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© John Colbensen
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Shirley S 1 month ago
Stunning! John, this image has so much to hold my attention. Congratulations on a marvellous image!
Tammy Bergström 9 months ago
Mystical and amazing, and those colors are just marvelous!

/Tammy
Risquillo 10 months ago
Excelente ......!
Felicidades John!
Phyllis Clarke 10 months ago
John, So glad you wrote in that forum thread on HDR as I got to see this image - which I missed. This is exquisite. It is like a mystical land where magical mysterious things happen. Truly gorgeous! :) Phyllis
Great. Magnificent colors! @love the calm.
Dare Turnsek 1 year ago
Like dreams, i love it:)
kostas 1 year ago
wow!
Clyde Beamer 1 year ago
This is WONDERFUL!! BRAVO!!
Ben Goossens 1 year ago
Mystic and surreal... bravo John:-)
Hayk Geghamyan 1 year ago
Awesome shoot John, I like it very much !!!
Geir Jartveit 1 year ago
Knall bilde John, likte det veldig. Herlig mystikk med fargetoner som harmonerer i bildet. Du e dyktig.
Fabulous mysticism, cheers on the production John.
Martin Lutz 1 year ago
Hi John
Very beautyful photo i like it :-)
Martin Lutz
Fris 1 year ago
I love the tones achieved
Jacob Jovelou 1 year ago
Like hands. Very very beautiful John.
John Colbensen  You see the hands? I wrote previously in a comment that this picture for me has a meta-level and it implies "the hands". Thank you Jacob :)
Jacob Jovelou  The hands makes this photo for me :)
Brin 1 year ago
Fantastic capture, well composed and beautiful!
John Colbensen  Thanks Bragí. One day I'll visit you and you country...:)
iryna melnyk 1 year ago
Very beautiful capture
John Colbensen  Iryna, thank you :)
Richard Spurdens 1 year ago
Fine work
John Colbensen  Thank you so much Richard :)
Gerard Jonkman 1 year ago
I like the composition, the colours and the quietness of this picture...
John Colbensen  Gerard, reading your comment makes me smile. You seem to have cought the essence of the picture...quietness. Thank you :)
Codrin Lupei 1 year ago
This is such a beautiful, otherworldly image, John, real and dreamy in the same time, a pretty rare combination! I love it! Cheers!
John Colbensen  As so many times before Codrin, you seem to "see" what I feel . This picture has a meta -level but I'm not sure if I should write anything about that. I'm so glad it touched you. Poetry is such a wonderful part of life . Thank you my dear friend :)
I am sorry John, please don't take offence, but I don't get it. I have looked at it these last hours many times, allowing myself to maybe see it in a different light but for the life of me I cannot figure out why it has gotten the comments so far from photographers I respect very much.

What I see is a stone and the end of a dead branch in blurred water or ice or both? There may be some ice on the branch. For me there is no focal point or discernible pattern, I am lost in the composition.

Can someone please open my eyes to this and what it evokes within you, I mean this with all sincerity, thanks.
John Colbensen  I don't take offence Mark. In fact I'm pretty sure there are several others that feel the same way as you. I think Codrin wrote a very poetic answer and I couldn't agree more. I see your point in a missing focalpoint, but what I tried to portray here is an excerpt of natures beauty. I'm very often concerned about focalpoints and "correct" composition. But now and then I just "feel" the nature thus ditching "the rules". In my opinion this picture conveys a Zen moment, at least it was a Zen moment for me. I'm just happy that I get this reaction from so many. And if it didn't enthrill you in any way, at least I got you to study it for a while :) I sincerly respect your work Mark and I'm happy to answer any questions about my work. Maybe some day a picture of mine will "speak" to you :)
Mark Vincent Müller  Hi John, thanks for being graceful. I did look at you portfolio before I wrote my piece, you have wonderful work that doesn't just speak but sing! I am right there with you about breaking out of conventional compositions, I guess in the end we do see individually but that of course is the great fun of our art.
Codrin Lupei  Hi Mark, I appreciate a lot your sincerity, well, you know, if we're cuting images in some small pieces, I mean, to really dissect them, I guess that even some famous pieces could be seen just like a man jumping over a puddle or a sailor kissing a girl, a pretty girl with some fascinating eyes and so on. Indeed, I agree that many people seems to need a clear, distinct focal point, well, I don't, for example...for me what really means is what I am feeling when I see an image, if it's touching me in some way or not, this is the most important thing and I'd say that in many images the focal point is the 'whole', the 'sensation', the 'mood', a word maybe already used to much...anyway just my humble and very personal opinion. I admire your portfolio and I hope to see many more wild life images published here! Cheers! Take good care of you out there!
Mark Vincent Müller  Thanks so much Codrin for your insight, I could not agree more about your take on that an image has to speak to the heart. I guess this one will remain a mystery to me, but that is ok.
Don't really know what is it..; but it's just beautiful!!! tones are so awesome :-)
John Colbensen  It's just some bracnhes in a creek and a rock, but hopefully it's much more than that . thanks David :)
Dusan Petho 1 year ago
...amazing!!
John Colbensen  Much obliged Dusan :)
Suren Manvelyan 1 year ago
Beautiful!
John Colbensen  Thank you Suren :)
Well done !
John Colbensen  Much appreciated Lubomir, thanx :)
John Colbensen  Much appreciated Lubomir, thanx :)
Marei 1 year ago
Very very beautiful image.
I like it so much.
John Colbensen  Your comment puts a smile on my face Marei. Thank you :)
Ursula I Abresch 1 year ago
Excellent!
John Colbensen  Thank you Ursula :)
Henrik Just 1 year ago
Very beautiful capture, John.
Most impressive !

Congrats !

Regards

Henrik
John Colbensen  I never seem to get good animal pictures when I'm out and about in the mountains, but I seem to catch some ok Creek pictures . Thanks Henrik :)
Christoph Hessel 1 year ago
what an impressive work, great!
Christoph
John Colbensen  Thank you Cristoph. Glad it made an impression :)
Very nice, love the color in this!! Looks very cooooold :-)
/Wulff
John Colbensen  Norway is always coooold. Stayed a night in the mountains to get pictures like this. I tell you, the night was freeeezing. Thanx NC :)
a beauty John, i love it!
John Colbensen  Thanx Willy, Kind words which I inhale...:)
final toto 1 year ago
Amazing, John!
John Colbensen  So nice to hear from such an creative artist . Thank you Fin :)
Peter Cakovsky 1 year ago
Beautifull photo!
John Colbensen  very very appreciated Peter :)
KPK 1 year ago
Stunning. Most beautiful!
John Colbensen  Thank you so much K :)
Bellissima
John Colbensen  Grazie Mille Massimo :)
Explore 1 year ago
Greate..love it.
Kent
John Colbensen  Thanx a bunch Kent :)
Carola Onkamo 1 year ago
Very beautiful. Love the color.
John Colbensen  Thank you Carola. Excerpts of nature is difficult and easy at the same time but I try to portray an atmosphere :)
John Parminter 1 year ago
very good John, I hope I was in the affirmative in screening comments as well... ??

:))
John Parminter  I left a screening comment, you may be able to read it in your photo directory, hope my comment here was the same, I'm getting forgetful... ;-))
John Colbensen  Thanks John. Not quite sure what you mean with that question :)
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