Land of the Free
Uploaded: May 25, 2009 09:49:13
Thank you to all the men and women who have served sacrificially to make this wonderful nation the "land of the free and the home of the brave!" Happy Memorial Day!
This is the view as you come into our neighborhood in Palmer, Alaska. Slight gaussian blur applied in PSCS3.
*Nature & Landscapes*
05-25-09
Exif: F Number: 4, Exposure Bias Value: 0.00, ExposureTime: 1/160 seconds, Flash: reserved, ISO: 800, FocalLength: 40.00 mm, Model: E-510
Tammy M. Anderson May 25, 2009
Absolutely gprgeous, Carrie. Perfect light and colors. #1132507jeff crosier May 25, 2009
Beautiful image Carrie!!!! #7555580Susan Weisensel May 25, 2009
Knock my socks off, this is gorgeous. #7555634Daniella Puente May 25, 2009
A WINNER for me Carrie! FABULOUS light and wonderful scene... #7555681Randy A. Baumhover May 25, 2009
Excellent image! RB #7555695Melissa Olsen May 25, 2009
OMG...this is fantastic and looks like an easy winner to me. #7555742Clyde Smith May 25, 2009
Wow! Wonderful clarity, details and comp Carrie. #7556161Mike Clime May 25, 2009
Beautiful scenery, wonderful comp and awesome lighting! #7556173John E. Steinway May 25, 2009
Beautiful capture Carrie. Looking forward to visiting Alaska in 3 weeks. #7556364Pat Gamwell May 25, 2009
INCREDIBLE shot, Carrie! Wowzaaa! What a gorgeous contrast with the blazing orange trees and the snow capped mountains...then there's the matter of that awesome grain barn! We should see this one again! #7556515Remi Trepanier May 25, 2009
Gorgeous picture and effect :) #7556609Joanna Madloch May 25, 2009
Absolutely incredible, you left me speechless. #7556648Carrie M. Groseclose May 25, 2009
Thank you so much everyone for your very kind comments! I truly appreciate them! #7556880cheryl m. phillips May 26, 2009
SO pretty!Nancyj E. Hovey May 26, 2009
OMGosh, I wanna be THERE! WOW, what a beautiful area you live in... and you have captured it perfectly... wow 8o) #7558853Dianna Murphy May 26, 2009
A gorgeous image, wonderful color. #7559177Carrie M. Groseclose May 26, 2009
Thank you so much Cheryl, NancyJ, and Dianna! #7559265Eugenio Diaz May 26, 2009
Perfectly and completely gorgeous! #7562022ROLAN NARMAN May 26, 2009
Gorgeous capture, wonderful colors and lighting Carrie! #7564475Alfonso Garcia June 18, 2009
Excellent , Wonderful ImageCarrie M. Groseclose June 18, 2009
Thank you so much Eugenio, Rolan, and Alfonso! #7644086Jeana Clark June 19, 2009
~J~ #7650468
Dianna Murphy June 19, 2009
Yeah Carrie! Congratulations on your fine entry/finalist. #7650529Daniella Puente June 19, 2009
Oh YES!!!! congratulations on this beauty :))) #7650562ROLAN NARMAN June 19, 2009
Huge congrats on your fantastic finalist, Carrie! #7651460Clyde Smith June 19, 2009
Congratulations on an amazing Finalist Carrie! #7651790Pat Gamwell June 19, 2009
No surprise here! Awesome finalist, Carrie! #7652335Donna La Mattino Pagakis June 19, 2009
Beautiful Carrie! Congratulations on your finalist! #7652825Eugenio Diaz June 19, 2009
Huge Congratulations on this STUNNING finalist! AMAZING work and well done. #7653179Kim Kleinschmidt June 19, 2009
Congrats on your beautiful finalist, Carrie! #7653240Betsy Labuschagne June 19, 2009
Congratulations on your gorgeous finalist Carrie!! #7653372Carrie M. Groseclose June 19, 2009
Thank you SO much everyone! I truly appreciate you taking the time to comment!! #7653480Nancyj E. Hovey June 20, 2009
C O N G R A T U L A T I O N SM.Christine Duncan June 20, 2009
wow... incredible light captured here!!! congrats on this superb finalist! #7655939Usman M. Bajwa June 20, 2009
Wonderful landscape image, Carrie. CONGRATS on the Finalist Award!!Usman. #7659413
Liz blahh June 20, 2009
Congrats on this beautiful image! #7659513Carrie M. Groseclose June 20, 2009
Thank you so much NancyJ, Christine, Usman, and Liz! #7659537Daniella Puente June 22, 2009
I KNEW IT!!!!!!!!!!!! Big congrats on this fabulous winner :))))) #7665433Katherine Kuhn June 22, 2009
Congratulations on this pristine winner! #7665530Jessica Jenney June 22, 2009
Congratulations, Carrie on your beautiful win! #7666238Donna La Mattino Pagakis June 22, 2009
Congratulations on your win!!!! Beautiful Carrie! #7666855Carrie M. Groseclose June 22, 2009
THANK YOU so much Daniella, Katherine, Jessica, and Donna! I am so excited - this is my first Gold, YAY!!! #7666869ROLAN NARMAN June 22, 2009
Huge congratulations on your gorgeous winner Carrie! #7667253Betsy Labuschagne June 23, 2009
Congratulations Carrie on your superb Winner!!! #7668435Cathy Barrows June 23, 2009
Congrats on your win...fantastic...i would be late getting home everyday if I had to pass this #7669283Kim Kleinschmidt June 23, 2009
CONGRATULATIONS on your winner Carrie!Nancyj E. Hovey June 23, 2009
C O N G R A T U L A T I O N SUsman M. Bajwa June 23, 2009
CONGRATS on the Second Place Win, Carrie!!Usman. #7670507
David M. Montero June 23, 2009
Absolutely beautiful Carrie. Congratulations!!! #7671237Joao Martinho June 24, 2009
Minimal and beautiful! Great winner #7673128Alfonso Garcia June 25, 2009
Congratuletions !Mary Beth Aiello June 26, 2009
Carrie -- Outstanding. Huge congrats on this well deserved win. #7680047Carrie M. Groseclose June 26, 2009
Thank you so much Rolan, Betsy, Cathy, Kim, NancyJ,Mitch Spence June 28, 2009
Carrie, congratulations on this gorgeous winner. #7686762Lydia Williams June 29, 2009
WOW! Congratulations Carrie..so crisp and clean looking! Great shot! #7689852Dominick M. Dimacale August 19, 2009
Congratulations Carrie on your Win!!!
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Carrie M. Groseclose August 19, 2009
Thank you so much Mitch, Lydia, and Dominick! #7870529Betsy Labuschagne August 19, 2009
Congratulations on your amazing winner Carrie!!! #7870587Kelly S. Cavanaugh August 22, 2009
How could I miss this one! Instant fav for me! Amazing scenery and fantastic colors and composition, Carrie! Congratulations! #7878266Carrie M. Groseclose August 22, 2009
Thank you so much Betsy and Kelly!! #7879153Songbird Cline October 08, 2009
stunning!! We saw this in the summer.. my son lives in Chugiak and we were in Palmer all the time! What a gorgeous area ! #8019280Jean Lechleiter November 01, 2009
Wow this is fantastic scenery, superbly captured! CONGRATULATIONS!!! #8094945Jeffrey Bergman November 20, 2009
You live in such a beautiful place...have any room for a neighbor? #8147337Shelly A. Van Camp February 22, 2010
Wow, this is beautiful! My hubby is in the US Army....been over 20 now! He loves it!! Thanks for the nice comments!! #8407799Iris Greenwell August 08, 2010
beautiful! #8814054Terry Cervi March 09, 2016
Stunning, Carrie!! #11444706Stan Kwasniowski April 09, 2016
Carrie, love this, you deserve to be a winner #11459035Carrie M. Groseclose April 09, 2016
Thank you, Stan. You are too sweet! #11459038Lydia Williams April 09, 2016
So glad to see this as an All Time EP! Congratulations Carrie! #11459140James Kooper April 11, 2016
As like everyone has responded. Its just beautiful. #11459647Sign up for an interactive online photography course to get critiques on your photos.
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