Inspiring Photo: Lonely Bench #3130455

Lonely Bench

Uploaded: December 10, 2006 00:10:11

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Su Sana E. P December 10, 2006

Wow!! This great image absolutely leave me breathlessn, Laurence!! Great elements for a perfect image here. Winner in my book!!! #569930

Darryl Wilkinson December 10, 2006

Outstanding capture of this beautiful landscape, Laurence. I love your point of view and the depth you've applied. Very nice!! #3686096

Stanley J. Contrades December 10, 2006

Very dramatic clouds and wonderful tree and landscape imagery, Laurence! The colors are fabulous!!
Much Aloha,
Stan #3686110

Karen Engelbreth December 10, 2006

Wonderful, dramatic image, Laurence! #3686123

Tamara Sovilj December 10, 2006

Great image! #3686151

Colette M. Metcalf December 10, 2006

GORGEOUS capture, Laurence!!! #3686235

Colleen Braun December 10, 2006

amazing... #3686338

Aimee S. McMaster December 10, 2006

...stunning image with great clarity and color Laurence...Aimee #3686393

Linda D. Lester December 10, 2006

Excellent shot...love everything about it! #3686733

Glenn E. Urquhart December 10, 2006

Absolutely Stunning, Laurence!!! The sharpness, shape and color of the tree contrasted against that beautiful sky is Extrodanary!!! Outstanding color, lighting, contrast, VERY WELL COMPOSED and quite beautiful!!! Looks like a winner in my opinion!! Well Done! Cheers, Glenn. #3686746

Karen E. Michaels December 10, 2006

Stunning is the word of the day. Thee is such an intensity to this shot. Kudo's, karen #3686989

Jessica Jenney December 10, 2006

Gorgeous lighting, colors and detail, Laurence! Wonderful drama! #3686991

Jeff Robinson December 10, 2006

Excellent composition, light and capture! Jeff #3687538

Ronald F. Fischer December 10, 2006

Laurence, this is my new favorite image in your inpressive gallery! #3687712

Nadya Johnson December 10, 2006

WOW! This one is a STUNNER, Laurence!! I have never seen a sky like that! It looks almost surreal. The lighting is MAGNIFICENT! What an awesome landscape! #3687779

Cyn Valentine December 10, 2006

Beautiful awesome image...love the light and comp!! #3687794

Cathy Stancil December 10, 2006

Such a beautiful and dramatic image, Laurence !! Fantastic image !! #3687814

Shirley L. Carpenter December 10, 2006

WOW!! Beautiful image Laurence!! Excellent composition!! #3688031

Laurence Saliba December 10, 2006

Thanks so much for the positive comments!!! I am overwhelmed!!! #3688089

Kara L. Hendricks December 11, 2006

Ohhh, I hope to see GOLD under this VERY SOON!!! #3690540

Amalia Sylvia Arriaga Salinas December 11, 2006

WOW Laurence, What a beautiful image and composition!,
Amalia #3692092

Silvia Nunes December 12, 2006

WOW!! Beautiful image Laurence!Wonderful. #3695778

Sylvia Rossler December 12, 2006

One word ! WOW ! #3696014

Tarun Bose December 15, 2006

Outstanding capture of this beautiful view. Fantastic composition and lovely lighting. Well done Laurence. #3705839

Laurence Saliba December 15, 2006

Thanks Kara, Amalia, Silvia, Sylvia and Tarun!! #3707295

Sharon Day January 24, 2007

Gorgeous image, Laurence!!! Simply beautiful! #3860123

Sylvia Rossler January 24, 2007

Big congrats on your finalist Laurence :O) #3860352

Cyn Valentine January 24, 2007

WTG Laurence!! Big congratulations!!! #3861031

Bill Wyatt January 24, 2007

Congratulations on your wonderful Finalist, Laurence! #3861149

Colette M. Metcalf January 24, 2007

Congrats once again!! #3861654

Karen L. Sorbello January 24, 2007

Congrats! Simply stunning!
-Karen #3862547

Megan p January 24, 2007

Goodness this is Magnificent!!! Congratulations! #3863619

Debra Booth January 24, 2007

Awesome, Laurence!! Congrats on your December finalists!! #3863986

Terry L. Ellis January 24, 2007

Congratulations again Laurence! This is a splendid finalist! #3863990

Cathy Stancil January 24, 2007

Such gorgeous finalists you have here Laurence !! Huge congratulations t you my friend and good luck on the next round !!:O) #3864995

Christine Czernin January 25, 2007

Another beautiful finalist. I really must visit your country soon. Such stunning views. #3865434

Laurence Saliba January 25, 2007

Thanks so much my dear friends!!! #3865614

Tom Andersen January 25, 2007

What a gorgeous vista, Laurence. Congratulations on your finalist! #3865762

Su Sana E. P January 25, 2007

I knew it!! Congratulations on this beautiful Winner, Laurence!! #3866334

Peter Mantione January 25, 2007

A masterpiece!!!! Bravo Laurence. #3866675

Paula Dwyer January 25, 2007

Outstanding!! Congratulations Laurence!!! :) #3866895

Kay E. Mahoney January 25, 2007

Congratulations on your beautiful finalist. Good luck in the next round. #3867172

Holly Shao January 25, 2007

This is simply beautiful and breathtaking! Love that tree and the lighting is perfect. Congratulations, Laurence!!!

Holly #3867228

Stephanie Laird January 25, 2007

Lovely Laurence! Congrats! #3868766

Susan Fox January 25, 2007

Wow! Wonderful and beautiful photo! Love the composition, the lighting, the clarity and the colors. Great job! #3868785

Jeff Robinson January 25, 2007

Beautifully captured; Congrats Laurence on your Finalist! Jeff #3869265

Carla Metzler January 25, 2007

Congratulations on this beautiful finalist, Laurence! #3869813

John V. Roscich January 25, 2007

BEAUTIFUL
CONGRATS
JOHN #3871343

Gail Vitikacs January 25, 2007

Keeping 'em coming! They are all super! #3871383

Laurence Saliba January 25, 2007

Thanks so very much my friends!!! #3873022

RC Fritz January 26, 2007

Very dramatic clouds. Wonderful scene, Laurence. Congrats on your Finalist! #3873430

Mick Burkey January 31, 2007

Great image, Laurence. As said, very dramatic and the coloring/lighting really adds to the feel of this shot. Belated congrats on the finals. #3896555

Paul Giorgio January 31, 2007

Now this image (like many in your library) is impressive...

You look at it...and you look at it again and you know its real yet there is a surreal feeling about it...I just like it! #3896858

Brian Cassar February 10, 2007

Beautiful drama Laurence. That three is at Hagar qim Temples, am I right? Wonderful sunset shot. #3933199

February 19, 2007

What kind of people are commenting on this picture? Do you really not see that halo around the tree? That's some pretty sloppy Photoshop work, and very distracting. I don't mean to rain on the parade, but come on... The tree and sky are great, the rest of the foreground is fairly uninspiring. #3965864

Laurence Saliba February 19, 2007

Couldn't help not respond to this!!! Dan you must have some blurry monitor! What halo are you seeing? Do you mean to say this image is superimposed on another? All that was done here was a slight adjustment in levels, a minor crop and sharpened. LOL sloppy PS work!!! Mur sib grieg bahnan!!! #3966461

February 20, 2007

Laurence, I'm looking at this on another monitor and see the same thing. Look at the top of the tree where it meets the sky, it is much lighter than the sky above and around it. I'm not suggesting that there was any superimposing. What it looks like to me is that you tried to lighten the tree (or darken the sky?), and just weren't all that accurate.

If I am wrong then I apologize, just trying to give an honest critique so that you might be able to improve the picture with some minor post-processing adjustments. If anybody else sees what I'm talking about, please confirm because Laurence thinks I am "Mur sib grieg bahnan"... #3969105

Paul Giorgio February 20, 2007

Just wanted to point out that sometimes it can turn out to be a natural phenomon...there was a photo uploaded some time ago of a giraffe that had a similar effect...such as a 'halo' glow...this can at times be achieved with a photoshop colour curve tweak but at times its a natural effect....now there is one way to give a critic on a photo and there are others...Dan C you mentioned the foreground being uninspiring - right? So what is one to do? crop it? and have a floating tree? In your response you should be fair...if you dont like it...just say why but do say what you would have done or give advice..and not just act aggressive...cause your statement as read by me...not the author of the photo was agressive.. #3969146

Laurence Saliba February 20, 2007

Thanks Paul!! No more comment. #3970320

Lani J February 23, 2007

Laurence, I looooove the depth in this image. It's like you're looking through a window.

Beautifully done ;) #3977567

Lori Carlson March 31, 2007

Amazing exposure Laurence friend!! Congrats on this!!! :0) #4117029

Lisa J. Boulden May 28, 2007

Dramatic and wonderful!!!
An amazing image in a fan-tabulous gallery--- a field of visual treats!!! --Lisa #4340887

Iris Greenwell January 12, 2008

Wow, great image. Beautiful colors and great composition. Iris #5330965

Usman M. Bajwa July 27, 2008

Superb composition and great colors, Laurence. I must see Malta someday. #6235441

Renata Gusciora September 24, 2008

This is amazing,Laurence!I love the feel,sky,tones and composition are perfect! #6506305

Donna La Mattino Pagakis October 22, 2008

Congratulations!!! Stunning light and beautiful scene Laurence! #6641271

Teresa Burnett October 22, 2008

And another huge congratulations Laurence!! Best of luck in the next round!! #6641771

Stefania Barbier October 22, 2008

a stunner.... congratulations again Laurence!!!! #6641970

Barbara Waldoch October 23, 2008

Congratulations on all your finaliasts, Laurence! #6642542

Erin Appelbaum October 23, 2008

Gorgeous finalist Laurence. Congrats. Peter #6642822

Ujjwal Mukherjee October 23, 2008

Wonderful finalist,Laurence! Congrats!! #6642857

Max Aureli October 23, 2008

I can't resist to respond to Dan! You should calibrate your monitors or get good ones and I suggest to get the best on the market for video cards 3DLabs... it's what I using to see this great and fabulous image!!!

Max

#6642923

Laurence Saliba October 23, 2008

Thanks everyone!!!! Max I can say again, there is no sort of superimposing or anything. Its as natural as can be!!! The sky is what it was when taken. #6642975

Lisa J. Boulden October 23, 2008

Huge, wonderful congratulations, Laurence, on this beauty!
Smiles, Lisa♥
PS: I wish Dan could see this one again...wearing a big silver badge! #6643015

Renata Gusciora October 23, 2008

Ahhhh,this is soo beautiful!!!Huge congratulations on this magical finalist,Laurence!!!:-)Good luck in the next round!!! #6643072

Max Aureli October 23, 2008

Laurence, I can recognize when an image is superimposed and your is not superimposed and as Paul explained is a natural light effect capture by the camera that is called light radiant and sometime can be perceived by naked eyes.

It's a genuine and fantastic beautiful images and congratulations for your Finalist, Laurence!!! #6643078

Laurence Saliba October 23, 2008

Thanks everyone!!! your comments greatly appreciated!!! #6644273

Vladan D. Djordjevic October 23, 2008

Congratulations on this beautiful finalist, Laurence. Favorite. #6645092

Elida Gutierrez October 23, 2008

Congratulations on your FINALIST!!! #6645338

Denny E. Barnes October 23, 2008

Congratulations on a beautiful and well deserving finalist, Laurence!! Good luck on the GOLD! #6646733

October 23, 2008

OK, since I have been mentioned twice in the last few comments, I'll add my response. I never implied that the image was superimposed, or anything of the sort. To Max: my monitor is calibrated just fine! All I really wanted to point out (and admittedly, I could have done this more tactfully at the time) is that there is very distinct and obvious haloing around the top of the trees. Paul G. has suggested this is a 'natural phenomenon', which is just ridiculous, it's a very common editing mistake that even the pros make when they are processing a picture. If you don't believe me, I would invite Laurence to post the original, UNEDITED picture on this thread, in the interest of us all learning something. Laurance, my original opinion still holds - I think this is a nice shot that would be even better without that haloing, and that this is an easy fix in Photoshop. #6647135

Sirsendu Gayen October 23, 2008

Congratulations on this beautiful finalist. #6647430

Laurence Saliba October 23, 2008

Thanks my dear friends!!! Dan I will find the original and post as soon as possible but bear with me cos its over 2 years old now and I have many 1000's of files :) #6649778

October 23, 2008

OK, Laurence, that would be interesting to see! Incidentally, I looked through your gallery, you have some great pictures in there! #6649832

Stanley J. Contrades October 24, 2008

CONGRATULATIONS on your Finalist, Laurence! Well done my friend!!
Aloha,
Stan #6650584

Carla Metzler October 24, 2008

Congratulations, Laurence! #6650996

William88 October 24, 2008

Beautiful photo!! great lighting and color. congratulations. #6656243

Colleen Farrell October 27, 2008

Beautiful! Congratulations again! #6668150

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