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Sheila's avatar

I saw the first picture and said ‘oooh I want to see that up close’ and then saw the second picture!

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Susanne Helmert's avatar

Thank you, Sheila. I felt like I had to include both or neither of them to make sense.

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Sheila's avatar

Yeah! Although less sense for me but satisfaction 💚

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Daphne Berryhill's avatar

Happy 50th Susanne! I'm weeks away from turning 50 too. By all accounts, I hear being 50-something is pretty great! Thanks for this lovely set. Always appreciate you sharing your visual world captured so beautifully :)

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Susanne Helmert's avatar

Thank you, Daphne! So far it is not much different than 49. Which isn't a bad thing. Age brings calmness, peace and wisdom with it, which I really enjoy.

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Lin Gregory's avatar

Beautiful images Susanne - I love the tones of your colour work.

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Susanne Helmert's avatar

Thank you, Lin! Happy you like them.

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Don MacDonell's avatar

Very nice work! I'm looking forward to more!

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Susanne Helmert's avatar

Thank you, Don! Happy to have you here.

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Nathaniel Roy's avatar

Lovely! I want to go inside these photos.

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Susanne Helmert's avatar

Ha, wouldn’t that be something if that would be possible!?

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Gill Moon Photography's avatar

Beautiful images Susanne. Have a wonderful birthday next week, 50 isn't so bad! 🙂

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Susanne Helmert's avatar

Thank you, Gill! I assume it won‘t be much different than 49. 😉

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Stella Kalaw's avatar

Advanced Happy Birthday, Susanne! A milestone year 🙌 Thank you again for this wonderful stroll with your camera.

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Susanne Helmert's avatar

Thank you for walking along and the wishes!

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Marlee Terry's avatar

Happy Birthday, Susanne! You are just entering your prime, so enjoy it. I, on the other hand, will turn 70 this summer. I am enjoying being a grandmother of a 2- and 4-year-old. Each phase of life has its benefits.

I love your photos of pathways, pavedways and stairways. They all beckon.

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Susanne Helmert's avatar

Thank you, Marlee! I agree, every passage has it benefits. I enjoy not being 20 anymore.

The photos were taking in a neighborhood which is built along a hillside. So many stairs and ups and downs for me that day!

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Xavi Buendia's avatar

Enjoy the birthday week!

I find it fascinating that these photos still hold a monochromatic quality to them. I don't know what it is, the light treatment maybe, but they still feel like they're your usual black and white.

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Susanne Helmert's avatar

Thank you, Xavi! I think it might has something to do how shift the colours around. I like them a bit more settled.

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Xavi Buendia's avatar

Maybe, I don't know but you've reached a very difficult thing to do. Usually photographers have a recognisable style either in colour or in monochrome. But to make both styles similar in style and aesthetic is complicated.

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Susanne Helmert's avatar

I take that as a compliment. Thanks so much for this feedback!

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RICk TARDIFF's avatar

Everything is green now, and yet its already the summer solstice. At 50 we uprooted and moved from Scotland to the US and started a whole new adventure. Enjoy your birthday and many more trips around the sun…keep chasing the light..

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Susanne Helmert's avatar

Wow, that is quite the move: Scotland to Florida. Not sure, if I would want to live in Florida, but I hope you are happy there. I will visiting FL in November for the first time.

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RICk TARDIFF's avatar

we actually moved to Maine, came to florida in 2017, no I’m not very compatible to florida 😎

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Donn Dobkin's avatar

Happy Birthday in advance Susanne! Lovely images, too

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Susanne Helmert's avatar

Thank you, Donn!

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Zachary Ayotte's avatar

Happy early birthday! Always love seeing sweet Ben in your photos.

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Susanne Helmert's avatar

Thank you, Zachary!

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Jon Norris's avatar

A lovely set of images Susanne - I especially like those taken in the Hirschpark. We lived in Blankenese (sadly, not in the treppenviertel) and were only about 10 mins walk from the Hirschpark - and visited it often - I do miss it.

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Susanne Helmert's avatar

We have so many beautiful parks in Hamburg. The Hirschpark is a little treasure. I am glad you enjoyed the little walk around your old neighborhood. I live in Othmarschen and I usually walk to the Jenischpark which is my favorite park. I can‘t believe we were almost neighbors once!

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Manuela Thames's avatar

Happy early birthday! I am approaching that crazy number next year….

Lovely photos as usual, but I like especially number 10. The mood and tones/colors are beautiful!

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Susanne Helmert's avatar

Thank you, Manuela! It‘s funny how time flies and at the same time one feels that it doesn‘t…

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Tim McFarlane Studio's avatar

Great photographs! I'm turning 60 later this year and I'm still trying to comprehend that. An early Happy Birthday to you!

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Susanne Helmert's avatar

Thank you so much! Funny how these round number make you more away of your age!

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perfectlight's avatar

i will tell you now in case i will forget "happy birthday, my dear!" a virtual hug especially for you 🤗

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Susanne Helmert's avatar

Thanks so much, friend!

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