Inspiring Photo: Daybreak #11511430

Daybreak

Uploaded: March 08, 2011 03:47:13

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Shortly after sunrise in Monument Valley, on the Arizona/Utah border.

F16, 1/10th sec, ISO 200, 24mm focal length

Exif: F Number: 16, ExposureTime: 9638/100000 seconds, ISO: 200, FocalLength: 24.00 mm, Model: Canon EOS 5D Mark II

Comments

Agnes Fegan March 08, 2011

A quiet beauty :) #1359013

Courtenay Vanderbilt March 08, 2011

Wow, just stunning Ken! Beautifully composed and executed! #9279373

R. J. Laudenbacher March 08, 2011

WOW Ken...this is beautiful! #9279400

Dr Silly March 08, 2011

AWESOME :O) #9279415

Carolyn M. Fletcher March 08, 2011

Looks like the start of a beautiful day! #9279416

Judy V. Kennamer March 08, 2011

WOW!!! Takes my breath away Ken!!! Glorious! #9279429

Linda D. Lester March 08, 2011

Stunning....love the light! #9279516

Danny B. Head March 08, 2011

One word: Winner! #9279523

Bojan Bencic March 08, 2011

Spectacular photo, Ken. Beautiful scene and capture. #9279576

Roxanne M. Bubar March 08, 2011

Ken this is spectacular. #9279681

Rolando Rosito March 08, 2011

Wonderful image Ken! #9279735

Liz blahh March 08, 2011

Quite beautiful! #9279815

Shawn Jennings March 08, 2011

Beautiful! Love the sky in this! #9280231

Jeana Clark March 08, 2011

This is beautiful Ken!!!
Light and sky colors are perfectly lovely!! Awesome shot!!!
~J~ #9280287

John Connolly March 08, 2011
A magic scene with an awesome sky Ken! A mighty capture of my favorite time of day! #9280314

Claudia Kuhn March 08, 2011
Gorgeous start to the day Ken! When were you there? #9280479

Randy D. Dinkins March 08, 2011
Great shot!!! Love the light and shadows here! #9280802

Usman M. Bajwa March 09, 2011
Beautiful capture of light and comp, Ken!
UB. #9281094

Carol Eade March 10, 2011
What a beautiful sunrise capture, Ken! #9284523

Eivor Kuchta March 11, 2011
Oooh, I see a winner, Ken! Wonderful sky and perfect capture! #9285502

Debra R. Harder March 12, 2011
I agree with Eivor, Ken!! Looks like a winner to me. Breathtaking!!!!!! Deb #9287182

Bill Houghton March 14, 2011
Ken, this is a great shot of the valley. Nice job. Bill #9289675

James E. Coleman March 14, 2011
Oh man,
Really classy!
I so want to get there, but don't know if I will. #9291661

Paul D. March 15, 2011
So Ken, when you stood there that morning and saw such a dramatic sky unfold to compliment the Mittens, were you one happy camper or what?? Gorgeous, gorgeous scene, great job. #9293569

Cathy Barrows April 26, 2011
Congrats on your finalist...very pretty #9371324

Angie M. Davis April 26, 2011
Stunning capture! Congratulations on your finalist! #9371378

JO ANN CLEVELAND April 26, 2011
Congrats on your awesome Finalist Ken!
jo ann c. #9371512

Nikki McDonald April 26, 2011
Beautiful light and color, Ken. Congratulations on the finalist and good luck in the next round. #9371554

Paul D. April 26, 2011
You ALSO da man, Ken!! Woo Hoo! #9371770

Renee Doyle April 27, 2011
WTG Mr N&L :-) .... Big congrats to you on this excellent finalist! #9371940

Tammy M. Anderson April 27, 2011
Congrats on this outstanding finalist, Ken. #9372266

Ellen Hodges April 27, 2011
Congrats and best luck on a super gorgeous finalist, Ken!! #9372277

Courtenay Vanderbilt April 27, 2011
HUGE CONGRATS, Ken! #9372383

Michael Frazier April 27, 2011
Hey Sr. congrats on the gorgeous finalist. #9372777

Mary Beth Aiello April 27, 2011
Absolutely gorgeous, Ken. Huge congrats. #9372818

Debra R. Harder April 27, 2011
You know how much I love this beauty, Ken!! Huge congratulations on your gorgeous finalist. GOLD all the way!! soprano jsb #9373405

Shawn Jennings April 27, 2011
Excellent, Ken! Congratulations on your finalist! #9373460

Mary Timman April 27, 2011
Awesome shot with the sun coming up! Congratulations on this beautiful finalist! #9373717

Jeana Clark April 27, 2011

Knew wed see this again!!!Congratulations on this
beautiful Finalist Ken!!!
~J~ #9373751

Carol Eade April 27, 2011
Gorgeous, congratulations Ken! #9373776

Gail Vitikacs April 27, 2011
You knocked this out of the park! Congratulations on this beauty!
#9373831

Jeff Robinson April 27, 2011
Congrats Ken on this Outstanding Finalist!! #9374394

Linda D. Lester April 27, 2011
Love it...Congratulations on your finalist!!! #9374448

John Connolly April 27, 2011
Congratulations on your well deserved Finalist Award Ken! #9374505

Phyllis H. Burchett April 27, 2011
Congrats on this gorgeous finalist Ken! #9374873

Patti Coblentz April 27, 2011
Just breathtaking, Ken!! Congratulations on your win!! #9375530

Laura E. Swan April 28, 2011
I wouldn't have survived taking this photo. I'd have had a heart attack right there. This is awesome, Ken!
ON YOUR BIG GOLD WIN!!!
-Laura :) #9375744

Renee Doyle April 28, 2011
WTG Mr Smith!!!!!! BIG congrats to you on this most deserving winner!! #9375835

Nancy S. Kruskop April 28, 2011
Congratulations, Ken! Absolutely stunning! #9375836

Tammy M. Anderson April 28, 2011
Congrats Ken on your Winner. #9375871

Michelle Alton April 28, 2011
Beautiful winner, Ken. Congratulations! #9375913

Chris Budny April 28, 2011
Congratulations, Ken! This is lovely! #9376070

Agnes Fegan April 28, 2011
Congrats on your beautiful winning image Ken! #9376307

Barbara L. Dunlap April 28, 2011
Congratulations, Ken! Phenomenal as usual! #9376342

Courtenay Vanderbilt April 28, 2011
WTG, Ken! CONGRATS! #9376350

Graeme yew Chow April 28, 2011
What a masterful piece of winner ?. Congratulations Ken. #9376402

R. J. Laudenbacher April 28, 2011
WTG Ken! A big contrats to you on your win! #9376475

Boyd L. Alexander April 28, 2011
A big congratulations on your awesome Gold Winner Ken! #9376539

Linda D. Lester April 28, 2011
So glad to see this gold....beautiful shot Ken! Congratulations!!! #9376554

Kim Andelkovic April 28, 2011
Awesome win Ken....brilliant job :-)
#9376886

Debra R. Harder April 28, 2011
So happy to see GOLD here, Ken! I guess I can post now...lol!! It's one of my all-time favs! jsb #9376920

Stefania Barbier April 28, 2011
huge congrats on your wonderful winner Ken!!! #9376998

Stan Kwasniowski April 28, 2011
Ken, congratulations, this deserves to be a winner #9377236

Bill Houghton April 28, 2011
Ken, congratulations on your beautiful win. You deserve it. Have a great day, Bill
If you have time, check out my website:
Bill Houghton Photography

#9377251

Paul D. April 28, 2011
What an inspiration you are buddy, I've GOT to get up there to Monument Valley soon. You know I'm crazy about this shot, and I'm thrilled there's gold under it. WTG!! #9377378

Patrick Rouzes April 28, 2011
Hey Ken, Congratulations on this Incredible Winner, my friend! WTG! #9377455

Phyllis H. Burchett April 28, 2011
Congrats on this gorgeous winner Ken!!! #9377501

Karen Celella April 28, 2011
Congratulations on your glorious winner of the gold, Ken. #9377521

Jeana Clark April 28, 2011

And, again, Knew we'd see this one again!!! Way To Go Ken!!!
Congratulations for this
well deserved Winner!!!!
~J~ #9377540

Gina Cormier April 28, 2011
Simply beautiful!!!!!! Congrats!!!!!!!! #9378103

Cathy Barrows April 28, 2011
Congrats on your winner!!! #9378132

Kara L. Hendricks April 28, 2011
Out of this world Ken!!!
#9378251

Merna L. Nobile April 28, 2011
Take photo, Sleep
Edit photo, Sleep
Received award, stop sleeping
CONGRATULATIONS, Merna
#9378309

Kathy Cline April 28, 2011
YAY FOR THE KEN
An incredible shot and well deserved!
#9378399

Claudia Kuhn April 28, 2011
Such beautiful light Ken, congratulations on your winner! #9378411

Joanna Madloch April 28, 2011
fantastic image! Huge congrats, Ken! #9378486

Rona L. Schwarz April 28, 2011
Stunning, Ken - the light and sky is absolutely marvelous! HUGE CONGRATULATIONS ON THIS VERY DESERVING GOLD WINNER!!! #9378713

Usman M. Bajwa April 29, 2011
CONGRATULATIONS on landing in the GOLDEN CIRCLE, Ken!!!
UB. #9378982

Lisa J. Boulden April 29, 2011
Love this breathtaking winner!
Congratulations, my friend! ☺
~♥~Lisa #9379532

Ann H. Belus April 29, 2011
Huge congratulations, Ken, this is awesome!!! #9379535

Kitty R. Rodehorst-Hanna April 29, 2011
Congratulation on this fantastic win, Ken! :-) k #9379871

Nancyj E. Hovey April 29, 2011
C O N G R A T U L A T I O N S
on your very deserving 2nd Place WINNER! 8o) #9380190

Shawn Jennings April 29, 2011
Congratulations on your win, Ken! #9380483

Irene Colling April 30, 2011
Stunning sight, expertly photographed.
Your composition, color and exposure are outstanding Ken.
Congratulations on this excellent gold award winner. #9381388

Emile Abbott April 30, 2011
Congratulations on your winner Ken. #9381452

Mitch Spence May 01, 2011
Ken, congratulations on your winner here. It's, of course, dramatic and quite beautiful. It must have been very exciting to see this scene. #9382948

Darryl Wilkinson May 01, 2011
That's awesome, Ken! Congratulations on the win! #9383869

Carol Eade May 02, 2011
Congratulations, Ken! #9385567

Danny B. Head May 03, 2011
Congrats on a great winner, Ken! #9386317

David M. Montero May 11, 2011
Congratulations on your winning selection Ken! #9399981

Nikki McDonald May 17, 2011
Congratulations on your SnapShot feature, Ken. Beautiful image they chose. #9408232

Kim Andelkovic May 17, 2011
Congrats on your snap shot feature Ken......enjoy the ride :-)
#9408260

Chris Budny May 17, 2011
Congrats on the feature in Snapshot, Ken! Such a fantastic capture! #9408278

Nancyj E. Hovey May 17, 2011
C O N G R A T U L A T I O N S
on your featured SnapShot!!! 8o) #9408506

Susan Jane Allen May 17, 2011
Oh my, clearly have some catching up to do! Congrats both on your gold and your featured gallery! Awesome shot! #9408689

Phyllis H. Burchett May 17, 2011
Congrats on your feature in SnapShot Ken! #9409163

Gail Vitikacs May 17, 2011
STUNNING....could of been, should have been first place!!! YAHOOO! #9409339

Lisa B. North May 17, 2011
My belated compliments on this heavenly image! Puts me in a mellow lovely mood! Congrats! #9409358

Donna La Mattino Pagakis May 17, 2011
So beautiful Ken, really nice lighting and scenery. Congratulations on your win and gallery feature! #9409801

Shelly A. Van Camp May 19, 2011
A big congrats to you, Ken!! Beautiful image!! #9414747

Philippe Vieux-Jeanton May 20, 2011
PERFECT shot!! Big congratulations on your Winner, Ken!!! #9417231

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