A Moment of Sunshine
A lake in North Wales on a stormy day14 total reviews
Comment from Contests
reply by the author on 16-Oct-2025
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 A contest winning entry! A seven star rating from the Contest Committee for posting the winning contest entry. |
Comment Written 16-Oct-2025
reply by the author on 16-Oct-2025
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Thank you very much to everyone on the contest committee!
Charlotte
Comment from Photopeb
Initial/Visual impact
6
Creativity/Presentation
6
Color harmony
6
Center of interest
6
Lighting/Exposure
6
Technique
6
Technical excellence
6
Outstanding photography!
Thoughtfully composed with tack sharp focus. Excellent depth of field and
plenty of details. Very moody with the ominous skies. So here we go!
Great initial and visual impact. Excellent creativity and presentation. Awesome center of interest and storytelling ability. Fantastic colors and color harmony. Great lighting and exposure values. Excellent technique and
fine textures. High technical excellence. Pleasing to the eye! Thanks for sharing!
Paul
PS: Sorry I was out of six stars so the virtual one will have to do for now.
reply by the author on 10-Oct-2025
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Initial/Visual impact
6
Creativity/Presentation
6
Color harmony
6
Center of interest
6
Lighting/Exposure
6
Technique
6
Technical excellence
6
Outstanding photography!
Thoughtfully composed with tack sharp focus. Excellent depth of field and
plenty of details. Very moody with the ominous skies. So here we go!
Great initial and visual impact. Excellent creativity and presentation. Awesome center of interest and storytelling ability. Fantastic colors and color harmony. Great lighting and exposure values. Excellent technique and
fine textures. High technical excellence. Pleasing to the eye! Thanks for sharing!
Paul
PS: Sorry I was out of six stars so the virtual one will have to do for now.
Comment Written 09-Oct-2025
reply by the author on 10-Oct-2025
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Hi Paul,
Thank you very much for your great review and your virtual six!
Charlotte
Comment from helvi2
Hi Charlotte. The HDR really worked put well in this shot! Love the depth! Both the rocks and clouds boldly stand out. The shot has a nice dramatic touch! Focus and lighting are very nice.wish I had a six for you! Great shot for the contest! Wishing you luck! :o) Nancy
reply by the author on 10-Oct-2025
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Hi Charlotte. The HDR really worked put well in this shot! Love the depth! Both the rocks and clouds boldly stand out. The shot has a nice dramatic touch! Focus and lighting are very nice.wish I had a six for you! Great shot for the contest! Wishing you luck! :o) Nancy
Comment Written 09-Oct-2025
reply by the author on 10-Oct-2025
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Hi Nancy,
Thank you very much for your lovely review and virtual six - just as good in my book!
Charlotte
Comment from orchidrn
This is a beautiful landscape photograph, rugged and dramatic. Depth of field, focus and clarity are great. The rocks in the foreground show wonderful texture as the eye moves on to the smoothness of the water and then to the ruggedness of the mountain in the background. The stormy skies add to the moody theme. Nicely presented. Good luck in the contest.
reply by the author on 08-Oct-2025
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This is a beautiful landscape photograph, rugged and dramatic. Depth of field, focus and clarity are great. The rocks in the foreground show wonderful texture as the eye moves on to the smoothness of the water and then to the ruggedness of the mountain in the background. The stormy skies add to the moody theme. Nicely presented. Good luck in the contest.
Comment Written 07-Oct-2025
reply by the author on 08-Oct-2025
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Wow thank you very much Michele, for your wonderful review and those elusive six stars! Very much appreciated indeed!
Charlotte
Comment from Ray Gordon
Charlotte this is a wonderful capture of the Scotland country side. The sky is alive with threatening clouds and seems to me you were just in time to grab this area fo sunshine. Wonderful scene. Ray. I have Scottish blood.
reply by the author on 08-Oct-2025
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Charlotte this is a wonderful capture of the Scotland country side. The sky is alive with threatening clouds and seems to me you were just in time to grab this area fo sunshine. Wonderful scene. Ray. I have Scottish blood.
Comment Written 07-Oct-2025
reply by the author on 08-Oct-2025
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Thank you very much Ray, for your great review!
It's actually Wales, though in my notes I did liken it to Scotland, the landscape is similar, and both are stunning.
Do you know where abouts in Scotland your ancestors came from? You should go visit sometime :)
Charlotte
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In the vicinity of Loch Lomon, hopefully I will venture across the pond for a visit. Another quarter is form County Cork Ireland and half Italian. So beautiful. Ray
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What a great mix Ray!
My ancestors were Viking - which Ben is very proud about! I took him once to a cemetery at a village called Morseton, on the east coast of England where our ancestors first landed, it took us hours to go round as Ben wept and insisted on saying a prayer at each and every one of the Morse graves - and there were dozens of them!! Lol
Comment from Devonte Baker
Wow... I would want to camp out here and go fishing. This is a beautiful scene that you captured. The sky, rocks, water, and sun! Just majestic, thank you for sharing. Good luck in the contest!
reply by the author on 08-Oct-2025
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Wow... I would want to camp out here and go fishing. This is a beautiful scene that you captured. The sky, rocks, water, and sun! Just majestic, thank you for sharing. Good luck in the contest!
Comment Written 07-Oct-2025
reply by the author on 08-Oct-2025
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Thank you very much Devonte, for your great review!
Comment from Phyllis Marconi
What an absolutely beautiful place. Thank you for sharing this. Initial impact, exposure, colors, storytelling ability are all great. Thank you for sharing.
reply by the author on 08-Oct-2025
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What an absolutely beautiful place. Thank you for sharing this. Initial impact, exposure, colors, storytelling ability are all great. Thank you for sharing.
Comment Written 07-Oct-2025
reply by the author on 08-Oct-2025
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Thank you very much Phyliss, for your great review! It is a very stunning area - on the rare occasion when the sun shines! Lol
Charlotte
Comment from Maureen Woychyshyn
This is a very beautiful and rustic scene that you have captured. I wish I could give you a six it's simply stunning. Wonderful composition colors, tones and presentation. Good luck in the contest! a winner for me.
reply by the author on 08-Oct-2025
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This is a very beautiful and rustic scene that you have captured. I wish I could give you a six it's simply stunning. Wonderful composition colors, tones and presentation. Good luck in the contest! a winner for me.
Comment Written 07-Oct-2025
reply by the author on 08-Oct-2025
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Thank you very much Maureen, for your great review! I'm so pleased you liked it.
Charlotte
Comment from suffolkbrian
Yes think weather does play a big part in landscape photos,using the rocks in such a dramatic wayin this foreground has made for a better landscape than without them.
It has made the dof better and giving scale to the place but also the sky played a bit part in this,have been to wales mainly north,where did you go...Brian
reply by the author on 08-Oct-2025
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Yes think weather does play a big part in landscape photos,using the rocks in such a dramatic wayin this foreground has made for a better landscape than without them.
It has made the dof better and giving scale to the place but also the sky played a bit part in this,have been to wales mainly north,where did you go...Brian
Comment Written 07-Oct-2025
reply by the author on 08-Oct-2025
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Thanks Brian for your good review.
Yes, it was in North Wales, but where exactly I took it I haven't a clue as we wandered around a lot - and got lost!! It's probably around Ffestiniog, or at least in that area of North Wales as that's where we spent a lot of the time.
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have been their and on the railway,also did you get to portmerion,was a good photo though
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Yeah we did the Ffestiniog railway too, I used to have a friend who lived nearby and had his own station - Campbell's Halt. But that was a long time ago, he's dead now, though his station is still there.
Yes, I've also visited Portmerion, but again a long time ago.
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Yeah we did the Ffestiniog railway too, I used to have a friend who lived nearby and had his own station - Campbell's Halt. But that was a long time ago, he's dead now, though his station is still there.
Yes, I've also visited Portmerion, but again a long time ago.
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would go back to portmerion and they have a prisoner convetion every year as well well cool
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Ooo I didn't know that! Interesting!
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look it up on ytube
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I will!
Comment from seshadri_sreenivasan
What a wonderful capture. I would love to paint such a scene. There's a quiet power in the way of the shapes and spaceâ"it speaks directly to the heart. Well done. Regretfully, I have run out of my sixes. This richly deserves it.
reply by the author on 08-Oct-2025
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What a wonderful capture. I would love to paint such a scene. There's a quiet power in the way of the shapes and spaceâ"it speaks directly to the heart. Well done. Regretfully, I have run out of my sixes. This richly deserves it.
Comment Written 07-Oct-2025
reply by the author on 08-Oct-2025
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Thank you very much for your great review Sesha!