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Paris, Parc Luxembourg

Several hours on the clock and inside PSP XII: layers, masks, curves, channel mixing, spray, and a public domain texture.

Thanks so much for featuring

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ikreate [2010-06-26 11:12:29 +0000 UTC]

Of course you know I love this one

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EricForFriends In reply to ikreate [2010-06-27 05:53:54 +0000 UTC]

As it's in my avatar... I don't mind it being there either. Thank you!

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ikreate In reply to EricForFriends [2010-07-03 06:08:30 +0000 UTC]

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night-delight [2010-03-29 16:21:02 +0000 UTC]

beautiful

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EricForFriends In reply to night-delight [2010-03-29 18:59:27 +0000 UTC]

Thank you!

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powgrl [2008-11-18 16:57:00 +0000 UTC]

The mood, the symmetry of the tree trunks all excellent!

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EricForFriends In reply to powgrl [2008-11-18 18:47:56 +0000 UTC]

I don't know what to say...

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powgrl In reply to EricForFriends [2008-11-18 20:55:22 +0000 UTC]

a wonderful piece!

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EricForFriends In reply to powgrl [2008-11-18 23:37:23 +0000 UTC]

Thank you, Diane!

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powgrl In reply to EricForFriends [2008-11-19 00:03:54 +0000 UTC]

cheers!

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frenchfox [2008-11-18 09:37:51 +0000 UTC]

This work gives an astonishing view !

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EricForFriends In reply to frenchfox [2008-11-18 11:16:16 +0000 UTC]

Thanks for the comment and the fav!

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MYLermontov [2008-11-17 20:31:52 +0000 UTC]

Did you intend a sense of foreboding? I never thought I would look at Luxembourg and feel so ... I don't know ... anxious, sad. It's like a dream I don't want to remember, caught in the symmetry, the chadows and emptiness.

Or is it just me?

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EricForFriends In reply to MYLermontov [2008-11-17 20:57:25 +0000 UTC]

Well, to be honest, I had a sad funeral a couple of days ago - not someone very close to me, but sad nevertheless. Half and half I had intended this as an In Memoriam, but I decided against it because it wasn't something that the person would have liked, it would have been a bit dishonest and I didn't want to splurge out drama with big brush.
So, as I don't want to spoil your memory of the Luxembourg (like I don't want to spoil my own), it's not as much about the Parc or about death, as it is about missing people. Not the loud people are so very much there when they're there, but the quiet people you hardly notice when the other kind is around, whose absence is more felt than their presence.

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MYLermontov In reply to EricForFriends [2008-11-18 20:38:29 +0000 UTC]

There is certainly no thought on my part that you might spoil a vision of Luxembourg. I would say you stretched my perception. We're probably both at an age where we begin to notice people in our lives quietly slipping away. Not the way it was in earlier years when the loss would come as a shocking surprise. In fact it is very like a park, once teeming with human activity, that gradually begins to empty. At first you don't notice unless it's someone you expected to meet, but soon the absences take on space of there own.

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MYLermontov In reply to MYLermontov [2008-11-20 21:17:10 +0000 UTC]

Of course it should be "their" and not "there."

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EricForFriends In reply to MYLermontov [2008-11-20 10:30:09 +0000 UTC]

Yes, that's very true... I have a cremation tomorrow, exactly a week after that funeral. A beautifully phrased comment, thank you!

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Denneris [2008-11-17 16:10:30 +0000 UTC]

beautiful! it's one of my favourite places in Paris

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EricForFriends In reply to Denneris [2008-11-17 16:32:10 +0000 UTC]

I'm glad you like it! Thank you!

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Denneris In reply to EricForFriends [2008-11-17 16:37:44 +0000 UTC]

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ADOUR [2008-11-17 15:46:44 +0000 UTC]

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EricForFriends In reply to ADOUR [2008-11-17 16:53:42 +0000 UTC]

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