Grand Reflections [Contest Finalists June 2009]
Uploaded: June 27, 2009 00:27:37
(Finalist JUNE '09 - Catch All)
(Winner Second Place July '09 - Travel & Place).
This is Prime Minister's Office here in Islamabad. The building was decorated on the eve of Eid Milad-un-Nabi (Birthday of Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him) in October last year. Tripods were not allowed and hence the image taken hand-held.
Post processing included sharpening, perspective adjustment in PSCS 2 and Flood filter.
Have a beautiful day !!
Exif: F Number: 10, Exposure Bias Value: -0.67, ExposureTime: 10/50 seconds, Flash: did not fire., ISO: 900, White balance: Manual white balance, FocalLength: 18.00 mm, Model: NIKON D40
Laura E. Swan June 27, 2009
OH MY! This is gorgeous Usman! Love the shapes and lines. AMAZING REFLECTION!-Laura #1146692
Karen Engelbreth June 27, 2009
Wonderful image - greay work, Usman... #7682603Usman M. Bajwa June 27, 2009
Usman, this is a very outstanding image.
6/26/2009 7:54:29 AM
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Michael Khoury
member since: 5/30/2004
Full of Drama Usman, I like it a lot!
mk
6/26/2009 10:39:07 AM
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Daniella Puente
member since: 2/10/2005
WOW! Usman this is an incredible beautiful photo...
6/26/2009 10:50:49 AM
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Barbara Waldoch
member since: 3/24/2006
Wonderful shot, Usman!
6/26/2009 5:06:16 PM
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Lisa J. Boulden
member since: 12/2/2006
Beautiful, Usman!
Great color and light!
~lisa
6/26/2009 8:03:58 PM #7682606
Usman M. Bajwa June 27, 2009
maria I. Warrenoh wow this looks like a winner to me this is amazing!!!!!
6/27/2009 12:28:58 AM #7682623
Lynne Morris June 27, 2009
Absolutely beautiful capture Usman, the colours and light are fabulous. #7682630Cindy Bendush June 27, 2009
Gorgeous building and image Usman! #7682640Brett Dolsen June 27, 2009
Awesome colour,reflections,composition and capture Usman!!Brett #7682665Raymond Pauly June 27, 2009
Great night capture and reflection, Usman. #7682680Tiia Vissak June 27, 2009
beautifully done! #7682838Tammy M. Anderson June 27, 2009
Wonderful reflection and clarity, Usman. #7683077Angie M. Davis June 27, 2009
Gorgeous reflection, Usman!! #7684956Usman M. Bajwa June 29, 2009
Thanks. I appreciate your kind remarks!UB #7691145
Joao Martinho June 30, 2009
Great capture! Light, contrast, reflections, Composition! Expect to see it again. #7691894Usman M. Bajwa June 30, 2009
Thanks....!UB. #7691997
A P June 30, 2009
SPECTACULAR Usman and I'm not just saying that because you agreed with me in the EfP thread. LOL I wouldn't be surprised if we see this one again! #7694118Usman M. Bajwa June 30, 2009
Thank you ANN ;-)UB. #7694922
Leslie McLain July 05, 2009
Amazing image. Beautiful colors, details, light, and reflection. #7706400Usman M. Bajwa July 05, 2009
Thank you so much for your support, Leslie!UB. #7706645
Gail R. Schuett July 08, 2009
Stunning!! #7717697M.Christine Duncan July 16, 2009
Wow... such a breathtaking composition Usman!!! Outstanding work, and very magical!!! I see "winner" all over this! #7745022Usman M. Bajwa July 17, 2009
Your kind comments are very much appreciated, Gail and Christine!UB. #7748946
Carlton Ward July 21, 2009
Congrats & what a fantastic photo Usman. This sould go a long way in the contest :)Colleen Farrell July 21, 2009
WOW, Usman!!! Big congrats on your finalist! #7763828Sharon July 21, 2009
CONGRATULATIONS!! #7763944Amy M. Wilson July 21, 2009
Congratulations on this wonderful Finalist, Usman! #7764096ROLAN NARMAN July 21, 2009
Huge Congrats on this gorgeous finalist Usman! #7764691Valentin M. Armianu July 21, 2009
Congratulations on your gorgeous Finalist!!! #7765037Marcel J. Fernandez July 21, 2009
Congratulations Usman on your amazing Finalist. #7765184Patrick Rouzes July 21, 2009
WOW, Usman, CONGRATULATIONS on this amazing finalist,my friend!!! WTG!!! #7765604Mukesh Srivastava July 21, 2009
Huge congrats on this well deserved FINALIST and good luck for next round!!!!!!! #7765704Teresa Burnett July 21, 2009
Huge congratulations on this stunning finalist, Usman!! Hope we see this one again!! #7765916A P July 21, 2009
Usman M. Bajwa July 21, 2009
Thank you all for your kind comments & wishes!UB. #7766007
Kelly S. Cavanaugh July 21, 2009
Congratulations on this stunning finalist, Usman!!! #7766114Jeana Clark July 21, 2009
~J~ #7766175
Debra R. Harder July 21, 2009
This is excellent, Usman! Congratulations on your brilliant finalist! Deb #7766215Susan Fox July 21, 2009
Congratulations on another beautiful finalist! #7766480Bojan Bencic July 21, 2009
Congratulations on your finalist, Usman. #7766597Renee Doyle July 21, 2009
Congratulations Usman!!! #7766662Sandra Anderson July 22, 2009
Congratulations on this stunning finalist Usman. #7766860Usman M. Bajwa July 22, 2009
Thank you Kelly, Jeana, Debra, Susan, Bojan, Renee and Sandra for your kind comments & support.UB. #7766880
Ujjwal Mukherjee July 22, 2009
Congratulations on your wonderful Finalist,Usman!! #7766946Alex T. Mizuno July 22, 2009
You took this handheld? Amazing!! Congratulations on your Finalist Usman!!! #7767097Douglas Pignet July 22, 2009
WTG on your finalist!!! #7767181Vicki Snow July 22, 2009
Usman...what a beautiful image...so deserving of a finalist...CONGRATS!!! #7767321Usman M. Bajwa July 22, 2009
Thanks Ujjwal, Alex and Doug for your remarks. Yes Alex, it was hand-held, I had no other option, was standing on the six-lane road and nothing to put my camera on! I was pleasantly surprised to see the result later.UB. #7767332
Usman M. Bajwa July 22, 2009
Thank you so much Vicki, you sneaked in while I was writing my comments above!!UB. #7767343
David A. Simons July 22, 2009
Beautiful image and congratulations. #7767929Laurence Saliba July 22, 2009
Congratulations on this fantastic finalist!!! #7768035Usman M. Bajwa July 22, 2009
Thanks a bunch, David and Laurence!UB. #7768136
Terry Cervi July 22, 2009
Congratulations on your stunning finalist, Usman! Hand-held no less..amazing! #7768452Anne M. Young July 22, 2009
WOW beautiful finalist - Congratulations! Photos like these inspire me to travel!! #7768547Usman M. Bajwa July 22, 2009
Thank you Terry and Anne for your kind comments. Your photos have always been inspiring to me!UB. #7768567
Liz blahh July 22, 2009
Excellent! Congrats! #7768585Jessica Jenney July 22, 2009
Congratulations, Usman on your fantastic finalist! #7769042Anna Diederich July 22, 2009
This is stunning Usman! Congratulations! #7769066Usman M. Bajwa July 22, 2009
Thanks a million Liz, Jess and Anna!!UB. #7769201
Glenn E. Traver July 22, 2009
Congratulations Usman on this wonderful Finalist ~ GT #7769228Cathy Barrows July 22, 2009
Congrats on your finalist...beautiful #7769480Jeff Robinson July 22, 2009
Congrats Usman on your Excellent Finalist! Jeff #7769499Judy V. Kennamer July 22, 2009
Congrats on your gorgeous Finalist Usman! #7769605Eugenio Diaz July 22, 2009
Congratulations on your amazing finalist!!!Tarun Bose July 22, 2009
Congrats for your finalist, Usman. #7770178Raymond Pauly July 22, 2009
Congratulations, Usman! #7770695Usman M. Bajwa July 22, 2009
Thank you so very much Glenn, Cathy, Jeff, Judy, Eugenio, Tarun and Raymond!UB. #7772265
Kirsten Kiki Kjaer July 22, 2009
An amazing night capture with fantastic lighting, colors and reflections. Congrats on a very beautiful finalist, Usman. #7772703Usman M. Bajwa July 23, 2009
Thank you, Kiki!UB. #7772740
frank w. degenhardt July 23, 2009
A beautiful and stunning picture Usman. Annie and I give you a big Congratulations on the Finalist. #7773467Usman M. Bajwa July 23, 2009
Glad you liked it. Thanks for yours and Annie's good wishes!UB. #7776312
Laurie Daily July 28, 2009
Congratulations on this fabulous finalist, Usman!!! #7791401Usman M. Bajwa July 28, 2009
Thanks you Lakshmi and Laurie!UB. #7792098
Courtenay Vanderbilt August 17, 2009
CONGRATULATIONS on your Finalist, Usman! #7857742Valentin M. Armianu August 17, 2009
Congratulations on this wonderful Finalist, Usman! #7858022Alex T. Mizuno August 17, 2009
Congratulations on your Finalist Usman!!! #7858108Carol L. Fowler August 17, 2009
Congrats on this wonderful Finalist #7858274Karen Celella August 17, 2009
Congratulations on this stunning finalist Usman! #7858583Janet Daniel August 17, 2009
Congratulations on this incredibly spectacular finalist, Usman! #7858757Amy M. Wilson August 17, 2009
Congratulations on this fabulous Finalist, Usman!ROLAN NARMAN August 17, 2009
Huge Congrats on this gorgeous finalist Usman! #7859190Debra R. Harder August 17, 2009
This is spectacular, Usman!! Congratulations on your GORGEOUS finalist!!! Deb #7859549Usman M. Bajwa August 17, 2009
Thanks everyone.UB. #7859825
Kelly S. Cavanaugh August 17, 2009
Excellent image, Usman!!! Congratulations!! #7860166Evy Johansen August 17, 2009
Huge congratulations on your wonderful finalist, Usman!! #7860284Teresa Burnett August 17, 2009
Huge congratulations again on this stunning Finalist, Usman!! Hope it wears gold soon!! #7860440Karen Engelbreth August 17, 2009
Congratulations Usman... #7860579Barbara Waldoch August 18, 2009
Congratulations on this gorgeous Finalist, Usman! #7860889Stefania Barbier August 18, 2009
huge congratulations on your wonderful finalist!!!! #7860956Nick Lagos August 18, 2009
Congratulations on your Finalist Usman.. good luck #7861209Janet McNeil August 18, 2009
Congratulations on this beautiful Finalist!! #7861393Linda D. Lester August 18, 2009
Congratulations on your finalist!!! Best of luck in the next round! #7861803Wanda Judd August 18, 2009
I loved this shot the moment I saw it, the color and contrast are fantastic, I am in awe of the fact you shot this hand held...congratulations #7862079Eugenio Diaz August 18, 2009
Congratulations, Usman on your fantastic finalist! #7862570A P August 18, 2009
See I told you we'd see this one again. Congratulations Usman. Best of luck in the next round. #7862763Leslie McLain August 18, 2009
Congrats on your beautiful finalist, Usman. #7863185Mitch Spence August 18, 2009
Congratulations, Usman, on this amazing finalist. #7863277Leland N. Saunders August 18, 2009
Fantastic Photo, Usman ... Congratulations ... !!Lee #7863540
Denny E. Barnes August 18, 2009
Beautiful!! Big Congratulations, Usman on your excellent and well deserved finalist!! #7864111Colleen Farrell August 18, 2009
Awesome, Usman! Big congrats on your finalist! #7864134Renee Doyle August 18, 2009
Fantastic Usman!!! Congratulations!! #7864642Nadya Johnson August 18, 2009
Congratulations on your outstanding finalist, Usman! #7864660Baqer Mohd Jawad August 18, 2009
Great job Usman you got this Purity nice picture without tripod congrats and all the best #7865523Marijana Fajgl August 19, 2009
Amazing capture, Usman! Huge congratulations! #7866276Stephen Zacker August 19, 2009
That is one awesome reflection. Congratulations #7866390Marcel J. Fernandez August 19, 2009
Congratulations Usman on your strikingly beautiful Finalist!Marcel #7866692
Robyn A. Terrell August 19, 2009
Not only is this a stunning capture, but knowing that you took it hand held is truly amazing! Congrats on this masterpiece! #7867002Julianne Bradford August 19, 2009
Congratulations Usman! Exceptional detail and stunning brilliant color in this awesome night capture. #7867285Melissa G. Meiselman August 19, 2009
Congratulations, Usman on this fantastic finalist!!! #7867723Elida Gutierrez August 19, 2009
THIS IS BEAUTIFUL!!!Congratulations Usman!!! #7868087
Linda D. Lester August 19, 2009
Love it...Congratulations!!!!! #7868913Valentin M. Armianu August 19, 2009
Congratulations on your spectacular gold!!!!! #7869004
Jessica Jenney August 19, 2009
Congratulations, Usman on your gorgeous win! #7869037Janet Daniel August 19, 2009
A big congratulations on your wonderful win, Usman! WTG! #7869063Renee Doyle August 19, 2009
Congratulations on this wonderful winner Usman!!! #7869078Amy M. Wilson August 19, 2009
Congratulations on this beautiful Gold Winner, Usman! #7869204A P August 19, 2009
Told Ya LOL CONGRATULATIONS Usman. I'm thrilled to see it in the winner circle #7869224Courtenay Vanderbilt August 19, 2009
Big CONGRATULATIONS on this awesome Winner, Usman! #7869391ROLAN NARMAN August 19, 2009
Huge congrats on your gorgeous winner Usman! #7869614Nadya Johnson August 19, 2009
Congratulations on your outstanding winner, Usman! #7869684Raymond Pauly August 19, 2009
Congratulations on this great winner! #7869762Terry Cervi August 19, 2009
Huge congrats, Usman!! #7869871Chris Budny August 19, 2009
And a grand image all around... congratulations, Usman! #7870009Gerri R. Jones August 19, 2009
Beautiful Place and a superior capture/post processing, Usman! Thanks so much for sharing this winner with us, congratulations!!! #7870061Evy Johansen August 19, 2009
Big congratulations on your beautiful win, Usman! #7870078Debra R. Harder August 19, 2009
Absolutely BRILLIANT, Usman!! HUGE CONGRATULATIONS on your magnificent GOLD WINNER!!! Deb #7870225Teresa Burnett August 19, 2009
Congratulations on your GOLD WINNER, Usman!! So very well deserved!! #7870266Cindy Bendush August 19, 2009
Over the top Usman! Congratulations! #7870444Kirsten Kiki Kjaer August 20, 2009
I agree with Cindy, Usman. Over the top!!!!! Huge congrats. #7870655Laurence Saliba August 20, 2009
Congratulations on your beautiful win Usman!!! #7870707Bojan Bencic August 20, 2009
Congratulations on your win, Usman. #7870721Mary K. Robison August 20, 2009
Congratulations on your golden winner, Usman! #7870740Alan L. Borror August 20, 2009
Congratulations on your wonderful winner, Usman! #7870890Sue Marshall August 20, 2009
Congratulations, Usman on your amazing winner! :-) #7871227Claudia Kuhn August 20, 2009
Beautiful!! Congratulations! #7871450Colleen Farrell August 20, 2009
WTG, Usman! Big congrats on your win! #7872085Leslie McLain August 20, 2009
Congrats on your beautiful winner, Usman. #7872387Erica Murphy August 20, 2009
Congratulations on your gorgeous WINNER Usman!! #7873273Kitty R. Rodehorst-Hanna August 20, 2009
Fantastic winning image, Usman!!! WTG!!! :-) k #7873518Ujjwal Mukherjee August 20, 2009
Huge congrats,Usman!!! #7873703Usman M. Bajwa August 20, 2009
Wow.. just back from two days vacation and stand pleasantly surprised to see this in the winning circle. Thank you Judges.Thank you all so very much for your kind felicitations. I really appreciate your support and time!
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Robert K. Bemus August 20, 2009
Congratulations on your win, Usman!! #7873809Kelly S. Cavanaugh August 21, 2009
Congratulations, Usman!!! Well deserved win!! #7874771Laurie Daily August 21, 2009
Congratulations on your beautiful win, Usman! #7875358Donna La Mattino Pagakis August 21, 2009
Congratulations on your win! Impressive work Usman! #7876484Anne M. Young August 21, 2009
BIG congratulations! And hand held!!! WOW #7876560Anita Hogue August 22, 2009
WOW, absolutely gorgeous UB! CONGRATULATIONS! #7877054Wanda Judd August 22, 2009
Usman, congratulations...since this on my fav's, I can only say, I love everything about it... #7877584Nick Lagos August 22, 2009
Congratulations on your big win Usman... and excellent result of a very hard capture in the dark and hand held...kudos #7879152Usman M. Bajwa August 23, 2009
Thanks Robert, Kelly, Laurie, Donna, Anne, Anita, Wanda and Nick for your kind remarks.Yes, Nick, it was not very easy getting this result hand held. This was the most steadiest of the about 15 shots that I took of this place. Had to hold my breath in all of these. #7879469
Terry Cervi August 23, 2009
Congrats on this beautiful win, Usman!! #7879965Claudine Grove August 23, 2009
Usman,Usman M. Bajwa August 23, 2009
Thanks so very much Tarry and Claudine!UB. #7882021
Marcel J. Fernandez August 24, 2009
Congratulations Usman on your wonderful Winner.Marcel #7882960
Margaret R. Barry August 24, 2009
Congratulations on this awesome winner, Usman! #7883416Usman M. Bajwa August 24, 2009
Thank you Marcel and Margaret for your support and kind comments.UB. #7884957
Lydia Williams August 26, 2009
So strikingly beautiful...breathtaking. Congratulations! #7889989Usman M. Bajwa August 26, 2009
Glad you liked it, Lydia!UB. #7891360
Alex T. Mizuno August 26, 2009
Great to see this grand image! Congratulations on your win Usman!!! #7891667Usman M. Bajwa August 27, 2009
Thank you Alex.UB. #7891764
Rich Helmer October 06, 2009
Congrats!!!! What an amazing photo!!!! Very nice!!! #8014963Dominick M. Dimacale November 15, 2009
Congratulations Usman on your Win!!!
Dominick #8132518
Usman M. Bajwa November 15, 2009
Thank you Rich and Dominick!UB. #8132547
Usman M. Bajwa December 04, 2009
Thanks Brian for your encouraging comments and support!UB. #8190941
AEK December 08, 2009
a stunning image, an inspiring gallery - fullUsman M. Bajwa December 08, 2009
Thank you very much for your generous comments and time, Krauss!UB. #8202314
Barbara Helgason December 16, 2009
Congratulations on this beautiful win. I enjoyed browsing through your gallery, so many beautiful images. Wish I had time to comment on them all. #8222458Salwa Afef December 16, 2009
So beautiful photo,congratulation on your wonderful work .:) #8223210Usman M. Bajwa December 16, 2009
Thanks a lot Barbara, coming from you these comments are very much appreciated.Thank you Salwa, glad you liked it !
UB. #8225173
Randall J. Scholten January 26, 2010
Incredible image! #8331596Usman M. Bajwa January 26, 2010
Thanks Randall!UB. #8333053
Nadia Paul February 01, 2010
Stunning image Usman - congrats on a well deserved win! #8346045Usman M. Bajwa February 01, 2010
Thanks Nadia for your time and kind comments!UB. #8346088
Laura E. Swan September 17, 2010
:)))IMAGINE. Even hand held. This truly is spectacular, Usman.
-Laura #8913925
Ellen Hodges July 01, 2011
Wonderful winner,USMAN!! Huge congrats!! #9499570Reynaldo D. Reyes July 03, 2011
Congrats on this win, so well deserved. #9504200Stanley C. Sims July 10, 2011
Terrfic image and post work Usman. Congrats on this winner. #9520907Karen Slagle July 20, 2011
Wow Usman. I can see why this is a winner. The building looks like gold and I love the reflection. Belated congrats on this awesome image... #9542241Yulianto Soeroso August 08, 2011
i only say WOW Usman hihi congratulation #9590022Yulianto Soeroso August 08, 2011
i only say WOW Usman hihi congratulation #9590023Jill Odice August 12, 2011
It's nice to move your images around so we all get to see older ones we have missed. Congrats on your win here, it's a great shot ...I like the D40 too :-) #9599424Nadine A. Lewis August 22, 2011
Not just an OUTSTANDING image but also an OUTSTANDING gallery!!! <>< #9620640M.Christine Duncan August 27, 2011
Stunning work! Always enjoy wandering through your gallery... so inspiring! #9637762Anna Krukowska October 13, 2011
Amazing picture, reflection and details. Great hand hold, too :) #9732518Usman M. Bajwa October 13, 2011
Your kind comments and time are very much appreciated !!!UB. #9733640
Vincent J. DeSanto November 06, 2015
Stunning Usman, very nice.Sign up for an interactive online photography course to get critiques on your photos.
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