Foot Path w/ Norfolk Pines, Fairlight, Australia

@Death: Thank you kindly Edris! I also like repeated forms too! :) When i can find them!

@Michael Skorulski: Cheers Michael! This is one of my favorite seaside neighborhoods... i simply love the well kept footpaths lined with these majestic trees and with a view out over the rocky shores and beaches and into the grand blue-green harbour waters. It is certainly an amazing location! Thank you kindly!

@Thomas Griffioen: Thanks Thomas -- Yes, i was following a small part of wedding procession as they made their way to the beautiful restaurant on the pier (not pictured) for the reception. :)

@lisa v: Thank you kindly Lisa -- and yes --pardon me! I used to call them 'Norton' pines by accident... and it looks like subconsciously i still want to call them that! I had another photo earlier where i had correctly labeled them as Norfolk Pines... but i must have forgotten to change the name on this photo! :D Thanks for the heads up!

@Marie Le Corre: Merci a toi, Marie! :)

@saeed: Thanks you kindly Saeed! :)

@Nicholas: Cheers Nicholas! Thanks much! :)

@Florence: Thanks Flo! :) Yes, they are so majestic! With such wide trunks... and i love how the branches spread out in radial form! These are my favorite trees in the world!

@vu@granby - Wolfgang: Cheers Wolfgang! Thanks kindly!

@Observing: Fairlight and Manly are amazing communities -- quite rich too... but this is where my circle of friends resides -- and i have been completely drawn to the area since i first discovered it in 1994. I feel absolutely wonderful and that all is good and possible when i am there... :)

@yiannis krikis: Thank you kindly Yiannis!

@David (12 years old): Many thanks for the comment David! Cheers. :)

@Graham Russon: Cheers mate! It is a bit of an unconventional angle, but it came to me... and in retrospect i feel lucky that i took the shot! :D

@Fliss: Thanks Fliss! Aren't they majestic? My favorite tree in NSW! And luckily they have so many around Sydney! :)

@Putter: Hello and kind thanks! :)

@Scotfot: Cheers mate! :)

@akarui: Thanks for the comment and feedback Akarui! I'm am not sure what drove me to take this picture -- of course i was certainly aiming to get the majestic row of Norfolk Pines, but beyond that, i think i was merely trying to open a door to this location. It's something i strive to do in all my photos -- at least the ones i compose vertically. I am literally hoping to 'offer' a doorway to step through to a location, which is why i tend to have more foreground space at foot level -- a viewer could literally 'step' over the edge of the frame and find themselves right in the picture -- if that reality was possible! :D As for the cropping of buildings -- i feel no need to remove them, it would only de-center the photo and it wouldn't give an adequate representation of the area. This composition gives a hint to the viewer that this would be a lovely seaside path for walking amongst beautiful houses on one side and the water (not pictured) on the other. It is just the taste of all these elements, i suppose, that is the real reason i took this photo -- i was trying to capture the beautiful space between beautiful spaces. But thank you kindly for your honesty! Cheers. :)

@pirut: Cheers Pirut! Hope your weekend was excellent! :)

@Viewfinder: Cheers mate! Thanks for stopping by! :)

@Lilo: Thank you mate -- Cheers to you! :)

@Artin Zaman: Cheers Artin! Thanks for the great feedback and comments! :)

@Twelvebit: Cheers Mate -- looks like you need to take a trip -- Australia is my favorite place in the world... and for many reasons... tropical beaches, tropical rain forests, vast open desert, amazing mountainous wilderness, gorgeous pastures and fields... underwater marine sanctuaries... Australia really has it all! :)

@Twelvebit: sweet -- ok half of them i know -- will have to research the other half! :) thanks again john! and do yourself a favor and get to oz for a holiday -- you won't believe what you've been missing!

@Andrew Gould: Thank you kindly Andrew! I really love this pic! I am still not sure why i took this pic -- but i do know i was meant to! :) I know the composition is semi-controversial to some people and it certainly is unconventional, but i really liked what i was seeing when the thought struck me... and i am pushing myself to be less 'composed' and more 'open'... not sure if i succeeded necessarily on those terms... guess time will tell. Thank you again!