Opening Ceremony [Photography Contest Nature & Landscape Photos]
Uploaded: January 15, 2007 03:57:20
This lone Texas Longhorn has a front row seat to watch the colors of dawn transition into morning! (Westlake Texas)
Canon 100 - 400L IS at 235mm. ISO 200, 1/400th @ f6.3, EC -1/3 (N&L)
Glenn E. Urquhart January 15, 2007
Vivid array of layered colors, Outstanding lighting, contrast, WELL Composed and quite beautiful, Jeff!!! VERY Well Done! Cheers, Glenn. #588155KV Day January 15, 2007
Nice work Jeff, love that its a long horn #3820807Paul Michko January 15, 2007
What a grand silhouette, Jeff. #3820814Linda D. Lester January 15, 2007
The tree itself would of been nice but the longhorn just tops this shot! Awesome job, Jeff! #3820826Kathy Reeves January 15, 2007
Excellent Jeff!!! The colors and comp are fantastic! #3820827Carol Sawyer January 15, 2007
Fantastic capture, color and silhoutte, Jeff!! #3820828Lynne Morris January 15, 2007
Wow Jeff this is stunning, wonderful colours and silhoutte! #3820837Ray Clarke January 15, 2007
Great colours and composition Jeff! Love that longhorn #3820845Agnes Fegan January 15, 2007
Beautiful sunrise silhouette! #3820876Tammy Scott January 15, 2007
Outstanding silhouette image. #3820908Jim Huffield January 15, 2007
Awesome silhouettes Jeff. Jim #3820928Anita Hogue January 15, 2007
Looks like this should be on a cover of a book! Fantastic capture, Jeff! #3820945Rakesh Syal January 15, 2007
Love the silhouette and skytones, Jeff #3821119Mary Timman January 15, 2007
Grand title for this. Love the color in the sky and the silhouette. #3821194Girish Vaghela January 15, 2007
Outstanding, Jim!!MARLON IGNACIO January 15, 2007
Jeff, this is outstanding! Good luck! #3821310Kay E. Mahoney January 15, 2007
Nice capture. Love the colors. #3821354Marijana Fajgl January 15, 2007
Awesome capture, colors and composition! #3821372Mary L. Graham January 15, 2007
Beautiful Jeff!! Love the Colors! =) #3821445Cyn Valentine January 15, 2007
Beautiful silhouettes Jeff...gorgeous colors and love the comp!! Great work!! #3821458Sherri Gorman January 15, 2007
Outstanding capture!!! Beautiful colors and silhouette. #3821459Ken Smith January 15, 2007
Very nice silhouette, Jeff. He does have a great view! #3821516Nadine A. Lewis January 15, 2007
EXCELLENT, Jeff with AWESOME colors and silhouettes!!! <>< #3821535Aimee S. McMaster January 15, 2007
...such lovely color and silhouette Jeff....Aimee #3821545Melissa G. Meiselman January 15, 2007
The silhouettes and sky tones are simply beautiful, Jeff!! #3821585Alan L. Borror January 15, 2007
Great capture, Jeff! Wonderful composition and color---well seen and equally well presented! #3821592Karen Slagle January 15, 2007
Best seat in the house, Jeff. Love this silhouette with all the glorious colors... #3821876David Phalen January 15, 2007
Excellent comp and color here Jeff! #3822014Karen E. Michaels January 15, 2007
Fabulous crisp contrast and the colors are as bold as they wanna be. Bravo Jeff! #3822018Jenny Bosmans January 15, 2007
Lucky longhorn, and lucky us that you captured it so beautifully, Jeff! Superb composition and I love the silhouettes! :) #3822085Richard D. Cox January 15, 2007
Perfect composition, Jeff. #3822126Bill Houghton January 15, 2007
This is an awesome shot Jeff. Great detail and color. Well done. Billhttp://billhoughtonphotography.com #3822154
Gail Vitikacs January 15, 2007
AWESOME Jeff!!! This is outstanding! #3822306Nadya Johnson January 15, 2007
Outstanding capture, Jeff! #3822307Marcie A. Fowler January 15, 2007
Does that mean you had a back row seat? Excellent capture of the early morning Jeff. #3822364Holly Shao January 15, 2007
WONDERFUL silhouettes and very beautiful morning hues. A very exquisite piece, Jeff!!Holly #3822384
Gail Sullivan January 15, 2007
Jeff...the black silhouettes against the layered colors of the sky are quite striking! #3822396Stan Kwasniowski January 15, 2007
Jeff, what a capture #3822468Kristi A. Howson January 15, 2007
Very beautiful and the Longhorn adds the character to this wonderful capture Jeff! #3822674Claudia Kuhn January 15, 2007
Love the cow's silhouette! Beautiful sunrise sky! #3822906Laurie Daily January 15, 2007
Glorious colors in this sunrise only made better with the silhouettes so perfectly composed. Beautiful, Jeff! #3823072Jeff Robinson January 15, 2007
Thanks Everyone for all of the Great comments today! Jeff #3823237Nancy L. Green January 15, 2007
Gorgeous colors and composition Jeff!! Texas longhorns always make such a wonderful addition to a landscape!! Hope you are OK up there with all the ice, the worst hasn't arrived here yet. <>< #3823265Denise M. Snyder January 15, 2007
Wow! What a wonderful image this is Jeff!!! #3823572Paul E. Earl January 15, 2007
Wonderful silhouettes and colours! #3823708Kay Beausoleil January 15, 2007
Wow -- what great colours and silhouette, Jeff -- well worth getting out of bed for! #3823720Susie Peek-Swint January 15, 2007
Great capture Jeff ~ beautiful colours and composition! #3823783Kaye Burazin January 15, 2007
True Western charm Jeff. Fantastic capture! #3823801Ken Jarvis January 15, 2007
Outstanding silhouette Jeff! #3823859Vladan D. Djordjevic January 15, 2007
Fantastic photo!!! I love this beautiful tree, color, composition, lighting!!! #3824037Bill Wyatt January 15, 2007
This is Outstanding!!! WOW beautiful work and what wonderful luck and preparation, a wonderful combination. Fab job Jeff! #3824249Charlene Taylor January 15, 2007
How perfect! Excellent capture. #3824339Evy Johansen January 15, 2007
Wow.... how beautiful is this? Outstanding image, Jeff!! A winner in my book! #3824408Su Sana E. P January 15, 2007
Great catch and absolutely beautiful capture, Jeff!! I agree with Evy, this is a Winner!! #3824605Raymond Pauly January 15, 2007
Very beautiful photo, Jeff! Lovely silhouette against the sunset! #3824659Sam Britt January 15, 2007
Beautiful sunrise capture, Jeff. Great color & silhouettes. #3824686Leonard Pierce January 15, 2007
Beautiful silhouette shot Jeff! #3825046Graeme yew Chow January 16, 2007
Terrific shilhouette ! I think it will be even better if longer length on the right hand side. Still a excellent image, Jeff. #3825189Bambi L. Dingman January 16, 2007
One of my all-time favorite photos, Jeff!! I would also have liked to see more of the tree and a little more length on the right side, but this is an outstanding capture, with wonderful colors. I really love this!! #3826482Karen Engelbreth January 16, 2007
Wonderful silhouette capture, Jeff! #3827429Pat Gamwell January 16, 2007
Very poetic narrative, Jeff! Truly enhances this stunning silhouette! Bravo! #3827621Jeff Robinson January 17, 2007
Thank you very much; I really appreciate all of the comments and feedback on this image! Jeff #3831518Debbie Hartley January 17, 2007
Beautiful silhouette and lovely colours in the sunset Jeff! #3832749Michael Khoury January 18, 2007
a wonderful photograph Jeff...Ross Throndson January 18, 2007
Beautiful Shot, Jeff...Wonderful Silhouettes & Color!! #3833663Remi Trepanier January 18, 2007
Beautiful colors Jeff... #3835216Sherry Sturgis January 18, 2007
Gorgeous image, Jeff!! Such lovely colors! #3835302Renee Doyle January 18, 2007
Absolutely gorgeous colours and wonderful silhouette Jeff! #3835304Larry Lawhead January 18, 2007
Really great, Jeff! #3835470Jeff Robinson January 18, 2007
Thank You very much for commenting! Jeff #3835731Kitty R. Rodehorst-Hanna January 18, 2007
Love it Jeff!!!!! The colors in the early morning hours are fantastic!!!!! ^.^ #3836096Sharon King January 18, 2007
OMG! Amazing work Jeff!! WOW! #3836232Tamara K. Walker January 18, 2007
A wonderful composition, well captured. #3836395Jeff Robinson January 19, 2007
Thank You!! Jeff #3838181Paula Dwyer January 19, 2007
Outstanding!!! Fantastic color and silhouette!! AWESOME image Jeff!!! :) #3838620Jeff Robinson January 19, 2007
Thanks Very Much Paula!! Jeff #3839974Amalia Sylvia Arriaga Salinas January 19, 2007
Very beautiful sunrise Jeff!,Lorraine A. Cook January 19, 2007
A breathtaking view, Jeff! The longhorn is one lucky fella, my friend!<:)) #3840598Deborah Lewinson January 19, 2007
Stunning image, Jeff!Sylvia Rossler January 20, 2007
Fantastic play of silhouettes and sunrise colors Jeff !!! #3841739Jeff Robinson January 20, 2007
Thanks very much!! Jeff #3842334John Connolly January 20, 2007
Now here is a sunrise with a difference, Jeff! Beautiful work, I will be surprised if we don't see this one again! #3843562Ronald F. Fischer January 20, 2007
Stunningly beautiful, Jeff! #3843571Kirsten Kiki Kjaer January 20, 2007
FANTASTIC, Jeff!! Absolutely stunning capture in every way! And also: A beautiful and poetic presentation. I will remember this for a long time. #3843818April Riggs January 21, 2007
Perfection! #3847539ALLEN O. HOWARD January 22, 2007
An outstanding image of this silhouetted longhorn! The title is a match, Well done, Jeff! #3849764Jeff Robinson January 22, 2007
Thank You All very much! Jeff #3851399S P Mukherji January 23, 2007
Superb Jeff! Stunning colors and composition! #3855190Jeff Robinson January 29, 2007
Thank you very much! Jeff #3885782Shelly A. Van Camp January 31, 2007
Beautiful image!! #3895758Jeff Robinson January 31, 2007
Thank you Shelly! Jeff #3897447Carla Metzler September 21, 2007
Congratulations again, Jeff! #4822585Cyn Valentine September 21, 2007
Congratulations JEff!!! #4822702Deborah Lewinson September 21, 2007
Congratulations on this gorgeous finalist, Jeff!Erin Appelbaum September 21, 2007
Congrats again Jeff. Well deserved. Peter #4822996Raymond Pauly September 21, 2007
Beautiful finalist, Jeff! Congratulations! #4823560Gary Lange September 21, 2007
WOW, Jeff!! Terrific image here, many congrats!! I've been missing some great images by you. Good luck in the next round! #4823605Cheryl E. Molennor September 21, 2007
Congratulations! #4824100Graeme yew Chow September 21, 2007
Congratualations ! Jeff. #4824702Jeana Clark September 21, 2007
A BIG CONGRATS TO YOU JEFF!!!GOOD LUCK IN NEXT ROUND!!
~Jeana~ #4825498
Su Sana E. P September 22, 2007
Congratulations on this beautiful Finalist, Jeff!! #4826244Laurie Daily September 22, 2007
Glad to see this one here, Jeff. Congrats! #4826306Emile Abbott September 22, 2007
Absolutely beautiful finalist, Jeff and good luck in next round. #4827091Lester A. Garcia September 22, 2007
Good Luck too Jeff on this Finalist. #4827103Kristi A. Howson September 22, 2007
Congratulations on this wonderful Finalist and best of luck in the next round Jeff. What a view for both you and him:) #4827818Tarun Bose September 22, 2007
Big congrats Jeff for your excellent finalist. #4829095Terry L. Ellis September 22, 2007
Congratulations, again, Jeff! A beautiful finalist! #4829457Kay E. Mahoney September 23, 2007
Congratulations on your finalist. Good luck in the next round. #4832820Marijana Fajgl September 23, 2007
Big congratulations, Jeff! #4833380Cora Miller September 23, 2007
The distinctive silhouettes against that glorious sky are a striking combination. Congratulations on your finalist, Jeff. #4835057Jeff Robinson September 24, 2007
Thank You All Very Much!! Jeff #4839699Karen Slagle February 19, 2008
Didn't I see this in the March 08 issue of Cowboy and Indians Magazine? Well done and congrats... #5516063Jeff Robinson February 19, 2008
Thank You Karen - Yes that was my image in the magazine!! Jeff #5517320Rod Partington December 26, 2008
Hi Jeff.I know you have approx.half a million comments on this(Well deserved!)Jeff Robinson December 26, 2008
Thank You Very Much Rod!! Jeff #6944548Sign up for an interactive online photography course to get critiques on your photos.
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