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September in the Rockies

© Tommy E. Burgess

September in the Rockies

Uploaded: September 01, 2010

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Photo captured September 2007, near Vail Colorado. I used topaz adjust in PS on this capture. Have a wonderful Friday and weekend everyone. :) Tommy

Exif: F Number: 8, Exposure Bias Value: 0.00, ExposureTime: 10/2000 seconds, Flash: did not fire, compulsory flash mode, ISO: 100, White balance: Auto white balance, FocalLength: 37.80 mm, Model: DSC-H7

Comments

Renee Doyle September 02, 2010

Wonderful comp and beautiful capture of this gorgeous scenery Tommy!! #1304043

Kerry Hill September 02, 2010

Gorgeous view and scenic capture Tommy, well done! #8876532

Barbara Waldoch September 02, 2010

Beautiful shot, Tommy! #8876547

Mary K. Robison September 02, 2010

Amazing colors in this well-composed mountain scene, Tommy! I guess that topaz adjust gives you some marvelous opportunities for "tweaking" a good photo into a great image!
Enjoy your weekend, too! #8876551

Lynne Morris September 02, 2010

Fabulous capture Tommy. #8876571

Brett Dolsen September 02, 2010

Magnificent mountain scene and treatment Tommy! #8876572

Laura E. Swan level-classic September 02, 2010

Very beautiful and easy to guess which ones are made of ROCK! They have SNOW ON THEM!!! :D

Wonderful image and fun for us to be able to remember back to your trip!

-Laura #8876590

Raymond Pauly September 02, 2010

Great scenery, Tommy! Nice work! #8876626

Tiia Vissak September 02, 2010

a cool view! #8876663

Laura E. Swan level-classic September 02, 2010

P.S. Left you a message back at my entry of the pipe! HA! Have a fun tomorrow.

#8876719

Tammy M. Anderson level-deluxe September 02, 2010

Beautiful colors, treatment and landscape capture, Tommy. #8876733

Jeff Robinson level-deluxe September 02, 2010

A wonderful view and capture Tommy!! Jeff #8876827

Ron McEwan September 02, 2010

September is my favorite time of year to visit Colorado Tommy. This is a beautiful capture to show why. WTG #8876893

Gina Cormier September 02, 2010

Gorgeous view, colors and image Tommy!!!! #8877080

Monnie Ryan September 02, 2010

Wow! Clearly a great time to be there! Beautiful capture, Tommy! #8877169

Ruth E. Foster-Lindsay September 02, 2010

Spectacular view and colors Tommy!
Awesome work! #8877276

Carol L. Fowler September 02, 2010

Beautiful capture of the Rockies! Love those mountains and the Great Outdoors! #8878142

Kitty R. Rodehorst-Hanna September 02, 2010

Very pretty capture, Tommy! :-) k #8878492

Lorna Shutter September 02, 2010

What a magnificent scene here, Tommy! Wonderful use of the Topaz filter! I've been trying it out lately too. The colours are nice and vibrant and I love your lighting and shadows! Looks like a beautiful place to visit! :) #8878634

Tommy E. Burgess September 02, 2010

Thanks everyone so much for your wonderful comments, I appreciate them all very much. It really was beautiful, but that was not my best trip out West. I wound up getting in a crash an hour from home the day I left intially which totalled my car. So the next day I bought the "best used car" from a local car dealer. Got temp tags and drove straight from Missouri to Rifle Gap Falls State Park CO which I made it to by about sunrise. Took some waterfall pics and was going to hit the road for Utah. My waterpump in the "Best used car on the lot" went out, I had to be towed something like 80 miles to Glenwood Springs were I spent 8 full days waiting for my car to be repaired. 6 of those day's I spent in an overpriced motel sick. By the time it was all said and done, the repairs cost me over twice as much as it would have here in MO, I had to rush back home without stopping to get back for a test at school, and had maybe 60 cents left over after getting an egg McMuffin value meal at home. This scene was without a doubt the highlight of that entire trip. I'll know next time to read the signs that maybe a trip's supposed to wait though lol. Happy shooting everyone. :) Tommy #8878729

Laura E. Swan level-classic September 03, 2010

OM GOSH! I CANT BELIEVE IT! What a story! WOW! #8878875

Lorna Shutter September 03, 2010

Yeah, Wow!!! You sure did go through a lot just to get this picture! Hope the Egg McMuffin was good at least, that you passed that test, and that you are not driving the same car! ... or maybe it's better now that you got the repairs done to it! Well, have a great day, Tommy! :) #8879237

JO ANN CLEVELAND September 03, 2010

Nice work JP, fabulous composition and details!

Poor "baby"! Gee that was one heck of a trip, bet you felt like you had been "snake bit" with all those problems..Hope the rest of this year is a good oen..have a great, safe weekend!

jo ann c. #8880070

Tommy E. Burgess September 03, 2010

Thanks for the kind comments and empathy everyone lol. This month marks year 3 since the intial accident so at least my insurance went down quit a bit. The car I'm sad to say bit blew a motor a few months after I got home. While it seemed like a terrible thing at the time, it's just one of those things that gets more funny as time passes. I am serious about not being so bullheaded. I should have postponed the trip instead of rushing out to buy a another car, because come hell or high water I had to get my photo trip in. I really hope you three have a wonderful extended weekend and happy shooting.
:) Tommy #8880908

Ellen Hodges September 05, 2010

Gorgeous capture, Tommy! What a courageous story of that trip! Wow!!! Fantastic determination brought you this gorgeous and well deserved capture!! Just beautiful! #8882622

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