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gilad — The Thinking Tree
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Published: 2009-05-01 16:42:56 +0000 UTC; Views: 97148; Favourites: 4608; Downloads: 3148
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What is life? Is life happens just when somebody else know about it? I mean, if nobody knows you're there, you might as well not be there, or even be dead. Am I right?
People search for the perfect life all around the world, but I know better. I was just thinking that there is an old Chinese saying that tells that if you stand long enough in one place, the whole world will pass you by. I know he said it because he said that while standing in my shade. I remember I thought it would be great if it was true. I could really "see the world". A few hundred years later I can tell you that if all I've seen is what this world has to offer, the world must be a sad place. Seasons change, Rain and then sun and again. Night becomes day and day becomes night again. Birds fly, land, take a crap, fly again. Sometimes a Jeep drives by leaving a cloud of dust. Hundreds of years that I'm here and now I understand that the old Chinese was just trying to be nice, and give me hopes for an interesting future, but sometimes a tree is just a tree. The less thinking I do, the better the time I have. Because, after all, what is time....
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North of the Negev, Israel
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Comments: 367
The title is extremely clever, and it brings a whole new perspective to this photograph. It is very easy to imagine the clouds as thought bubbles.
The touch-up from the original photo really brings out the contrast between the ground and the sky. The earth tones towards the bottom-right corner of the photo also add a bit of texture to the ground which works really well against the color of the sky.
For some reason the tree being on a hill brings a certain amount of charm to this piece. It seems that everything came together to make this piece truly fantastic.
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Vision : 5*. In a a so fast and big environment, it's always difficult to find such a special moment, when everything is in place. You saw it, and you're not lucky because you see "that" moment so often in your photography that's not luck but talent.
Originality : 5*. The image and the photograph are combined in a very spiritual way. Kind and clever words. Brilliant idea.
Technique : 4*. As I don't think it's technically difficult to get that. Still it's perfectly done.
Impact : 5* Composition, colors, and title makes of this deviation a catch eye, and oustanding piece of art.
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well technique wise, its easy to press a button on a photo, but the artist had to orient himself in such a manner that the tree and the clouds lined up. this means he most likely saw the clouds first, and then found the tree and lined himself for the photo. technique ought to be 5.
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Umm... Yes, that's not completely wrong.
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Sometimes in learning to find peace and joy in where you are right now opens up the whole world , th whoe universe to you
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It's great , Gilad! The title is a kill ! Kol hakavod .
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Hello Gilad... I have lost touch with DA for quite some time now ... I used to love seeing your photographs here and I am glad that it was your work that has pulled me back to DA.
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My feeling after browsing your gallery on the whole is your creative and philosophical mind and a feeling heart are impressive. Nice works.
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beautiful..
can i please use this as a reference?
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hi. i hope you don't mind but i've featured this on my blog, lessonsofsummer.com
i've set a click through link on this so that when someone clicks this picture on my blog, it redirects them here instead. (:
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You have been featured in my journal here: [link] 
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Simple and sweet. Which is what makes this so amazing!
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Hey `gilad,
Awesome shot you've done here!
The simplicity of the landscape view, the tree on the hill and the giant puffy clouds relates to the roots of life. The shot was composed amazingly to create this subtle feeling of emptiness / bleak.
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Beauty in simplicity and the accompanying text was very appropriate too, pensive and insightful
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genious shot! very simple but very expressive
oh and... very good thinking you have there (your own), ignorance is happiness
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Great shot, but I'm confused. The metadata says 1/395 second???
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Looks like the tree is thinking about something. It is a nice, balanced piece.
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ohh i ask me.. what is this tree thinking.. or dreaming 
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i love what you had to write.
this is a great photo..
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I shocked..
..this picture is ,maybe, the most creative snopshot..
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