"Message Sticks" (Albury Botanic Gardens Bamboo nº 1)

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   guido waldenmeier, Kathy~, Kanoe Blue Photo, Pixel Boy128, and 69 other people added this photo to their favorites.

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   Trusty Fotografie [deleted] (66 months ago | reply)

   AAAHHHH... very cool shot. Love it :-)
   Tony
   www.truphotog.com

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   heritagefutures (66 months ago | reply)

   Thanks Tony took a while to set up, but was worth the effort..and the weird looks from others in the botanical garden.

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   martian cat (66 months ago | reply)

   Love this one!
   You're invited to post this picture in Everyday is SUNday!
   
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   heritagefutures (66 months ago | reply)

   Thanks for your comment, Martian Cat...and the invite

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   (Gary) [deleted] (66 months ago | reply)

   Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Splendiferous! (Invitation Only), and we'd love to have your photo added to the group.

   Awesome Close-Up!

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   heritagefutures (66 months ago | reply)

   Thanks for your comment, Gary...had been eyeballing this for a while

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   eri - caperu (66 months ago | reply)

   Thank you for visiting my pics. Gracias por mirar mis fotos.

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   Jan's Cat (66 months ago | reply)

   
   ~~ Congratulations! ~~
   Your photo won the challenge at Photo Face-Off!
   Please post it to our pool.

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    heritagefutures (66 months ago | reply)

    good news!!!!

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    gyovaiviki (66 months ago | reply)

    wooow, very good shot!

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    Kathy~ (66 months ago | reply)

    love this--- it turned out great---
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    heritagefutures (66 months ago | reply)

    gyovaiviki: thanks for commenting
    Kathy~: like your work in PFO, appreciate your praise..thanks

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    TravisBallard (66 months ago | reply)

    awesome shot. very well done.

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    heritagefutures (66 months ago | reply)

    Thanks Travis...

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    mezzography (66 months ago | reply)

    Really cool!

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    heritagefutures (66 months ago | reply)

    Thanks 'maybe a mezzo'

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    ld photography 12 (66 months ago | reply)

    
    Congratulations! Your photo has made it to the end in Top 20 Vivid.
    Please post it to Pictures that make it to the bottom thread (small size).

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    heritagefutures (66 months ago | reply)

    Thanks, great news!

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    *Scottyo* (66 months ago | reply)

    Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Random Symmetry, and we'd love to have your photo added to the group.

    This is a beautiful photo

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    pardeshi [deleted] (66 months ago | reply)

    thanks for advices:)

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    heritagefutures (66 months ago | reply)

    you're most welcome, and thanks for the fave..

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    Fatima2t (66 months ago | reply)

    beautiful shot! i love all the colors and the shades! great composition!

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    jim270. (66 months ago | reply)

    Wonderful shot!

    This is Perfect!

    

    This photo has been selected for www.flickr.com/groups/theperfectphotographers /

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    Kirpernicus (66 months ago | reply)

    Very cool shot!

    Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Eye Candy!, and we'd love to have your photo added to the group.

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    heritagefutures (66 months ago | reply)

    2t: thanks for the praise. Yes, chose to frame the shot carefully. Have two other framings, neither of which are as effective.
    Jim270: thanks
    KIpernicus: thanks for invite, will have a look

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    Xanowski (66 months ago | reply)

    Basicly, I don't like people who sign on walls and trees, but there are some exeptions. In Australia it is an old tradition. Still we can see famous "dig trees" from XIX-th century, made by first European discoverers of Aussie. In Northern Territory on baobab tree still visible over 150 years, on gumtree Burke & Wills Dig Tree in South Aus. and another near Birdsville, Q. We also can admire Aboriginal art in many places on rocks and caves, sometimes 15.000-20.000 years old! Photo is nice! And as know, bamboo is a grass not tree :))!
    Hi, I'm an admin for a group called *Little stories-pics with "soul"*, and we'd love to have your photo added to the group.

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    heritagefutures (66 months ago | reply)

    I do agree with the issue of vandalism and defacement...yet in this case the sheer mass of it, as well as the respect each inscription pays to the others, makes this bamboo thicket a magical place...the oldest inscription goes back to 1974--but I remember seeing one as far back as the mid 1950s (but not in a photogenically accessible spot)

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    Xanowski (66 months ago | reply)

    I never thought, bamboo is able to live so long! I also didn't know you are professor and specialist of Australian history! You should know I am Pole, and that is why, it is important to me how other poles and stics, polished and unpolished live. By the way: politness (& also unpolitness too) comes from Poland.
    All the best 2 u for NEW Year 2008!

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    Zio Canguro (66 months ago | reply)

    Original shot! I like it!

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    CVNguyen (66 months ago | reply)

    beautiful pic....

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    traustid (66 months ago | reply)

    Really nice texture, very nice.

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    Just1Thing (66 months ago | reply)

    
    This is one of the best piece of work on Australia!!!
    
    Please take a moment to join Best of Australia (By invitation only)
    we'd love to have this photo added to our group. Please TAG this photo with - BestOfAustralia
    

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    Joyous! (66 months ago | reply)

    Congratulations! This photo WON its 3Way Challenge !

    Please post it to the 3Way Pool.

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    heritagefutures (66 months ago | reply)

    thanks for the vote in the Challenge and thanks for the faves and comments that made the Explore possible.

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    Randy Son Of Robert (66 months ago | reply)

    I love what you've done with this. The colors are so deep and saturated and the minimal Orton is great. Fantastic shot.

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    heritagefutures (66 months ago | reply)

    Thanks. The sprayed on water mist really brings out the colours....

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    living asleep (66 months ago | reply)

    very nice , i should know because i am a professional , i even have pants that say "professional"
    thats right , pro.....

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    bettylovesphotos (66 months ago | reply)

    Cool photo, I have a similar one I took in the gardens awhile ago! Really like your Albury photographs.

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    Tanya Sharkey (66 months ago | reply)

    Beautiful color and texture! Love it!
    T

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    Prof. Jas. Mundie (66 months ago | reply)

    I see graffitti is rampant in Oz - not even the bamboo is safe!

    Very interesting contrast of colours and textures, but the calligraphy — of course — makes the whole picture come alive.

    Excellent job.

    

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    Pete...E (66 months ago | reply)

    
    great shot, colour, composition and lighting all really work well. The border adds to it too.

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    I have moved :) (66 months ago | reply)

    really beautiful, I love the vibrancy of the greens....great idea as well...not too many people could think of that! Great lighting, great pic!
    

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    vijay_raghavan (66 months ago | reply)

    greens look great..
    nice composition ..

    

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    MME Photography (formally MyMindsEye 75) (66 months ago | reply)

    This is just a cool photo. That sums it up for me. Great idea. The eye of the photographer sees things differently than the normal/average/everyday/whatever you want to call them person. Great shot, well done.
    Please add this amazing photo to
    
    Please read rules before posting

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    Art Rock (Hennie) (66 months ago | reply)

    
    This award acknowledges the high quality of your comments on the five photos in the "Life Thru A Lenz" photostream following this post. Thank you very much. We value your contribution to our group.

    Your achievement has also been mentioned within the Golden Lens Club (December) thread within Life Thru A Lenz (Comment Group)."

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    heritagefutures (66 months ago | reply)

    Thanks for that. Unexpected... I think if you take part in such a group then you should be taking it seriously..that way you'll get good and detailed critques as well, and that improves your own work... One can see it that leaving detailed feedback is in the end quite selfserving ;-)

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    kate mellersh (come to a halt) (66 months ago | reply)

    YOu're not in my 'regulation five' in this comment group, but had to stop by and check this out, as the thumbnail was so compelling. Fascinating subject, and I really like the treatment. I only got PHotoshop for CHristmas, but can already recognise the Orton effect - used to great effect here.

    Would love to know more of the backstory of why they are carved, what the cultural significance and tradition is.

    

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    Roger...... (66 months ago | reply)

    thats really beautiful, well seen!

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    heritagefutures (66 months ago | reply)

    Thanks for the sentiments, Kate. The tradition is in principle like that of carving love hearts into a tree...except that here one attracts the other and induces people to carve names into the new growth..sort of like some graffiti attracts more graffiti...

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    iosebasque (66 months ago | reply)

    Amazing picture! Congratulations!
    
    People's Choice
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