Hercules

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• Scharan (11135)
• [2008-04-30 11:43]

Olá Vicent

Linda esta foto...o contraste é marcante.
Tenho algo muito parecido, amei.
GA
Vera

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• batalay (14244)
• [2008-05-01 8:41]

Hello Vincent,

This becomes a mesmerizing image, with the one flower in sharp focus, and the others completely out of focus. The colors are most appropriate for the Swedish members.

I especially like your note. There is a huge problem in growing food and converting it into fuel. There is a huge problem is burning fossil fuels, they should be used in making the recyclable goods. The solution to the energy crisis is one that politicians do not yet understand. Controlled fusion, achievable within a generation, if we mobilize in the manner that we did in different eras for the "Manhattan Project" and the "Apollo Project." Fusion of heavy hydrogen would provide inexhaustible energy, and no deleterious bi-products (such as radioactive waste).

Warm regards,

Bulent

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• Didi (27852)
• [2008-05-01 8:46]

Salut Vincent
Intéressante approche sur ce Colza crêve la faim, son odeur me donne une sacré allergie.
Un commentaire très intéressant qui me pose à poser cette question: Qu'arriverait t'il en France si les automobilistes arrêtent de rouler pendant au moins une semaine ?
Amitiés.

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• AiresSantos (22815)
• [2008-05-02 5:28]

Hi Vincent
Amazing colours and light light in this wonderful composition.
Excellent contrast between the yellow flowers and dark sky
TFS and have a nice day
Aires

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• evanrizo (21432)
• [2008-05-06 10:24]
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• JCG (16078)
• [2008-05-06 10:43]

Bonsoir Vincent,

Un close-up du plus bel effet, des couleurs et une lumière que j'aime beaucoup, très agréable et plein de fraîcheur... à contrario de ta note qui donne sacrément à réfléchir.

Avec toutes mes amitiés et une très bonne soirée,

Jean-Charles

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• marietom (18400)
• [2008-05-07 6:10]

Bonjour Vincent,

Belle image de saison. J'aime bien cette fleur qui se détache et que l'on voit plus en détail.
Bonne journée
Marie

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• barrufeto_77 (19578)
• [2008-05-07 22:25]

Hi Vincent.

Excellent message in the picture. Is a really pity how selfish we are and TE is a nice way to report it.

Well done!

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• vinicio (19050)
• [2008-05-07 23:13]

Right though and beautiful and well done image for this important question, I'm with you Vincent.
Ciao
Vinicio

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• josepmarin (24975)
• [2008-05-08 10:08]

Bonsoir Vincent,
une prise excellente de ces fleurs jaunes dans le premier plan, sur un paysage estompé très effectif graphiquement.
La lumière et les couleurs sont très attractives à vue.
Une bonne note, vraiment, les cultures pour produire du bio-fuel produisent un effet néfaste dans l'agriculture et dans l'humanité qui a de la faim.
Un bon travail.
Amicalement,
Josep

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• yso (2204)
• [2008-05-10 12:34]

Salut Vincent,
Voila une image differente du colza qui sied a merveille ton cri d'alarme avec ce ciel dramatique au loin annonciateur de la "crise", bien vu et très bien relaté !
Bonne soirée,
Yves

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• photographer123 (4143)
• [2008-05-12 0:34]

hi..
wonderful shot with nice color..note is also nice..subir

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• jmcl (11686)
• [2008-05-24 22:31]

Hi Vincent,

Thoughtful image .. Beautiful colors .. great use of depth of Field .. very effective ..

If you don't know his writing you should check out the articles of journalist Gwynne Dyer ..
if you go into his directory he wrote a bunch on these issues in 2007.
http://www.gwynnedyer.com/

take care, John