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Post by jackscrap on Mar 18, 2019 7:56:53 GMT
This gallery this week was full of wonderful images, congratulations to all those who shared their creativity. I always look forward to checking out the gallery, your images are inspiring. Special mentions must go to angelag for her Sandhill Cranes image, they look so elegant and I like how they look like they are ignoring you as you take their photo.
deany's Spring and Fall is so well balanced and just a thing of beauty. You seem to find just the right elements to compliment these arrangements, and your use of colour is always pleasing and never overdone.
I have chosen blackmutts image of the hay bales in the field for this week's IOW. I love everything about this, the romance of the subject matter is enhanced by the golden tones of the field, wonderful use of texture to really bring out the sky in the background.
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Post by hmca on Mar 18, 2019 11:35:09 GMT
Thanks for judging, Jackie. It is nice to read the reasons for your choices. Congratulations to Angela and Dean and special congratulations to Judy. I love that you are sharing your textured works with us Judy....this one has the look of earlier times.
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Post by blackmutt on Mar 18, 2019 19:19:25 GMT
Thank you so much!! I am honored to be awarded IOW, really!! There is so much more talent here than I and I truly encourage everyone to show their work. It's fun and educational. I have learned so much more than I could reading a "how to manual".
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Post by whippet on Mar 18, 2019 19:50:20 GMT
I heartily agree with Jackscrap's comments.
Congratulations to you all.
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Post by Lillias on Mar 18, 2019 21:00:36 GMT
Congratulations everyone. They are all beautiful photos and deserve to be showcased like this. Special congrats to Judy for IOW. Love the textures chosen to enhance the original photo...
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Post by angelag on Mar 18, 2019 23:17:02 GMT
Jackie,
Thanks for judging and for giving the Sandhill Cranes an honourable mention. You're right--they were much more interested in foraging than my camera. Congratulations to Dean--that's a beautiful still life arrangement, I wish I could do that. As for Judy's hay bales in the field, it's quite exceptional, and it deserves to be framed and hung in a special place.
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Post by dandc on Mar 19, 2019 5:09:47 GMT
Wonderful choices Jackie - thank you for judging this week. Congratulations to Dean on your expertly crafted Still-Life, to Angela for your wildlife shot (Sandhill Cranes are always a treat to see) and to Judy for the IOW win on your beautifully captured and textured scene.
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Post by deany on Mar 19, 2019 12:23:21 GMT
Jackie, thank you for including my image in this weeks IOW. And to Angela for the sandhill cranes shot also to judy for the hay bales image it reminds me of where I grew up
Dean
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Post by alexr on Mar 19, 2019 18:32:48 GMT
Congratulations to all 3 selected but particularly to blackmutt for such a beautifully textured image, John Constable would have been pleased to have painted that.
Great selection and comments, jackscrap.
Edit: I've just gone and looked at Hay Bales in 'Show your work' and it clearly brought Constable to mind for Rita too. So there must be something in it.
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Post by pontiac1940 on Mar 20, 2019 15:11:21 GMT
Excellent choices. Angelag, love the cranes....how can you get so close? The occasional ones we see here are spooky. Aren't they huge? Deany, lovely colors and composition...calming. Agree with the other comments about blackmutt's bale photo. Very old school effect (even with the modern bales.)
Clive
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Post by Sydney on Mar 23, 2019 22:01:02 GMT
Terrific selections Jackie - All are tops for sure!
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Post by angelag on Mar 24, 2019 1:04:54 GMT
Clive
They are two of a resident Crane family (the other is out of the frame) at the Reifel Migratory Bird Sanctuary, in Delta BC., so they're fairly used to visitors. The youngster (whom I couldn't identify) was hatched last year, and we were all happy that he survived, because, sadly, in the past, we've lost other hatchlings to predators. On the whole they ignore us, but a friend was able to hand-feed them (with gloves on of course). She was braver than me!
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Post by pontiac1940 on Mar 24, 2019 1:16:57 GMT
Thanks angelag. Good info. Nice to be able to see birds up close.
Not flashy colors, but the colors are so pretty.
Thanks,
Clive
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