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Published: 2007-12-09 20:06:03 +0000 UTC; Views: 919; Favourites: 25; Downloads: 18
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As you trek down the valley, this is one of the falls you will see. now imagine yourself live around this area everyday.
Sapa-Viet Nam
Hoya R72 InfraRed
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Comments: 48
this shot is outstanding! very nicely done. do you have this picture with its natural colors?
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To me it look as if it were drawn, something too unreal to be real. Magic.
The flow of the water brings the greatest emotions, especially in the places where it is "still".
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wow really nice!!! At first I didn't realise it was a photo thought it was a painting, then I realised it was a photo!!! gd work
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Wow... I'm not usually one for landscape photography, but this sure pulls me in; all of this looks majestically alive, and the textures are extremely sensual... What an amazing composition you've got here, too!
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rarely you faved my landscapes...
I don't like going on trip w/ tour guide...they rush you...by the time i set up my tripod and my Infra Red filter in place...they were ready to move on...
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There's something so impersonal about most landscapes, I guess-- if I want to see one, I just go for a walk-- but this one, and a few others I've seen, looks like a landscape the way only YOU could've seen it, and shown it to me-- it's a very emotional landscape...
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Very interesting IR here. It's nothing like my IR shots. I really need a camera that can actually DO IR.
This is actually the first IR shot I've seen of yours (not sure if you've done more). I noticed the number "8" in this photo. The bottom bluish hues and the bright whites at the top kind of come together in the middle, making everything blend.
Not sure if you knew this already or not, but if you want a better tonal range, shoot later in the day. I noticed the meta data said you shot this around 3:30. If I were you, I'd wait till later in the afternoon when the sun is more orange, or earlier in the morning.
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more IR @ [link]
the time you suggested is better when shooting IR on a plain field to capture a more balanced tonal range...but when you shoot IR in the gorge where the top part of the sides is bright and the narrowed part where the water goes is dark...the tonal range of IR is hard to capture...sometime you'd shoot w/ more than one exposure and blend them in. If i was to shoot something like this at later in the afternoon, the portion where the water is will be very much underexposed just to expose the top part properly... the tonal range will be dramatically different. I don't know if you have tried to shoot IR where as one part is in the shadow and one part is exposed to extreme light...it's a task to take on if you ask me.
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Yea, I understand with IR. It's a trick in itself really. I've shot a few test shots, and I know what you mean with underexposure in the shadows. It's really hard to do with my camera because I can just barely see what I'm shooting. It's crazy and tedious!
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wouldn't want to disappoint you by not using it.
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if you take away all the trees and bushes, this would look just like the northwest of ireland in places.
beautiful photograph. as always.
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i'll try to take all those out in photoshop just to take a peak what northwest ireland would look like...
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lol. dont worry. i will take some photos for ya instead. much easier.
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i'll hold you responsible for the teaching of ireland geography to me.
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suits me. i will try make you fall in love with Ireland so you move over.
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can't wait to be exposed to all the education i'll get for free! 
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for you, never!
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*peek rather oO ... i slept 2 hrs lastnight...
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what's your definition on beautiful?
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I love this picture and I think it's a good shot..
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Kat, you never stop to amaze me, i'm so glad to have yo on my watch...
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do you sign in every full moon and start bashing on my inability to kill the copier? haha how have you been buddy?
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You still have that copier?
Oh, this is way beyond fucked up. I thought we were safe... I was living a normal life, but noooooooo you seem to be failing in your life's mission. Girl Grap your Balls and torch the damn thing, for us.... For HUMANITY!
btw, i'm doing so so, i got divorced but met a new girl who loves me a lot and i'm thinking about living with her.... She has two gorgeous kids. I'm happy but poor, cuz i lost everything in the divorce...
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haha
good to hear you're doing good and happy...you can earn money anytime...but happiness doesn't come around that often so take good care of it...and for the copier...i caved in and had became one of its slaves. my identity now is '#236487
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You have a FOLIO! I like you; but, you're doomed. No one escapes after getting tagged.
I wish everything works out for you Kat. You'll always have a fan here, who appreciates what you've done for this place.
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I don't know you two. She still has a rebellious and mischevious side in her right? So I think she still has a chance to rebel when that copier least expects it. This is going to be fun. I can see it now:
Copier:#236487!!
Vietkat: Yes, sir?
Copier: I need some maintenance done and I'm counting on you to accompish this task. Can you do that?
Vietkat: Yes.
Copier: Very well. Do not fail!! Now get to work!!
Vietkat: Yes.
She has been working for what she calls a slavemaster who is pretty unforgiving and does not care about the lives or identity of anyone other than itself. She has taken the abuse very well, but after one mistake and a few thousand insults, she' just a hair's width from snapping and this will be the day it happens.
As Vietkat is sleeping her "master" calls her... loudly.
Copier:VIETKAT!!!!!
The vile machine's voice explodes in her ears. She tumbles from her chamber and sits up. Vietkat was having a nice tranquil dream and this thing had to wake her up in the most inconsiderate and blunt way. The poor girl needs her sleep and she hasn't had enough of it. She is this far from blowing up.
Vietkat: Yes, sir? She tries to keep the rage in her voice low so the machine doesn't notice. Good thing for her it doesn't.
Copier: The maintenance needs to be done now and you are in need. Come now.
Vietkat: "Yes." Her voice is now a low hiss.
What the machine doesn't know is last night the girl was thinking about what was going on and she got madder and madder until she snapped. She wasn't taking it anymore. She would have her revenge and destroy the infernal thing. She already knows how she will do it.
Vietkat walks toward the majestic machine and stands being scanned before continuing with her task. SHe has a toolbox to fix problems in the copier's works. But she has a much bigger problem to... fix. A rebellious yet proud smile is on her lips. She goes in a finds what the thing was talking about. as she works she installs a small but powerful explosive in different parts of the machine's inner parts. She soon emerges from her job and goes back to her quarters. She smiles mischeviously at what she has done and bides her time in looking for the perfect opportunity to spring her trap. Thanks to the copier being in a "good" mood the workers are let outside and strangely enough a long distance away. Just when slaves are ready to run from the complex's perimeter a series of explosions rocks the area.
"What the...?"
The workers turn back and see their former "home" in flames. More explosions erupt from the building as flammable materials go up. At first standing in shock the workers themselves erupt... in joyous cries of freedom. They are laughing and hugging and jumping about wildly. Meanwhile a shower has moved into the area and it starts to rain heavily. The workers don't care and continue their joyous uproar. Vietkat looks on through the increasing downpour at the place she loathed with every bit of her being.
Vietkat: "I've been a bad girl." She says naughtily.
She just walks through the crowd of people and disappears into the hard rain... on her way home. Before long the whooping has stopped and the rest of the now ex-workers disperse and head to their homes as well. No longer a slave to a machine Vietkat can now assume her real self, her real identity, the one she nearly lost. She walks into town and spots her home through the rain.
Vietkat: I'm finally home.
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HOLY SHIT!
When did this happened? where was i? this dude killed the copier, now what? Fax machine? ZE INTERNET!!!!???
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No this happened earlier and vietkatthroughlense was the one who killed it. She should be proud.
FREEDOM IS OURS!!!
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If you would like it removed. Just let me know.
Have a great day !!!
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i would like to remove it plz.
haha kidding...love it when you feature my work. 
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Beautiful! ^ ^ Again love the IR effect! Another amazing photo!
-Will
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it's not an effect! it's just IR! just like color or bw! you don't go call color photos...the color effect do you? haha
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LOL No, I don't good point. But I like the effect that IR gives, just like I sometimes like the effect B&W does.
-Will
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you should know by now how to comment on my works 
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mmm give me a raincheck..
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Love the soft colors. Nice exposure time as well.
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glad you find the undertoned IR pleasing.
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