Te Mata and beyond.

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• gary91 (14673)
• [2008-07-03 22:06]
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Hello Paul,
Impressive landscape.
The crest of the volcano as a foreground leads the eye to the far distance and the Pacific Ocean. Although you are nearly faing the sun, you achieved a good control of the exposure and a good definition in all part of the image. I can breath the air as if I was at the top of this mountain, nice beginning of the day for me :o)
Have a nice day (well evening for you)
Best regards, Christian

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• siggi (1332)
• [2008-07-03 22:47]

Hi Paul,
Nice picture, good POV and beautiful natural colors. Well done !
Regards,
Siggi

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• SteveH (2402)
• [2008-07-03 23:08]

Hi Paul, I can only echo gary91's comments about the composition. Fine work. I thought all the mountains were on the South Island - obviously I was mistaken. Cheers, Steve

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• tomescuc (1458)
• [2008-07-03 23:12]

Absoutely gorgeous landscape image. Amazing perspective, clarity, and tonality.
cheers,
CT

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• kensimage (7866)
• [2008-07-03 23:50]

Beautiful light, Paul. The green hillsides look very velvety. The rocky ridge, from your POV, stands out dramatically against the flat landscape beyond it, which looks calm and serene due to the horizontal cloud and smoke. Well done, makes me want to visit! Regards, Ken.

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• testmaniac (9978)
• [2008-07-04 0:26]

Hello Paul, great place and great photo! Excellent composition,colors and superb view!

TFS

Phil

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• danos (20886)
• [2008-07-04 0:33]

Hello Paul,
very nice panoramic shot of the greenery and picturesque Te Mata peak.I see it for the first time and i can say that the view from this POV is perfect.I like the beyond environment, with this splendid depth and the city of Napier,in the right.Well done.

Have a nice weekend,Danos

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• syd1946 (16643)
• [2008-07-04 0:35]

Hello Paul,
This is a very beautiful landscape composition!I like so much the atmosphere and the never ending field of depth together with the two levels in colors and lighting.
Very well seen!

Have a nice weekend,
Thomas

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• Loic_bzh (6234)
• [2008-07-04 0:35]

Hi Paul,

wow! What a PoV and what a landscape... It's a pitty that NZ is that far away from France (or France that far away from NZ!) since it really look like one of the very most beautifull country in the world... Keep on making us visiting it via your great shots...

Cheers,

Loïc

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• robertosalguero (17471)
• [2008-07-04 0:48]

Hi Paul,

Interesting ridge and colours. The image is very nice and sharp. I do like your point of view and the good depth here. I barely see the city but the ocean gives a nice balance to this mostly green environment. Thanks Paul.

Roberto

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• Floydian (26900)
• [2008-07-04 1:25]
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Hallo Paul,
NZ offers a very impressive landscape, i'm looking with great interest. I heard of Napier, but not of this landscape, looks great. Light was not your best friend here, but sure there is a lot of detail in the foreground and the greens look very natural. Seeing the rocks it looks like a crater to the right, at least a very rough landscape...i like this.
Have a great weekend, Henk

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• Henryk_Bilor (19336)
• [2008-07-04 2:21]

Hi Paul
Excellent place. I like this range falling to the ocean. Nice composition and light.
Regards

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• dareco (12015)
• [2008-07-04 2:35]

Oh so beautiful!! A really pretty scene with great colors and lighting. Really nice pov! TFS and have a happy day!

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• ChrisJ (57432)
• [2008-07-04 2:51]

Hi Paul

A good catch of the escarpment at Hawkes Bay. Attractive pastel colours, with good sharpness, & a superb view. Tfs!

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• trekks (9774)
• [2008-07-04 3:22]

hi Paul

From this pov, I really wonder how long it takes for this formation history to complete transformation into this landscape. The hill slopes suggest some movements with the flat valley plain behind.

Really a great place to get your viewpoint from this location and light control is good even though the sky is a bit uncooperative.

You have a nice WE too.

TFS, bill

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• kadirim (879)
• [2008-07-04 5:38]

Merhaba Paul
Magnificent atmosphere and nature.Excellent skyline and sky.Magnificent colours.Well done.
Best regards.
KaDiR.

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• chpp (3239)
• [2008-07-04 7:26]

Hi Paul
very nice view in nice tones of greens. the city "protected" by the hill and what I guess is smoke from a factory?
really good DOF
cheers
C

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• gracious (14211)
• [2008-07-04 9:46]

Hello Paul,
This is truly a fine and beautiful landscape with a perfect focal point here!
good pov with great depth, awesome colour and superb details in the image!
beautiful lighting with the lust greenery in the fg
well done
many thanks for sharing
have a wonderful weekend, my friend
Tony

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• plimrn (16610)
• [2008-07-04 12:38]

Hi Paul,
I do like the way the green velvet hillside sweeps into the rocks, Good work with the distant plain, the sea and the cloud for an interesting BG
I had such a good time innapier, that it's really neat to soo it from this POV, Thanks for orienting me and the sheep links it all nicely to the previous post.
HLJ, Pat

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• dip (9128)
• [2008-07-04 13:25]

Hi Paul,
wonderful image with excellent POV and framing,
impressine view and beautiful colors,
very well composed,
Dimitris.

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• Docarmo (7475)
• [2008-07-04 13:49]

Hi Paul,
Great picture, good visual impact! These hills are visually very powerful. Sharpness is fantastic, we have an excellent view with effective depth.
Congratulations!
MCV

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• danyy (54226)
• [2008-07-04 14:41]

Bonjour Paul,
un paysage tout à fait prodigieux.
Quelle profondeur ! Un des points forts de cette photo avec ces impressionnantes montagnes vertes de l'avant plan.
Un endroit qu'on, aimerait visiter, en amoureux de la nature sauvage.
Regards.
Daniel.

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• Dyerco (5762)
• [2008-07-04 21:41]

Hi Paul
I like the light in this image as the sun is kind of subtle which helps to emphasize the greens.
Great shot.
Phil

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• Giorgio (6836)
• [2008-07-05 0:33]

- Very nice but impressive verdant mountain landscape, Paul, the place seems very wild in spite of this greenery, anyway it is very successful and as often, technical quality is in rendez-vous, well done!
Good weekend to you.
giorgio

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• papagolf21 (49403)
• [2008-07-05 1:56]

Bonjour, cher Paul,
Il en est des paysages comme des hommes : il faut un peu les vivre pour pénétrer leurs secrets.
[Harry Bernard]
Quelle beauté, quelle magnificence offerte par la nature. Une photographie d'une très grande qualité par le sujet et l'excellente maîtrise du photographe.
Excellent !
Amitiés.
Philippe

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• sway (354)
• [2008-07-05 1:59]

HI Paul,

Great shot. love the winter the air is so clean you can see for miles as long as there is no cloud.
Great composition, the Ridge line of Te Mata peek gives great perspective.
:-)

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• Photo65Net (34559)
• [2008-07-05 4:49]

Paul,
Superb FG. the textures of the cliffs are amazing.
I like toot the depth of the view, and sharpness and colors are spot on.
Regards,
JB.

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• jafadabret (29080)
• [2008-07-05 5:47]

Bonjour Paul.
Il y a des paysages d'une grande beauté comme celui-ci. J'aime cette impression de vague solidifiée que fait ce relief, une grande vague verte. Les lointains sont également fabuleux. Beau travail !
Jacques

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• Cretense (37990)
• [2008-07-05 7:13]

Hi Paul!

amazing, spectacular landscape, brilliant photo! You had a great POV and you took full advantage of it. Great framing, huge depth of field, flawless light managment! Congratulations!

Hercules

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• jusninasirun (7747)
• [2008-07-05 8:41]

Hello Paul. This is just brilliant. The rocky coastline is brilliantly captured with the slope well lit bringing out contrast on the green. Nice separation of land and sky and very well done. Best regards. Jusni

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• claudeD (7333)
• [2008-07-05 9:24]

Hello PAul ,

amazing picture with an excellent composition and very fine green colors.I like this view very much.Very well done.

With regards from Luxembourg

Jean-Claude

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• josepmarin (27222)
• [2008-07-05 9:33]

Hi Paul,
The depth of this image from a great high POV is impressive, and the landscape that offers us is magnificent.
Good work with the exposure to control the difficult light and the sheens on the ocean, and taking advantage of the shades that draw the relief of the mountains perfectly, and they give us a great 3D sensation.
A very rich and organized well composition.
Best regards,
Josep

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• lucski (3512)
• [2008-07-05 15:01]

Hi Paul
very nice picture and very interesting place
perfect composition, colours and sharpness...
very well done
TFS regards lukasz

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• Gerrit (26795)
• [2008-07-05 16:47]

Hi Paul,
spectaculair mountainrange and an excellengt view over the valley beyond, Great quality.
Regards, Gerrit

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• Charo (20798)
• [2008-07-05 17:04]

Hola Paul,
Qué lugar más fantástico!!! La perspectiva es estupenda, me encantan esas suaves laderas pintadas de verde. Gran POV con excelente calidad de imagen.
Cordialmente
Charo

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• jmdias (9546)
• [2008-07-05 17:11]

paul

these curves in the green side of the mountains are fabulous. I liked this pov showing the hight top of the mountain and the wide horizont ahead.

hugs

jorge

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• BWJ (736)
• [2008-07-05 20:08]

Hello Paul,
This beautiful landscape is highlighted by the various shapes of the rocks on the ridge, the sloping hills, textures, and rich lush greens. Great POV and composition!
Warm wishes,
Betty

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• pablominto (31713)
• [2008-07-05 23:29]

Hello Paul,

A lovely landscape, this time so different from what we see around my place!
The fine green vegetation puts a nice colour to the rugged hillsides, seems like a nice place for the sheep too...
A well composed presentation with fine details!

Greetings,
Pablo -

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• Graal (44865)
• [2008-07-05 23:38]

Hi Paul,
great wild nature, fine POV and sight. I like it a lot. Unusual place. Good work.
Gr., Aleksander

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• Flavia (8060)
• [2008-07-06 0:09]

Hi Paul,

Uau! Great perspective. These clifts are amazing.

Regards,

Flavia

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• rodgerg (8822)
• [2008-07-06 1:55]

Hello Paul,

A superb vew of this very beautiful landscape, a great depth of field, very nice colors (especailly the green), an impression of movement. Congratulations;
Have a good day,
Roger

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• jhm (69562)
• [2008-07-06 3:21]

Hello Paul,

A splendid nature image my friend, I like it.
I agree with the previous writers, great work.
This is truly a fine and beautiful landscape with a perfect focal point here!
The crest of the volcano as a foreground leads the eye to the far distance and the Pacific Ocean.
Very well done, TFS.

Have a nice sunday,
John.

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• Cricri (31005)
• [2008-07-06 4:20]

Hi Paul,
Bien présenter le paysage verdoyant et la mer a l'horizon, içi c'est sur l'air doit^y être des plus plaisant, belle lumiére et couleurs
Have a nice sunday for you
cricri

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• feather (41686)
• [2008-07-06 5:57]

The rugged scenery is beautiful, and the view from the top of this ridge must be stunning. I like the detail of the long low cloud. You certainly found yourself a fantastic viewpoint. Well done
Kath

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• alvaraalto (3008)
• [2008-07-06 14:55]

Hi Paul,

Amazing contrast between the soft, smooth slopes of the mountain and the rough top, but also the contrast of the plain behind the mountain is remarkable.

Groet Rob

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• zeca (18572)
• [2008-07-06 18:09]

Wonderful landscape, Paul! The lights are also very nice, creating nice shadows. This is one of that places where we say "Thanks God" when we enjoy the view..
Regards,
Zeca

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• dvlazar (4765)
• [2008-07-06 19:00]

Wow - what an impressive landscape shot! No suprise really, its from NZ which is home to beautiful terrain. I like it a lot.

Dave

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• edytungkal (3743)
• [2008-07-06 19:26]

I call it beauty of nature, a fantastic landscape....Paul. I love that green colour!!
tfs


daniel

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• liquid_sk (205)
• [2008-07-06 22:48]

Did you color the wave in green! If ti was a wave, would've be good for surfing. ;-)

Anyway, the scene is wonderful!!! The pick is quite impressive.
Al in all very well done!

Best regards,
Slavko

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• AiresSantos (27320)
• [2008-07-06 23:13]

Hi Paul
Amazing view of the 'Te Mata' peak. Impressive landscape. Wonderful light and details
TFS and have a nice week
Aires

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• riclopes (28452)
• [2008-07-07 1:57]

Olá Paul, nice to see this wider view after the other previous posts. It's quite an impressive ridge and I'm imagining surfing down on that soft green carpet on the right :D Love the way this kind of sceneries make me feel so small.
Cheers,
ricardo

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• jaywalker (10353)
• [2008-07-07 11:11]

Hi Paul, A wonderful photo of beautiful landscape, the view you picked is magnificent, a lush green covering & low cloud, very good light & yes I see the sheep, (if it only knew how famous it is), kind regards Wilson.

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• kiwi_explorer (12183)
• [2008-07-07 21:18]

Hi Paul,
The way you positioned the peak created an appealing lead-in line. The green grass looks lovely like a manicured golf course ... but with some sheep hidden somewhere :) A beautiful scene indeed and wonderfully composed. Image and color quality is also of high quality. Well done! tfs
Cheers,
Renier

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• John_F_Kennedy (22141)
• [2008-07-08 0:42]

Fantastic landscape shot. You have chosen a perfect POV. The lighting and colours are great with excellent sharpness. Well done.
Best wishes,
Achim

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• salvator (17435)
• [2008-07-08 1:08]

Hi Paul,
N,ce sharpness and details, nice green color and superb sense of depth. The scaterred clouds and the one sitting on the land in the foreground look superb.
Best regards. Salvator.

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• daddo (8473)
• [2008-07-08 1:38]

Hi Paul. Oh Lucky Country to have such views and such a photographer as you to capture its beauty. Breathtaking.My compliments. Klaudio.

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• Budapestman (28037)
• [2008-07-08 2:06]

Hi Paul,
What an amazing landscape. The composition is very spectacular, perspective is great. The colours and lights are beautiful, romantic atmosphere with excellent POV, Very well done! Have a nice day
George

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• lucasgalodoido (10805)
• [2008-07-08 15:51]

Hi Paul,
impressive this view, and interesting this mountain. I'd like of DOF and colors of image. Great work.
Congratulations and Hug

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• Scharan (12314)
• [2008-07-08 18:08]

Olá Paul

Belíssima paisagem muito bem registrada.
Um trabalho maravilhoso...parabéns!
GA
Vera

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• jimkilgallon (1785)
• [2008-07-08 23:35]

Hi Paul
Was in Hawkes Bay 2003 and loved every minute of it. The mood is great - well handled light management. It looks like a surf wave coming up, so the perspective you have chosen was well seen and captured. Well done
Regards
Jim

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• Clementi (25110)
• [2008-07-09 0:31]

Ciao Paul,
wonderfulshot, in a single photo all the fair of nature things are seen. exceptional colours and excellent gestiona of the light.
nice work
Giorgio

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• Bluejeans (20784)
• [2008-07-09 9:02]

Ola Paul ,
Que lindo ponto de visão uma bela paisagem pintada de verde , muito bonitos estes campos , boa profundidade de foto , parabéns!!
Um abraço Gonçalo

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• Tue (24032)
• [2008-07-09 14:36]

Hi Paul,
A fantastic view of an impressive landscape. The peak looks beautiful with great shapes and the hazy view of the city and sea in the background works very nicely too. The green of the grass in the foreground is really pleasant, also thanks to the soft sunlight. Thanks a lot for sharing!
Regards,
Lars

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• skippy007 (3199)
• [2008-07-09 20:54]

Hello Paul, Impressive landscape but nothing new It's New Zealand we are talking about here. It's another thing to capture it in good natural colour & detail, you have done that here. Well done.
Thanks
Santo

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• toto (15044)
• [2008-07-10 3:56]

Bonjours,
belle photo de cette chaine de montagnes qui font prasque la diagonale entière.
Beau paysage au loin avec cette mer qui donne une bonne profondeur de champ.

Amitiés Thomas

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• somkiat (1092)
• [2008-07-10 20:46]

hallo paul,
it's wonderful shot. big panorama is awesome,you shot.
the smooth green is eyeful.it's nothing to seek the words how you're well in this.i'd ever seen the shot like this before.but this is great indeed.
regards
somkiat

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• Stepan (26917)
• [2008-07-10 23:18]

Wow, that's a great light for a really stunning place. The green makes it soft and the depth driving the eye to the sea is really cool. A great place, well composed and captured.
Stéphane

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• siolaw (23015)
• [2008-07-11 0:16]

Hi Paul
I only know Napier from watching New Zealand vs. India cricket matches! Here I get to know the coutryside too with a good view over the ridge, which gets nice light, enhancing colors and textures...
Nice one !
Greetings
LAurent

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• jmcl (12224)
• [2008-07-13 12:05]

Hi Paul,

Hope you and yours are well. Wonderful dimension ... breathtaking point of view .. really beautiful and unique tone .. very nice. take care, John

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• Didi (30062)
• [2008-07-15 8:40]

Hi Paul
Typic kind of mountains of your nice country and I appreciate well the shades on the rocks; that's give an interesting depht in your composition.
Best regards.

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• jean11-3 (2574)
• [2008-07-15 11:33]

A great POV Paul.A wonderful composition with the lovely sweeping landscape clothed in green.
Good light and natural colours.
Tfs, regards Jean.

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• Angshu (26140)
• [2008-07-15 20:45]

Hello Paul
The shape of this peak clearly shows it's tectonic origin. Fine perspective you've created along the ridge & if hadn't mentioned about the sheep, I wouldn't have seen it at all. yes it shows the massiveness of the scale. The green grass looks like velvet. Light looks a bit harsh especially when we see the BG. But a lovely view & a fine work!
Regards
Angshu

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• Greg1949 (6110)
• [2008-07-17 4:22]

Paul, you have some awesome additions to your gallery since I last visited so I am just starting here. The view is majestic I think is a good word, not killed by high rise buildings or industrial complexes and the land looks dramatic in itself. Color is great as you know and the composition is very not symmetrical and therefore wonderful. Great capture.

Greg

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• jmdaoudal (18670)
• [2008-07-18 10:18]

Very impressive "barrière volcanique", you have done a very good choice showing mountain and sea... May be the best Idea I will have from a country I never visited, and that I know by terrific and talentuous All Black.
Good colors and contrasts.
jean Michel

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• zmey (5398)
• [2008-07-22 9:06]

hello paul

amazing... the new zealand landscape is. good approach to show it in all its grandeur. TFS, paul.

warm regards,
kristaps

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• sevy (6916)
• [2008-07-30 1:18]

Hello Paul,

I understand the success you got with this photo. The most interesting is to my mind the very good composition using the cliff to drive the look to the water and then the shore is driving the look in an other direction far to the background. So that, we are discovering all the size and the deepness of this landscape.
Very well managed,

Yves.

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• giorgimer (12407)
• [2008-08-04 0:33]

Hi Paul,

great landscape. Extraordinary "New Zealand mood". Great green and great endless BG.

TFS

Gio

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• kiks (4336)
• [2008-08-04 7:56]

Hi Paul, very impressive composition of an amazing landschape. I love it.
Best reagards
KIks

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• mikolaj_kawa (16853)
• [2008-08-11 1:48]

Hello Paul! Wonderful landscape. Nice perspective. Very nice lightness. Good colors. Very good picture. Well done!

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• MLINES (9299)
• [2008-08-12 1:06]

Hi Paul, As you know i am a Kiwi who escaped across the Tasman sea, so i really enjoy seeing your photos from Kiwiland! I like the green and the geomorphological features this composition shows so well. TFS. Murray.

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• ellelloo (2114)
• [2008-08-29 0:14]

Hello Paul,
A fantastic landscape and a great shot! Good POV and composition. You have controlled the light very well.
Good natural colours, great depth. TFS.
Greetings,
Lasse

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• npecanhuk (56)
• [2008-09-02 3:38]

Hello Paul!
I intend to visit NZ next year and I'm always searching for the views from the Country and maybe decide where I must go (of course, I won't be able to visit every single place, so I have to make a plan!).
This one is very nice! The landscape looks very beautiful and I like specially the texture of the mountains in the fg, created by the presence of light and shadows!
TFS - Congratulations!
Warmest regards,
Neyvan

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• stego (16307)
• [2008-09-04 15:42]

Hi Paul,
Stunning! The green ridge of the FG alone would make many great photos, but you went much farther, using it as a lead-in to the rest of the gorgeous view. Shooting with the sun almost in front of the camera, above water is a difficult light situation that you turned into your favour. The glowing sea and haze above the land produces a wonderful effect.
Bravo!
Regards, José.

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• erguvan (689)
• [2008-10-04 21:47]
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• jrj (33694)
• [2008-10-14 1:16]

Great landscape here Paul, interesting perspective and details from the back of the mountain there. Good use of the format

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• marcdemoulin (632)
• [2008-10-15 9:43]

You have gorgeous ladnscapes in NZ and you caught this one very well.
Marc