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curves within curves............
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.......my entry for the contest. Stone slabs acting as a sea wall. If you look at the top part of the picture, you will be able to make out a couple sitting looking at the view over the bay.

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=ppigeon
08/16/08 9:17 PM GMT
Oh yes! A perfect capture for the contest. The light is wonderful too. Congrats and good luck :-)
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-Pierre-
::Joanie
08/16/08 9:30 PM GMT
Wow so neat Patti! A perfect entry is right! Gorgeous focus and colors! I'm wondering if that couple saw you taking the photo...I bet they thought you were nuts being at a strange angle..lol..Good luck!
Joanie
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::tigger3
08/16/08 9:39 PM GMT
Excellent entry and really a good presentation. Your always so good at that. Good Luck Patti. sandi♥
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.Genver
08/16/08 9:42 PM GMT
Several curves,the picture is very good and again,good luck.
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.SatCom
08/16/08 10:24 PM GMT
Now we have a winner...I'm going to take mine out now...LOL Great balanced curves and even without the curves....it is still a wonderful capture with perfect clarity and color. Good luck..but I don't think you need it.

Paul
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::jswgpb
08/16/08 10:39 PM GMT
Wow.......stepping stones for giants. :) LOL Nice entry Patti.........and good luck my dear.
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::100k_xle
08/16/08 10:49 PM GMT
Oh Shucks Patti !
Why don't you stay out of these Contest and Give someone else a Chance.
I'm not even going to enter anything after seeing this.
THANKS A LOT ! NOT !!! LOL!

E J
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.titusboy25
08/16/08 10:55 PM GMT
Really fit for the contest,a very good choice,lovely curves,good luck!
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::EmilyH
08/16/08 11:26 PM GMT
This is a perfect entry! Good luck. :)
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::Jimbobedsel
08/16/08 11:43 PM GMT
This is a winner. Very artistic and certainly full of curves. Great work, Patti.

Jimbob
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::0930_23
08/17/08 1:25 AM GMT
I was going to enter but this took the fire out of my belly. Just a beautiful photo with the shadows being the curves within. Excellent piece of art Patti.

Great post.

Tick
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I'll meet you at the edge of the sunlight, just behind the shadows. The Ghost
::RKG
08/17/08 1:41 AM GMT
Superb! Going to do well in the contest for sure. Great post Patti and good luck.
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::wheedance
08/17/08 4:21 AM GMT
Now THAT's a perfect find for the contest! Good luck!
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::JQ
08/17/08 5:38 AM GMT
wow patti, thats neato for the contest, excellent shot!
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::Dunstickin
08/17/08 6:36 AM GMT
~~Taking my entry down, now I've seen the winner...Mumbles!~~

nicely spotted hinny....A terrific entry to the comp!....
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.Ed1958
08/17/08 7:03 AM GMT
Very interesting wallpaper. You have caught an angle which gives an original idea for a picture.
I reminds me, in modern art, the old greek amphitheater we still admire.
Ed.
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.gabriela2006
08/17/08 8:35 AM GMT
an excellent entry:)
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.corngrowth
08/17/08 9:58 AM GMT
Very good post Patti! Wish you a lot of success in the contest.
Regards, Cornelius.
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::Toto_san
08/17/08 10:09 AM GMT
An absolute winner, no doubt. Beautiful entry. Good luck.
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.Gabbels
08/17/08 10:48 AM GMT
Excellent image for the contest! Good luck!!
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::Hottrockin
08/17/08 11:24 AM GMT
Sensational design perfect for the curves compition!! Sweet light and tantalizing textures really treat!!

Good luck in the contest!!
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Why do the pictures come out square when the lens is round??
.scorpie
08/17/08 11:39 AM GMT
Fabulous, good luck, but I don't think you need it.
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Why not go out on a limb, that is where the fruit is.... Frank Scully
.jesouris
08/17/08 12:59 AM GMT
I agree with everyone... it's going to be hard to win against this! Awesome photo and very appropriate for the contest. Well done!
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.icedancer
08/17/08 2:55 PM GMT
Fabulous entry Patti and definetly a winner. Love this composition.
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.Inkeri
08/17/08 6:04 PM GMT
Gorgeous entry,Patti..Good luck.
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::solita17
08/17/08 6:26 PM GMT
Open up the dictionary to the word 'curve' and you'll find this picture... great eye, well done, and may you have a winning image!
mary
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"If I dream I shall be real, or really myself..." Robert Penn Warren
::SEFA
08/17/08 8:18 PM GMT
This is just perfect for the contest. I love the textures and the curves. Very well done! Good luck once again :-)
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::VeraVardig
08/17/08 9:38 PM GMT
Love those curves in the curves. Almost like my thighs. *lol*
Good luck in the competition!!!

/Helena
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.mesmerized
08/17/08 11:44 PM GMT
Wonderful entry...excellent lighting and shot...good luck.
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::gerryp
08/18/08 10:00 AM GMT
Very good capture Patti...this should do good in contest...good luck!!...gerry
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::Toto_san
08/18/08 6:28 PM GMT
I am so glad that I had the opportunity to give a 10 for this image in the VB. For me you are still the winner. :)
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.SusanVenter
08/18/08 8:37 PM GMT
This is a perfect capture for this competition, Patti.. and you've done a great job on the clarity and composition.. well done and good luck..

Susan & Marietha
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::PatAndre
08/19/08 1:38 AM GMT
From what i have seen of the entries so far, this one should be well in the running. That's as "curvy" as you can get.
Pat
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::LynEve
08/19/08 1:53 AM GMT
A fantastic entry Patti - this is really fascinating - best of luck, its a beauty.
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::braces
08/19/08 6:51 PM GMT
A wonderful entry Patti that fulfils all the competition criteria. It deserves to do very well, good luck.
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.alexis518
08/19/08 10:26 PM GMT
Fabulous seawall, Im so glad you left in the people so I could get a sense of the scale. Top notch contest entry, Patti!
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.heidlerr
08/19/08 10:48 PM GMT
Great find! I love this composition. Good depth of field.
Russ
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::VeraVardig
08/19/08 11:16 PM GMT
This is a great pice of work! A sure finalist!
/Helena
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Tiddelipom
.alan1250
08/20/08 3:53 AM GMT
Very nice entry! (choking) Oh, yea hope you do well! (cough)
(This is me practicing being a good sport!) ;-)
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::_SNAPDRAGON_
08/20/08 9:29 AM GMT
Show Off :) :) :)
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::third_eye
08/21/08 11:33 PM GMT
Hey, no fair.. you cheated! ok, maybe not.. but it's a damn good shot. love the patterns, lines, etc formed here. Not like you'll need it but good luck in the contest :o)
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::nigelmoore
08/22/08 2:12 PM GMT
Very clever Patti, and a perfect entry for the contest. Good luck with it.
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.21citrouilles
08/22/08 8:32 PM GMT
I love this Patti. It's as curvy as it can get. Excellent composition and capture. best of luck! :)
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::JEdMc91
08/28/08 1:00 AM GMT
Wonderful entry to the contest Patti, Lots of Curves :-)

GOOD LUCK! :-)
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::boremachine
08/29/08 1:21 AM GMT
this really is a lot of curves ;o)
good luck for the contest!
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.krt
08/31/08 12:36 AM GMT
Wow! What a dramatic shot. Good luck in the contest!
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::Chipola1972
08/31/08 9:34 PM GMT
This will be difficult to beat. Curves in curves. Excellent eye.
10.5.08: toldja.
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::ally_m
09/01/08 10:00 AM GMT
This is just a great exercise in composition. I love the internal rythyms that are in this picture. It's top notch. Well Done. Ally (;-)
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::muggsy
09/05/08 8:25 PM GMT
Lord I've missed so much in my absence. Going through your gallery emphasized just how much. Leaving a comment on this one Patty because it is really quite different and I might add in this case "different" is really outstanding. Caught my eye and pleased it no end. Good luck with this in the contest ... it's a great piece of artwork besides being an excellent photo.
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::NL
09/07/08 9:34 PM GMT
Taking up contests nowadays hey ? :-) Well it sure is a good entrance.
Well, just look at the amount of replies above, that gives an idea that i am not standing alone here. I never had so much replies to any of my image come to think of it, so well done again !
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.mxvirgil
10/04/08 4:16 AM GMT
Great image, congratulations, Patti!

- Mike
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::krt
10/04/08 5:12 AM GMT
Well done Patti! Very well deserved.
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&purmusic
10/04/08 8:38 AM GMT
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"Be the change you wish to see in the world." -Gandhi
::Hottrockin
10/04/08 10:00 AM GMT
A BIG congrats!!
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Why do the pictures come out square when the lens is round??
.gonedigital
10/04/08 10:28 AM GMT
I'm surprised so many people enjoyed this winning entry Patti

I personally find this a very bland man made structure, & a depressing reminder of man's dominance on this once beautiful but now very scarred planet

Needless to say I never voted for it
Phil
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Bring out your dead :o) A mistreated dog should try to leave a deposit on their masters best carpet, after all it's important to establish who's boss ... Do the Wall Street shuffle.
::fogz
10/04/08 10:34 AM GMT
hehe! well I wouldn't have expected anything else from you Phil - commenting in your own inimitable style as always! lol!
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.gonedigital
10/04/08 10:37 AM GMT
I wasn't trying to be funny Pat ! but thanks for the compliment about my inimitable style.

Walks away pondering.........................................
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Bring out your dead :o) A mistreated dog should try to leave a deposit on their masters best carpet, after all it's important to establish who's boss ... Do the Wall Street shuffle.
::100k_xle
10/04/08 1:10 PM GMT
As I said above.
I knew this ONE was the Winner the moment I saw it.
Even a Blind Man could SEE that . LOL.
CONGRATULATIONS Patti !
Does this make you a DOUBLE OWotGS ?
If so, then you have to carry TWO cameras at all times now . LOL.
Have A Great Day !

E J
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.rozem061
10/04/08 4:17 PM GMT
Congratulations, Patti!

John
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::bean811
10/05/08 3:01 AM GMT
Congrats, Patti!!
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::Toto_san
10/05/08 8:34 AM GMT
I am not surprised. I knew since the very first time that you will be the winner. You deserved it, Patti. Congratulations. Have a wonderful weekend. :)
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=ppigeon
10/05/08 9:00 AM GMT
Aaah! It was also my favorite. Congrats Patti :-))
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-Pierre-
::twinkel
10/05/08 10:20 AM GMT
congrats Patti:)
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.AlatarielIdril
10/05/08 4:12 PM GMT
Wow... congrats on the win, and it sure is a winner. Really great entry.
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.JayC242
10/05/08 6:05 PM GMT
Incredible photograph and completely worthy of the winning title.
Its added to faves, regardless of the fact it is a topical picture and a competition entry.
Well done!
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::Jimbobedsel
10/05/08 6:55 PM GMT
I was right with my first comment...saying this was a winner. I have told others here that I thought it was the best. It also deserves at least an 85 CI too. Just fantastic capture. Congrats, Patti.

Jimbob
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.mapbc
10/05/08 10:25 PM GMT
congrats... winner indeed
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::nigelmoore
10/06/08 11:50 AM GMT
I've commented before but strangely I feel like doing so again. Congratulations on the winning entry Patti, this is very clever - curves within curves within curves. You have such a good eye to spot the potential in the pattern. What an accolade to be awarded top spot by the Caedes community - you really deserved it.
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.DMINATOR
10/06/08 6:27 PM GMT
Congratulations! A well deserved result!
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::sasraku
10/06/08 9:54 PM GMT
Wey hey, well done m8, a worthy winner.......
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::third_eye
10/08/08 2:28 PM GMT
"Not like you'll need it but good luck in the contest :o) "

see? told ya! congrats, Patti

cheater ;-)
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.Bettan
10/11/08 8:09 AM GMT
Congratulations on the winning entry! A well deserved result. The curves within curves are great and so is this photo!
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::SEFA
10/11/08 8:27 AM GMT
Congratulations Patti! This image is very well taken and also very representative to the subject of the contest. Well deserved result!
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SEFA
.humbleman
11/02/08 10:55 PM GMT
Excellent work
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.vwit
02/21/09 11:01 PM GMT
That'll do it. The shadows are the best bit.
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