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Jan Hoffman
{K:39467} 4/8/2007
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Sascha -- Thanks for the nice comments. It is fun to find little worlds hidden in things like pin cushions.
Have a Happy & Peaceful Easter holiday.
--Jan
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sascha jonack
{K:19715} 4/8/2007
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I like this shot. It is so simple. I mean you might see these pins everyday and don't even think about taking such a shot like you have done. Superb seen a great presented. Excellently done.
Nice easter festival, Sascha
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Jan Hoffman
{K:39467} 4/7/2007
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OK; I put down you for a miniature golf vote. That seems to win the contest so far. Alien's invading earth is not doing so well.
--Regards, Jan
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Jan Hoffman
{K:39467} 4/7/2007
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I agree, Sam. Thanks for your comment.
--Best to you, Jan
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Sam Andre
{K:12484} 4/7/2007
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nice shot and at 1/60, a tripod isn't imperative, but it could have been sharper indeed considering the apperture u used.
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vanessa shakesheff
{K:68840} 4/7/2007
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Great idea jan ..love the dof and detail..it does look like a minature golf course..nessa 7/7
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Jan Hoffman
{K:39467} 4/4/2007
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Bek -- Thanks so much and your description and vision for this is fantastic. I had not thought of your suggested possibility until you mentioned it but I surely can see how the vision is conjured. Gum drops!! Candy!!!
Glad you were faking it but your story that you posted elsewhere would have justified it. Good luck on the renovations!
--Best to you, Jan
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rebecca claassen
{K:12904} 4/4/2007
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Pfft! Mini-golf and UFO's...nope, not for me.
For me, straight away, I had visions of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, c'mon..you know when they go to Willy Wonka's and the robust German kid decides to eat all and sundry and then ends up in the chocolate river?
This has a definite Willy Wonka backyard feel for me.
The lack of tri-pod adds to this vision for me, along with the red, green and yellow "gum-drops".
LOL, yes, each to their own indeed. My opinion is not at all related to me wasted Sunday hangover, not at all. I was faking it!!
cheers Jan, and well seen.
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Jan Hoffman
{K:39467} 4/4/2007
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Thanks, Mel. (Groan on the song!).
Did your daughter think it looked like a golf course or an alien attack scene? :)
--Best to you, Jan
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Ms. Mel Brackstone
{K:5285} 4/3/2007
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Coarse golf? hehe
My daughter just walked past and said "Whats that?" When I told her it was a pin cushion she stood and looked for awhile, then said "Very cool"
Thinking that the old village people song could be appropriate here....macro macro man......
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Srna Stankovic
{K:172232} 4/3/2007
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all the best my dear friend and keep on being You !!! :)
hugs
Srna
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Jan Hoffman
{K:39467} 4/3/2007
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Srna -- Thanks so much for your wonderful comments.
--Best regards, Jan
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Jan Hoffman
{K:39467} 4/3/2007
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Bhabesh -- Thanks so much for your kind and generous comments.
--Best to you, Jan
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Bhabesh Chakrabarti
{K:11394} 4/3/2007
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Wonderful creative composition with inexplicably brilliant tones. Nothing much to say with this particular art work dear Jan. Very original, very interesting.
Best regards,
Bhabesh
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Srna Stankovic
{K:172232} 4/2/2007
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How much I do love your creativaty dear Jan !!! :)
Wonderful my dear friend ... and you always present us so many things in your magnificent style :)
Thank you for that !!!
Excellent !!!
Bigest hug
Srna
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Jan Hoffman
{K:39467} 4/2/2007
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Thanks, Randee. Add another vote for "golf course". That seems to be beating aliens and gumballs by quite a margin. :)
--Best to you, Jan
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Jan Hoffman
{K:39467} 4/2/2007
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Txules -- Thanks for your comment; you are absolutely correct in my mind. The location of where the ideal focus point is and the too shallow DOF detract from this picture.
Thanks for your honesty!
--Best to you, Jan
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Randee Armstrong
{K:-820} 4/2/2007
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This is cool... it could be a little play golfcourse..
well done!
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txules .
{K:62768} 4/2/2007
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interesting Jan, not sure about focus and DOF though...txules
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Jan Hoffman
{K:39467} 4/2/2007
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Thanks so much, Joe. Probably the only thing that saved the day was the G7's stablilzer. I took this while the pin cushion was in place and it was an awkward shot. I assumed it could have been better if the camera had been rock solid.
--Best to you, Jan
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Joe Brown
{K:23213} 4/2/2007
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Well seen and shot Jan. Very interesting patterns and colours. Technically, it looks good to me, doesn't look like it suffered from not using a tripod.
Joe
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Jan Hoffman
{K:39467} 4/2/2007
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Roberto -- Thanks so much for looking at the Pin Cushion!
--Best regards, Jan
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Jan Hoffman
{K:39467} 4/2/2007
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Thanks so much, Paul. Little fleas playing golf, while chewing on gumballs are being attacked by aliens. All on the head of pins!
--Best regards, Jan
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Jan Hoffman
{K:39467} 4/2/2007
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Thanks, Onie. I really appreciate your comments. I have recorded your vote for golf balls. There is a trend here: a little universe of golfing fleas chewing on gumballs being attacked by aliens. :)
--Best regards, Jan
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Jan Hoffman
{K:39467} 4/2/2007
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Thanks, Roger. HUH????? A side view of a flea with a miniature golf ball attached?
--Yours in perplexed amusement, Jan
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Jan Hoffman
{K:39467} 4/2/2007
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Thanks, Michelle. I can see the gumball in the picture; makes sense. I will have to create a new voting category. :)
--Best regards, Jan
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Jan Hoffman
{K:39467} 4/2/2007
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Thanks, Marlyce. I will count this as a vote for each! :)
--Best regards, Jan
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R T
{K:727} 4/2/2007
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great shot , and good idea.. congratulations jan, you are very original !
Regards to you, Roberto
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Paul Lara
{K:88111} 4/2/2007
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Oh my GOD, Jan!
This is such a surreal landscape you discovered right under your nose. What an awesome find, man.
This is stunning!
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Leonie Fitzpatrick
{K:40551} 4/2/2007
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Laughing myself silly here... Just read all the comments, should have read them first... Seems like the golf theme is up and running...:)))
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Leonie Fitzpatrick
{K:40551} 4/2/2007
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Yes, you should have used the tripod Jan... ~~GRIN~~ but, I love the fact I do the same and I still love this anyway... This is really good... :)))
My imagination was hinting at golf balls and tee's... :)))
Excellent passing the pin cushion idea Sir...:)
Onie... and a favourite... ~~GRIN~~
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Roger Skinner
{K:81846} 4/2/2007
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kekeke looks like a macro shot of like a fleas side or somesuch
Mini Golf attached
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Michelle Caward
{K:105} 4/2/2007
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And I see gumball in moss...to each their own.
Anyway, Awesome shot!!
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Marlyce Chastain
{K:4071} 4/1/2007
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Good shot Jan....I think the silver looks like aliens on a minature golf course.
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John Melskens
{K:-5433} 4/1/2007
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WHAHAHAHAHAHAHA, JAN!
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Jan Hoffman
{K:39467} 4/1/2007
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John -- That is two votes for golf and one for alien UFO's. I will keep track.
--Jan
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John Melskens
{K:-5433} 4/1/2007
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Huh! I thought too that it had something to do with golf, at first... Amazing idea.
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Jan Hoffman
{K:39467} 4/1/2007
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Thanks, Doyle. I need to go back as you say and reconsider the lighting. I would also have liked to have increased DOF a bit but the G7 did not really offer much range in that department. Might try this again next weekend with the digital SLR but I do not have any macro horsepower for that at the moment. I keep humming the song "Needles and Pins" (the Searcher's version, not the Tom Petty version) and it is driving me nuts. I am so glad I am not obsessive-compulsive!
--Best to you, Jan
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Jan Hoffman
{K:39467} 4/1/2007
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Annemette -- Thanks so much. Michele thinks it looks like a miniature golf course and the picture reminds you of UFO's. Close-ups do offer us an alien landscape or at least a pleasant diversion from the "big world" around us.
--Best to you, Jan
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Doyle D. Chastain
{K:101119} 4/1/2007
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Wonderful creativity as always my friend. Dude, it's not that bad handheld . . . . I think mute the light a bit and tripod it . . . perhaps it'll go from very cool to extremely cool!
Regards,
Doyle I <~~~~~
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Annemette Rosenborg Eriksen
{K:55244} 4/1/2007
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Tripod or not- an interesting one, Jan! It seems to be lots of little UFO´s who have entered Earth:-)I always enjoy seing the world close-up like this.
Take care
Annemette
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Jan Hoffman
{K:39467} 4/1/2007
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Miniature golf? Good idea -- I have not played in years.
Thanks for your comments, Michele.
--Best to you, Jan
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Michele Carlsen
{K:146013} 4/1/2007
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Great idea- ( with the tripod:)))} I thought it was some kind of out of control Golf Game from the thumbnail ..ha.. but I can clearly see it now ! Clever idea tho Jan...
Would love to see this as a re-ost possibly with tripod, and soft light- could be amazing :) More like miniature golf then and they do that at night too ..
Best Wishes,
Michele~
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Jan Hoffman
{K:39467} 4/1/2007
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Thanks so much for your kind comments.
--Regards to you, Jan
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Gustavo Scheverin
{K:164501} 4/1/2007
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Muy buen enfoque y DOF, interesantes formas y colores.
Bien hecho!
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