Biking in Florence
Uploaded: March 19, 2011 01:27:52
Exif: F Number: 7.1, Exposure Bias Value: 0.00, ExposureTime: 10/400 seconds, Flash: did not fire., ISO: 640, White balance: Auto white balance, FocalLength: 55.00 mm, Model: NIKON D300
Dr Silly March 19, 2011
Wonderful capture and I love the Title. :O) #1362025Patti Coblentz March 19, 2011
Thanks very much, Doc! I love YOUR entry today :)) #9298821Katarina Mansson March 19, 2011
Lovely capture and presentation Patti! #9298827Brett Dolsen March 19, 2011
Great POV,Colour and treatment Patricia!!Well Done!! #9298828Michelle Alton March 19, 2011
Wonderful! Back at home I am constantly amazed by the huge number of parked bicycles in Urban America! #9298858Sarah A. Christian March 19, 2011
It is an excellent image Patti, and very well done! #9298873Jeff Robinson March 19, 2011
Outstanding composiiton, tones and title!! Jeff #9298892Tammy M. Anderson March 19, 2011
Love this, Patti. Excellent comp. tones and title. #9298904Jack Gaskin March 19, 2011
GREAT WORK a very BUSY Capture w/wonderful detail and colors.. The cost of driving is getting frightening.Happy Peddling
Jack
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Joy Rector March 19, 2011
great shot #9298990Chris Budny March 19, 2011
I like the darker tones of this, mixed with the slight "glow" the bikes seem to have. Nice work! #9299029Courtenay Vanderbilt March 19, 2011
Yes, a 'green' theme for sure! Beautifully captured and lovely treatment, Patti! #9299067Monnie Ryan March 19, 2011
I'm about to resort to this mode of transportation given the price of gasoline now, Patti! Terrific capture! #9299103Karen Celella March 19, 2011
Wonderful treatment to bring out the rich tones and colors, Patti. #9299137Patti Coblentz March 19, 2011
Good morning and thanks, everyone! Hope you are off to a good start of the weekend :)Ha, Monnie...I love bike riding...except in the mountains...these are steep inclines! #9299139
MELODIE C. ROBERTS March 19, 2011
DangThis is sensational Patti
The comp is wonderful
Love how the eye is drawn to the blue bike and red marker
Fabulous work! #9299187
Linda D. Lester March 19, 2011
Wonderful shot...love the treatment! #9299231Bojan Bencic March 19, 2011
Great soft treatment, Patricia. Nice MT entry. #9299254Robert R. Goodman March 19, 2011
Hi Patricia,Your work will always be my favorites.Beautiful capture my friend.Wonderful color and treatment.LOL!The price of gas hurting us out here in the west!!!!!! #9299313Michele Peterson March 19, 2011
Love the effects on this! Great image with all of the bicycles and details! #9299405Lorna Shutter March 19, 2011
Wow! Love the treatment you've applied here, Patti Cake! The colours and tones are amazing! Fabulous lighting and comp in this beautiful European capture! A perfect MT entry, my friend! Hope you're keeping well! :) #9299416Kathy Salerni March 19, 2011
Great for the MT, Patti! Beautiful treatment on this outstadning image! So well done! #9299487Steve M. Harrington March 19, 2011
Wonderful editing, Patti! Your control of the soft blur captures a nostalgic emotion so nicely.Ann H. Belus March 19, 2011
Excellent, Patti! I love the color tones! #9299704Marijana Fajgl March 19, 2011
Wonderful street scene, Patricia! Fantastic composition and treatment and it is perfect for the monthly theme! #9299764Donna La Mattino Pagakis March 19, 2011
Great treatment on this beautiful capture Patti! #9299815Jean E. Hildebrant March 19, 2011
Very cool! Love it! If this is trial and error I can't wait to see what you come up with when you have it all down! ;-) #9299851Patrick Rouzes March 19, 2011
Superb clarity, tones, textures, lighting, perspective & MT entry here! WTG, Patti! #9299914Daniella Puente March 19, 2011
Very well seen and captured Patti, love the textures and scene! #9299924Patti Coblentz March 19, 2011
Thanks very much for all of your nice comments...I really appreciate them :)(part of my commitment to do all (well most) of my entries this month using the Nik midnight filter) #9299972
Dick W. Wyatt March 20, 2011
Outstanding color and treatment Patricia.Patti Coblentz March 20, 2011
Thanks, Dick! #9300323Thomas E. Hinds March 20, 2011
Beautiful street scene with bikes! Great depth and color! Wonderful capture, Patti! #9300859Patti Coblentz March 20, 2011
Thank you, Tom :) #9300873Karen Slagle March 20, 2011
Fantastic title and image, Patricia. We should all be doing more of this... #9301498Patti Coblentz March 20, 2011
Thanks, Karen, and I agree! #9301514Ellen Hodges March 21, 2011
Looks like bike sales are UP, Patti!! Fantastic pov and color!!! #9307200Patti Coblentz March 21, 2011
Cheaper and healthier...and a green thing, to boot :)Terry Cervi March 21, 2011
Exceptional work, Patti! Awesome detail and color! #9307454Patti Coblentz March 22, 2011
Thank you, Terry! #9308559Carmody Baker March 22, 2011
Patti I have been strolling through your site. Beautiful captures!! I love the NIK Midnight treatment. #9309399Patti Coblentz March 23, 2011
Thank you, Carmody! #9311924ALLEN O. HOWARD March 23, 2011
Very, VERY nice! Colors, details and tones are wonderful!!! #9312389Rona L. Schwarz March 24, 2011
Another favorite, Patti! Excellent composition, with outstanding detail and clarity and terrific processing. A great monthly theme entry, too! #9315744Renata Gusciora March 27, 2011
Great capture,Patti!Fantastic composition and lighting! #9319907Bill Houghton March 28, 2011
Patricia, this is a beautiful capture. You did a great job in getting this shot. Thanks for your comments. Have a great week, Bill #9321677Emile Abbott March 29, 2011
Great for the MT and excellent photojournalistic capture Patti #9324322Patti Coblentz March 29, 2011
Thanks very much Allen, Rona, Renata, Bill, and Emile! #9324339Tammy Espino September 25, 2011
Congrats on your awesome finalist!! :) #9691247Thomas E. Hinds September 25, 2011
Beautiful Finalist, Patti! Congratulations! #9691724Robert R. Goodman September 25, 2011
A big congratulations,Patricia.WTG My friend!!! #9691781Gord MacEachern September 25, 2011
Big congratulations on your wonderful finalist, good luck next round Patti! #9691805Deborah Lewinson September 25, 2011
Excellent image and processing, Patti! Congrats on your finalist! #9691970Karen Slagle September 25, 2011
Huge congrats on your awesome finalist, Patricia. Best of luck next round. #9692070Tammy M. Anderson September 25, 2011
Congrats on a beautiful finalist, Patti. #9692304Heather Loewenhardt September 25, 2011
Congratulations on this outstanding image making it to the finalist round Patti. Good luck! #9692483Jeffrey R. Bange September 25, 2011
Congratulations Patti on this well deserved finalist entry and best of luck in the next round. #9692491Wm Nosal September 25, 2011
Wonderful Shot, Patricia!Datha Y. Thompson September 25, 2011
Congratulations Patti!! WTG :) #9692808Freddy Bland September 25, 2011
An awesome capture, Patricia!! Many congratulations on this terrific Finalist!! #9692848Lorna Shutter September 25, 2011
Woo Hoo!!! CONGRATULATIONS on your Finalist Award for this fabulous image, Patti Cake!!!!! Best of luck in the next round, my friend!!! :)Ellen Hodges September 25, 2011
Huge congrats on this fab finalist, Patti!! Very best luck!!1 #9693044Reynaldo D. Reyes September 25, 2011
A wonderful capture of this sight in Florence Patricia. Excellent photography and a very well deserved recognition. Congratulations! #9693180Steve M. Harrington September 25, 2011
An evocative finalist, Patti! Congratulations!Rona L. Schwarz September 25, 2011
Love this one, Patti! Outstanding composition and your treatment is superb - the bikes do seem to glow and they almost seem 3-dimensional against the more muted textured background. Big Congrats on this Finalist and good luck in the next round! #9693337Bojan Bencic September 26, 2011
Congratulations on your beautiful finalist, Patricia. #9693667Nadia Paul September 26, 2011
Congrats on your wonderful finalist Patti! #9693905Brett Dolsen September 26, 2011
Gorgeous finalist and congratulations Patricia! #9694046Stefania Barbier September 26, 2011
congratulations for your fantastic finalist Patti!!! #9694090Stephen Zacker September 26, 2011
Like all those colors. Congratulations #9694264Danny B. Head September 26, 2011
Beautifully processed and I love the subject! Congrats! #9694967Ujjwal Mukherjee September 26, 2011
A beautiful image and finalist,Patti! Congratulations!!Val Feldman September 26, 2011
Wish I had your grand and close relationship with the Nik Midnight Filter! :) This is wonderful, Patti - the charming very Old World scene, as well as, the marvelous processing you and Mr. Midnight accomplished! :) Congratulations on a superb Finalist! #9695308Carol Flisak September 26, 2011
Beautiful image, Patti... love the composition and treatment. Congrats on your finalist! #9695436Julie Burnett September 26, 2011
This is so striking, Patti, the composition, textures and treatment are superb! Congratulations, and the best of luck!! #9695950Marijana Fajgl September 26, 2011
amazing finalist, Patricia! Huge congratulations! #9696393JO ANN CLEVELAND September 26, 2011
Congratulations on this superjo ann c. #9696420
Patrick Rouzes September 26, 2011
Congratulations & good luck, Patti! WTG! #9696613Amy M. Wilson September 26, 2011
Huge congratulations on your EXCELLENT Finalist, Patti!!! #9696880Patti Coblentz September 26, 2011
Thank you so much for your kind comments! #9696898Susan Fox September 26, 2011
Congratulations! #9696948Chris Budny September 26, 2011
Glad this went in again; congratulations! #9697420Patti Coblentz September 26, 2011
Thank you Susan, and Chris! #9697448Stefania Barbier September 26, 2011
gorgeous winner, congratulations Patti!!! #9698284Ujjwal Mukherjee September 26, 2011
Wonderful Winner,Patti!! HUGE congratulations!!!! #9698381Katarina Mansson September 26, 2011
WTG Patti - congratulations on this superb winner! #9698487Barbara Waldoch September 27, 2011
Huge congratulations! #9698598Alan L. Borror September 27, 2011
Congratulations on this wonderful winner, Patti! #9698733Renee Doyle September 27, 2011
Beautiful work!! Congratulations Patti! #9698750Danny B. Head September 27, 2011
Love this one! Congrats! #9698896Chris Budny September 27, 2011
Congratulations once more, Patti! #9698973Amy M. Wilson September 27, 2011
Huge congratulations on your OUTSTANDING Gold winner, Patti!!! #9699102Usman M. Bajwa September 27, 2011
beautiful light and treatment, Patti. HUGE CONGRATZ on the beautiful Gold Winner, WTG!!!UB. #9699148
Carolyn M. Fletcher September 27, 2011
Super job, Patti! Congrats! #9699156Lorna Shutter September 27, 2011
Lorna Shutter September 27, 2011
Did I say Ms. America? ... I meant, Patti Cake! LOL! :D #9699184Robert R. Goodman September 27, 2011
WTG My Friend,A Big Congratulations Patricia!!!! #9699226Jeffrey R. Bange September 27, 2011
Congratulations Patti on your second place win. #9699261Thomas E. Hinds September 27, 2011
So glad to see this, Patti! WTG! Huge congratulations! #9699346Renata Gusciora September 27, 2011
Big congratulations on your fantastic Winner,Patti!!!:-) #9699414Jessica Jenney September 27, 2011
Congratulations, Patricia on your fabulous winner! #9699468Val Feldman September 27, 2011
Celebration Time! Bring out the marching band! Huge congrats, my friend, on a fabulous Gold Win!! #9699553Tammy Espino September 27, 2011
Congrats on your win! :) #9699562Ellen Hodges September 27, 2011
Huge congrats on a fantastic winner, Patti!! #9699593Terry Cervi September 27, 2011
Love this, Patti! Congrats on your win! #9699661Patti Coblentz September 27, 2011
This was quite a nice surprise...thank you all so much!! #9699883Monnie Ryan September 27, 2011
Loved this one from the git-go, Patti - congratulations! #9700005Patti Coblentz September 27, 2011
Thank you, Monnie! #9700016Carla Capra Anderson September 27, 2011
This is a great image, Patricia.Courtenay Vanderbilt September 27, 2011
Well deserved, Patti! Congratulations! #9700203Debra R. Harder September 27, 2011
This is FABULOUS, Patti! Huge congratulations on your OUTSTANDING GOLD WINNER!! Deb #9700218Patti Coblentz September 27, 2011
Thank you very much Carla, Courtenay, and Deb! #9700246Bojan Bencic September 27, 2011
Congratulations, Patricia! #9700311Stephen Zacker September 27, 2011
Fantastic. Congratulations #9700492Susan Fox September 27, 2011
Congratulations on your winning photo #9700544Patti Coblentz September 27, 2011
Thank you Bojan, Stephen, and Susan! #9700554Freddy Bland September 27, 2011
WTG, Patricia!! Huge congratulations to you!! #9700588Steve M. Harrington September 27, 2011
Congratulations on a fine win, Patti!Mitch Spence September 27, 2011
Great street scene, Patti. Congratulations. #9700655Marijana Fajgl September 27, 2011
Big congratulations on your fantastic winner, Patricia! #9700716Leslie McLain September 27, 2011
Congrats on a beautiful winner, Patti. Love it. #9700739Karen E. Baumann September 27, 2011
Love biking and love this winner, Patti! Congratulations! #9700995Patti Coblentz September 27, 2011
Thank you all for you very nice comments :) #9701020Emile Abbott September 27, 2011
A huge Texas congratulations on your great gold winner Patti #9701028Richard B. Hallick September 27, 2011
I love the mood you have captured in the street scene with bicycles. Beautiful and compelling. Congratulations on the gold award. #9701035Carol Flisak September 27, 2011
Big congratulations on your wonderful winner, Patti! #9701136Kitty R. Rodehorst-Hanna September 27, 2011
WTG on this wonderful winner, Patti! :-) k #9701216Patti Coblentz September 27, 2011
Thank you very much Emile, Richard, Carol, and Kitty! #9701221David Phalen September 27, 2011
BIG Congrats on a fabulous Winner!! #9701408Michele Peterson September 27, 2011
A wonderful win, Patti! Congratulations!! I love the "look" of this image! :-) #9701445Kathy Salerni September 27, 2011
Big congrats on winning Gold, Patti! #9701629Dominick M. Dimacale September 28, 2011
Congratulations Patti on your Win!!!
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Courtenay Vanderbilt September 28, 2011
Congratulations, Patti! #9702572Julie Burnett September 28, 2011
Congratulations on this well deserved Gold Win, Patti!! #9702657Mary Beth Aiello September 28, 2011
Simply gorgeous, Patti. Huge congrats. #9702911Millie A. Talarico September 28, 2011
Congratulations on your Gold badge, Patti!!! #9702982Patrick Rouzes September 28, 2011
Congratulations on this skillful & exceptional WInner, Patti! WTG! #9703144Carmody Baker September 28, 2011
Patti,Patti Coblentz September 28, 2011
Thanks, Carmody! It only won this recent go around...it was a re-sub :)Cesar J. La Rosa September 29, 2011
Congratulations on this BEAUTIFUL and well-deserved Winner, Patti!!!David M. Montero September 30, 2011
Congratulations on your second place selection of this marvelous image Patricia! #9707101Patti Coblentz September 30, 2011
Thank you Cesar, and Dave! #9707283Phyllis H. Burchett October 03, 2011
BIG congrats Patti on this fabulous winner!!! #9713400Patti Coblentz October 03, 2011
And a BIG thank you to you, Phyllis!! #9713415Rona L. Schwarz October 03, 2011
Sorry to be so late,Patti, but HUGE CONGRATS on this most marvelous winner! Love this! #9714704Merna L. Nobile October 13, 2011
Congratulations!
You’re the kind of person who makes the world a better, brighter place…You worked hard for this, you made it happen, and you have a right to be proud. So enjoy these satisfying moments; you deserve every one! Merna
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Patti Coblentz June 04, 2013
Thank you, Joanna! This is one of my favorite images...so glad you like it.Thanks for all of your generous comments! #10722318
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