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Doyle D. Chastain
{K:101119} 8/26/2008
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Thanks VERY much Zoran!
Regards,
Doyle I <~~~~~
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Zoran Lautarevic
{K:1935} 6/2/2008
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Excellent panorama,this is what I call dedication. Well done.
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Doyle D. Chastain
{K:101119} 6/30/2006
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Thanks Paul! A re-look at the image should reveal that he's actually reading and wrapped up to stay dry. In an amazing twist of fate . . . I was concentrating on setting up the shot with the homes and didn't even realize he was there until I had no choice but to proceed with him in it! Still, he added some interest!
:)
Regards,
Doyle I <~~~~~
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Doyle D. Chastain
{K:101119} 6/30/2006
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Thanks Brian . . . appreciated! Jim Budrakey was impressed with the 21 inch monitor. The 32 inch (depending on resolution) might be even better . . . but be careful -- TVs have notoriously poor resolution for photographic images from computers. I'd be interested in knowing how it looks since I have a Dinky (30inch) TV and have never viewed images on it with any luck . . . even from the Nikon.
I very much appreciate your comments though!
Regards,
Doyle I <~~~~~
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Paul Lara
{K:88111} 6/29/2006
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Doyle!
What an excellent seacost-haze image.
The topper is the dude sleeping on the beach.
(We used to post a lookout for beach patrol/police, as they'd kick us OFF the san diego beaches if they caught you sleeping).
Congrats on a well-deserved Staff Choice Award, man!
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brian underdown
{K:-960} 6/29/2006
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i think ill view this one on my 32 widescreen tv to get the impact.it certainly is stunning shot and you chose well in its panororamic choice.simply stunning and effective,focus is excellent and colour is perfect for the scene.brian
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Doyle D. Chastain
{K:101119} 6/29/2006
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Thanks Cleveland! I appreciate that. I see you picked up an award yourself this month too!
:)
Regards,
Doyle I <~~~~~
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Cleveland Smith
{K:7006} 6/29/2006
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Doyle, congratulations on making Staff's Choice, well deserved.
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Doyle D. Chastain
{K:101119} 6/29/2006
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Thanks Jinggoy . . . this was stitched from 7 shots but, in the end, about 6 1/2 remain as I had to crop the right side back to the twin palms. Original shot was 4 feet wide.
Regards,
Doyle I <~~~~~
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Jinggoy Montenejo
{K:7736} 6/29/2006
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Hi Doyle,
Congrats on this well deserved award! Great Pano shot! So how many individual shots was used?
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Doyle D. Chastain
{K:101119} 6/29/2006
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Always Phil!
Regards,
Doyle I <~~~~~
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Phillip Minnis
{K:13131} 6/29/2006
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LOL LOL LOL
I do!
Phil
PS Doyle, I'm about to upload a photo. I'm a bit unsure about it. Would you be kind to offer an opinion? I like it, however, I don't know whether others will.
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Doyle D. Chastain
{K:101119} 6/29/2006
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Thank you so much Hesham . . . you have honored me!
Regards,
Doyle I <~~~~~
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Doyle D. Chastain
{K:101119} 6/29/2006
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Psssssst. (Phil):
Do what I do . . . . Fake it!
:)
Regards,
Doyle I <~~~~~
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Doyle D. Chastain
{K:101119} 6/29/2006
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Thanks so much Susie!!!
Regards,
Doyle I <~~~~~
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Doyle D. Chastain
{K:101119} 6/29/2006
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Thanks Rashed!!!!
Regards,
Doyle I <~~~~~
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Doyle D. Chastain
{K:101119} 6/29/2006
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Ciprian:
Thanks . . . this is several stitched together . . . 7 to be exact. I also cropped the right side to the palms. Original image was over four feet long.
Regards,
Doyle I <~~~~~
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Doyle D. Chastain
{K:101119} 6/29/2006
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Wow Phil . . . Thanks . . . I'll definitely check into it! In a group like this, there's not really a "local" but I do get what you mean! I very much appreciate the invite! Most groups frown on us one-eyed, humpbacks with game legs and acne! :)
Regards,
Doyle I <~~~~~
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Doyle D. Chastain
{K:101119} 6/29/2006
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Thank you Saeed . . .you're very kind!
Regards,
Doyle I <~~~~~
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Doyle D. Chastain
{K:101119} 6/29/2006
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John:
Thanks my friend!! Never doubt that this would not have happened without REAL critiques from people like you, some others and Hugo! I still shudder looking at my 2003 postings . . . but leave some up to remind me . . . of what I once thought was good and how far others can come too.
Many thanks.
Regards,
Doyle I <~~~~~
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Doyle D. Chastain
{K:101119} 6/29/2006
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Thanks Kenneth! . . . Your florals are already outstanding . . . how about a pano of that great property you have there??? It could be amazing!!
Regards,
Doyle I <~~~~~
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Doyle D. Chastain
{K:101119} 6/29/2006
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Abdelrahman:
Thank you for the comment . . . it's very kind!
Regards,
Doyle I <~~~~~
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Doyle D. Chastain
{K:101119} 6/29/2006
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Taran! Thanks so much for the comment. I gather you use a Nikon? No need to answer (I'll be checking your PF but I agree about the lenses!
Regards,
Doyle I <~~~~~
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Doyle D. Chastain
{K:101119} 6/29/2006
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Gayle:
THANKS so much for the commentary. Even if I had the money I wouldn't pay for a home here. It's criminally absurd!!!! Millions for a house the size of an apartment where you can borrow a cup of sugar by handing it across the upstairs open windows. Not me. BTW . . . he's not sleeping on the beach, he's reading. I love the feedback on this image . . . it's so familiar to us it suprises me that anyone would find the beachfront propert unique. And thanks for the support . . . really!
Regards,
Doyle I <~~~~~
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Phillip Minnis
{K:13131} 6/29/2006
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I wish I was!!! (a genius, I mean! LOL)
Cheers
Phil
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Doyle D. Chastain
{K:101119} 6/29/2006
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Phillip . . . Thanks so much.
>A well deserved award winner!
Obviously you are a genius too! LoL!! :)
Regards,
Doyle I <~~~~~
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Doyle D. Chastain
{K:101119} 6/29/2006
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Thank you Kathy!
Regards,
Doyle I <~~~~~
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Susie OConnor
{K:34798} 6/29/2006
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Hey Doyle,
Congrats on the Staff Choice! Bravo...well done!
Enjoy...
Susie
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Rashed Abdulla
{K:163889} 6/29/2006
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Amazing and very beautiful Panorama here ,very great DOF and composition, very well deserve the Award. Feeling very happy for you my friend and wishing you all of the best .
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Ciprian Ilie
{K:13571} 6/29/2006
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Lovely panorama Doyle, great pictorial record of this beach in California. I find the very saturated blues a bit distracting, but overall it's a good image. Congrats for the award.
By the way is this one image or several stitched together?
Regards,
Ciprian
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Phillip Cohen
{K:10561} 6/29/2006
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Great job Doyle, love a good panorama. You and I are almost neighbors. I am in Torrance. I would like to invite you and your wife to visit our camera club when it starts up again in August. It is the South Bay Camera Club in Redondo Beach. The club web site is http://www.sbccphoto.org if you want to check us out, get details on the next meeting or post some pictures in our visitor gallery. Hope to meet up with you sometime.
Congrats on the staff choice, good to see it go to a local.
Phil
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Saeed Al Shamsi
{K:47735} 6/29/2006
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One of the best panorama work, where the 7 image stitched altogether in very pro way, the scene quite interesting with the mist surrounding the city where colour of the buildings enhances the well composed work.
Congrats on well deserved SC.
Great work
Saeed
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AJ Miller
{K:49168} 6/29/2006
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Well, look what's splashed across the top of the front page today! Congrats Doyle on this fine purple panorama!
John
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Hesham Abouzekry
{K:15927} 6/29/2006
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more of wonderful panorama.
I've put it in my favorite.
H.A
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Kenneth C. Long, Sr.
{K:4245} 6/29/2006
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Congrads my friend well deserved, well done.
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Abdelrahman Elwassimy
{K:3707} 6/29/2006
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wow doyle :) well deserved award, a fantastic panoramic shot :) excellent shot my dear friend !
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taran
{K:1284} 6/29/2006
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I think the longish nikkor zooms, like the 70-300 and the 70-210 yeild some nice distortion free images at 70mm, you have done well to maximize the performance of the lens and turned a narrow landscape into a robust one. Great PP, I can't tell where you sitched it, and the evening colors (i.e. the purple in the sky) really set this piece off. Congrats on the front page.
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Gayle's Eclectic Photos
{K:91109} 6/29/2006
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Congrats for FP SC!...i like seeing the pano feature applied to varied shots and this be one of them!...the person sleeping on the beach makes it for me...LOL...just kidding,but does add a human element(and also noticed person sitting on the barrier)...the lilac tint of sky gives this a lazy hazy look to me...hope that makes some sense?...hate the electric poles and would never pay the scratch to live so close to my neighbor even if beachfront property! ;> ...looks seamless to me,but i don't know anything about doing that process...good work,Doyle
regards,gayle
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Phillip Minnis
{K:13131} 6/29/2006
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Congratulations, Doyle, on appearing on the front page, today! A well deserved award winner!
Cheers
Phil
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Kathy Hillard
{K:25721} 6/29/2006
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Congrats on the Staff Choice, Doyle! Nice panorama...good choice for that format!
Kathy
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Doyle D. Chastain
{K:101119} 6/22/2006
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Thanks Sam! Very kind comments coming from an accomplished photographer like yourself! You will note that the pier shot (which I still say would have been world class) did NOT make it up. Just couldn't hold the camera steady enough in the pounding surf with the slow shutter speed required by the fog and the coming darkness . . . as well as a 300mm lens! I did nudge up the ISO to speed up the shutter speed a tad but ended up (predictably) with too much grain. I should have known it wouldn't be steady . . . but you HAVE to try! :P
Still . . . the pano taken was rewarding in and of itself. Any photo shooting trip is a good trip!
Regards,
Doyle I <~~~~~
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Sam Graziano III
{K:14064} 6/22/2006
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Hi Doyle!!!
I have to say, this is one of the best Pano's of a beach I have seen. Fantastic Camera control!
I Love the somber mood the image portrays to me. The colors and saturation are spot on.
I had a peek at your wifes shot of you wading into waist deep water. You are Nuts!!! lol
When I was in Hawaii, I was walking on a reef in like calf deep water and I was more scared the a long tail cat in a room full of rocking chairs!
WTG( way to go)
WELL DESERVED Award!
Kind Regards
Sam III
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Doyle D. Chastain
{K:101119} 6/15/2006
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Thanks Joggie! Very appreciated comment!
Regards,
Doyle I <~~~~~
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Joggie van Staden
{K:41700} 6/15/2006
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Very beautiful, expertly done Doyle. Well deserved SC!
Joggie
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Doyle D. Chastain
{K:101119} 6/13/2006
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Thank you very much Claudio . . . I really appresciate that. I will check yours and have no doubt that the city is beautiful!
Regards,
Doyle I <~~~~~
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Claudio Mejias
{K:4278} 6/13/2006
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Hermoso trabajo, me encantan las panoramicas, yo he realizado muchas de mi ciudad. Yo vivo en Chile, en el puerto de Valparaiso, es una ciudad patrimonio de la humanidad (UNESCO), es hermosa. Si quieres puedes ver una de las que he realizado uniendo varias fotos, no me quedan tan bien como las tuyas pero poco a poco lo haré. En mi portafolios hay una que puedes ver. Quizas más adelante suba otras.
Hasta pronto y muchas gracias por tus comentarios.
Claudio
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Doyle D. Chastain
{K:101119} 6/11/2006
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Wow Michele . . . that's very kind of you!
Regards,
Doyle I <~~~~~
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Doyle D. Chastain
{K:101119} 6/11/2006
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Thanks so much for the comments Roger . . . Comments from you about panoramas are very valuable to me indeed! I don't think this is due to pollution because the air is quite clean due to the offshore breeze we enjoy. I think the setting sun had a lot to do with it as well as, likely, my inexperience. It's a lovely and unique view, however - and that's what I had hoped to capture.
Regards,
Doyle I <~~~~~
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Michele Carlsen
{K:146013} 6/10/2006
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Such a beautiful phtograph ! I think you are a great photographer ! I thank you for visiting my site . . .
Michele Carlsen
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Roger Williams
{K:86139} 6/10/2006
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I've been too busy for Usefilm the last couple of weeks, and missed this beautiful panorama or I would have commented earlier. So you have purple fog? We have pink skies over here in Japan. Could they both be due to pollution, I wonder? Long, really narrow panoramas like this require unusual subjects but you certainly found one here! Great stitching! That always impresses me because I understand you do it the hard way, by hand. Wow.
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Doyle D. Chastain
{K:101119} 6/9/2006
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Thanks Robin!
Regards,
Doyle I <~~~~~
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Doyle D. Chastain
{K:101119} 6/9/2006
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Thanks Melanie! I appreciate that very much!
Regards,
Doyle I <~~~~~
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Doyle D. Chastain
{K:101119} 6/9/2006
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Rina!
Thanks for commenting and "congratting" (tech. term I just made up) me on the award. I think the fog did most of the work making the buildings stand out. Still, the Southern California Beach community is quite unique.
Incidentally . . . the Capt. B.B. McMacho term is NOT to be considered humerous . . . more of a journalistic term I have tried to get to catch on! :)
The grandkids know me as "The King of Cool" . . . perhaps that might work.
 - Adore the Spidey series you did and haven't enjoyed that much humor in ages! VERY Cool.
Regards,
Doyle I <~~~~~
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Doyle D. Chastain
{K:101119} 6/9/2006
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Thanks Dave . . . :)
Very well spoken . . . I believe EACH building sells for that! But then, I'm not looking . . . until AFTER the lottery numbers are pulled and match mine! Not even then, really. Would rather - I think - buy elsewhere, where millions get you something more than they do here! :)
Thanks for commenting!
Regards,
Doyle I <~~~~~
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Doyle D. Chastain
{K:101119} 6/9/2006
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Thanks Aydin . . . Very kind of you to take time out to comment! I appreciate it very much!
Regards,
Doyle I <~~~~~
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Robin W
{K:16308} 6/9/2006
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Congrats Doyle!!!
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Melanie Reynolds
{K:9096} 6/9/2006
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Congrats on the SC! This panoramic is really cool! You've really captured the atmosphere.
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Caterina Berimballi
{K:27299} 6/8/2006
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Fantastic work Doyle. The first thing that strikes me here, is the way you've managed to make the colours in the buildings pop. Wonderful. One of those images that deserve a long lingering look around to truly appreciate all the delightful elements within. Congratulations on the award!
Capt. Buck Bucky McMacho???? LMAO!!
Cheers
Rina.
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Dave Arnold
{K:55680} 6/8/2006
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A picture might be word a thousand words but this picture must be worth a few million bucks, considering the real estate.
Good job on the stitching and congrats on SC
Best wishes,
Dave
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aydin turker
{K:3988} 6/8/2006
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mystic and yet wonderful panoroma well deserves SC.. best regards
Aydin.
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Doyle D. Chastain
{K:101119} 6/7/2006
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Thanks Annemette ::::::::::::::::
Think I should celebrate by having a big ol' cup of soap (or any other beverage which might be handy)! ;)
Regards,
Doyle I <~~~~~
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Annemette Rosenborg Eriksen
{K:55244} 6/7/2006
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Dear Doyle
Congrats for having this photo awarded!! It does look special with the mixture between old and new houses, and the fog making the scenery less tropical.
All the best,
Annemette
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Doyle D. Chastain
{K:101119} 6/7/2006
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:)
Actually, he probably intended to keep dry (rolling fog, sand, etc.) more than to keep warm. The next morning we were stunned with a heat wave . . . but that night, in the dark and fog . . . my wife did get cold. . . of course, she was actually in the ocean too, though not waist deep like I was and being wet makes it seem cooler. Certainly lovely though.
Regards,
Doyle I <~~~~~
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Doyle D. Chastain
{K:101119} 6/7/2006
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Thanks Mary . . . Southern California is mostly always warm and certainly unique. Appreciate your comment!
Regards,
Doyle I <~~~~~
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Mary Brown
{K:71879} 6/7/2006
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Me again. Now that I looked at in the larger view, I see that it can not be that warm as there is someone lying on the beach wrapped in a blanket reading. I didn't really notice that in the smaller version. It sure looks like a lovley place to be, though.
MAry
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Mary Brown
{K:71879} 6/7/2006
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This is a fabulous panorama. The overall tone makes it feel like warm evening. There sure is variety in terms of colour and design of these homes. Great composition and compiled view.
Thanks for your very encouraging comment on my Arctic Dusk. Congratulations to you on SC.
MAry
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Doyle D. Chastain
{K:101119} 6/7/2006
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Thanks MQ:
I want to thank all the "little people". Hehehehee . . . ok, just kidding! :)
Regards,
Hubby I <~~~~~
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Doyle D. Chastain
{K:101119} 6/7/2006
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Thanks Eze . . . nice of you to comment!
Regards,
Doyle I <~~~~~
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Doyle D. Chastain
{K:101119} 6/7/2006
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Thanks Roby! Kind of you to comment!
Regards,
Doyle I <~~~~~
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Doyle D. Chastain
{K:101119} 6/7/2006
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Thanks Kenneth! As it happens . . . I WAS in the water this day! Higher in the comments you can see a link to my wife's photo of me trying to get a (don't laugh now) . . . SLOW SHUTTER SPEED shot of the pier. Just didn't have the strength to hold it steady enough, though she managed to get a shot from terra firma! I gave up and turned towards the beach . . . :)
I appreciate the comments, positive or not, which have helped me to improve here at UF . . . and your continuous support!
Regards,
Doyle I <~~~~~
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Marlyce Chastain
{K:4071} 6/7/2006
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Doyle
Congrats on SC award.
Wife
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Ezequiel Lozada
{K:17176} 6/7/2006
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Very nice expanded work.
Excellent view of the houses of the beach.
Marvelous.
Ez
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Roberto Arcari Farinetti
{K:209486} 6/7/2006
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wooww doyle.. just a staff choice .. now is present a nice panorama view!
cheers my friend..
roby
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Kenneth C. Long, Sr.
{K:4245} 6/7/2006
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Nice one Doyle, you must have been in the water for this one, nicely done pano my friend.7++++
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Doyle D. Chastain
{K:101119} 6/6/2006
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Klaas:
No, no Bill Gates here . . . but I HAVE insured the camera AND lens. If I drop it out a car window . . . I need only to find the serial number! Never-the-less . . . I am ALWAYS careful with my equipment. ;)
Regards,
Doyle I <~~~~~
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Doyle D. Chastain
{K:101119} 6/6/2006
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Thanks Mary!
Regards,
Doyle I <~~~~~
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Klaas Baas
{K:15111} 6/6/2006
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And I was asking you if you dried your feet..........
..... Thanks for sharing, be careful with your equipment, or are you related to, or family of, Bill Gates?
Take care,
Klaas
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Mary Slade
{K:40338} 6/6/2006
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Great image Doyle. Really get a sense of it panoramic- and those blues- brilliant.
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Doyle D. Chastain
{K:101119} 6/6/2006
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Thanks Juan . . . I'm sure they're as unique inside as they are on the outside too!
Regards,
Doyle I <~~~~~
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Juan Gonzalo Marcano Prieto
{K:14254} 6/6/2006
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que bella panoranica de esas casa de playa, me guata, excelente
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Doyle D. Chastain
{K:101119} 6/6/2006
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Nessa:
Not Holiday apartments. Not even apartments. Private homes on the beach . . . always unique in these parts since they strive for the view of the ocean. So expensive . . . owners invariably put their own imprint in them in both color and style.
Regards,
Doyle I <~~~~~
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Doyle D. Chastain
{K:101119} 6/6/2006
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Thanks Jim! Very kind words. The fog helped in stitching the seven shots and I cut the length down to the twin Palms on the right. Thanks for taking the time to comment, I appreciate that very much.
Regards,
Doyle I <~~~~~
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Doyle D. Chastain
{K:101119} 6/6/2006
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Omran - Thanks . . .
Regards,
Doyle I <~~~~~
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Doyle D. Chastain
{K:101119} 6/6/2006
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Thanks Laura . . . it's a unique community for sure! I always appreciate your comments too.
Regards,
Doyle I <~~~~~
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Doyle D. Chastain
{K:101119} 6/6/2006
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Thanks Marian!! Your comments are always an ego boost for me!!
Regards,
Doyle I <~~~~~
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Doyle D. Chastain
{K:101119} 6/6/2006
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Thank you Kay . . . The fog actually helped me to stitch the seven shots since the uniformity above helped. I did crop the length down to the twin palms on the right . . . the original was over four feet wide. Expensive property all in all . . . and I didn't notice the guy laying down and reading on the beach until I was putting it all together!
Thanks for the continued support and comments!
Regards,
Doyle I <~~~~~
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Doyle D. Chastain
{K:101119} 6/6/2006
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Klaas:
My wife laughed when I read her your comment. She took a photo of me trying to get a shot of the pier . . . http://www.usefilm.com/Image.asp?ID=1122218 which should tell you why she laughed. I SHOULD point out, that she took the shot from high up on the DRY, sandy beach. By the way . . . although I suspect you know . . . slow shutter speeds work dismally poor in waist deep ocean surf!
Thanks for the comments!
Regards,
Doyle I <~~~~~
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vanessa shakesheff
{K:68840} 6/6/2006
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Are they holiday apartments? what a lovely view from the window every morning ..great capture ..nessa
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Jim Budrakey
{K:24393} 6/6/2006
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Wow! Now that's an impressive panorama - especially on a 21" monitor. I bet it would be even more so on one of the new wide screen monitors. Nice work.
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OMran Isso
{K:1723} 6/6/2006
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very nice ..
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Laura Spell
{K:24080} 6/6/2006
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Well composed, and exposed cityscape. The colors and details are good.
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Marian Man
{K:80636} 6/5/2006
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wow!!!!! magnifiscent panorama dear Doyle!!!! amazing colors!!!!!! love it!!!
all the best
Marian
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Kay McIntire
{K:11787} 6/5/2006
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Wonderful pano view- really well done! Love it- seems so surreal with the fog coming in. Well done!
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Klaas Baas
{K:15111} 6/5/2006
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Great panoramic shot Doyle, very colourful, did you dried your feet after shooting this one?
Best regards,
Klaas
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