Time to say goodbye, a photo from Vizcaya, Pais Vasco

Photographer's Note

With this picture of the Guggenheim in Bibao I want to say goodbye after almost 4 years on TE. I want to thank you all for your suport during this time. I have to say as well that i've learned a lot of some of you and hope to go on in touch beyond TE, well on Facebook, well throught email: [email protected]

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AdrianWrobel (1676) 2013-06-01 0:37

Heil, niesamowita jest ta architekturka, bardzo futurystyczna. Pozdrawiam - Adrian

jhm (211734) 2013-06-01 0:41

Hello Juan,

I reads that you say goodbye after four year TE, one advice, removed not your pictures, maybe you comes later back.
I've a lot nice picture seen in your gallery, but I wish you a lot success on a other site, I want not on Facebook sorry.
Also your last picture is very nice, I will you missing.
Excellent captured, nice composition, splendid presentation.
Very well done, TFS.

Have a nice weekend,
John

SnapRJW (31631) 2013-06-01 0:49

Of Juan - I am totally shocked and so disappointed to hear you are leaving TE. You are one of the few really inspirational photographers on the site and although architectural work is not really my thing you have opened up a new way of looking at the world for me. You have also showcased the wonderful architecture of Spain and I have been enchanted by the diversity and cutting-edge designs I have seen through your eyes. You obviously have your reasons for going but please leave your work on the site as I know I shall refer back to your shots from time-to-time. I don't suppose I can twist your arm and encourage you to stay? You will be missed.

Love the shot BTW and hope this is not the last you post here!

Warm regards Rosemary

emka (157280) 2013-06-01 0:57

Hola Juan,

You leave TE??? Why?? What happened? We all love your photos and it will be terrible loss for us. Your photos make an inspiration, are exceptional. Make a break, reconsider and I hope to see you here again. Remember all the happy moments here that for sure you had. Why to leave? And FB is fun but it is not the same.
Fantastic shot, gorgeous presentation of this marvelous architecture. I hope it is not the farewell
MAlgo

Romano46 (18472) 2013-06-01 1:14

Ciao Juan
una ottima rappresentazione di questo bellissimo edificio dal quale traspare tutta la sua originali ed imponenza.
Anche il cielo sembra che abbia voluto contribuire alla tua buona ripresa donandoti una luce morbida ed un cielo tempestoso che fa da bello fondo.
Complimenti
Ciao e buon fine settimana
Romano

yquem46 (38752) 2013-06-01 1:40

Hola Juan
mais non tu ne vas pas faire 諘 ! Je suis tellement d廥ol� !
Pourquoi cette d嶰ision soudaine et inattendue ?
Une tr鋊 belle image encore ici de ce chef d'oeuvre d'architecture � Bilbao
Bon WE, laisse passer quelques jours pour que ta d嶰ision change
Patrick

CLODO (45116) 2013-06-01 2:30

bonjour Juan

1 de plus qui quitte le navire! je dois dire que je trouve que le niveau a baiss� et que les bonnes photographies ne sont plus l嶲ion.
Belle vision d ce mus嶪 moderne, souvent vu en vue plus rapproch嶪, et j'aime bien l'araign嶪 g嶧nte et les 2 personnages qui montent les escaliers.
Bonne suite sur d'autres sites.
Amicalement
CLODO

timecapturer (49288) 2013-06-01 3:24

Hello Juan
a beautiful image as a parting shot, will miss your inspirational work. Hopefully you will miss us all so much that after a while you will suddenly "pop" back onto our screens, I really really hope so.

Appreciate all your kind comments and your influence over the last few years.

Really sad now!

Brian. :-(

BennyV (34746) 2013-06-01 3:57

Ola Juan

Sad to read you're leaving. It's been a pleasure to see your pictures here, exchange ideas and just play with photography.

Great parting shot, but maybe - like a spider - you might just pop up again some day, quite unexpectedly.

Happy trails & take care.

Benny

mkamionka (73410) 2013-06-01 4:58

Hola Juan,
very impressive place and a great presentation. I like very much all works of Frank Gehry, he is so unique! Here you have squeezed together both the famous museum and the spider! First time I see them together. The weather was not perfect but you did a great use of it. Excellent work.

I am sorry to hear that you are leaving. You will be missed. Your contribution was very important. Although I take different type of photos I have seen your photos very much as an inspiration to see the world in an original creative way.
I will follow you on Facebook then.
Kind regards,
M

PaulVDV (62804) 2013-06-01 4:59

Hello Juan,
Your pictures on TE have always been a very interesting and wonderful contribution, in particular for the aspect of modern architecture. Such as this one of the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao. What an excellent choice of POV and fantastic overall view!
As John said before, don't delete your pictures. They remain a great sight and a source of information for many
TE-visitors who are thinking at visiting those places / buildings.
And you may not know now that later you still like to return as an active member.
Good luck, Paul

dta (98848) 2013-06-01 5:07

Hola Juan ,
C'est vraiment dommage que tu quittes TE , car ta contribution 彋ait ici particuli鋨ement int廨essante en ce qui concerne l'architecture . Grande inspiration pour beaucoup d'entre nous , et de belles d嶰ouvertes aussi . MAis c'est ton choix ...
Une tr鋊 belle derni鋨e image d'un 嶮ifice que je n'ai malheureusemnt pas eu le temps de visiter lors d'un pasage r嶰ent dans le nord de l'Espagne .
Bonne continuation ailleurs .
Amicalement

Sergiom (117241) 2013-06-01 5:26

Bonjour Juan

Tr鋊 dommage de te voir quitter le navire. Je recherchais particuli鋨ement des photos � tous les jours. Tu apportais un regard sp嶰ial sur les choses surtout au niveau architectural. Bonne chance dans tes nouvelles aventures, tu vas nous manquer.

Bon samedi

Serge

dkmurphys (79209) 2013-06-01 7:21

Hi Juan,
Great catch, I'm really sorry it is the last here. I won'd discuss your reasons but I hope we'll see on fb.
Have a fine weekend.

Daniel

ManuMay (36447) 2013-06-01 7:44

JUAN !!!!!!!!!!!!!

Qu� quieres que te diga...cuando lo he visto esta ma鎙na me he quedado de piedra... :(

Y me he quedado sin palabras, ahora (un poco repuesto) s鏊o encuentro palabras de agradecimiento y admiraci鏮 por tu trabajo y compa鎑rismo. Gracias por cada imagen, por tu particular manera de enfocar este mundo y por tus cr癃icas y recomendaciones...S� que no es una despedida...Hablamos!!

Un fuerte abrazo...

Manu

No_One (4) 2013-06-01 7:49

Hi Juan
I am so sorry to hear that you are finishing with TE, and in saying that, I must say a warm thank you to you too. My own photography was always about castles and ruins, and it was your gallery and stunning shots that got me more interested in modern architecture, and it was your shots that I learned so much. Now I enjoy this aspect so much, and it is thanks to you for that.

You have really chosen a cracker of a shot here, so many wonderful elements of height, design, architecture, sculpture - an incredible shot.

Again though Juan, a hearty thank you, for your inspiration and for sharing your skills. I hope to see you around online!

Best wishes from Ireland
Noel

jrleborgne (1554) 2013-06-01 8:00

Bonjour ( et au revoir ) Juan,

Merci pour l"ensemble de vos photos illustrant magnifiquement l'histoire et la modernit� architecturale de votre pays.
Excellente continuation partout o� vous porterez votre regard.

Jean-Renaud

krzychu30 (15512) 2013-06-01 8:44

Hello Juan,
the information came to me like a thunderbolt,even if I knew you have considered this step.Just like I wrote you in e-mail.I understand your decision,but it doesn愒 change the fact I惴 feeling very sad about it.And I can only join wishes of the most of my predecessors here and hope after some time you惻l back.

And concerning strictly the image-wow!Frank Gehry愀 visions and your interpretations of his works really appeals to me(I must visit Bilbao).If you just had a better weather.

Best regards and we keep in touch
Krzysztof

rbassin (27472) 2013-06-01 9:31

bonsoir Juan
La photo est superbe avec un point de vue original, sur ce fameux b漮iment;
La lumi鋨e joue sur ces facettes m彋alliques et cr嶪 de tr鋊 bons effets.
Bon W-E
Roland

ourania (51103) 2013-06-01 12:39

Hello Juan,
I'm very sorry you decided to leave TE. You were one of my first favourites, your pictures stood out immediately while I was getting to know this site. TE will be different without your photos and ideas. I hope that you will miss it too and change your mind.
All the best with your life and photography,
hope to see you here again one day,
Ourania

I forgot to write about the picture. This is one of my favourite buildings in the world and yours is a very rare, elegant and artistic picture. You've done superb justice to its plasticity and you used the light in an amazing way!

macjake (98262) 2013-06-01 13:55

Hi Juan
hey....whats up?
I'm completely shocked and surprised to hear you say goodbye!!!!
whats going on??
did something happen? or are you just tired of TE?

You know we share a common bond, as lovers of architecture and abstract architecture - so having you leave is like having a piece of ME leave as well.
So sad to see you go my friend, so sad....

Rafer (0) 2013-06-01 13:59

Hola Juan.. como alabanzas tienes yo te dir� criticas...la ara鎙 con las patas cortadas..el cielo a la izquierda quedo muy sobreexpuesto y el alero derecho cortado.. lo dem嫳 un Diez... Saludos y hasta siempre

carlo62 (81265) 2013-06-01 14:40

Ciao Juan
gli addii sono sempre tristi, ma spero si tratti solo di un arrivederci.
Le tue foto hanno sempre attirato la mia attenzione e la loro originalit� e creativit� sono di sicuro interesse per tutti noi.
Ti auguro tante belle cose e mi auguro di rincontrarti.
Un grosso saluto
Carlo

lousat (138623) 2013-06-01 15:08

Ciao Juan,sono un po' scioccato dalla notizia anche se mi avevi detto quando ero venuto che stavi mettendo le tue foto anche su un altro sito,forse hai preferito migrare altrove.Mi dispiace davvero molto,TE perde uno dei suoi piu' grandi protagonisti,e la foto che hai messo oggi e' un esempio di tutto quello che ci hai mostrato in questi 4 anni...comunque ci sentiamo su facebook ,rispetto la tua scelta.Buona Domenica,Luciano

delpeoples (60342) 2013-06-01 15:46

Hola querido Juan

Your photo is stunning - magazine perfect and a work of art, just as much as the architecture is a work of art.

I am very sad to see you go. Will uou please reconsider? Your photos are superb, artistic, fresh and unique. I will see you on FB, but TE is a poorer place without you.

Un abrazo fuerte fuerte
Lisa

adidas5nb (5743) 2013-06-01 17:20

just got 3 words.WOW! WOW! WOW!
regards
dwaipayan

jjcordier (79299) 2013-06-01 22:30

Juan
Je t'ai d嶴� dit combien je regretterai ton d廧art du site, tes commentaires et tes photos quasi journali鋨es de belle qualit�, mais je respecte ta d嶰ision.
Ce mus嶪 � l'architecture si originale est une belle source d'inspiration pour toi et tu nous en offres ici une belle (et derni鋨e) vision.
A bient矌 sur FB
Amicalement
JJ

SWEETFREEDOM (24623) 2013-06-01 23:40

Hi Juan,
i am very sorry you are leaving this site, i will be missing your spectacular picture like this one you are presenting us today, or your great b/w scenes.
best wishes.
ciao
Alessandro

jcpix (14030) 2013-06-02 0:02

Hi Juan,

Although I didn't yet get to know you as well as many others, I'm saddened to learn of your departure. I can honestly say I've enjoyed and admired your work and keen eye for unique and interesting composition. You will certainly be missed, and I'm glad that you've decided to leave your gallery available for viewing. Best of luck in the future, and hope that someday you will return. I guess if there's a bright side to this news, is that you've left us with another beautiful image! :) Take good care!

Sincerely,

Jason

Royaldevon (85606) 2013-06-02 1:59

Hola John,

I'm so sad and so disappointed to read that you are leaving TE.
You have been an inspiration to so many of us who would never have photographed buildings without your wonderful examples. You have treated us to fantastic scenes of your own city, in particular!
I would implore you to keep your gallery open and, maybe, in a few weeks, you will rethink and return. We will certainly miss you.

My very best wishes to you for the future,
Bev :-)

Gigidusud (21679) 2013-06-02 2:24

Mon cher Juan,
Je suis tellement triste de lire que tu nous quitte. C'est vraiment dommage car c'est un style de photos vraiment � part qui va disparaitre de TE. Et surtout un membre sympathique tr鋊 appr嶰i� de tous. J'esp鋨e qu'apr鋊 une pause tu reviendras parmi nous m瘱e si je peux voir tes photos sur FB.
Cette photo est magnifique une raison de plus pour avoir des regrets.
Sinc鋨ement,
Gigi.

Hansaphotos (11381) 2013-06-02 2:50

Hello Juan

It`s hard to believe that you really are going to leave TE. I have been admiring your innovative work over a long period here on TE, and especially the large number of pictures from one of my favourite cities, Barcelona. Luckily I can follow your work further on at FB. Hope you see you back here on TE some time in the future.

I wish you all the best!

Greetings, Erling

janneman (4037) 2013-06-02 3:17

What a pity: one of my favorites leaves TE!!

But I found you onfacebook, so I can enjoy your excellent word forther!

Regards, and thanks, Jan

chawax (20764) 2013-06-02 4:07

Hi Juan,
C'est dommage que tu quittes TE ! J'appr嶰iais r嶪llement tes photos d'architecture, cet art de rep廨er le d彋ail graphique et de bien le mettre en valeur. J'esp鋨e qu'avec du recul tu reviendras sur ta d嶰ision ! Une belle vue pour terminer sur cette incroyable mus嶪 Guggenheim de Bilbao, probablement un des plus incroyables exemples d'architecture moderne dans le monde !
A bient矌 j'esp鋨e !
Olivier

Cricri (176) 2013-06-02 9:21

Hola Juan
C'est avec tristesse que je te dit au revoir, apr鋊 Goncalo , un autre de mes favoris qui s'en va, que dire, sinon que je respecte ton choix et qui sait peut 皻re reviendras tu un de ces jours.....
Avec toute mon amiti�
cricri

mjw364 (1466) 2013-06-06 10:36

Juan

I have to say I am very sorry to hear have decided to leave. Of all the photographers on this website you are the one who made me believe in my own vision of things and ability when I first started by your kind comments and your inspiring images. I will feel lonely without you on TE and I shall miss your encouraging comments as well as observing your amazing photographic skills.

I am going to Barcelona in a little over a week's time. I was not going to tell you but I was going to upload an image taken from one of the same places as you and surprise you with it on TE! I will upload one as a tribute to you anyway after I get there.

Take good care my friend.

Mike

willperrett (14195) 2013-06-06 12:55

Hello Juan
Very sad at the unexpected news. It's been said before, but I'll say it again: so many of the best photographers have left this site, and now you too! There's not much left of the quality that drew me here in the first place. Where are you putting your work now (apart from Facebook)?
I'll miss your vision.
Regards
Will

sacavem (18620) 2013-06-27 3:43

Ol� Juan,

Mais uma desist瘽cia do TE. Eu penso n緌 desistir mas cada vez mais a minha participa誽o ser� menos efectiva.
Gostei muito de conhecer o seu trabalho fotogr塻ico e de nos ter mostrado Espanha atrav廥 da sua maquina fotogr塻ica.

nota: qual a raz緌 da sua desist瘽cia?

Um abra蔞,
Filipe

KristinsCamera (2384) 2013-07-03 20:46

oh, i cannot believe this... just as i find you and your gallery, i find this photo and message that says you are leaving...

beautiful photograph with a lovely moody sky, but now i am very sad :(

i agree with your comment about all the 'postcard' shots -- but that is exactly why you should stay.
i am part of a new crop of photographers just discovering TE and we need MORE of you, not less of you!

kristin

mehranjahangiri (347) 2013-08-08 5:58