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Waiting on the Levee
Uploaded: July 17, 2010 08:49:36
The late evening view from Oak Alley Plantation in Louisiana, across the Great River Road (not really "great"--just a two-laner) running alongside the levees of the Mississippi River.
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Exif: F Number: 16, ExposureTime: 100/123 seconds, ISO: 200, FocalLength: 105.00 mm, Model: NIKON D300
Michelle Alton July 17, 2010
Andy they don't look at all added! You're right...that little touch made all the difference! Glorious. #1289173Tammy Espino July 17, 2010
I would of never known :) Beautiful! #8769935Kitty R. Rodehorst-Hanna July 17, 2010
WOW! Wonderful overall image, Mitch! Super DDR work! :-) k #8770260Nikki McDonald July 18, 2010
Wonderful work and a terrific result. Funny how much interest the dog especially adds to the composition. Lovely light and color, too. #8771211Shelly A. Van Camp July 18, 2010
Very Pretty!!! #8771359Mitch Spence July 18, 2010
Thanks, Michelle, Tammy, Kitty, Nikki, and Shelly. Glad you like the result here. #8771382Karen Celella July 18, 2010
Fantastic results, Mitch. You took a beautiful moment and gave it a story. #8771473Leslie McLain July 18, 2010
Terrific capture, sky, and digital darkroom work, Mitch. #8771923Amalia Sylvia Arriaga Salinas July 19, 2010
Beautiful colors Mitch!,Mitch Spence July 20, 2010
Thank you Karen, Leslie, and Amalia. #8775974Ken Smith July 20, 2010
Love the Z lines in this and the colours, Mitch. Very nicely done! #8776685Mitch Spence July 21, 2010
Thank you very much, Ken. In my head, I thought before I went, that one would be able to see the mighty Mississippi from all along this road. It's there, of course, but it's on the other side of the high levee and you have to climb up there to get a view of it. #8778280Usman M. Bajwa July 27, 2010
Wonderfully composed image with great color and additions, Mitch!UB. #8790340
Mitch Spence July 30, 2010
Thank you, Usman. :) #8795397Chris Budny January 27, 2011
Wonderful capture---well seen to catch the dog on the levee. #9197901Mitch Spence February 02, 2011
Thank you, Chris. #9208087Chris Budny February 16, 2011
Woohoo!! Congratulations Mitch, on your POTD! #9243822Ken Smith February 16, 2011
Way to go, Mitch...cool shot..and congrats to you! #9243854Tammy M. Anderson February 16, 2011
Congrats on your wonderful POTD, Mitch. #9243868MELODIE C. ROBERTS February 16, 2011
WoWKatarina Mansson February 16, 2011
Superb colors, comp and story telling content. Love this! Congratulations Mitch on your beautiful POTD! #9243882Mark S. Cox February 16, 2011
Beautiful photo. Great composition and color. Congrats on the well-deserved POTD. #9243897Joy Rector February 16, 2011
awesome #9243906Joy Rector February 16, 2011
congrats on the POTD #9243908Carmody Baker February 16, 2011
Congratulations. I love the colors!! #9243913Courtenay Vanderbilt February 16, 2011
Wonderful lines! Congrats on your POTD, Mitch! #9243930Leslie McLain February 16, 2011
Congrats on a terrific POTD, Mitch. #9243948Nikki McDonald February 16, 2011
Beautiful colors and a scene that is pleasing for its graphics as well as its evocative mood. Congratulations on the POTD, Mitch. #9243953Lisa J. Boulden February 16, 2011
Congratulations, Mitch, on your lovely POTD!Phil Stith February 16, 2011
I love this, Mitch! Congratulations on your POTD! #9243968Nancyj E. Hovey February 16, 2011
C O N G R A T U L A T I O N SKathryn Wesserling February 16, 2011
One of my favorites, Mitch! Congratulations for the POTD. #9244116Linda Blair February 16, 2011
Big Congrats on POTD....beautiful image!!!!!! #9244124Anita Hogue February 16, 2011
WOW, absolutely gorgeous! Congratulations on your POTD! #9244136Shirley A. Kinney February 16, 2011
Beautiful capture, Mitch. Congratulations on your POTD. #9244144Bojan Bencic February 16, 2011
Fantastic composition, Mitch. Congratulations on your amazing POTD! #9244164Melinda F. Schneider February 16, 2011
Wow... a really special shot with those colors, the birds, the dog... #9244193Karen Celella February 16, 2011
Congratulations on your super POTD, Mitch! #9244220Dr Silly February 16, 2011
Congratulations Mitch on your beautiful POTD. :O) #9244282Tammy Espino February 16, 2011
Congrats Mitch!! :) #9244294Terry Cervi February 16, 2011
Congrats on your terrific POTD, Mitch! #9244330Stefania Barbier February 16, 2011
Huge congrats on your beautiful POTD! #9244355Phyllis H. Burchett February 16, 2011
Wonderful image Mitch, congrats on your POTD! #9244390Jessica Jenney February 16, 2011
Congratulations, Mitch on your beautiful POTD! #9244413Chuck Bruton February 16, 2011
Congratulations Mitch ! #9244424Datha Y. Thompson February 16, 2011
Congratulations Mitch BEAUTIFUL POTD!!!! WTG :) #9244433David Phalen February 16, 2011
WOWZA WTG!! BIG Congratulations on a beautiful POTD!! #9244471Patti Coblentz February 16, 2011
Love the comp of lines and colors, and that doggie justs tops this image off, Mitch..big congrats on your POTD! #9244488JO ANN CLEVELAND February 16, 2011
Big congrats on this outstanding POTD Mitch! Absolutely gorgeous! Now...what dd work did you do? Add the birds or what?? What ever you did it certainly is pretty..think you have a winner here girl..jo ann c. #9244489
Kitty R. Rodehorst-Hanna February 16, 2011
WTG on this FANTASTIC POTD, Mitch! :-) k #9244501Dianna Hauf February 16, 2011
Beautiful, beautiful capture Mitch! CONGRATULATIONS on POTD!!! :) #9244532Maria Coulson February 16, 2011
Mitch, what a great capture. Congratulations on your POTD! #9244533Julianne Bradford February 16, 2011
Congratulations on this great story telling POTD Mitch! #9244626Karen E. Baumann February 16, 2011
It's like the dog is KING of his huge kennel! LOL! Love the colors and composition! Congratulations on your wonderful POTD, Mitch! #9244665Susan Jane Allen February 16, 2011
WAY TO GO, MITCH!!!! It's lovely! Hmmm...I just got the POTD email this minute and thought I'd be the first to congratulate you. But now I see so many have already done so---mail to China must be slow...! #9244729Dianna Murphy February 16, 2011
Congrats Mitch! #9244736Debra R. Harder February 16, 2011
This is a fabulous moment you captured, Mitch!! Love the lighting!! Huge congratulations on your OUTSTANDING POTD!! Deb #9244742Lisa B. North February 16, 2011
Great way to start my day by seeing this awesome image! I give it many happy woofs! #9244749Rona L. Schwarz February 16, 2011
This is terrific, Mitch! So well-seen - a marvelous composition with wonderful light - a great story-telling image with the dog. Congrats on a superb POTD! #9244780Michele Peterson February 16, 2011
Congratulations Mitch!!! So exciting to see this in my email today. It is a beautiful image, the colors and the light are wonderful, and I love the dog!! #9244786Philippe Vieux-Jeanton February 16, 2011
Splendid capture, great comp. Congrats on your PotD, Mitch!! #9244933Steve M. Harrington February 16, 2011
Good on you, Mitch! :) This is a wonderful image with elements that work so well together. A most worthy POTD!Usman M. Bajwa February 16, 2011
Great to see this again, Mitch. CONGRATZ on the POTD!UB. #9245045
Kara L. Hendricks February 16, 2011
Fantastic simplicity Mitch!!! Love this!!Congratulations friend! #9245054
Jean E. Hildebrant February 16, 2011
Way to go, Mitch!!! :) #9245067Gord MacEachern February 16, 2011
Congratulations on this well deserved POTD!! #9245249Daniella Puente February 16, 2011
Wonderful and so touching image Mitch, congrats on having this POTD! #9245325William C. Raco February 16, 2011
Such a wonderful scene, with excellent composition and colorMichael Umbreit February 16, 2011
Mitch - Congratulations on your POTD!! - Mike #9245343Cesar J. La Rosa February 16, 2011
WOW, Mitch!!! I am so happy to see this wonderful photograph as the POTD. I'm not surprised though; this image has everything to make it a WINNER. Love the beautiful composition, the lines, the colors... everything. It is simply PERFECT!!!Bob Cournoyer February 16, 2011
Excellent all the way around.. :-) #9245700Cindy Bendush February 17, 2011
Big congrats on your POTD! #9245953Amanda D. Austwick February 17, 2011
Wonderful colors and design, and composition, especially with the dog. CONGRATULATIONS on this well deserved POTD!!! #9246735Donna La Mattino Pagakis February 17, 2011
Fantastic use of light, colors and design Mitch. A huge congratulations on your POTD! #9247175Mary K. Robison February 18, 2011
Outstanding capture and composition, Mitch. The mood conveyed in this shot is marvelous.Richard D. Love February 19, 2011
Congratulations, Mitch. Wonderful lines, shapes, and colors. Well done.Rick #9250106
Jeff Robinson February 19, 2011
Congrats Mitch on your Outstanding POTD!! Jeff #9250551Mitch Spence February 26, 2011
Thanks everyone for your congratulations, your time, and your comments. They are appreciated. #9263079Ann H. Belus March 01, 2011
Huge congratulations on this excellent image being chosen for POTD, Mitch! Sorry I'm late, I was away on vacation...just catching up with comments. #9268618Mitch Spence March 05, 2011
Thank you very much, Ann. #9274946Nancy (Peaches) Harker March 11, 2011
HUGE Congrats on your AWESOME POTD Mitch! #9285723Mitch Spence March 13, 2011
Thank you very much, Peaches. :) #9289158Patricia A. Stalter July 22, 2011
I have to wonder... how the hell can it get a POTD and not a finalist????Mitch Spence July 31, 2011
You got me, Pat. :) Thank you. #9571613Sign up for an interactive online photography course to get critiques on your photos.
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