8/28/2011 4:47:24 AM

Outstanding photo, Chris.

8/28/2011 4:51:34 AM

Lucky, yes, but also skilled and very outstanding in every way!!

8/28/2011 5:01:02 AM

Amazing - Outstanding every way!!

8/28/2011 5:23:55 AM

Winner!!!!!!

8/28/2011 5:26:26 AM

WOW, this is gorgeous!

8/28/2011 5:36:01 AM

Spectacular and beautiful work...as powerful as the natural forces displayed! Looks like a new winner to me...

8/28/2011 9:03:51 AM

Great capture of this magnificent memorial. Electrifying Christopher.

8/28/2011 2:22:52 PM

Amazing, Chris!! Fabulous timing, composition, and processing.

8/28/2011 7:29:42 PM

Thank you all very much for the kind words; I'm very pleased with this reworked version!

8/29/2011 4:06:54 AM

This is truly spectacular Christopher!
I'll be in Washington DC in October, hoping to shoot in the same area. I'm sure I wont have THIS kind of luck though. WOW!

8/29/2011 9:44:59 AM

Thanks, Ann! Look me up when you get here; perhaps we can go out shooting together---I enjoy meeting fellow BPer's!

8/29/2011 11:26:30 AM

What can I say, it's perfection!

8/29/2011 12:02:02 PM

Thanks, Susan!

8/29/2011 2:40:49 PM

Congrats on your beautiful Finalist Chris!!! Great job!!

9/25/2011 2:58:29 PM

Just perfect, Chris! Wonderful and deserving Finalist!

9/25/2011 3:17:22 PM

Congratulations on your finalist, Chris. Good luck in the next round.

9/25/2011 3:42:03 PM

A wonderful rework and stunning entry. It's on its way. Congratulations on the Finalist and best of luck in the next round.

9/25/2011 4:16:27 PM

Congrats on your awesome finalist!! :)

9/25/2011 4:19:09 PM

Very dramatic!

9/25/2011 4:40:30 PM

Way to go Chris!!!! Love this! Congrats!

9/25/2011 4:54:04 PM

Was there ever any doubt? Congratulations Chris!

9/25/2011 5:42:47 PM

AWESOME!!! Congratulations Chris!! WTG :)

9/25/2011 6:12:19 PM

Fantastic, Chris! Glad to see this get a finalist!!

9/25/2011 6:35:11 PM

Congratulations Chris!

9/25/2011 7:07:45 PM

I love this dramatic image, Chris! Congratulations on your fantastic finalist.

9/25/2011 8:23:01 PM

Amazing, Chris...congratulations!

9/25/2011 9:43:20 PM

Congratulations on your beautiful finalist, Christopher.

9/25/2011 10:46:50 PM

wow, great capture, congrats

9/26/2011 1:18:01 AM

congrats, what a unique capture

9/26/2011 1:24:14 AM

Totally awesome Chris...congratulations...I'm sure we'll see this one again!!

9/26/2011 5:31:20 AM

Congrats on your finalist...simply awesome

9/26/2011 6:58:08 AM

Congratulations on thise awesome finalist Chris!

jo ann c.

9/26/2011 9:12:06 AM

Thanks so much, folks (and the BP Judges!) for the kind words! This has long been a favorite image; the fresh rework I did was way overdue, given the things I see as flaws today, in the original version. I like it so much better than before!

9/26/2011 9:29:17 AM

Congrats Chris on this stunning finalist...I smell gold! :-)

9/26/2011 2:32:50 PM

This is so cool Chris, a beautiful finalist, congratulations!

9/26/2011 2:50:14 PM

WOWZA...this is absolutely SUPERB, Chris! Huge congratulations on your OUTSTANDING finalist! Deb

9/26/2011 3:09:01 PM

Thank you very much, ladies!

9/26/2011 6:12:15 PM

Huge congrats on a super fab finalist, Chris!!! Very best luck with this outstanding image!!!

9/26/2011 7:49:42 PM

Congratulations on your amazing win, Chris!!

9/26/2011 10:56:42 PM

HUGE congratulations on your excellent Winner,Chris!!

9/26/2011 11:25:20 PM

WTG Chris - congratulations on this superb winner!

9/26/2011 11:35:51 PM

I don't blame you for yelling out .... how awesome is this!!!! BIG congrats to you Chris on this excellent capture and deserving WINNER!!

9/27/2011 1:54:24 AM

Huge congrats on your awesome win, Chris!!! Yeah!!

9/27/2011 3:59:16 AM

Wonderful shot, Chris! Big congrats! Resubmits do pay off sometimes, don't they?

9/27/2011 4:24:59 AM

Fabulous exposure and lightening was the icing on the cake, Chris. HUGE CONGRATZ on the beautiful Gold Winner, WTG!!!

UB.

9/27/2011 4:25:08 AM

Awesome GOLD !! WTG !!

9/27/2011 5:06:35 AM

A truly amazing image Chris. Congrats!

9/27/2011 5:29:52 AM

A well deserved Winner! Congratulations, Chris!

9/27/2011 5:41:14 AM

I knew when you showed me this in DC, Chris it had winner written all over it. Truly an amazing shot! Congratulations to you on this so deserved win!

9/27/2011 5:50:37 AM

Congrats on your win :)

9/27/2011 6:22:57 AM

Thank you all very much! I'm thrilled this "made it" as I like it so much better than my first attempt awhile back!

9/27/2011 6:27:10 AM

Congratulations on your awesome win!!!

9/27/2011 6:32:03 AM

I remember you showing this to me too when in DC and thought it was an amazing shot, Chris! Congratulations on a well deserved win!!

9/27/2011 6:32:46 AM

Congrats on your gorgeous WINNER Chris!!! Amazing capture!!!!!

9/27/2011 6:41:29 AM

CONGRATULATIONS on your Awesome Winning image!

9/27/2011 7:16:28 AM

Congratulations! This is just stunning!

9/27/2011 7:42:38 AM

This one just HAD to be a winner, Chris - big congratulations!

9/27/2011 7:49:20 AM

Wow Chris..what a double thrill! Great capture and deserving win! Congratulations!

9/27/2011 8:24:20 AM

Absolutely BRILLIANT, Chris! Huge congratulations on your OUTSTANDING GOLD WINNER! Deb

9/27/2011 8:34:47 AM

Congratulations, Christopher!

9/27/2011 8:54:45 AM

Congratulations on your amazing winner, Christopher!

9/27/2011 9:19:48 AM

Congratulations on your winning photo

9/27/2011 11:02:40 AM

Lighting strikes twice and twice makes perfect. Congratulations on the gold, Chris.

9/27/2011 12:29:02 PM

I told you I smelt gold! :-) Congratulations Chris!

9/27/2011 12:53:34 PM

No surprise. Congrats on an amazing winner, Chris.

9/27/2011 12:58:10 PM

Timing is a wonderful reward to images Chris and you got this timed just right! Congratulations on your Gold!

9/27/2011 1:01:07 PM

Congratulations on this awesome capture, and the gold medal!

9/27/2011 2:57:34 PM

Magnificent capture, congratulations!

9/27/2011 6:10:08 PM

I ditto what Mitch said! Congratulations on "another" win for this fabulous image. It needs to be in a magazine somewhere, it's amazing!!

9/27/2011 6:12:25 PM

It's all in the crop! :-) Congrats, Chris...definitely deserving of the gold!

9/27/2011 6:26:10 PM

Thank you all very much for the kind words!

9/27/2011 7:12:39 PM

I am so pleased to see this in the winner's circle Chris. Congratulations, just incredible!!!!

9/28/2011 12:23:45 AM

Thanks, Donna!

9/28/2011 3:45:41 AM

Congratulations Christopher on your Win!!!

Dominick

9/28/2011 4:56:23 AM

So glad you waited for this Chris. Huge congrats on this beauty.

9/28/2011 7:27:35 AM

Thanks so much, Dominick & Mary Beth!

9/28/2011 6:07:49 PM

Congratulations on this well-deserved Winner, Chris!!! It is a BEAUTIFUL photograph!!!
Cesar

9/29/2011 6:39:49 AM

Definitely one of my favorite winners of the month, Chris. So dramatic and well done. Big congratulations!

9/29/2011 6:45:42 AM

Thank you both, Cesar & Lindley!

9/29/2011 11:08:06 AM

Congratulations on your second place selection of this striking image Christopher!

9/30/2011 7:09:43 AM

Dunno if you intended a pun, but I got a chuckle---thanks so much, Dave!

9/30/2011 8:30:49 AM

Fantastic capture, Chris! Timing, eh!? Love the lighting. Congratulations on a well deserved winner!!

10/2/2011 1:26:21 PM

Congratulations!
You’re the kind of person who makes the world a better, brighter place…You worked hard for this, you made it happen, and you have a right to be proud. So enjoy these satisfying moments; you deserve every one! Merna

10/2/2011 1:27:37 PM

BIG congratulations Chris on this awesome winner!

10/2/2011 7:53:41 PM

Thanks so much, folks...!

10/2/2011 8:46:14 PM

WOW, Chris! Very scary, but so very worth it! Really awesome capture! Sorry I'm so late, but HUGE CONGRATS on this most marvelous winner!

10/3/2011 9:58:44 PM

Thank you, Rona!

10/4/2011 8:27:04 AM

WOW Chris, what a great lightning catch to top off a great image! CONGRATULATIONS on this well deserved Gold Winner!

10/15/2011 3:29:29 PM

Thank you very much, Amanda!

10/15/2011 6:04:57 PM

Holy Doodle, Chris! WOW! Talk about a STRIKING image! This is so totally awesome. Isn't it true that as we learn and grow we can take an already cool photo and raise it up to a whole new level? Well, now you have seen it go gold with your new skills. I just did this yesterday. (Took an older image and reworked it). What a difference. It went Finalist last time around but maybe she will hit Gold this time! (The Lady of the Forest).

On Your More Than Deserving Gold Win, Chris!

-Laura :D

P.S. Nice to see you again. It's been a while! :D

5/9/2012 10:47:34 PM

Thanks, Laura! I do enjoy reworking some of my oldest favorites... We're always (hopefully!) continuously learning new skills, so why not revisit some older "worthy" images and see if they'd be improved---I think this was a perfect example. (Though pleasantly, the first version, which I now see as inferior) also managed 2nd Place, awhile back!)

5/10/2012 10:34:09 AM