Admiring the View

Gallery: Man & NaturePosted April 9, 20072,076 views12 comments

Caught this couple pausing for a moment to enjoy this wonderful vantage point.

Comments

12 comments

Comment posted by Rob Horne on April 10, 2007 at 8:20 AM

Good one Rick. Wondering what you used on this. As a novice I’m trying to get an idea of what I need to take similar shots.

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Comment posted by Alan Bryant on April 10, 2007 at 10:51 AM

This is really nice Rick.Awesome comp, with loads going on in the shot

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Comment posted by Ashutosh Rajekar on April 10, 2007 at 11:01 AM

Well caught. You've framed all elements very well. I never knew you had tulips in your area (assuming "your area" means Mt. Hood area

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Registered on June 8, 2006, 51 Posts, 910 Comments

Comment posted by Bill Fach on April 10, 2007 at 3:46 PM

Rick: Superb capture of the moment and a beautiful scene. Very nicely done. >=))>

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Comment posted by Zandall Carpenter on April 10, 2007 at 6:00 PM

Great scene, and I love the people in the shot. Very beautiful.

Registered on January 8, 2007, 104 Posts, 325 Comments

Comment posted by Kent Staubus on April 10, 2007 at 10:54 PM

Great catch! The light is delightful, and what really makes it for me is the mountain in the background. I would think you could sell this one to a card company, especially a local one. It is publishable.

Kent in SD

Registered on November 11, 2003, 121 Posts, 2098 Comments

Comment posted by Rick Lundh on April 12, 2007 at 11:31 PM

Rob,
I shot two exposures...one for the sky and one for the flowers. I used levels and curves to bring the colors to life without oversaturating them.

Timothy,
I couldn't do a horizontal version because there were telephone poles and other stuff just outside of the frame which took away from the message.

Registered on April 28, 2004, 774 Posts, 4351 Comments

Comment posted by Kevin McNeal on April 15, 2007 at 5:55 PM

This is great Rick - you nailed this one - where in the heck is this image taken ? - I'll understand if you dont want to .

Registered on May 19, 2006, 209 Posts, 3202 Comments

Comment posted by Giuseppe Guadagno on April 16, 2007 at 3:31 PM

To human flowers, one red and one white, among endless stripes of vegetal flowers red and white. The luck helps more the best photographers! Beautiful too.

Registered on February 3, 2007, 827 Posts, 5052 Comments

Comment posted by Rick Lundh on April 16, 2007 at 5:04 PM

Thanks for the comments!
Kevin...this is taken from the Woodburn Tulip Farm...AKA "The Wooden Shoe" A google will get you maps to the place. I'd get out there ASAP...it's getting close to the end of the season there.

Registered on April 28, 2004, 774 Posts, 4351 Comments

Comment posted by Elizabeth Kimes on April 18, 2007 at 12:02 PM

Absolutely Beautiful, Rick! I see this as a cover for next year's tulips festival brochure.

I wonder if the tulips have kept their beauty after our weird hailstorms the last few days. I wanted to make it back down to the Wooden Shoe one more time this season. I stopped by with my point and shoot after a meeting in Corvallis a couple weeks ago, but it was very overcast that day. I didn't realize there was such a beautiful view of Mt. Hood from the gardens. Very Cool!

Congrats on the EP as well

Registered on June 10, 2004, 256 Posts, 249 Comments

Comment posted by Carol Hyman on April 24, 2007 at 2:39 AM

Rick,

I like the idea and the composition.

IMO, the flowers are over saturated.

Carol

Registered on January 18, 2007, 597 Posts, 8062 Comments