Nestled In The Hills [Contest Finalists June 2007]
Uploaded: June 24, 2007 22:45:23
F5, 1/160, ISO 100, 36mm, taken at Disney's Thunder Mountain, Orton applied
Vickie Skellenger June 24, 2007
Wonderful tones and comp. Looks surreal and tranquil. (hard to believe its nested around millions of tourists! ) #679754Evy Johansen June 25, 2007
Gorgeous image, Carol!! Beautiful work! #4433013Mary K. Robison June 25, 2007
Love the vivid colors, the composition, and that Orton effect, Carol. Excellent! #4433076Cindy Bendush June 25, 2007
A wonderful surreal image Carol - great effects! #4433113Jeff Robinson June 25, 2007
Outstanding work Carol! Jeff #4433592Aleksandra Miesak June 25, 2007
Very nice image! And to think this is at Disney... Very well done! #4434561Dianna Hauf June 25, 2007
LOVE this Carol!! This would be a GREAT image to place a few whimsical 'kids' around! Love how orton worked on this and like Vickie, said, it really is "hard to believe there are millions of tourist around"!! Great image! #4434653Carol Teal June 25, 2007
Vickie, Tony, Evy, Mary, Cindy, Jeff, Alecksandra, and Dianna, I truly appreciate the kind comments! And now that it has been brought up, I have to agree that it is hard to believe this is Disney! You should have seen all the people there on this day!! #4435491Nancy (Peaches) Harker June 25, 2007
BEAUTIFUL Carol. LOVE it! #4435528Carol Teal June 25, 2007
Peaches, thank you so much! I noticed this place and loved the mill, so just had to take it. Because it is behind a fence, no tourists can get there to be in the way! #4436235Jenifer L. Mitchell June 26, 2007
How beautiful!! We were just there, but didn't get to ride this ride! Excellent shot of this, Carol! #4442676Carol Teal June 27, 2007
Jenifer, thank you so much for your kind comment! Too bad we couldn't have met! What day were you there? I might be wrong, and this may be part of the Splash Mountain ride instead of Thunder Mtn. We used the fast pass for both so got to ride. Justin was feeling sick though so he sat them out. We met my best friend and family there (at Carribean Beach Resort) and went with them! #4445314Sandy G. Woolard July 02, 2007
Wonderful shot...great color! #4466776Carol Teal July 03, 2007
Sandy, thank you so much for your encouraging comment! And I have a lot of catching up to do as soon as I can after a hard drive crash Monday and only 2 hours of sleep since then. I am just beginning to get my new drive up and running.Nancy (Peaches) Harker July 24, 2007
Congratulation's on your finalist,good luck in the next round !!! Peaches #4551209Evy Johansen July 24, 2007
BIG congratulations on your finalist, Carol!! Well deserved! #4551265Datha Y. Thompson July 24, 2007
Beautiful work!! CONGRATULATIONS Carol!!!! WTG :0) #4551377Barbara Waldoch July 24, 2007
Congratulations on this beautiful finalist, Carol! #4551575Dianna Hauf July 24, 2007
LOL! YEA!! Congratulations Carol!! I just had a major crash too and thought I lost all my images! So glad you are ok now but especially glad for your finalist!! #4551576Carol Teal July 24, 2007
Peaches, Evy, Datha, Barbara, and Dianna, thank you so much! And Dianna, I am so glad you didn't lose all your images. I have a new system for backups, and I am doing it regularly! #4552286Jennifer L. Alder July 25, 2007
Congrats again, Carol!! :) #4552571Les Rhoades July 25, 2007
Congratulations on your Finalist!Mary Timman July 25, 2007
Beautiful Carol. Congratulations and Good Luck! #4553329Amy JACKSON July 25, 2007
Congratulations, Carol!! :) #4554188David Pratt July 25, 2007
Awesome Carol! Congratulations! #4554336Sherry Sturgis July 25, 2007
Congratulations AND Happy Birthday, Carol!!! :) I LOVE this image!!! The effects are just beautiful, a well deserved finalist pick! WTG!!!!!!!!! #4554763Sherri Gorman July 25, 2007
Congratulations!!!! This is sooooooo GORGEOUS!!!! #4555292Kay E. Mahoney July 25, 2007
Congratulations on your beautiful finalist Carol. Good luck in the next round. #4555374eileen bedford July 25, 2007
Congratulations Carol on this beautiful finalist, WTGG... #4555464Mick Burkey July 25, 2007
Wonderful work, Carol! Congratulations on the finals. #4555544Steve M. Harrington July 25, 2007
Good on you, Carol!Colleen Farrell July 25, 2007
This is fabulous, Carol!!! So beautiful, and the Orton effect is just perfect. Big congrats on this finalist.Oh, and HAPPY BIRTHDAY, my dear!! I hope it's a great one!! #4556701
Carol Teal July 25, 2007
Jennifer, Les, Mary, Amy, David, Sherry, Sheri, Kay, Eileen, Mick, Steve, and Colleen, thank you all so much for all your support and encouragement! And Colleen and Sherry, thank you so much for the b'day wishes! It has been a wonderful day!! (flowers, cards and cake!) :) #4557322Lani J July 25, 2007
Wow, Beautiful!! Congratulations ;) #4557397Sam Britt July 25, 2007
Congratulations, again, Carol! Happy Birthday! #4559302Carol Teal July 25, 2007
Lani and Sam, thank you so much! And Sam, thanks for the birthday wishes! I have had a wonderful day! #4559337Nemil B. Chabebe July 25, 2007
Happy B-day, and congratulations on this beautiful finalist.Carol Teal July 25, 2007
Nemil, thank you so much for the congrats and the lovely song and b'day wishes! :) #4559602Renee Doyle July 25, 2007
Looks like birthday wishes are in order ... so Happy Birthday Carol!!!Carol Teal July 25, 2007
Renee, thank you very much for the congrats and b'day wishes! :) #4559687Susan Candelario July 26, 2007
Congrats on this great Finalist!!! #4560784Carol Teal July 27, 2007
Susan, thank you so much! #4568224Jenifer L. Mitchell July 27, 2007
Oh, yeah, this is one of my favs (and the pink and blue palm tree one!)!! I'm so glad they made it to the finalist!!! Way to go!! #4569971Susan Fox July 28, 2007
Congrats on your fantastic finalist Carol! #4572755Carol Teal July 28, 2007
Jennifer and Susan, thank you so much. Thank goodness my friend came to visit; I was running out of things to shoot around here! :) #4572949Dr Silly August 02, 2007
What a super shot of Tunder Mountain. And I like the Orton on this shot. :O)Steven E. Ray August 07, 2007
This is a monumental photo I think. The Orton effects are simply stunning. Some people are emulating the two slide feature digitially in Photoshop layers. Others use Artizen HDR 2.4.5 which has a Photoshop plugin now. Which is your preferred method? #4616144Carol Teal August 08, 2007
Dr S, I am sorry I am late on thanking you for stopping by and for your kind comment. I truly appreciate it!Steven, I really appreciate your kind comment. I have read some articles on HDR, but it seemed way over my head! :) But this plugin that you mention sounds interesting. I will definitely look it up. So on this image, I just used the method I found online at http://www.naturephotographers.net/articles0106/dw0106-1.html
Have you tried both, and if so, which do you like best? #4617057
Steven E. Ray August 08, 2007
Honestly, I think Artizen is much like Photoshop, although it does have some toning abilities via sliders that I would like to see in PSCS3. The manual Orton effect with layers within PSCS3 and applying a Multiply or Darken Blending option works fine for me. I like throwing in a bit of LucisArts Whyeth which brings out the detail better. The grave yard photo in my gallery is an example. Digital Film 55mm fog and some other 55mm effects can add to a filter concoction nicely. #4617108Lisa J. Boulden October 06, 2007
Fabulous color and lighting here, Carol!Carol Teal October 06, 2007
Steven, I read your response earlier and looked at that graveyard image which is awesome. I just missed responding back here.Lisa, thank you so much and yes, you should try the Orton. It works very nicely for some things. :) If you have any problems with it, let me know and I will give you any help I can. #4891458
Debra K. Johnson October 09, 2007
This is really FANTASTIC! Love it. #4902900Sign up for an interactive online photography course to get critiques on your photos.
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