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Malta Feast


 
BetterPhoto.com Photo Contest FIRST PLACE Winner   Malta Feast
Malta Feast
Poala church, Malta. Feast of Christ the King. Celebrated this year on the 25th of July.

Laurence Saliba

 
 
 

Renata Gusciora
 

Fabulous image,Laurence!!


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August 09, 2008

 

Lynne Morris
  Wow Laurence this is beautiful, fantastic colours and lighting.


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August 09, 2008

 
- Linda Boehme

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  Wow!!!! Awesome image, Laurence!


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August 09, 2008

 

Mary E. Lake
  Wonderful Laurence, :)


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August 09, 2008

 
- Linda D. Lester

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  OH MY this is awesome!!!! Beautiful!


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August 09, 2008

 

Patricia Seidler
  Great color and composition Laurence.


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August 09, 2008

 

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  WOW ! very beautiful shot the colors are Awesome !!!

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August 09, 2008

 

Cyn Valentine
  Spectacular Laurence..big wow!! The comp and colors are beautiful!!!


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August 09, 2008

 

Tammy Espino
  Perfect timing, Outstanding!!!!


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August 09, 2008

 

Vladan D. Djordjevic
  Fantastic image!


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August 09, 2008

 

Maria Zammit
  Awesome colours Laurence!


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August 09, 2008

 

Maria Zammit
  Awesome colours Laurence!


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August 09, 2008

 

Mata Patan
  You don't loose a festa! :-)
This is a winner!!!
It'a an explosion of colors, energy and perfection!


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August 11, 2008

 

Jennifer L. Alder
  WINNER WINNER WINNER!!!!!
WTG, Laurence :)


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August 14, 2008

 

May K. Vokaty
  WOW!!! Fabulous!


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August 14, 2008

 

Renee Doyle
  Absolute winner all the way!!!! Fantastic Laurence!!


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August 17, 2008

 

Sharon Day
  Awesome shot, Laurence!!! I just can't imagine this won't win something!


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August 23, 2008

 

Renata Gusciora
  Huge congratulations on this fabulous finalist!!!!Good luck in the second round!!!:-)


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September 22, 2008

 
- Stefania Barbier

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  amazing finalist Laurence..... WTG congratulations!!!!!


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September 22, 2008

 

Tiia Vissak
  Congratulations!


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September 22, 2008

 
- Lisa J. Boulden

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  Wowieeee!
A beautiful finalist!
Big congrats!!!
~Lisa


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September 22, 2008

 
- Laurence Saliba

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  Thanks everyone!!!!!


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September 22, 2008

 

KV Day
  Vavavoom on this one! Congrats on all your finalist!


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September 22, 2008

 
- Elida Gutierrez

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  Congratulations on your FINALIST!!!


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September 22, 2008

 

Kristi A. Howson
  Congratulations and Best of Luck in the next round!!! WOW...perfect exposure and fantastic light show!


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September 22, 2008

 

Erin Appelbaum
  Stunning finalist Laurence. Peter


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September 22, 2008

 

Sam Britt
  Congratulations, Laurence!


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September 22, 2008

 

Jennifer L. Alder
  See my first comment ;)
Congrats!


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September 22, 2008

 

Renee Doyle
  Fantastic!!! Big congratulations to you dear Laurence!!


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September 22, 2008

 

Corinne M. Thompson
  Most excellent capture, Congrats on your Finalist!


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September 23, 2008

 

Sylvia Rossler
  WTG !!!! Big congrats on your wonderful finalist Laurence :o)


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September 23, 2008

 

Karen Engelbreth
  Congratulations, Laurence....


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September 23, 2008

 

Renee Doyle
  WooHoo!!! WTG Laurence - BIG Congratulations on this wonderful 1st Place Win!!


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September 23, 2008

 
- Lisa J. Boulden

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  Yessssssss!!!
Gorgeous!!!
Big congrats on your first place win!
Sharing the joy, Lisa♥


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September 23, 2008

 
- Linda D. Lester

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  Awesome....Congratulations!


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September 23, 2008

 

Sam Britt
  Congratulations on your First Prize winner, Laurence!


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September 23, 2008

 
- Erica Murphy

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  This is magnificent!


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September 23, 2008

 

Jessica Jenney
  Congratulations, Laurence on your gorgeous First Place Win!


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September 23, 2008

 

JO ANN CLEVELAND
  I just knew this would be a winner....congratulations Lawrence on this First Place win!

jo ann c.


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September 23, 2008

 

Donna La Mattino Pagakis
  This is amazing Laurence, congratulations!! A beautiful first place image!!


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September 23, 2008

 

Cyn Valentine
  WTG Laurence!! Fantastic winner..big congratulations!!


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September 23, 2008

 
- Gail Vitikacs

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  Terrific news Lawrence! CONGRATS!


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September 23, 2008

 

Revonda L. Gentry
  WTG!! A big congrats to you, Lawrence!!


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September 23, 2008

 

Anna Diederich
  Congratulations Laurence!!!


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September 23, 2008

 

RC Fritz
  Great job! Big Congratulations, Laurence!! Well deserved WINNER!!


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September 23, 2008

 
- Teresa Burnett

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  Congratulations Laurence on this stunning winner!!


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September 23, 2008

 

Dr. Harmeet Singh
  Congratulations Laurence...


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September 23, 2008

 
- Laurence Saliba

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  Thanks everyone!!! :))


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September 23, 2008

 
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  Congratulations, Laurence, on this great winner!


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September 23, 2008

 
- Robert K. Bemus

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  Congratulations on your 1st place win, Laurence!!


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September 23, 2008

 
- Stefania Barbier

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  WOOOOOWWWW Laurence!!! SPECTACULAR first place winner!!!!!! CONGRATULATIONS WTG!!!!


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September 23, 2008

 

Mary K. Robison
  CONGRATULATIONS on this gorgeous First Place Winner, Laurence! Well deserved!


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September 23, 2008

 

Brett Dolsen
  Congratulations Laurence!!Fantastic result on your awesome capture!!Brett


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September 23, 2008

 

Tiia Vissak
  Congratulations on your winner!


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September 23, 2008

 

Renata Gusciora
  Yes,yes,yes!!!!!I knew it!!!!:-)))Huge congratulations on this bewitching winner,Laurence!!!!:-)


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September 23, 2008

 
- Laurence Saliba

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  Thanks dear friends!!!!


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September 23, 2008

 
- Usman M. Bajwa

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  SPECTACULAR is this picture and SPECIAL is your talent. Congrats. on this marvelous First Place Win.


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September 23, 2008

 

Katarina Mansson
  Congratulations on your gorgeous 1st Place win! Love the colors, details, light and composition.


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September 24, 2008

 

Anita Hogue
  WOW, this is fabulous! Congratulations on this beauty and your other winners, Laurence!!!


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September 24, 2008

 
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  Congrats on your Win Laurence!! Jeff


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September 24, 2008

 

Lynne Morris
  Huge Congratulations on this beautiful winner Laurence, you sure had a good month :)


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September 24, 2008

 
- Terry L. Ellis

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  A spectacular First Place win, Laurence! Congratulations!


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September 24, 2008

 

Erin Appelbaum
  Congrats on your First Place Laurence. Peter


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September 24, 2008

 

Cheryl E. Davis
  Congrats on your win! Laurence, you have an amazing gallery! This is the first time I have looked through it. You have an excellent eye, and your gallery is so full of color! I enjoyed looking at all of your work!


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September 24, 2008

 
- Elida Gutierrez

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CONGRATULATIONS!!!

 "The Golden Thophy"

A Special Trophy for

"August Winners"


 


 


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September 24, 2008

 
- Laurence Saliba

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  Thank you all!!!!!


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September 24, 2008

 

Nadya Johnson
  Laurence, a huge congratulations on your First Prize Winner! I thought I sent congrats earlier but it did not go through. Way to go!!


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September 24, 2008

 

Jennifer L. Alder
  See my first comment ;)
YAY!!! Big congrats my friend on your first place win :)


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September 24, 2008

 

Sylvia Rossler
  HUge COngrats on your awesome first place winner my friend !!!! WTG !!!


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September 24, 2008

 

Tarun Bose
  Big congrats Laurence for your First prize winner.


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September 24, 2008

 
- Rakesh Syal

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  Love the colors, details, light and composition! Huge congrats Laurence for your First prize winner.


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September 24, 2008

 
- Marilyn K. Lincecum

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  Gorgeous lighting and colors..Congratulations Laurence on your First Place win!!


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September 24, 2008

 

Janice Mezzacappa
  WOW thanks so much for creating this absolutely fantastic, perfect image Laurence......CONGRATS!!!!!!!!!!!!


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September 24, 2008

 

Robert Baer
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this is just beautiful. congrats on your great win!!!


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September 24, 2008

 

Monika Sapek
  Amazing work, Laurence! Many congratulations on your First Place Win!
Monika


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September 24, 2008

 
- Laurence Saliba

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  Thank you all dear dear friends!!!


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September 24, 2008

 
- Su Sana E. P

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  Lawrence, huge Congratulations on this outstanding First Place Winner!!


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September 24, 2008

 
- Cindy Bendush

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  Big Congrats on this fabulous first place winner Laurence!!!


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September 24, 2008

 

Vladan D. Djordjevic
  Congratulations Laurence on this terrific winner!!


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September 24, 2008

 

Sirsendu Gayen
  Big Congratulations.


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September 25, 2008

 

Kimi A. Phillips
  Congrats on this beauty!!:)


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September 25, 2008

 

Wally Orlowsky
  Congratulations on this colorful winner, Laurence!


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September 26, 2008

 

Max Aureli
  Exceptional and amaze beautiful explosions of lights and color in this exposure, Laurence!!!
Big Congratulations for your Winner!!!


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September 26, 2008

 

Alessandro Zocchi
  Real congratulations ! Amazing picture !


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September 26, 2008

 

Brian Cassar
  Brilliant shot Laurence. Congratulations!


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September 26, 2008

 
- Laurence Saliba

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  Thanks so much everyone!!!!


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September 26, 2008

 
- Laurence Saliba

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  Thanks so much everyone!!!!


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September 26, 2008

 

Colleen Farrell
  Wow!! Awesome capture, Laurence!! Big congratulations on your first place win!!


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September 26, 2008

 
- Lindley Johnson

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  Fantastic, Laurence - a hugely deserving first-place win!


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September 26, 2008

 

Donna W. Neal
  Outstanding image Laurence, Congratulations for a well deserved win.


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September 27, 2008

 
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  Congratulations Laurence on your Win.

Dominick


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September 27, 2008

 

Datha Y. Thompson
  Congratulations!!!! AWESOME!!!! :0)


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September 27, 2008

 

Naufal MQ
  Fantastic shot.... Congrats!!


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September 28, 2008

 

Susan Hardman
  Stunning capture!! Congratulations on your win.


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September 28, 2008

 

Linda Blair
  Fabulous shot....congratulations on your wonderful win!!!!!!


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September 28, 2008

 

Peter Mantione
  AUGURIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII


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September 29, 2008

 

Silvio Grech
  Wowww...... big congrats Laurence for your First prize winner, awguri.


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October 01, 2008

 
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  Perhaps the finest night shot I have ever seen! Huge Congratulations! WTG!

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October 05, 2008

 

DiAnna F. Paulk
  Oh My Word, Laurence!!! This is INCREDIBLE!! I was so pleased to see your name under this beautiful image!! Congrats!


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October 05, 2008

 

Sachin D. Das
  I have no words to say how beautiful this picture is. I've been trying to shoot fire works since two years but this is magical. Shutter? aperture? white balance?

Sachin


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October 16, 2008

 
- Laurence Saliba

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  Thanks so much. Sachin I use very different exposures depending also on foreground lighting. I never exceed 5 second exposures at F11 to F16. Focusing is always manual also. never leave the camera on autofocus and always use a cable release.


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October 16, 2008

 

Sachin D. Das
  Thanks laurence, any particular white balance. I have tried shooting at 2seconds but it always blurs. Do you do any post correction, what software and how? It's always good to learn from a Guru.


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October 17, 2008

 
- Laurence Saliba

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  White balance usually on Auto but I always try to experiment with other settings but they all seem to have very similar reults. Post correction is minimal. I only fine tune the levels to get that perfect black even when there is some smoke. I use Photoshop usually. If you are getting a blur your tripod is not sturdy enough. Also another thing I do is use a piece of black cloth and I keep the camera covered to minimize any light entering from behind through the viewfinfder. These long exposures need a very sturdy tripod and cable release or remote.


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October 17, 2008

 

Ellen Hodges
  Congrats on a great image, Lawrence!!


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October 24, 2008

 

William88
  Superb fireworks shot! congratulations on your first place win!!


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October 25, 2008

 

A P
  Just incredible Lawrence. Congrats on this very well deserved Win!!


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November 12, 2008

 

Kerry Hill
  Absolutely awesome, Laurence!!! Huge congratulations, it's well deserved!!


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November 16, 2008

 

Summer A. Kozisek
  This is spectacular! Congratulations Laurence!!!


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November 16, 2008

 

Janice Mezzacappa
  Outstanding, Big Congrats on this well-deserved masterpiece Laurence!


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November 30, 2008

 

Jennifer A. Lambert
  Laurence,
WOW !!! This is spectacular !!! I wanted to congratulate you on this winning. It deserves the win !! I LOVE all of your new work. You are so very talented.
I haven't been able to be on BP for many months, but I am back and hopefully will have some new stuff up very soon.
Keep Inspiring and Being Inspired, Jenny N Alabama


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January 05, 2009

 

Toni Riggs
  WOW! This is really beautiful! Congrats!


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March 08, 2009

 

Dianna Murphy
  Holly cow lawrence, you're gonna make some money on this one. How'd I ever miss it... sorry. Fantastic work. Thanks for the tips too.


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May 20, 2009

 

Julianne Bradford
  Absolutely fabulous Laurence!! Congratulations and Kudos on this magnificent capture. This one will be hard to top for a very long time! How fun for you!!


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August 01, 2009

 

Lori Carlson
  This is super super stunning!!!! =) Congrats!!


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September 06, 2009

 

Kim Andelkovic
  Congrats on a stunning image it fab as....


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April 12, 2010

 

Rich Helmer
  Amazing shot here Laurence!!! Your gallery is awesome!!!!


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May 03, 2010

 
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