Inspiring Photo: The Bean #11292570

The Bean [Contest Winner Pool December 2010 ]

Uploaded: December 30, 2010 04:10:12

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Have a great day, friends!! This is from a photo shoot with Leslie and Peaches!!! Thanks to both for a verrrrry fun time in the Windy City!!

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Gord MacEachern December 30, 2010

Beautiful reflections and POV Ellen, glad you had fun! #1339659

Val Feldman December 30, 2010

This is the Bean, right??!! Oh, love this, Ellen - what a very cool pov - the reflections are beautiful, light perfect...unique view - just wonderful!!! Fav'd! #9132237

Douglas Pignet December 30, 2010

Very kewl pov on this lovely city shot...Well done #9132264

Linda D. Lester December 30, 2010

I think this is my favorite shot of this place....love the pov! #9132276

frank w. degenhardt December 30, 2010

I love this curved view of the city. Is that done with the fisheye lens? However done it gives such a fun and beautiful look at the skyline. Gorgeous colors, just love the look. Another thing that I especially love it the incredible and gorgeous work you did with the lights of the buildings. That is some amazing camera work dear friend.
Annie and I hope your New Year is full of joy, adventure, and peace. #9132306

Leslie McLain December 30, 2010

Beautiful capture and perspective, Ellen. It was a fun day. #9132314

Robert R. Goodman December 30, 2010

Hi Ellen,That is awesome my friend.Beautiful reflection and and a great composition!!!!! #9132357

Ron McEwan December 30, 2010

Good eye and great composition Ellen, like the evening lights with the sunset sky as a background. #9132383

R. J. Laudenbacher December 30, 2010

This is great Ellen. Really like the POV you caught on it. #9132398

Claudia Kuhn December 30, 2010

Cool capture Ellen, love the light #9132486

Kirsten Kiki Kjaer December 30, 2010

AmAAAZING capture, Ellen. Another winner for next month!!! #9132661

Nancy L. Green December 30, 2010

SUPER GREAT reflective image Ellen, VERY well done!! <>< #9132700

Tiia Vissak December 30, 2010

a cool shot! #9132919

Marty Straub December 30, 2010

Well, that's using the ol' bean, Ellen. Excellent use of it, too. What a great idea to distort part of the city and its dwellers while showing a beautiful twilight image. #9133127

Kerry Hill December 30, 2010

Fantastic capture Ellen, wonderful reflection! #9133156

Rona L. Schwarz December 30, 2010

FABULOUS, capture of the Bean, Ellen!!! Simply a marvelous POV with stunning detail and clarity and color. I love the way the reflected Bean skyline is juxtaposed with the regular Chicago skyline. Very creative and beautifully done! #9133262

Ann H. Belus December 30, 2010

Outstanding composition, Ellen; love the reflection caught in the "bean!" #9133318

John Connolly December 30, 2010

Marvelous reflections Ellen, well seen and captured! #9133424

Tammy Espino December 30, 2010

Cool capture of the bean!!! :) #9133425

Nancy (Peaches) Harker December 30, 2010

AWESOME Ellen!!! #9133490

Phyllis H. Burchett December 30, 2010

Very cool shot Ellen! #9133708

Kitty R. Rodehorst-Hanna December 30, 2010

Fantastic image with wonderful POV, Ellen! :-) k #9133872

a2o akmal aini othman December 30, 2010

another fabulous shot my friend...u capture it so well, excellent! love it! #9133901

Terry Cervi December 30, 2010

Outstanding work, Ellen! Love that POV! #9134045

Ellen Hodges December 30, 2010

Thanks for the kind comments you wonderful photographers!!! #9134112

Barbara Waldoch December 30, 2010

Awesome job, Ellen!
Happy New Year! #9134148

Dick W. Wyatt December 31, 2010

A great POV. Well done, Ellen.

HAPPY NEW YEAR !
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Debra R. Harder December 31, 2010

I love how you composed this, Ellen! Brilliant details, colors, lighting and reflections. Looks like you had a wonderful time with Leslie and Peaches. Say "hello" for me!! Deb #9135106

Ellen Hodges December 31, 2010

Thanks, Barb, Dick and Deb! #9135899

Kathy Salerni January 01, 2011

Great eye, Ellen, great composition, great reflection and a totally unique view of "The Bean!" Well done! #9138043

Emile Abbott January 02, 2011

That windy city done blew those buildings over. Great capture in Bean town. Happy New Year Ellen #9139224

Ellen Hodges January 07, 2011

Thanks, Kathy and Emile!! #9148449

Tammy Espino January 18, 2011

Congrats on your great finalist! :) #9171579

Nancy (Peaches) Harker January 18, 2011

WOOOOOOOOOOOO HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
HUGE CONGRATS on your AWESOME finalist!
Best of luck in the next round!

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Kathy Salerni January 18, 2011

A huge congrats on your beautiful finalist and best of luck in the next round, Ellen! #9171902

Reynaldo D. Reyes January 18, 2011

Amazing beauty, Congrats on your finalist Ellen!~ #9172021

Ellen Hodges January 18, 2011

Thanks soooooo much BP for choosing this image and thanks bunch for the kind comments, friends!! #9172050

Patti Coblentz January 18, 2011

Congratulations on your fnalist, Ellen!! Beautiful! #9172111

frank w. degenhardt January 18, 2011

Sucha beautiful image of Chi Town my dear friend. Annie and I want to CONGRATULATE you on this well deserved FINALIST and wish you the best of luck in the next round. #9172185

Laura E. Swan January 18, 2011

!!! ON YOUR TERRIFIC FINALIST, Ellen !!!

WAY TO GO GIRL!!!

-Laura #9172507

Stefania Barbier January 19, 2011

fantastic finalist, congratulations!!! #9172647

Robert R. Goodman January 19, 2011

A big Congratulations,Ellen.WTG My Friend!!! #9173149

Ellen Hodges January 19, 2011

Thanks for the kind comments, friends!! #9173159

Nancyj E. Hovey January 19, 2011

C O N G R A T U L A T I O N S
on your very deserving FINALIST! 8o) #9173224

Leslie McLain January 19, 2011

Congrats on your terrific finalist, Ellen. #9173303

Fanie Heymans January 19, 2011

Excellent, Congrats on your finalist, Ellen! #9173465

R. J. Laudenbacher January 19, 2011

Congrats on this well deserved finalist, Ellen #9173576

Linda D. Lester January 19, 2011

Congratulations!!!! #9174118

Emile Abbott January 19, 2011

Congratulation on great finalist Ellen. WTG #9174565

Lindley Johnson January 19, 2011

Fantastic Bean shot, Ellen, with great composition and light. Congratulations on your well-deserved finalist! #9174586

Patrick Rouzes January 19, 2011

WTG, Ellen! A huge CONGRATULATIONS, my friend! #9174739

Nancy L. Green January 19, 2011

CONGRATULATIONS Ellen, WTG!!! <>< #9175419

Rona L. Schwarz January 19, 2011

No suprise here, Ellen! A spectacular Bean capture - one of the best I've seen, my friend! CONGRATULATIONS on this outstanding Finalist, and good luck in the next round! #9175682

Terry Cervi January 19, 2011

Congrats on this very cool and beautiful Finalist, Ellen! #9175889

Kirsten Kiki Kjaer January 19, 2011

I'm so glad to see this awesome image again, Ellen. Congratulations! #9176381

Claudia Kuhn January 19, 2011

Congrats Ellen! #9176542

Ron McEwan January 19, 2011

Congratulations on getting Silver on this fantastic image Ellen, WTG #9176661

Freddy Bland January 19, 2011

Many congratulations on this wonderful Finalist, Ellen!! WTG! #9176940

Gord MacEachern January 19, 2011

Big congratulations on your well deserved finalist Ellen !!
Good luck next round!! #9177197

Merna L. Nobile January 19, 2011

I can only imagine how proud you must be feeling right now. What wonderful news! CONGRATULATIONS, Merna #9177422

Ellen Hodges January 19, 2011

Thanks so much for the kind comments, friends!!! #9177601

Phyllis H. Burchett January 19, 2011

Congrats on this fabulous finalist Ellen! #9177631

Debra R. Harder January 19, 2011

This is so AWESOME, Ellen! Happy to see this beauty again! Huge congratulations on your outstanding finalist! Deb #9177806

Barbara Waldoch January 19, 2011

Congratulations on your awesome finalist, Ellen! #9179016

Dick W. Wyatt January 20, 2011

Congratulations ! #9179133

Mary K. Robison January 20, 2011

No surprise to see this outstanding image among the finalists, Ellen! Congratulations, and best of luck next level!
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Ellen Hodges January 20, 2011

Thanks so much for the kind comments, friends!! #9179688

JO ANN CLEVELAND January 20, 2011

Congratulations on your awesome Finalist Ellen!

jo ann c. #9181078

Carol Flisak January 21, 2011

Beautiful reflections... congrats on your well-deserving finalist, Ellen! #9184034

Ellen Hodges January 21, 2011

Thanks, Jo Ann and Carol! #9184407

Julie Burnett January 23, 2011

Congratulations on this stunning finalist, Ellen!! #9186705

Claudia Kuhn January 23, 2011

Congratulations on your beautiful first place winner Ellen! #9187536

Patti Coblentz January 23, 2011

Big congratulations on your beautiful 1st place winner, Ellen! #9187565

Kirsten Kiki Kjaer January 23, 2011

1st place - that is awesome, Ellen - and so very well deserved for this beauty. Congratulations!!! #9187573

Leslie McLain January 23, 2011

Wow!!! Big congrats on your first place winner, Ellen. #9187583

Ellen Hodges January 23, 2011

Well, I couldn't be more shocked! Thanks so much BP, for choosing this image! Thanks so much for the kind comments, friends!! Verrrry much appreciated!! #9187623

Linda D. Lester January 23, 2011

Yeah so happy to see this....Congratulations! #9187633

Tammy Espino January 23, 2011

Congrats on your win :) #9187664

Phyllis H. Burchett January 23, 2011

BIG congrats to you Ellen on this fabulous first place winner!!! #9187734

Robert R. Goodman January 23, 2011

Congratultions on your win my friend.WTG!!! #9187820

Tammy M. Anderson January 23, 2011

Congrats Ellen on your first place winner. #9187847

Karen Slagle January 23, 2011

Congrats on your very cool winnter, Ellen. #9187959

Patrick Rouzes January 23, 2011

Heyyyyyyyyyyy Ellen! CONGRATULATIONS on this well-deserved First Place Winner, my friend! WTG!!!!!!!!!!!!!! #9188003

Nancyj E. Hovey January 23, 2011

C O N G R A T U L A T I O N S
on your very deserving
First Place Winner! 8o) #9188066

Lindley Johnson January 23, 2011

Wow, Ellen, huge congratulations on your fantastic First Place Win! Yippee!! #9188130

Ellen Hodges January 23, 2011

Thanks sooooooo much for the kind comments, friends!! #9188204

Kay Beausoleil January 23, 2011

A first-place-winner of a POV, Ellen -- congratulations!! #9188224

Kay E. Mahoney January 23, 2011

Congratulations on your 1st place winner, Ellen. #9188304

Nancy L. Green January 23, 2011

WOW Ellen, 1st place!!!! CONGRATULATIONS!!!! #9188436

Bill Houghton January 23, 2011

Ellen, Congratulations on this beautiful winner. You deserve it. Bill #9188479

JO ANN CLEVELAND January 23, 2011

Big congratulations on this well deserved 1st Place Win Ellen!

jo ann c. #9188509

Kitty R. Rodehorst-Hanna January 23, 2011

WTG on this wonderful winner, Ellen! :-) k #9188547

Ellen Hodges January 23, 2011

Thanks for the kind comments, friends!! #9188621

Renee Doyle January 23, 2011

Congratulations on this wonderful capture and 1st Place Winner Ellen!!!! #9188766

Rona L. Schwarz January 23, 2011

WTG Ellen! My favorite Bean shot ever and a superlative image! I am so happy, but not surprised at all, to see this go GOLD! HUGE CONGRATULATIONS on this outstanding First Place Gold winner! #9189018

Carol Flisak January 23, 2011

Congratulations Ellen on your well deserved first place winner!! #9189047

Cindy Bendush January 23, 2011

Beautiful capture Ellen! Congratulations! #9189127

Kathy Salerni January 23, 2011

I am so happy this won First Place, Ellen! Huuuuuge congrats on your Winner!! #9189178

Tiia Vissak January 23, 2011

Congratulations! #9189193

Usman M. Bajwa January 24, 2011

Great shot, Ellen. CONGRATZ on the First Place winner!!!

UB. #9189315

Stefania Barbier January 24, 2011

gorgeous winner, huge congrats!!! #9189333

Fanie Heymans January 24, 2011

Huge congrats on this beautiful picture Ellen! Well deserved 1st Place. Well done! #9189396

Alan L. Borror January 24, 2011

Huge congratulations on this wonderful first place image, Ellen! Fantastic work! #9189470

Kara L. Hendricks January 24, 2011

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Julie Burnett January 24, 2011

Congratulations on this stunning First Place winner, Ellen!! Whoooo-Hoooo!!!! I'm so happy for you!! #9189638

Ellen Hodges January 24, 2011

Thanks for the kind comments, friends!! #9189782

Margaret R. Barry January 24, 2011

Awesome, Ellen. Congratulations on your fantastic winner! #9189876

a2o akmal aini othman January 24, 2011

Ellen, simply hope that it will not be too late to Congratulate u on this fantastic 1st place winner :-)...well done my friend! #9189900

Lorna Shutter January 24, 2011

It's never too late, a2o! CONGRATULATIONS on your First Place Win for this unique and wonderful look at "the Bean", Ellen!!!!! :)

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frank w. degenhardt January 24, 2011

What a joy it was for Annie and I to pull up the contest winners and see that your gorgeous and creative work here with Chicago made you a FIRST PLACE WINNER. CONGRATULATIONS from both of us our dear friend. Way to go girl. #9189934

Ross Throndson January 24, 2011

Congratulations, Ellen, on your Fantastic 1st Place Winner.....WTG ! #9190057

Val Feldman January 24, 2011

It was my favorite from the very beginning, Ellen and have to say it looks even more glorious with a First Place Gold attached! WTG, my friend - warmest congrats to you! #9190135

Bojan Bencic January 24, 2011

Congratulations on your winner, Ellen. #9190199

Debra R. Harder January 24, 2011

WHOOOOOOO-HOOOOOOO!!! WTG, Ellen! So happy to see this take FIRST PLACE!!! Huge congratulations my friend!! Deb #9190378

Agnes Fegan January 24, 2011

Congratulations on your First Place Win Ellen! #9190560

Karen Celella January 24, 2011

Congratulations on your fabulous, special first place winner, Ellen! #9190596

Monika Sapek January 24, 2011

Cool reflections! Many congratulations on your Winner, Ellen! #9190851

John Connolly January 24, 2011

Congratulations on your winning image Ellen! A well deserved award, that's or sure! #9190903

Freddy Bland January 24, 2011

Many congratulations, Ellen!! Fabulous First Place Win!!! #9190996

Terry Cervi January 24, 2011

Congrats on your gorgeous First Place win, Ellen!! It's just beautiful! #9191189

Randy D. Dinkins January 24, 2011

Very cool, big congrats! #9191459

Ellen Hodges January 24, 2011

Thanks very much you wonderful photographers!!! #9191725

Barbara Mason January 24, 2011

Wow this is spectacular Ellen - congratulations a wonderful First Place "Winner" yeah !!! #9191912

Mary Beth Aiello January 25, 2011

Absolutely spectacular, Ellen. Huge congrats on this outstanding Gold. #9192640

Emile Abbott January 25, 2011

Congrats on a first place gold winner, Ellen #9192992

Susan M. Hembree January 25, 2011

Great shot, Ellen! Congratulations on your 1st place win! #9193185

Reynaldo D. Reyes January 25, 2011

It's great to see this again! Woohoo ~ Congratulations on this great Win! #9193683

Donna La Mattino Pagakis January 25, 2011

Congratulations on your win Ellen, excellent work! #9193819

Ellen Hodges January 25, 2011

Thanks for the kind comments, you wonderful people!! #9194082

Sam Britt January 25, 2011

Big Congrats on your First Place Winner, Ellen!! #9194129

Stanley C. Sims January 25, 2011

Congrats on the gold Ellen. This is a wonderful shot. Good eye. #9194207

Ellen Hodges January 27, 2011

Thanks so much, Sam and Stanley!! #9197644

Paula Showen January 27, 2011

Awesome! Congratulations on your FIRST PLACE winner!!! #9198024

Cathy M. Britcliffe January 31, 2011

Wonderful photo, Ellen! Congratulations!

Cathy :) #9203955

Ellen Hodges February 01, 2011

Thanks, Paula and Cathy!! #9205584

Kathy Coombs February 06, 2011

No wonder this won..it's fantastic! #9216983

Ellen Hodges February 08, 2011

Thanks, Kathy!! #9221837

Kim Andelkovic July 16, 2011

Congratulations on this outstanding win....... love it :-) #9534470

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