Uploaded: December 19, 2007 00:25:56
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AKA: Cross country Skiing
Location: Kandersteg, Switzerland
A Winter Paradise
This is our family’s favorite village for the winter season.
This image was featured, in a full page spread, in the December 2006 issue of Swiss News Magazine.
December 2007 Finalist = T&P
Pat Gamwell December 19, 2007
Wowzaaaaa! Breathtaking beauty, Les! #811015Su Sana E. P December 19, 2007
Truly a breathtaking shot of this beautiful place, Les!! And huge Congratulations on your feature. Btw, I enjoyed the 'kilroy' expression. LOL #5225341Katarina Mansson December 19, 2007
Seen it before and still love it! #5225346Teri Soares December 19, 2007
How do you get such stunningly sharp images? You must be as steady as a rock! I like how you placed the colorful skier in the leading line. There's so much to look at, I will be here for a while!Teri #5225350
Teri Soares December 19, 2007
Congratulations, by the way, on your magazine spread! That's awesome...Teri #5225351
Dominick M. Dimacale December 19, 2007
AMAZING IMAGE, LES AND CONGRATULATIONS!!!
Dominick #5225402
Paul Michko December 19, 2007
Terrific scene, Les. #5225418Bonnie C. Lackey December 19, 2007
Makes me want to pack my bags... #5225434Carolyn M. Fletcher December 19, 2007
This is wonderful! Congrats on your spread! Great shot!! #5225456Joy Rector December 19, 2007
awesome #5225470Marcie A. Fowler December 19, 2007
WOW. Perfection for sure. So crisp, clean and beautiful. I can see why it is both your favorite place and was featured. The little splash of yellow is a perfect finishing touch to this magnificent image. #5225491Diane Dupuis December 19, 2007
AWESOME place and capture!!! The yellow suited person puts the cherry on top!!!Colleen Braun December 19, 2007
awesome... #5225524Deb Koskovich December 19, 2007
WOW! This is absolutely majestic. The sharply crisp focus, that pop of yellow, the wide angle that takes in so much gorgeous scenery -- what a winner! #5225654John Caruso December 19, 2007
How 'bout that light! I love it, Les! And those colors are just scrumptious! #5226135Corinne M. Thompson December 19, 2007
Excellent image! #5226172Dr Silly December 19, 2007
:O) was here.Cheryl E. Davis December 19, 2007
Oh, Wow, this is wonderful! Beautiful place, and your capture is amazing! Congratulations on the magazine spread! #5226527Erika Haight December 19, 2007
This is Amazing Les! What a shot! I love the sky and those mountains! No wonder why this is your familys fav spot! Nice job getting into a magazine! You deserve it! ..... erika #5226829Ken Smith December 19, 2007
Beautiful view, Les..and the yellow outfit contrasts nicely with the snow! #5226859Colette M. Metcalf December 19, 2007
Wonderful! #5227243Susana Ms Heide December 19, 2007
I see that almost any comment I could make has already been posted, Les! Obviously I'm not the only one who thinks very highly of this image :o))) Hopefully the judges will like it as much as we all do! It's such a fantastic landscape to begin with and the human element (especially in that bright color) adds that extra touch that should make this go to the top! #5228126Dolly L. Davis December 19, 2007
Les, WOW! This is a winner! Beautiful! You did great, I love it! It is breathtakin! #5228165Sherry Karr Adkins December 22, 2007
Les, this is just absolutely incredible. You really outdid yourself here! There's nothing I can add that's not already been said. This is a winner for sure!!! #5245173Sheryl A. Hudson December 27, 2007
Congratulations on your magazine spread Les! I can certianly see why they used this photograph, it is breath takingly beautiful! #5259211Sharon Day December 28, 2007
Gorgeous shot, Les!!! I would love to see Switzerland! Congrats on the magazine spread. I can see why it was chosen! #5262639Dr Silly January 25, 2008
Congrats Les on your finalist for this photo. :O)Pat Gamwell January 25, 2008
WTG, Les! Big congrats! #5392974John Caruso January 25, 2008
Congrats Les! I loved it before, and I still do! #5393148Erika Haight January 25, 2008
Great job on Finalist Les!!! :))) erika #5393354Susan M. Hembree January 25, 2008
Another great photo finalist, Les! Congratulations! #5393403Jennifer L. Alder January 25, 2008
An outstanding finalist, Les! Huge congrats :) #5393483Nadya Johnson January 25, 2008
Absolutely stunning! Congratulations on your outstanding finalist! #5393526Sherry L. Davis January 25, 2008
Congratulations, Les! Outstanding image! #5393673Teresa Burnett January 25, 2008
Congratulations Les!! Good luck in the next round!! #5394093Colleen Farrell January 25, 2008
Spectacular scene--hyper-real! Congratulations again, Les! #5394181Chris Budny January 25, 2008
Congratulations on your 3 Finalists, Les! You pulled in nearly 1% of the very scant few Finalists available this month! ;)Corinne M. Thompson January 25, 2008
Congrats Les! #5396686Su Sana E. P January 25, 2008
Congratulations on this beautiful Finalist, Les!! #5396835Sherry Karr Adkins January 25, 2008
Congrats, Les, on your finalist. This is still one of my favorites! #5397108Laurence Saliba January 26, 2008
What a beauty Congratulations Les!!! #5398548Robert Baer January 26, 2008
lesCheryl E. Davis January 26, 2008
Yeehaw! Congratulations, Les! (I'm from TN you know!) I love this one! #5399090Linda Blair January 26, 2008
WOW...so beautiful...congratulations!!! ☺ #5399094Susan Fox January 26, 2008
Another fine finalist Les! Congrats!!! Well deserved! #5399755Michael G. Marshall January 26, 2008
Congratulations Les! An outstanding presentation! #5400621Ken Smith January 26, 2008
Perfection...congrats on all your finalists!! #5402032Patrick Rouzes January 27, 2008
Congratulations, Les!!!!!!!!!!!!!! #5402694Ronald F. Fischer January 28, 2008
Spectacular!!!! #5408871Katarina Mansson January 28, 2008
See my comment above...and I still love it! It has such a fresh and wintery feel to it and really is a picture-perfect of Switzerland! Congratulations! #5411353Sign up for an interactive online photography course to get critiques on your photos.
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