Hello Dimitry, Welcome to Caedes.
I just wanted to say thank you for your kind comments about "Cessnock Sunset" I hadn't thought of it as looking like a nuclear explosion but after reading your comment I have to agree with you :-)
Thanks for the comments on "Crazy Creature" and "Lonely Light". And you are correct, I did use a 15 second exposure in "Lonely Light". Glad you liked both shots!
Hello Dimitry. I'm glad you liked "Inquisitiveness". Yes it was taken in the wild. I have been lucky to capture lynx three separate times. I felt privileged to have been able to photograph such a young one. A friend of mine that works for the "Fish and Wildlife Dept.", here in Washington told me that I very lucky as the only place they are found in Washington is in the vast "North Cascades National Park" and then in only the very remote areas. Even then there is just a very small population.
But words are things, and a small drop of ink, falling, like dew, upon a thought produces that which makes thousands, perhaps millions think and smile.
Art is everywhere, except it has to pass through a creative mind.
thanks for the comment on Fox Squirrel. It was a lot of fun taking that one. The squirrel just stood there for about five minutes letting me take about a dozen shots.
Thanks for the comments/support on my "Crystal Falls II" and I posted an unedited version of that yesturday and was refering to that. This was the edited version and I already deleted the old. Thanks for the support though it is much appreicated.
-Graceless intrusion...
Are you sanctified in your
judgment of me?
-Someone else's fate
We are deciding (abortion)
-I can see much clearor now I that I'm blind
-I used to think death was the end
-John Petrucci ...†Carpe Diem†...
My lonely image: The Eye of the Beholder's Cousin
Thank you for your comment on "Stone Henge UK" I don't know why but the grass in that area seems particularly lush and does make the stones stand out. Cheers
Thanks for the comment on Fire Tree.I'm a gamer too.I just finished COD United Offensive which was great.I'm looking forward to playing online multiplayer.I also enjoy Halflife and am looking forward to 2.
Peace&Respect Jojo
Hi Dimitry, and thanks for your comment on "Survivor". He definitely looked better in your picture ;-) I'm glad you enjoyed looking at my gallery, too :-)
Thanks for looking and commenting on "Up to the Sky (Cross Spider)". It sure is difficult to catch these creatures good in their web, your right. Today I tried again and I thought there was at least one good pic but alas..... it is to be hoped that someday .....
Gr. Eric
Hi Dimitry, thanks for commenting my "Flowers" picture....I agree with you, this flowers look a little to "plastic", but they have a wonderful smell. I´m glad you like it! /
HJ.
Hi Dimitry. "...the railroad employes around here in 2005 still aren't smiling..I think it´s the job..." I guess you are right..:o)...In those days they were probarbly depressed by poverty and WW1 aswell...thanks for viewing and commenting my steam locomotive image "Virå - 1901"
-- Arne --
Thank you Dimitry for your comments on "My Name Ain't Teddy". He would come and lounge on that same log for up to three hours a day and I had seen him in the same spot roughly the same time each day for four days. So I was able to get him with my 1000mm lens with a 1.4 extender on it and not rouse him. I'm sure that is one thing I would have been very unhappy doing.
There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.
Albert Einstein
Thank you for leaving me a friendly note at "Nathalie". You are right, it's only a snapshot but my daughter wanted me to upload this and show it on Caedes.
Dimitry, thanks for the comment on "Endeavor". I posted this on the image:
"As for how I did it, I thought Andy would be the one telling me! Often times, these kind of pictures have just enough color to kill the contrasty look and not enough to look dazzeling. I decided to go for the first route, so I converted the image to monochrome. I thought it would be fun to have the subject be in color, partly to make it obvious he is the subject, partly to include the fact that it was the only obvious color even in the original. My main photo editing program doesn't really do partial images of any type, rather whole images, so I needed to make a cutaway. I tried the color selection tool, but if I got too clsoe to the edges (shadows), it would include most of the photo with it (such poor color distinction), but on the other hand, when I kept a modest distance, the patched in boy would appear to have really think lines (think Lucas's dillema in "Empire Strikes Back", battle of Hoth scene). I ended up using an edge finder by manually placing intricate lines and letting it chose the pest path through those rectangles by choosing places where the contrast changes greatly. When I patched it in and adjusted the brightness and contrast to get the effective mood I wanted, the blues on the shirt were way overblown while some shadows were nearly black. I ended up darkening the backdrop before I placed the subject in and cutting back the saturation on the subject before I flattened it. This allows the image above to be possible. It really sounds more complex than it is. It took me an hour, but mostly because I am not experienced in nit-picking (before yesterday, I had remained a solid fan of entire-image filters)."
Thanks Dimitry for the comments on my Crawfordville Predator image. My Sister lives in a forest area in the pan-handle of Florida and this spider was about 11/2 inch across. I wouldn't want to play with him. Thanks for viewing and commenting.
Russ
Thank you for stopping by and taking the time to add your comment on "Stalking" its actually a bobcat! and I invite you to take a look at my latest upload "Mrs.Stalking" again thank you!
Hello Dimitri, thanks for your nice comments of "caedes-expo- and "chapuzon", very supportive!!!, and I have to tell you, just because You are only one WHO noticed very well "chapuzon,a nd found the way it is (bears), "How about a coffee?" I pay. :)
enjoy your day!!!
Thanks for your kind comments on my posting City Scapes 7. It's nice to be thought of as having a "Photographer eye". A nice compliment indeed, humbly accepted.
Hi Dimitry,
thanks for the link to the Magnificant Tree of the Hooverphonics. I'm always interested in new music and bands...haven't heard of them before... unfortunately my Windows MediaPlayer could't open the audio files on this website but I found 2 songs elsewhere on the net. I like the voice of the female singer...sounds good. So..thank you once again for watching and leaving a comment, much appreciated.
Hello Dimitry, Wonderful to hear about you again, and have time to stopping by "Silhouettes and Traces " as always very appreciate your comments on my work, thanks.
Have a wonderful day!!!
Hello Dimitry, I really enjoyed what you wrote about "All in a Row". I am addicted to taking pictures of the cormorant birds. Thanks again for your feedback, Dianna
hello dimitry, i'm so glad you liked wall art. the textures and colors in the canyons were beautiful. i love the red panda photo that you did. your other images are very good, too. thanks for writing to me. jen
Thank you so much for your warm feedback you were so kind to leave on "wandering under the green arches". Glad you liked my favourite forest alley which is situated not far away from the place I live. It looks so vivid and fresh at this time of the year.
Dimitry, how nice to hear you liked my "lady in red" and left me such a warm comment. Isn't she lovely and elegant in this red outfit? I bet she is going to win heart of each man she meets tonight, lol.
Back to your kind reply on "smiling faces", Dimitry... Once I spotted these gentle daisies I decided to share it with my Caedes friends. They are so simple yet full of charm and light. The fields seem to be abundant in thriving flowers at this time of the year, so I can practise, practise and practise...
Hi Dimitry, thanks for commenting on Bubble, I'm glad you liked the black and white. I nearly left it as colour but felt the form didn't have as much impact.
Thank you for your nice feedback on "in the countryside". Believe it or not but I have travelled a couple of hours to find some nice and picturesque trees on the outskirts of Warsaw. I even experienced an adventure with my car when it got stuck on some sandy countryside road. I am glad to hear you liked the result.
Hey Dimitry, thanks for viewing and commenting on "Fair Night". Just for the record, I did use a tripod as this is a full 1 second exposure. I do appreciate your interest and comments. Steve
Hi Dimitri. Thanks for your comment on 'Homage to a photographer 1'. This photo was taken in Brussels, but I live between Namur and Dinant (Meuse valley). And you ?
It is so nice to discover your nice words to my insect photos, Dimitry. Thank you for your encouraging words on "mating season". They are so comforting after the low cindex for the shameless beetles has arrived. It seems some people were voting with their eyes shut, he, he, he...
I just wanted to say thank you for your kind comments about "Cessnock Sunset" I hadn't thought of it as looking like a nuclear explosion but after reading your comment I have to agree with you :-)