Inspiring Photo: The Blue Room #2982849

The Blue Room

Uploaded: November 08, 2006 06:01:05

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Nikkor 28-105. Settings not recorded.
This was taken at the old Castenada Hotel in Las Vegas, New Mexico. I used numerous filters in PS and added a more dramatic sky. Category: DDR

Comments

Robert R. Goodman November 08, 2006

I like Las Vegas,NM.Great little town.A very outstanding image,Karen!!!!!!!! #553424

Chastity Abbott November 08, 2006

Beautiful!!!! Glorious colors and lighting....wooooowheee...this is awesome!! #3560920

Jessica Jenney November 08, 2006

Wonderful composition, colors and effects, Karen! #3560952

Carla Metzler November 08, 2006

Great colors, composition and effects, Karen! #3561019

Gary Lange November 08, 2006

Beautiful image, Karen!! Love the work you did. #3561204

Nadya Johnson November 08, 2006

Outstanding image, Karen! I really like the colors and the mood of this! #3561429

Cyn Valentine November 08, 2006

Love the sky..love your colors! Beautiful image Karen!! #3561437

Shelly A. Van Camp November 08, 2006

Outstanding image..beautiful colors!! #3561630

Colette M. Metcalf November 08, 2006

Wonderful image, Karen!!! #3562321

John Connolly November 08, 2006

An impressive archtiectural capture, Karen! I really like your saturated color, and the sky is fantastic! #3562356

Marilyn K. Lincecum November 08, 2006

Outstanding Karen !! Fantastic composition, colors and effects. #3562391

Bill Wyatt November 08, 2006

Fantastic colors and composition! I love the dramatic sky it really adds punch to the image!!! #3563059

Kitty R. Rodehorst-Hanna November 08, 2006

Wonderful, wonderful colors, Karen!!!! They are gorgeous and the details are awesome!!!!! ^.^ Kitty #3563101

Lani J November 08, 2006

One word: "AWESOME"! Fantastic work, Karen! :o) #3563141

Karen Slagle November 08, 2006

Thanks so much everyone for all the very nice comments and compliments. #3563349

Sherry Karr Adkins November 08, 2006

Karen, great image. Ditto what everyone else has said; great color, effects, composition..... How about another trip to Las Vegas NM????? #3563763

Amy JACKSON November 08, 2006

Awesome image, Karen!! Wonderful colors and effects! #3563789

Jill Odice November 08, 2006

Love what you did with the place Karen :-) This is very cool, it needs to be enlarged and framed!!! #3564111

Karen Slagle November 09, 2006

Thanks so much Sherry, Amy and Jill for the compliments. I appreciate you. Would love to go back to this place someday, maybe next year... #3565365

Janine Russell November 09, 2006

Karen, excellent colors, lighting, composition and effects. #3568309

Kenneth Mucke November 09, 2006

Really an awesome image...Love the blue room...really stands out #3568535

Pamela Shane November 10, 2006

Dramatic for sure Karen! Love the feel to this shot, the colors, & super effects work too!! :) #3571132

Karen Slagle November 10, 2006

Janine, Kenneth and Pamela - Thanks so much for all the nice remarks... #3571591

John V. Roscich November 10, 2006

GREAT COMP KAREN
EXCELLENT COLORS AND LIGHTING.
NICE JOB
JOHN #3572403

Nancy L. Green November 10, 2006

Outstanding work here Karen!! The colors, composition, POV lightin, everything here is just superb!! <>< #3572434

Karen Slagle November 11, 2006

Thanks so much John and Nancy. #3573365

TS November 11, 2006

Stunning image. Beautiful colors and comp. #3573378

Mick Burkey November 12, 2006

Wow, Karen, this is simply beautiful!! Fantastic colors and great use of the filters. I love these old Spanish style buildings and you've really made the most of this one! Great sky, colors and comp. #3577425

Karen Slagle November 12, 2006

Thanks alot Tami and Mick... #3577674

Jenny Bosmans November 12, 2006

Fantastic image and excellent work, Karen! :) #3578069

Karen Slagle November 12, 2006

Thank you Jenny. #3578188

Jenny D November 12, 2006

Awesome job with this beautiful, dramatic image! #3578499

Karen Slagle November 12, 2006

Thank you JD. #3578531

Kirsten Kiki Kjaer November 13, 2006

Outstanding capture and PS work, Karen. The sky really is dramatic, and the textures and colors are excellent! #3580217

Karen Slagle November 13, 2006

Thank you Kirsten. #3580562

Kaye Burazin November 13, 2006

Fantastic PS work. The colors really POP! #3581506

Karen Slagle November 13, 2006

Thank you Kaye. #3581511

Donna La Mattino Pagakis November 13, 2006

Bright, beautiful and creative! #3583166

Melissa G. Meiselman November 13, 2006

WOW...this is such an eye catching image...just fantastic with dazzling colors, great lighting and fabulous effects, Karen!!! #3583191

Karen Slagle November 13, 2006

Thanks so much Donna and Melissa. #3583245

eileen bedford November 27, 2006

This is great Karen, love all the effects and lighting.... #3640019

Karen Slagle November 27, 2006

Thank you Eileen... #3640483

Dr Silly November 28, 2006

Love the rich colors in this shot. :O)
#3643068

Karen Slagle November 28, 2006

Thank you Dr. S. #3643185

David Pratt December 11, 2006

Very dramatic! Wonderful rich colors!Terrific photo! I love this one. #3690404

Hurk (Steve) Hurkett December 21, 2006

The colors here are awesome, Karen .. the speciall efects and the composition are superb ...

Steve #3724098

Karen Slagle December 21, 2006

Thank you Steve, I'm happy you like it. #3725088

Judy Williams December 25, 2006

Another outstanding image. You did a great job with the crop, color saturation and overall composition. Like I'm getting just a glimpse of somewhere far away through a small window or portal. #3739998

Karen Slagle December 25, 2006

Thank you Judy, this turned out to be one of my favorites. #3740149

Vladan D. Djordjevic December 25, 2006

Beautiful photo! Great colors, composition, effects! #3740157

Vladan D. Djordjevic December 25, 2006

Beautiful photo! Great colors, composition, effects! #3740167

Karen Slagle December 26, 2006

Thanks alot Vladan. #3740903

David Pratt December 29, 2006

Congratualtions Karen! Good luck in the next round! Fantastic work! #3750567

Stephanie Laird December 29, 2006

This is awesome Karen! Congrats on your finalist!!! #3751233

Cyn Valentine December 29, 2006

Congratulations Karen..beautiful image! #3751246

Janine Russell December 29, 2006

Karen, congratulations on your finalist. #3751450

Mick Burkey December 29, 2006

Congrats to you too, Karen! Liked this before and glad it's been recognized. Good luck!! #3751815

Paula Dwyer December 29, 2006

Congratulations Karen!! :) #3751890

Autum Rhoades December 29, 2006

Congrats, Karen! Wonderful image!!! #3752000

Carla Metzler December 29, 2006

Congratulations, Karen! #3752027

Jessica Jenney December 29, 2006

Congratulations, Karen on this finalist. Gorgeous effects! #3752066

Kenneth Mucke December 29, 2006

WTG Karen...superb finalist #3752709

Holly Shao December 29, 2006

Congratulations, Karen, on this creative work!!

Holly #3752911

John V. Roscich December 29, 2006

CONGRATULATIONS KAREN
JOHN #3752943

Robert R. Goodman December 29, 2006

And a big Congratulations to you Karen!!!!!! #3753248

Deborah Sandidge December 29, 2006

Beautiful work Karen, congratulations! #3753702

Jenny Bosmans December 29, 2006

Congratulations on this beautiful Finalist, Karen! :) #3753752

Dr Silly December 29, 2006

Congratulations, Karen. :O)
#3753757

Sylvia Rossler December 29, 2006

Big congrats on your finalist Karen :O) #3753992

Bill Wyatt December 29, 2006

Karen this is gorgeous and I am so happy for you. Congratulations on your finalist! #3754470

Sherry Karr Adkins December 29, 2006

Karen, congrats on your finalist. you deserved this, it's a great image. You did great with the effects. #3754790

Chastity Abbott December 29, 2006

I told you this was AWESOME!!!!!!!!! HUGE congrats to you friend!!!!!!!!!!! You so deserve GOLD!!!!! #3755119

Karen Slagle December 29, 2006

A big "thank you" to each and everyone for the super compliments. I appreciate y'all... #3755335

Candice C. Calhoun December 29, 2006

Big congratulations, and Happy New Year!

ccc #3755930

Terry L. Ellis December 29, 2006

A fabulous finalist, Karen! Congratulations! #3756191

Nadya Johnson December 29, 2006

This is so stunning!! Congratulations on your outstanding finalist, Karen! #3757242

Ilir Dugolli December 30, 2006

A masterful shot - congrats, Karen! #3758088

Karen Slagle December 30, 2006

Many "thanks" to Candice, Terry, Nadya and Ilir. #3759060

Linda D. Lester December 30, 2006

Congratulations on your awesome finalist! Good luck in the next round! #3761012

Karen Slagle December 30, 2006

Thank you Linda.. #3761866

Darryl Wilkinson December 31, 2006

Beautiful finalist, Karen. Congratulations!!
Happy New Year! #3765147

Karen Slagle January 01, 2007

Thanks for the compliments, Darryl. #3767559

Rakesh Syal January 01, 2007

CONGRATULATIONS KAREN!! a Happy New Year to you!
#3767663

Karen Slagle January 01, 2007

Thanks so much Rakesh... #3767723

Emile Abbott January 01, 2007

Nice work and congratulations on a supurb finalist, Karen. Happy New Year. #3767844

Karen Slagle January 01, 2007

Thank you Emile for the compliments... #3769324

RC Fritz January 02, 2007

A very outstanding image, Karen. Excellent DD and finalist. Congratulations! #3770704

Karen Slagle January 02, 2007

Thank you RC for your very nice compliments. #3773185

Marilyn K. Lincecum January 04, 2007

I love this one and am so happy to see it again!! The colors are gorgeous. A big congratulations, Karen on your finalist. :-) #3778488

Karen Slagle January 04, 2007

Thank you Marilyn, I appreciate your compliments... #3779897

Bill Houghton January 05, 2007

This is beautiful Karen. The colors are awesome. #3784837

Karen Slagle January 05, 2007

Thank you Bill. #3784941

Carol Teal March 05, 2007

What an incredible image! I love the colors and effects! A late congrats on your finalist! #4025351

Karen Slagle March 05, 2007

Thank you Carol. I messed with this one in so many different ways, even had it entered once as a black and white. I finally hit upon something I like. #4025506

Kathy L. Clark September 21, 2007

Very beautiful Karen. Love the tones and congrats on this one too. #4820069

Karen Slagle September 21, 2007

Thank you Kathy. #4822586

September 21, 2007

I have been trying to pick my favorite shot in your gallery. I think this might be it, but there are so many. No wonder this was a winner. Best-Margy #4824670

Karen Slagle September 22, 2007

Thank you so much Margy. I'm so glad you like this one. #4827190

Shawn M. Marymee April 14, 2008

Stunning Image, Your PS work just astounds me!!! #5787272

Karen Slagle April 14, 2008

Thank you Shawn, so happy you like this image. #5788524

Songbird Cline August 23, 2010

terrific.. so dramatic!! #8856721

Karen Slagle August 23, 2010

Thanks so much, Songbird. #8856971

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