Golden Splash [Contest Finalists February 2011]
Uploaded: February 08, 2011 09:27:26
This is the Pfeiffer Arch at Pfeiffer Beach State Park in Big Sur, California. As the waves surge through the opening, they would make contact with the rocks in the foreground. I was able to capture this illuminated splash.
Exif: F Number: 11, Exposure Bias Value: -1.67, ExposureTime: 1/10 seconds, Flash: did not fire., ISO: 200, White balance: Manual white balance, FocalLength: 70.00 mm, Model: NIKON D3
Lisa J. Boulden
February 08, 2011
Linda Blair February 08, 2011
Awesome capture...I agree it looks like firworks...at first I thought you had added the fireworks to the image...man..how cool is this!!!!! #9220970Carla Capra Anderson February 08, 2011
Hi Debra;JO ANN CLEVELAND February 08, 2011
WINNER for sure! Love it Deb!jo ann c. #9221154
Dayna Cain
February 08, 2011
Courtenay Vanderbilt February 08, 2011
Oh this is gorgeous, JSB! I agree it looks like fireworks. Bet we see it again! #9221197
Denny E. Barnes
February 08, 2011
Renee Doyle February 08, 2011
Perfect timing - Perfect exposure - just PERFECT!! Superb capture JSB! #9221265Glenn E. Traver February 08, 2011
Beautiful composition,a wonderful explosion of water and light. Congratulation on this super capture Debra ~GT #9221410Carol L. Fowler February 08, 2011
That's amazing! Looks like fireworks! #9221413Phyllis H. Burchett February 08, 2011
Absolutely amazing Debra, AWESOME! #9221432Kathleen Rinker February 08, 2011
Excellent, I am so happy for you that you were able to capture this!! I think you should frame it and hang it on the wall!! It's something special!! #9221633
Lindley Johnson
February 08, 2011
Shelly A. Van Camp
February 08, 2011
Kitty R. Rodehorst-Hanna February 08, 2011
INCREDIBLY fabulous and awesome, Deb! WHAT a SHOT! :-) k #9221899Debra R. Harder February 08, 2011
Thanks everyone for your wonderful comments! Shelly...the orange colors in the splash is caused by the beam of light through the opening of the arch. #9221906
Kathy Salerni
February 08, 2011
Terry Cervi
February 08, 2011
Michelle Alton February 09, 2011
This is awesome, Deb. #9222345
Ken Smith
February 09, 2011
Lois Adomite February 09, 2011
Wow, the lighting is beautiful and the splash, what great timing. very nice. #9222882Karen Celella February 09, 2011
Absolutely fantastic, Deb!! #9222971
Leslie McLain
February 09, 2011
Julianne Bradford February 09, 2011
O-o-o I got happy chills Deb! What a winning capture!! #9223385Ellen Hodges February 09, 2011
Extremely fabulous capture, Deb!!!! #9223844Chris Schlosser February 10, 2011
WOW! This is an amazing capture, Deb! #9224480
Randy D. Dinkins
February 10, 2011
Dianna Murphy February 11, 2011
Wow, that color and light and your timing... wow! #9232893
Kim Lund
February 12, 2011
Beverley Scott February 15, 2011
Fantastic capture, Deb! We'll be seeing this again for sure! #9241405Donna La Mattino Pagakis February 15, 2011
Beautiful light and stop action, nicely done! #9242078Summer A. Kozisek February 15, 2011
Wonderful capture Deb, great timing!! #9243503Donna La Mattino Pagakis March 20, 2011
Outstanding Deb, I'm so happy for you! Congratulations again! #9301731Nancy (Peaches) Harker March 20, 2011
Lindley Johnson
March 20, 2011
Nancyj E. Hovey
March 20, 2011
Patti Coblentz March 20, 2011
Absolutely amazing, Deb...congratulations!! #9302874
Kathy Salerni
March 20, 2011
Ellen Hodges March 20, 2011
Huge congrats, and very best luck in the next round on this awesome finalist, Deb!!! #9303166
Usman M. Bajwa
March 20, 2011
UB. #9303338
Cheryl Winn March 21, 2011
Stunning! #9303485
Bojan Bencic
March 21, 2011
Renee Doyle March 21, 2011
Didn't I say this was perfect :-)Anita Hogue March 21, 2011
A real stunner, Debra! Congratulations on this gorgeous capture! #9304080Shawn Jennings March 21, 2011
Deb, I don't think you could take a bad picture if you tried! Congratulations on this beautiful finalist! #9304141Courtenay Vanderbilt March 21, 2011
CONGRATULATIONS, JSB!! #9304398
Terry Cervi
March 21, 2011
JO ANN CLEVELAND March 21, 2011
Wowza! Great capture Deb, bet we see gold on this soon!Congrats on your wonderful finalist!
jo ann c. #9304894
Lorna Shutter March 21, 2011
I'm with Jo Ann! This is fabulous and deserves Gold!!! CONGRATULATIONS on your Finalist Award for this awesome image, Debra!!!!! :)Carla Capra Anderson March 21, 2011
Hi Girlie;Julianne Bradford March 21, 2011
Yay!! This is such an outstanding finalist Debra! Congratulations! #9305422
Denny E. Barnes
March 21, 2011
Carol Eade
March 21, 2011
Wanda Judd
March 21, 2011
Val Feldman
March 21, 2011
Mitch Spence
March 21, 2011
Erin Appelbaum March 21, 2011
Outstanding timing. Gorgeous finalist Deb. Peter #9305844Hendrik Storme March 21, 2011
WOW! I see a winner here Deb!!! #9305875
Ann H. Belus
March 21, 2011
Ryan Murphy March 21, 2011
Absolutely stunning. Congrats on this fantastic image #9306131Karen Celella March 21, 2011
Congratulations on your superb finalist, Deb! #9306161Carol L. Fowler March 21, 2011
Congrats! WTG! #9306535Phyllis H. Burchett March 21, 2011
Awesome...congrats Deb! #9306702Lana Arcemont March 21, 2011
Congratulations!
Cindy Bendush
March 21, 2011
Rona L. Schwarz March 21, 2011
Another awesome, spectacular capture, Deb and superb timing that I'm sure was no accident! CONGRATULATIONS on your superb FINALIST and Good luck in the next round! I have a feeling we'll see this one again! #9307453Nadia Paul March 22, 2011
What a stunning capture Debra - congrats on your finalist! #9307660
Ken Smith
March 22, 2011
Kara L. Hendricks March 22, 2011
Wow... Looks like a liquid firework!!Congrats Deb!! #9307871
Stephen Zacker March 22, 2011
Amazing capture and light. Congratulations #9307876
Leslie McLain
March 22, 2011
R. J. Laudenbacher
March 22, 2011
Dianna Murphy March 22, 2011
So glad to see this beautiful image again. Congratulations. #9308851Linda Blair March 22, 2011
Spectacular finalist...congratulations!!! #9308972Mark Dodge March 22, 2011
Your work is always solid and a pleasure to view. Well done Debra... congratulations! #9309129
Judy V. Kennamer
March 22, 2011
Jeana Clark March 22, 2011
~J~ #9309278
Glenn E. Traver March 22, 2011
Congratulations Debra, I think that this has all the makings of a winning Photo, Congratulations ~ GT #9309480Kitty R. Rodehorst-Hanna March 22, 2011
WTG on this wonderful winner!!! :-) k #9309822Courtenay Vanderbilt March 22, 2011
CONGRATULATIONS, JSB! Well deserved Win! #9309878Julianne Bradford March 22, 2011
YAY!! So glad to see Gold on this golden capture Debra! #9309885Lester A. Garcia March 22, 2011
BIG CONGRATULATIONS on this one, Debra! A real winner. #9309890
Val Feldman
March 22, 2011
Nancy (Peaches) Harker March 22, 2011
Liz blahh March 22, 2011
Congrats on your beautiful Gold winner! #9309976Patti Coblentz March 22, 2011
Congratulations on your beautiful gold win, Deb...WTG!! #9309994Lorna Shutter March 22, 2011
Woo Hoo!!! CONGRATULATIONS on your 2nd Place Win, Debra!!!!! :)
Nancyj E. Hovey
March 22, 2011
Terry Cervi
March 22, 2011
Terry Cervi
March 22, 2011
Lana Arcemont March 22, 2011
A Big Congratulations! #9310152
Judy V. Kennamer
March 22, 2011
Lindley Johnson
March 22, 2011
Phyllis H. Burchett March 22, 2011
Congrats Deb on this stunning winner!!! #9310342
Leslie McLain
March 22, 2011
Linda D. Lester
March 22, 2011
Lisa J. Boulden
March 22, 2011
Cecil Whitt March 22, 2011
Congrats on this wonderful image. C #9310725
Cindy Bendush
March 22, 2011
Kathy Salerni
March 22, 2011
Ellen Hodges March 22, 2011
Huge congrats on an very fabulous winner, Deb!!! GORGEOUS!! #9310865Lois Adomite March 22, 2011
Congratulations, such an awesome photo, your work continually amazes me with its beauty. #9310955
Bojan Bencic
March 22, 2011
Mary K. Robison March 23, 2011
Outstanding capture, Debra ~Barbara Waldoch March 23, 2011
Congratulations on this wonderful image! #9311222Renee Doyle March 23, 2011
Didn't I say this was PERFECT!!!! So happy to see Gold here JSB!!! HUGE congrats to you! #9311305Erin Appelbaum March 23, 2011
Awesome winner Debra. Congrats.Danny B. Head March 23, 2011
Congrats on a great win! #9311458
Stefania Barbier
March 23, 2011
Carol Eade
March 23, 2011
Jessica Jenney March 23, 2011
Congratulations, Debra on your stunning win! #9311853
R. J. Laudenbacher
March 23, 2011
Carla Capra Anderson March 23, 2011
Congrats, Debra.
Denny E. Barnes
March 23, 2011
Monika Sapek March 23, 2011
Wonderful! Perfect timing and lighting to create such an awesome capture, Debra! Many congratulations on your Second Place Win! #9312437Rona L. Schwarz March 23, 2011
WTG Deb! I knew this one would be back! A brilliant capture for a very talented and skilled photographer.HUGE CONGRATULATIONS on this superb SECOND PLACE GOLD WINNER! #9312479William88 March 23, 2011
The lighting and the timing for this shot is perfect and hard to control. Your hard work deserved the awards! Congratulations on your win! #9312499Henry Jr. R. Doctolero March 23, 2011
This is incredibly perfect shot Miss Debra:)dukeHenry #9312507
Kathleen Rinker March 23, 2011
Congrats on your win Deb!! #9312613Lynn M. Whitt March 23, 2011
Congratulations on your beautiful winner... #9312668Susan M. Campbell March 23, 2011
Congrats Debra on this awesome winner. #9312703Rolando Rosito March 23, 2011
Big congratulations Debra, great winner! #9312842Merna L. Nobile March 23, 2011
Yes, you heard right! Congratulations you are a winner! Merna
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Usman M. Bajwa
March 23, 2011
UB. #9313652
Evy Johansen
March 23, 2011
Anita Hogue March 24, 2011
Karen Celella March 24, 2011
Congratulations on your spectacular winner, Deb! #9314419Debra R. Harder March 24, 2011
Thanks everyone for your wonderful comments and congratulations!! I appreciate it so much!! Deb #9314726David M. Montero March 24, 2011
Congratulations Deb! So cool! #9314914
Lydia Williams
March 24, 2011
Carolyn Morgan March 24, 2011
Big Sur always produces great views for the lens but this is exceptional --- Congratulations! #9315700Datha Y. Thompson March 25, 2011
AMAZING!!!! Congratulations on your GOLD Debra!!! :) #9316811Linda Blair March 25, 2011
Congratulations...I knew we'd see this in the winners circle!!! #9316870Donna La Mattino Pagakis March 25, 2011
Happy Dance!!!! What a super GOLDEN WIN.Congratulations Deb, I'm so happy for you!!! You are a gifted photographer and artist!!! #9316881
Kathy Cline March 25, 2011
Just Incredible Deb!!Glenn E. Traver March 25, 2011
Congratulations Debra, #1 in my book, masterpeice !! ~ GT #9317659Maria Coulson March 26, 2011
Debra, great capture. Congratulations! #9318692Bill Houghton March 28, 2011
Debra, this is a beautiful capture. You did a great job in getting this shot. Thanks for your comments. Have a great week, Bill #9321795Ruth Mora March 30, 2011
awsome capture !!! great masterpiece CONGRATS!!!!Thomas E. Hinds April 11, 2011
Really an unworldly, stunning image! Superb work, Deb! #9346107Sign up for an interactive online photography course to get critiques on your photos.
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