Route 66 - The Mother Road
Uploaded: February 19, 2007 05:32:48
Nikkor 28-105 @ 28mm
1/800 @ 3.5
It was 40 degrees with a 50
mile per hour wind blowing when
I took this shot. Needless to
say that I didn't linger too
long out of the car.
Christy Nichols February 19, 2007
Wonderful capture, Karen! Such lovely colors and clarity. I just love how blue the sky is. :) #607997Alan and kellie shulver February 19, 2007
your efforts for braving the weather are well rewarded this is a wonderfull image with great color clarity and pov! - alan #3963705Alan and kellie shulver February 19, 2007
your efforts for braving the weather are well rewarded this is a wonderfull image with great color clarity and pov! - alan #3963713Jim Huffield February 19, 2007
Wonderful scene, Karen. Jim #3963894Amy JACKSON February 19, 2007
Wonderful capture, Karen! Love the blue sky and the clouds! #3963913Claudia Kuhn February 19, 2007
Beautiful comp, colors and textures Karen! #3963923Kay E. Mahoney February 19, 2007
Nice capture. Love the colors and scene. #3963941Shelly A. Van Camp February 19, 2007
Beautiful capture and sky! #3963955Shelly L. Rauscher February 19, 2007
Wonderful color Karen! I don't blame you for not lingering, that wind was nasty! #3964276Nadya Johnson February 19, 2007
OUTSTANDING capture of The Mother Road! I live near Highway 66 (or what remains of it), myself. Cool shot! I love the colors and perspective and the sky is glorious! #3964441Cyn Valentine February 19, 2007
Beautiful sky and color!! Wonderful image Karen! #3964478Marilyn K. Lincecum February 19, 2007
Beautiful composition, Karen !! Fantastic perspective, sky and colors.Melissa G. Meiselman February 19, 2007
Outstanding scene with terrific cloud formations and great perspective, Karen!! #3964913Karen Slagle February 19, 2007
Christy, Alan, Jim, Amy, Claudia, Kay, Shelly V, Shelly R, Nadya, Cyn, Marilyn and Melissa - Thanks to everyone for all the super compliments. #3965222Kitty R. Rodehorst-Hanna February 19, 2007
Wonderful image, Karen!!!! Love the sky with the clouds, the colors, framing and lighting are beautiful!!!!! ^.^ #3965325Jessica Jenney February 19, 2007
Wonderful landscape and POV, Karen! Love the warm earth tones and cloudscape! #3965581Holly Shao February 19, 2007
Wonderful perspective, composition, and colors, Karen!!Holly #3965670
Nancy L. Green February 19, 2007
Gorgeous colors and composition Karen!! Beautifully done!! <>< #3965942Janine Russell February 19, 2007
Karen, great colors, detail, lighting, point of view and DOF. #3965958Paula Dwyer February 19, 2007
Beautiful colors, lighting and detail in your excellent capture!!! :) #3966050Karen Slagle February 19, 2007
Thanks to all for the nice comments - Kitty, Jessica, Holly, Nancy, Janine and Paula. #3966062Cassie L. Woodlee February 19, 2007
Gorgeous capture Karen, love the lighting, clarity and color!!!!!! #3966386Karen Slagle February 20, 2007
Thank you Cassie. #3967702Pat Gamwell February 20, 2007
Fabulous depth...draws the eyes immediately into the scene! LOVE it! #3969253Karen Slagle February 20, 2007
Thank you Pat. #3969481GianAngelo Monchieri February 23, 2007
Beautiful composition, Karen.Outstanding shot with nice cloud formations and great perspective. Compliments #3977680Karen Slagle February 23, 2007
Thank you Monchieri, so happy you like this shot... #3978757David Pratt February 27, 2007
Wonderful composiiton! Love the deep blue sky with the clouds #4004360Karen Slagle February 28, 2007
Thank you Dave. #4006225Sherry Karr Adkins March 22, 2007
Congrats on your finalist, Karen. #4082973Kenneth Mucke March 22, 2007
Big congrats on your wonderful finalist Karen #4083453Janine Russell March 22, 2007
Karen, congratulations on your finalist. #4083537Kay E. Mahoney March 22, 2007
Congratulations on your beautiful finalist. Good luck in the next round. #4083552Terry L. Ellis March 22, 2007
A beautiful finalist! Congratulations, Karen! #4083591Datha Y. Thompson March 22, 2007
CONGRATULATIONS Karen :0) #4083784Paula Dwyer March 23, 2007
Congratulations Karen!!! :) #4085371Mary Timman March 23, 2007
Congratulations Karen! #4085677Kaye Burazin March 23, 2007
Nicely done Karen. Congrats and good luck in the next round! #4085966Hurk (Steve) Hurkett March 23, 2007
Beautiful sky and clouds, Karen .. Congratulations on this Excellent Finalist ... steve #4086294Rakesh Syal March 23, 2007
Congratulations on this glorious finalist!! #4086583Nadine A. Lewis March 23, 2007
Yeah, Karen...CONGRATULATIONS!!! <>< #4086602Karen Slagle March 23, 2007
Thank you everyone for all the super nice compliments. #4086831Christy Nichols March 23, 2007
Yay, congratulations Karen!!!! Beautiful!! #4087612Mick Burkey March 23, 2007
Congrats on the finals, Karen!! Good luck in the next round. #4087634Tarun Bose March 23, 2007
Big congrats Karen on your beautiful finalist. #4088357Gary Lange March 23, 2007
Karen, Congrats, girl!! I love this! #4088832Jeff Robinson March 23, 2007
What an outstanidng image and now knowing what conditions that you were in to capture this makes it even better! Congrats Karen on your Finalist!! Jeff #4089313Karen Slagle March 23, 2007
Thanks so much everyone, I appreciate all the comments and feedback..... #4089327eileen bedford March 23, 2007
Congratulations on your finalist... #4090409Marilyn K. Lincecum March 24, 2007
CONGRATULATIONS Karen on this outstanding image and good luck in the next round !! #4090828Cassie L. Woodlee March 24, 2007
Congrats Karen!!!!! #4091126Karen Slagle March 24, 2007
Thanks so much for the nice comments, Eileen, Marilyn and Cassie. #4091552Emile Abbott March 24, 2007
Braving the elements paid off Karen, congrats on your finalist. #4093022Karen Slagle March 24, 2007
Thank you Emile, at least it's starting to get warmer now... #4094007Pamela Shane March 25, 2007
Congratulations on your spectacular finalist Karen!! :) #4096312Karen Slagle March 25, 2007
Thank you for the compliments, Pamela. I was really quite surprised this one was chosen..... #4096790Carla Metzler March 26, 2007
Congratulations on your beautiful finalist, Karen! #4098601Karen Slagle March 26, 2007
Thank you Carla. #4098637Carol Teal March 31, 2007
Beautiful image with a great sky! I would never have guessed from looking at the photo that it was that cold! Congrats on your finalist Karen! #4115811Karen Slagle March 31, 2007
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