Horseshoe Bend
Uploaded: April 30, 2013 09:04:53
Just south of Page, AZ, the Colorado River makes this marvelous bend (I learned it is called an entrenched meander.)
I never seem to catch "sun rays" when I want them, so to have them appear in the image was a pleasant surprise!
4/13 Second Place - N&L
Featured, Snapshot #632, 6/12/13
Exif: F Number: 22, Flash: did not fire, compulsory flash mode, ISO: 200, White balance: Auto white balance, FocalLength: 10.00 mm, Model: Canon EOS 7D
Martha R. Mazon
May 03, 2013
Chris Budny
May 03, 2013
Linda D. Lester
May 05, 2013
Chris Budny
May 06, 2013
Leslie McLain
May 08, 2013
Chris Budny
May 09, 2013
Michele Peterson
May 26, 2013
Gail Vitikacs
May 26, 2013
Tammy Espino May 26, 2013
Congrats Chris!! Awesome capture!!! #10707884
Bob Cournoyer
May 26, 2013
Nikki McDonald
May 26, 2013
Leslie McLain
May 27, 2013
Debra R. Harder May 27, 2013
I love your POV on this, Chris...and the lighting conditions made the exposure a difficult one that you perfectly executed. A winner no doubt. Huge congratulations on your beautiful finalist. #10708831
Terry Cervi
May 27, 2013
Daniella Puente May 27, 2013
This is awesome Chris, congratulations! #10709161
Linda D. Lester
May 27, 2013
Chris Budny
May 27, 2013
Nancy Marie Ricketts May 27, 2013
Congratulations on your superb finalist, and good luck in the next round! #10709649Eivor Kuchta May 27, 2013
Wonderful! Congratulations on your finalist, Christopher! #10709724
Mitch Spence
May 27, 2013
Renee Doyle May 27, 2013
WTG Chris!! Congrats on this awesome capture and finalist!! #10709983
Patrick Rouzes
May 27, 2013
Lindley Johnson
May 27, 2013
Ken Smith
May 27, 2013
Chris Budny
May 28, 2013
Danny B. Head May 28, 2013
Congrats! Love both the sun rays and the sunlight on the foreground rocks! #10711614Donna La Mattino Pagakis May 28, 2013
A beautiful location and image, WTG Chris, congrats! #10712493
Martha R. Mazon
May 28, 2013
Michael Umbreit May 28, 2013
Congratulations Chris! Nice work! #10712764
Peggy Pfister
May 28, 2013
Nancy Marie Ricketts May 28, 2013
Congratulations on your GOLD badge-well deserved! #10712862
Usman M. Bajwa
May 28, 2013
UB. #10712871
Stefania Barbier
May 28, 2013
Renee Doyle May 28, 2013
BIG congrats on this outstanding winner Chris!!! WTG!! #10713058Katarina Mansson May 29, 2013
Such a spectacular and beautiful image!Congratulations on your excellent winner Chris! #10713199
Chris Budny
May 29, 2013
Claudia Kuhn
May 29, 2013
William C. Raco
May 29, 2013
Kay Beausoleil May 29, 2013
Congratulations, Chris, on your prize -- such stunning light! #10713443
Terry Cervi
May 29, 2013
Debra R. Harder May 29, 2013
I'm not surprised one bit to see GOLD under this beautiful image, Chris. Huge congratulations on your OUTSTANDING WIN!!! #10713528
Linda D. Lester
May 29, 2013
Donna La Mattino Pagakis May 29, 2013
A wonderful winning image Chris, congratulations! #10713610Phyllis H. Burchett May 29, 2013
This is so awesome Chris, so happy to see it go gold!!! #10713723
Michele Peterson
May 29, 2013
Lindley Johnson
May 29, 2013
Val Feldman
May 29, 2013
Tammy Espino May 29, 2013
congrats on your win :) #10714184
Bob Cournoyer
May 29, 2013
Carmody Baker May 29, 2013
Just beautiful Chris. Congratulations! #10714421
Leslie McLain
May 29, 2013
Chris Budny
May 29, 2013
Ellen Hodges May 29, 2013
Huge congrats on a fab winner, Chris!!! #10714835Rona L. Schwarz May 29, 2013
A SUPERB capture of this iconic location, Chris! Marvelous with the sun rays and the gorgeous light on the foreground rocks. Looks like you had a fabulous trip...2,000 miles of driving, WOW! But it was certainly worth it! HUGE CONGRATS on this well-deserved Gold Winner! #10714933ALLEN O. HOWARD May 29, 2013
Glorious! Congratulations! #10714953
Ken Smith
May 30, 2013
Chris Budny
May 30, 2013
JO ANN CLEVELAND May 30, 2013
WOWWWWWW!Big congratulations on this superb 2nd Place Finalist Chris!
jo ann c. #10715340
Don Johnson
May 30, 2013
Patrick Rouzes
May 30, 2013
Julianne Bradford May 30, 2013
Congrats on this stunning gold win Chris! #10715816Howard Eisenberg May 30, 2013
Chris - both this and your other Horseshoe Bend photo are awesome. Such a hard place to get a good sunset with the dynamics of the light. Great image!! #10715850David Phalen May 31, 2013
BIG Congrats on an awesome Winner!! #10716696
Chris Budny
May 31, 2013
Merna L. Nobile June 01, 2013
It is such an honor to be able to congratulate each and every one of you for your winning photographs for the month of April, 2013. Merna Nobile #10718138
Carol Flisak
June 09, 2013
Chris Budny
June 10, 2013
William C. Raco
June 12, 2013
Katarina Mansson June 12, 2013
And today another spectacular award for this spectacular image; congratulations on your SnapShot feature Chris! You are turning in to a Landscape Pro Photographer!!! #10730378
Leslie McLain
June 12, 2013
Martin Cregg June 12, 2013
As soon as this popped up on my BP SnapShot I went wow! No surprise it is another one of your amazing pics, Chris.
Terry Cervi
June 12, 2013
Don Johnson
June 12, 2013
Chris Budny
June 13, 2013
Mick Burkey June 30, 2013
Congratulations, Chris! Somehow I missed this. Fantastic image and great timing. #10749774
Chris Budny
June 30, 2013
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