3/2/2012 4:07:03 AM

I agree. Couldn't be any better. A winner.

3/2/2012 4:12:09 AM

I'm right there with Michelle and Tammy Ellen!!!!

3/2/2012 4:30:38 AM

DITTO DITTO DITTO-)

3/2/2012 4:34:51 AM

It was such a beautiful sunrise. Terrific capture and colors, Ellen.

3/2/2012 4:41:03 AM

Gorgeous shot. Great perspective, and love the fog with the light in the background. Just beautiful!

3/2/2012 4:41:24 AM

Very nice capture Ellen. Love the fog along with the sun

3/2/2012 5:03:41 AM

Great pov, depth and capture!!

3/2/2012 5:36:08 AM

Lovely light, color, fog, and comp, Ellen.

3/2/2012 7:45:33 AM

very inviting!

3/2/2012 9:53:38 AM

Yes, I agree, spectacular Ellen. I bet we see this one again.

3/2/2012 10:18:57 AM

Great POV and light. Well done Ellen!

3/2/2012 10:20:11 AM

Hi Ellen,on a lunch break from the Fly In.Beautiful capture my friend,I remember when I was a child there was a Amusment park across from lighthouse called Silver Beach!!!!

3/2/2012 11:07:55 AM

Beautiful imwge, Ellen... excellent comp and leading lines to the wonderful foggy sunrise. Love the colors and mood!

3/2/2012 12:29:21 PM

Beautiful colors, light, clarity and perspective, Ellen.

3/2/2012 2:49:50 PM

Beautiful image,Ellen!!

3/2/2012 4:07:36 PM

Spectacular golden light and composition Ellen! Top notch as usual.

3/3/2012 4:23:25 AM

Ditto all of the above, Ellen!! This is sensational!!

3/3/2012 8:16:59 AM

Fabulous leading lines to the golden light.

3/3/2012 12:48:46 PM

And then again - Fabulous doesn't even begin to describe the beauty of this image, Ellen.
WINNER WINNER WINNER!!!

3/3/2012 1:31:12 PM

AWESOME capture Ellen, it certainly does create a mood, I can almost feel the chill in the air!!! <><

3/3/2012 1:50:51 PM

The clarity, fog, light, perspective & mood make for an exceptional & captivating image, Ellen! WTG!

3/3/2012 8:01:03 PM

Love the mood the fog and light create on the landscape. What a beautiful vista.

3/3/2012 8:12:20 PM

Great capture of the fog and beautiful light! Wonderful image, Ellen!

3/3/2012 9:02:44 PM

As always the composition is topnotch in this scenic capture. The fog enhances the mood.

3/4/2012 10:54:02 AM

This is breathtaking, Ellen! Just gorgeous!

3/4/2012 1:15:24 PM

Fantastic capture Ellen! My daughter is getting married in a couple months in St. Joe. Cant' wait to get some great shots up there!!! Beautiful country.

3/5/2012 6:22:40 PM

Excellent POV, light, color and clarity, Ellen!

3/5/2012 8:52:08 PM

Surreal is what this is! WOW! And is that a real rain track over on he left? This is SUCH an entertaining image to view and that spells WINNER to me when you can hold the viewers eyes!

Great job Ellen. I feel so honored to be among so many talented BPers such as yourself!

-Laura :D

3/7/2012 9:58:06 AM

Spectacular capture and composition, Ellen! Wonderful moody shot with the fog and the sun over the cold water and that glorious blue railing. I agree with the others - I think you have another Winner!

3/7/2012 10:19:39 PM

Ditto...excellent

3/12/2012 11:13:44 PM

Huge congrats on this wonderful finalist, Ellen! Good luck in the next round!

5/1/2012 8:16:17 PM

Congrats on your finalist!! :)

5/1/2012 8:36:44 PM

Congratulations on your beautiful finalist award Ellen.

5/1/2012 8:40:09 PM

Super finalist Ellen. A huge Congrats.

5/1/2012 8:42:20 PM

Congrats on your gorgeous finalist, Ellen!

5/1/2012 8:45:09 PM

Congratulations on your awesome finalist, Ellen. WTG!

5/1/2012 8:54:09 PM

On This Wonderful Image, Ellen! It's been a FAV of mine since first I saw it!!!

-Laura :D

5/1/2012 9:08:09 PM

a beautiful finalist, congratulations!!!

5/2/2012 12:11:08 AM

Ellen, to me, this remarkable scene conveys the beauty of winter perfectly, with the sun wrapped in fog, and the blue tones emphasizing the chill in the air.
I agree with everyone else who has called this a winning image. Congratulations on its making Finalist! (No real surprise there.) Looking forward to seeing it again very soon.

5/2/2012 12:36:25 AM

Congratulations on your awesome finalist!

5/2/2012 2:00:59 AM

Congrats on this beauty, Ellen. Still predict a winner. Superb.

5/2/2012 3:44:36 AM

Congrats on a beautiful finalist, Ellen.

5/2/2012 3:53:20 AM

Thanks, friends, and thanks to BP for choosing this image!!! Have a great day everyone!!

5/2/2012 4:16:25 AM

Congratulations on your great finalist!

5/2/2012 4:50:42 AM

Love this image! Congratulations on your beautiful finalist, Ellen.

5/2/2012 4:54:21 AM

A truly stunning piece, Ellen!! A huge congratulations goes over to you!

5/2/2012 4:55:42 AM

A big Congratulations on this beautiful finalist,Ellen.WTG My friend!!!

5/2/2012 5:56:01 AM

Absolutely GORGEOUS, Ellen!!! CONGRATULATIONS on your Finalist Award!!!! ... and Best of Luck in the next round!!! WTG!!! :)

5/2/2012 7:49:19 AM

Huge congratulations Ellen on this well composed finalist. Now on to Gold.

5/2/2012 8:44:58 AM

A beautiful finalist Ellen. Congrats!

5/2/2012 9:06:09 AM

Ahhhh...one of my favorites, Ellen! Such a gorgeous comp with incredible colors and lighting! Super Congrats on this marvelous Finalist and good luck in the next round, my friend!

5/2/2012 10:03:41 AM

Ellen, congratulations

5/2/2012 10:39:17 AM

Annie and I want to say congratulations on this beautiful finalist dear friend.

5/2/2012 11:22:29 AM

Fantastic capture, Ellen! Big congratulations!

5/2/2012 12:55:24 PM

Congratulations on your beautiful finalist, Ellen!!

5/2/2012 2:01:48 PM

Such an elegance in this image! Congratulations on this wonderful finalist!

5/2/2012 4:31:00 PM

Wonderful Finalist! Congrats!

5/2/2012 4:55:44 PM

Congrats Ellen, a spectacular Finalist!

5/2/2012 6:45:56 PM

How could this remarkable capture not be in the list of Finalists?? So beautiful! Huge congratulations, Ellen - Being a betting woman, Mom's putting all her chips on this one! - Me, too! :) Huge congratulations, our friend!!

5/2/2012 7:19:27 PM

Congratulations on this gorgeous finalist Ellen. Good luck to you.

5/2/2012 7:44:00 PM

Big congrats Ellen!

5/2/2012 8:04:23 PM

Congratulations on your awesome finalist, best of luck in the next round!!!

5/3/2012 9:54:55 AM

HUGE CONGRATZ Ellen. Good luck up next!

UB.

5/4/2012 12:21:10 AM

Congratulations Ellen! So Beautiful!

5/4/2012 3:14:11 AM

Congratulations, Ellen. Amazing image. I hope to see gold attached to it.

5/4/2012 4:50:10 AM

Congrats on your awesome win! :)

5/4/2012 8:10:18 PM

Congrats on this wonderful gold medal win Ellen.

5/4/2012 8:23:58 PM

You stayed long enough to catch the one one. Congratulations for the Win, Ellen.

5/4/2012 8:26:34 PM

Congratulations Ellen! Pat

5/4/2012 8:59:03 PM

Annie and I are so happy for you dear friend. We want to say Congratulations on such a beautiful picture bringing home the gold for you.

5/4/2012 9:01:57 PM

Wonderful to see this image going gold, Ellen! So happy for you!!! :)))

-Laura :)

5/4/2012 9:32:11 PM

So happy to see this with Gold attached, Ellen! Warmest congratulations on a spectacularly captured Gold Win!

5/4/2012 9:48:45 PM

Hi Ellen,Big Congratulations on your beautiful win!!!

5/4/2012 9:58:29 PM

congratulations on your wonderful winner!!!

5/4/2012 10:47:23 PM

Big congratulations on your beautiful win, Ellen!

5/4/2012 11:03:24 PM

Congratulations on our gorgeous Gold Ellen.

5/4/2012 11:19:21 PM

Absolutely beautiful Ellen! Congratulations on your gold win!!

5/5/2012 12:08:46 AM

Thanks sooo much Bp for choosing this image!!! Thanks friends for kind comments!!!

5/5/2012 12:11:06 AM

Beautiful light!! Congratulations on this excellent winner Ellen!

5/5/2012 12:54:55 AM

CONGRATULATIONS on your well earned Gold Winner!
So happy for you!

5/5/2012 1:07:25 AM

Congratulations on your winner!!

5/5/2012 1:58:14 AM

A huge congrats Ellen on this wonderful winner!

5/5/2012 2:17:36 AM

congratulations on your outstanding win!!! stunning!!!

5/5/2012 2:19:45 AM

Congratulations Ellen

5/5/2012 4:17:13 AM

Beautiful, Ellen. Congrats. Hoping for a Grand Prize for this wonderful capture.

5/5/2012 4:41:35 AM

Congrats on a beautiful winner. Ellen.

5/5/2012 5:13:24 AM

As soon as I saw all the e-mails, I knew this one had gone Gold! CONGRATULATIONS on your Fabulous 2nd Place Win, Ellen!!!!! Awesome work! :)

5/5/2012 5:21:52 AM

Huge congrats on your wonderful winner, Ellen!

5/5/2012 5:57:36 AM

Congrats on your gorgeous win, Ellen!!

5/5/2012 6:22:02 AM

Congratulations,Ellen!Beautiful!

5/5/2012 6:53:01 AM

Congratulations!

5/5/2012 7:02:29 AM

BIG congrats Ellen on this awesome winner!

5/5/2012 7:06:50 AM

So happy to see one of my favorites with that gold badge! Congratulations, Ellen.

5/5/2012 9:04:52 AM

Wonderful light! Big congratulations on your superb winner, Ellen!

5/5/2012 9:06:29 AM

What a beautiful image. Congratulations.

5/5/2012 11:09:00 AM

I just knew those leading lines lead to GOLD. Huge Texas CONGRATULATIONS, Ellen.

5/5/2012 11:28:29 AM

Huge congratulations on your gold medal, Ellen.

5/5/2012 1:32:41 PM

Such a beautiful winner, Ellen! Congratulations!

5/5/2012 2:09:17 PM

Knew this one was a winner from the get-go, Ellen! So happy to see it go GOLD - it's a favorite and so well-deserved! CONGRATULATIONS, my friend!

5/5/2012 2:52:15 PM

Big congrats!

5/5/2012 4:58:57 PM

WTG on this fantastic winner! :-) k

5/5/2012 6:04:01 PM

What a beautiful winner, Ellen!

Congratulations!
Debby

5/5/2012 7:00:10 PM

Amazing light and exposure, Ellen! Huge congratulations on your BEAUTIFUL GOLD WINNER!! Deb

5/6/2012 7:45:59 AM

Well deserved gold, Ellen! Big congratulations!

5/6/2012 11:34:50 AM

Congratulations on your beautiful win.

5/6/2012 1:13:55 PM

Congratulations on this wonderful winner Ellen!

5/6/2012 1:55:31 PM

Fantastic moody image. Congratulations

5/7/2012 5:07:27 AM

A big Congrats on your winner Ellen. A great capture

5/7/2012 6:07:55 AM

What a terrific image, Ellen! Love that pop of vivid blue with the other subdued tones. Congratulations!

5/7/2012 7:03:08 AM

Congratulations on a beautiful image, Ellen

5/7/2012 9:28:29 AM

So awesome when the finish turns into gold. Still so elusive for me. A huge Congrats here Ellen for this so well deserved commendation.

5/7/2012 3:49:33 PM

WOW . . . have so much catching up to do and so many gorgeous images in your gallery . . . this is spectacular and so deserving of gold . . . .. wtg . .. .

5/7/2012 9:49:07 PM

Well here we are, through thick and thin. It is a joy to be able to be supportive and to congratulate each other for another month of magnificent photographs during May, 2012. I send all of you my very best, Merna Nobile

5/9/2012 12:56:07 AM

Simply spectacular, Ellen. Huge congrats on this beautiful winner.

5/10/2012 2:24:37 PM

Congratulations on scoring gold with this splendid capture Ellen! WTG!

5/12/2012 2:08:41 PM

Another gorgeous Snapshot feature! Way to go, Ellen.

11/8/2012 6:56:54 AM