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Comment by Lydia:
Congratulations, Anita!

Rasputitsa
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Comment by tnun:
It is a fine intrigue. (I wondered about "rasputitsa:" maybe a grand offspring of the infamous monk? I guess everything breaks down into muck eventually).

Rasputitsa
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Comment by LevT:

Originally posted by Neat: Originally posted by LevT: How do you know this Russian word, Anita? I m impressed, however I wouldn't use it in this case, probably I�m a secret Russian agent, oh wait it�s not a secret any more. No really, I was stuck for a decent title, I had �after the downpour� At first. Then I changed it to something I can�t remember. Anyway I often do this, I will punch into Google translate A word that describes the photo, I really can�t remember which word I typed in at this time. But I will go through all the different translations from Afrikaans to Swedish, to Hebrew, to Russian. I kind of like the word in Russian, so Russian it was!

I see. What I meant is that in Russian, rasputitsa means specifically a road condition when (upaved) country roads become unpassable either after a heavy rain or spring snow melting

Rasputitsa
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Comment by jomari:
Congrats on the red, Anita. I love this!

Rasputitsa
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Comment by Neat:

Originally posted by LevT: How do you know this Russian word, Anita? I m impressed, however I wouldn't use it in this case, probably

I�m a secret Russian agent, oh wait it�s not a secret any more. No really, I was stuck for a decent title, I had �after the downpour� At first. Then I changed it to something I can�t remember. Anyway I often do this, I will punch into Google translate A word that describes the photo, I really can�t remember which word I typed in at this time. But I will go through all the different translations from Afrikaans to Swedish, to Hebrew, to Russian. I kind of like the word in Russian, so Russian it was!

Rasputitsa
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Comment by LevT:
How do you know this Russian word, Anita? I m impressed, however I wouldn't use it in this case, probably

Rasputitsa
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Comment by jomari:
Beautiful shot. My pick for blue. 10

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Comment by GolferDDS:
Visually it throws me off a little, but that is what you were going for. Interesting composition.

Aromatic soaps
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Comment by spencelg:
My pick for yellow in this challenge.

Rasputitsa
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Comment by vawendy:
I would love to see this in a portrait crop. The center is just magnificent, but there's just too much on the sides that distract from it.

Or perhaps lighter in the center and a graduated neutral density coming in from each of the sides?

Normally I assume that people have things just the way they want it. But this one just feels like it could be a stunning 10. But it's just feeling like a 7 now. Tantalizingly close to truly incredible.