Inspiring Photo: Shine On #3274040

Shine On [Maine Pictures ]

Uploaded: January 14, 2007 19:17:50

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Cape Neddick Lighthouse, York beach, southern Maine. I added in the light beam plus darkened the sky for effect.

Comments

Linda D. Lester January 14, 2007

You just put this in! I do like it!
The light beam is awesome!
#588014

Janine Russell January 14, 2007

Ken, excellent colors, detail, exposure, clarity and lighting. #3819970

Vladan D. Djordjevic January 14, 2007

Fantastic photo! Love the composition, color, lighting...red on green! #3819979

Kenneth Mucke January 14, 2007

WOW...what an awesome image....Love how you added the light beam too Ken. #3820035

Remi Trepanier January 14, 2007

Wonderful effect and colors Ken!!! #3820069

Rakesh Syal January 14, 2007

Excellent capture, Ken!! Love the composition, color contrast and lighting!! #3820099

Shelly A. Van Camp January 14, 2007

Ahh, Maine..my home state! This is beautiful and I love the added beam. #3820129

Judy V. Kennamer January 14, 2007

I love it Ken! One of my favorite places to shoot! And I love the light beam - good job! Judy
#3820137

KV Day January 14, 2007

Nice work Ken, 5.0 filters?? lol #3820155

Renee Doyle January 14, 2007

Lovely colours and great editing with the light beam Ken!
#3820291

Lynne Morris January 14, 2007

Wow what a beautiful image Ken, love the colours, comp and lighting and great editing,the light beam is fantastic. #3820423

Heather E. Lupo January 14, 2007

Fantastic colorful image! I love your addition of the light beam! It's perfect! #3820439

Pat Gamwell January 14, 2007

Exquisite bold, vibrant colors, Ken! Your PS work is superb! #3820452

Cassie L. Woodlee January 14, 2007

WOW awesome Ken!!!! #3820490

Arlene Krassner January 15, 2007

Ken thos is lovely. I like the vivid colors. #3820810

Nina Shields January 15, 2007

Ken, this is such a high impact image; the color pop and lighting, both natural and added are terrific; well done! #3820894

Ronald F. Fischer January 15, 2007

Awesome capture and fantastic PS work, Ken!! #3820939

Kay E. Mahoney January 15, 2007

Fantastic work, Ken. Love the effect. Beautiful colors. #3821288

Amy JACKSON January 15, 2007

Wonderful image, Ken!! Love the light effect! #3821329

Marcie A. Fowler January 15, 2007

Fantastic presentation of this coastal landmark! Love the addition of the light beam. #3821622

Kitty R. Rodehorst-Hanna January 15, 2007

AWESOME!!!! It looks like a painting!!! The lighting is gorgeous and the added beacon makes it a WOWER!!!!!! ^.^ #3821626

Sharon King January 15, 2007

Stunning!!! #3821644

JO ANN CLEVELAND January 15, 2007

Can't add anything that hasn't already been said except you are SUPERMAN!!
jo ann c. #3821959

David Phalen January 15, 2007

Ditto on all of the above!! Excellent work Ken. #3822124

Candice C. Calhoun January 15, 2007

Beautiful primitive treatment for this marvelous photo! Excellent light effect!

ccc #3822309

Gail Vitikacs January 15, 2007

This is wonderful Ken!!!! You put a lot of work into this treasure! #3822310

Bill Wyatt January 15, 2007

Beautiful colors and composition, Ken! #3822360

Tammy Scott January 15, 2007

Excellent color on this - a winner #3822562

Nadya Johnson January 15, 2007

Great image Ken, and a wonderful job on the light! #3822691

Hendrik Storme January 15, 2007

Fantastic colors and effects! Excellent work and capture, Ken! #3822947

Hurk (Steve) Hurkett January 15, 2007

This has got to be one of the best Neddic shots I've seen ... the reds just pop right out ...

Steve Hurkett #3823035

Kathleen K. Parker January 15, 2007

Very clever, Ken!!! Love this lighthouse with an actual light!!!
Ya did good!!!
kk #3823334

John Connolly January 15, 2007

Another superb presentation, Ken! Thank's for the Pano information. #3823419

Tamara K. Walker January 15, 2007

I found your gallery and didn't even have to stop and ask for directions!
Beautiful composition, You might have a hard time finding places but you sure know what to do once you get there. #3823510

eileen bedford January 15, 2007

AWESOME view and work on this ken.... #3823940

Crossroad Photography January 15, 2007

Simply beautiful, Ken! Excellent color and composition. I love it! #3824190

Jeff Robinson January 15, 2007

This is Outstanding in every way Ken! Nice work! Jeff #3824191

Cathy Barrows January 15, 2007

love the vibrant colors to go with the gray day #3824205

Su Sana E. P January 15, 2007

Ken, beautiful image with wonderful composition and idea of adding the light beam!! #3824632

Colette M. Metcalf January 16, 2007

This is awesome, Ken!! #3825402

Darren K. Fisher January 16, 2007

Yep I would say you had one already to go. Great job with the beam. #3826632

Shawn Jennings January 16, 2007

Great color and work on this Ken! #3827577

Bridgette B January 16, 2007

Awesome shot, Ken!! #3827715

Jack R. Perry January 16, 2007

Great color, comp, overall outstanding shot, sure looks like a winner to me also. #3828503

Claudia Kuhn January 17, 2007

Nice job with the lighting Ken! Great colors! #3830621

Terry L. Ellis January 18, 2007

Beautifully composed, Ken! Love the colors and your effects are awesome! #3834818

Mary L. Graham January 18, 2007

I can't believe I missed this one....excellent!! =) #3836967

Jenny D January 19, 2007

Beautiful!! The light beam is an awesome touch! #3840900

Nikki McDonald January 19, 2007

This is beautiful, Ken. I love the fact that the individual elements--lighthouse, rocks, sky, colors--are simple and primary so that the overall composition is full of interest but not cluttered.
Nikki #3841147

Ray Thoms January 21, 2007

Don't know how I missed this one Ken........it's awesome, well done #3845439

Laura Clay-Ballard January 26, 2007

wow, ken! I'm loving it! super! #3875919

GianAngelo Monchieri February 20, 2007

I love this picture. Is fantastic. Compliments. #3967393

Ken Smith March 10, 2007

I almost posted mine just like this today! Wonderful shot! Good luck! #4041455

Nikki McDonald April 24, 2007

Well, this finalist was no surprise. Congratulations on the well-deserved recognition and good luck in the next round. #4205352

Gail Vitikacs April 24, 2007

C O N G R A T U L A T I O N S!!!!! #4206004

Bill Wyatt April 24, 2007

Congratulations Ken this is beatuiful! #4206135

Tamera S. Phillips April 24, 2007

Well deserved Ken! Congratulations to you. #4206481

Linda D. Lester April 24, 2007

WTG!! Congratulations....I have always liked this one! #4206510

Shawn Jennings April 24, 2007

Congratulations on your finalist, Ken! #4206754

Renee Doyle April 24, 2007

Congratulations on another wonderful finalist Ken!
#4207060

Kitty R. Rodehorst-Hanna April 24, 2007

Yes!!!! This is the one I've been waiting to see!!!!!! Congratulations on this fantastic finalist, Ken!!!!! :-) ^.^ #4207172

Kristi A. Howson April 24, 2007

Congratulations on this wonderful finalist and best of luck in the next round Ken. Beautiful technique! #4207403

Mike D. Perez April 24, 2007

Congratulations on your Finalist selection, Ken! #4207642

eileen bedford April 24, 2007

Congratulations on your finalist Ken, Well done... #4207650

Su Sana E. P April 24, 2007

Congratulations, Ken!! #4207944

Kay E. Mahoney April 24, 2007

Congratulations on your finalist, Ken. Good luck in the next round. #4208042

Carla Metzler April 25, 2007

Congratulations on your finalist, Ken! #4209974

JO ANN CLEVELAND April 25, 2007

Congratulations on this wonderful finalist and best of luck in the next round Ken.

This will go all the way I bet!

#4210110

Emile Abbott April 25, 2007

Big congrats on finalist and excellent DD work Ken. #4211530

Remi Trepanier April 25, 2007

Congratulations on your awesome finalists Ken!!! This one is terific!!

Rémi! #4212182

Hurk (Steve) Hurkett April 25, 2007

Congratulations on making the Finalist level, Ken ... Good luck in the next round ... Hurk #4212197

Mary Timman April 25, 2007

Wow..Ken...Do you have a trophy room ready????
Congratulations again! #4212395

Mick Burkey April 25, 2007

Very nicely done, Ken! Lovwe what yo did with this image. Congratulations on the finals. #4213068

Susan Jane Allen April 27, 2007

Trophy room is right! Congrats on your four finalists and one second place! #4219806

Judy V. Kennamer April 27, 2007

Couldn't miss with this one! Congrats! #4222662

RC Fritz May 08, 2007

Congratulations on your awesome finalists! #4261830

William C. Raco July 31, 2007

Congratulations on being highlighted in the Snapshot newsletter
Very well done, Ken

Bill #4581370

Helen N. McHugh July 31, 2007

Congratulations on your feature in Snapshot, Ken, with this great shot! #4581442

Chris Budny July 31, 2007

A belated congratulations on the Finalist, which I just found out about for being featured in Snapshot---congratulations, again! #4581467

Donna Dunbar July 31, 2007

This is gorgeous, and I have to tell you your gallery is amazing!!!!! #4581533

Ronald F. Fischer July 31, 2007

Congratulations, Ken, on your featured gallery! #4581675

Nikki McDonald July 31, 2007

Congragulations again, Ken. This is a beautiful sample of your work. #4581728

Renee Doyle July 31, 2007

Big congrats on your featured snapshot spotlight Ken!!! WTG!!
#4581976

Mary Timman July 31, 2007

Congratulations on being the featured photo today. It is a beauty Ken. #4582028

Nancy L. Green July 31, 2007

Congratulations Ken on this wonderful and well deserved POTD!!! <>< #4582237

Terry L. Ellis July 31, 2007

Actually it's the featured gallery in today's SnapShot Newsletter! Congratulations, Ken! Fantastic work! #4582247

JO ANN CLEVELAND July 31, 2007

Superman strikes again! Congrats on your picture being featured on Snap Shot of the Day! Very well deserved!
Betterphoto.com [snapshot@betterphoto.com]

The light really made this outstanding!

jo ann c. #4582355

Jeana Clark July 31, 2007

Congrats Ken!!
Snap Shot of the day!!! WELL DONE!!!

~Jeana~ #4582465

Laura Clay-Ballard July 31, 2007

awesome! beautiful work! congrats! #4582472

She-She Killough July 31, 2007

Yeah Ken!!! Nice to see this in SOFD!!! :) #4582626

JO ANN CLEVELAND July 31, 2007

Awesome!

jo ann c.

p.s. Had to come back and "turn off the responds" lol You may get 1,000 responses this is so pretty! lol

Surely would make pretty notecards! #4582862

July 31, 2007

Absolutely beautiful!!!!! #4582894

Janine Russell July 31, 2007

Ken, congratulations on your finalist and feature in SnapShot. #4583151

Mitch Spence July 31, 2007

Hey, Ken. Congrats on your SnapShot feature. Nice shot, nice work. I have a few really marginal shots of this from our Maine trip, on a hazy day and before I went digital, you know, so I'm especially impressed with your work here. Really nice stuff. :) #4583582

eileen bedford July 31, 2007

Congratulations Ken for your SnapShot feature. It is a favorite and is so well done.... #4583915

Ken Smith July 31, 2007

Thanks so much for your super comments! What a surprise! #4584435

Evy Johansen July 31, 2007

Big congratulations on your SS feature, Ken! Such a beautiful image!! #4585050

Lisa J. Boulden September 15, 2007

Stunning, Ken!
--lisa #4796480

Rob Zuidema April 17, 2008

Absolutely beautiful! #5800083

June 24, 2008

it appears to be very edited
almost painting-like

nice composition and whatnot though. #6102894

Irene Colling July 09, 2008

Excellent art work Ken. Very beautiful. #6158721

Donna La Mattino Pagakis August 04, 2009

Awesome lighthouse capture Ken, congratulations on your finalist! #7815648

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