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Uploaded: 01/27/06 2:48 PM GMT
Hotel California
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".....and I was thinking to myself, this could be heaven and this could be hell...."

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::laurengary
01/27/06 4:26 PM GMT
Beautiful Paul, the shadows, the stark palette, the curving lines of the dunes all combine to make one incredible image. Striking, spare & sensual all at once. Straight in the favs & high marks from me !
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Ask Not For Whom The Bell Tolls .......Let The Machine Get It ........ MY GALLERY
aaronsha
01/27/06 5:15 PM GMT
Wonderful.
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.Dunstickin
01/27/06 6:51 PM GMT
Hey Paul, this is a 'stunner'..from flowers to this...'wow'....it really must be Heaven!
Bob
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.shutterbug
01/27/06 10:34 PM GMT
Stunning! Moody. The eye naturally travels from the sunlit dune crest in the foreground to the brilliantly white hotel, framed against a dark & threatening sky. Hotel California-Well named. Excellent capture.
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"take only photographs...leave only footprints"
::Morwyn
01/27/06 11:10 PM GMT
Fantastic image.. Love that moody sky.. The lighting on the building is supurb.
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One bead at a time
::Hottrockin
01/27/06 11:20 PM GMT
Magnifico once again Paul. Very dramatic and such detail is a delight!!
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Picture Purrrfect
::J_272004
01/28/06 12:19 AM GMT
Great title.. =) for a another great shot... you have captured the lighting perfectly, the hotel stands out against the dark storm clouds, the shadows on the sand dunes are captured very well.... great work Paul.. really like it
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"I cannot change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination" / Jimmy Dean
.Aeires
01/28/06 2:01 AM GMT
Wow. That word is overdone often but this image evokes it fully. What an incredible photo.
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"I create art to find people who think like me." Man Ray
dusa1947
01/28/06 3:28 AM GMT
Amazing! Symbolic of magnificence before disaster, "the embarrassment of riches" sort of thing.
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::lithop
01/28/06 1:28 PM GMT
Very nice again Paul....a wonderful example of how to manipulate light for maximum effect....spectacular subject and great composition superbly done.
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&trisweb
01/28/06 9:20 PM GMT
Incredible composition and what a SKY! Great capture. Love it.
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Fiat Lux. | Get Firefox
::vicvog
01/29/06 11:43 PM GMT
What an incredible shot Paul. This is absolutely stunning! Love it! Vicky
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.KevJames3
02/02/06 6:04 AM GMT
Intesting idea (he he). Could be purgatory.....great shot, love every portion of it.
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Carpe Diem and take those photos!
Setsukon
02/02/06 8:41 AM GMT
Wunderbar!
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We don't stop playing because we get old, we get old because we stop playing!
.tweeker2
02/04/06 12:29 AM GMT
You can check in anytime you like, but you can never leave.....who would want to? Nice capture Paul, well done.
=) Leslie
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.nburwell
02/04/06 12:33 AM GMT
Excellent shot! very nicely done!
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.piupiu
02/05/06 12:24 AM GMT
Great Paul!
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miner_dad
02/05/06 10:28 PM GMT
toatly awsum!...... jut like the tune!
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::NixONeill
02/10/06 7:02 AM GMT
Fantastic photograph. Setting the bar quite high here!

Nix
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::jds
02/11/06 5:50 PM GMT
Where are the Eagles? Where are the Eagles? flying above this place.Great shot Paul....Jim
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.DigiCamMan
02/18/06 4:33 AM GMT
Great shot......but.....that tilt.
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Old Indian saying: "Don't spit into the wind."
.Marzena
02/19/06 8:46 PM GMT
Ffforget of course the tilt ! My first 10/10 for some time now ... I am speechless ...
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With all my love and respect, Marzena
seanzone
10/16/06 5:45 PM GMT
Nice picture, almost surreal. I love the contrast of dark clouds and sunlit dunes! The clean looking hotel makes a great center piece!
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genghis2510
06/26/07 9:54 AM GMT
Great center shot!
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.tanimara
05/03/08 4:01 AM GMT
Always wondered where that dark, desert highway was. Fantastic pic! Wish I'd taken it!
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Phil_N_Flash
07/26/08 11:33 AM GMT
Wow! What they said - +!
Erm...Was it really taken in California?
I'm a Limey, see?
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Logun7
02/02/09 5:54 AM GMT
Great Job!!
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