everyday´s Valentine´s Day... [Contest Finalists February 2004]
Uploaded: February 19, 2004 01:42:23
Lovers in Ponte de Lima
Patricia A. Kuniega February 19, 2004
So beautiful Susana! Your composition and selective coloring is wonderful!! It really creates a romantic mood. Great job! : ) #98847Colleen Braun February 19, 2004
great image, love the coloring... #385775Theresa McCloskey February 19, 2004
nice Susan - I really like the selective coloring here against the black and white :-) #385810Kathleen Clemons February 19, 2004
This is wonderful, Su!!!!! #385836Susie Peek-Swint February 19, 2004
Cool image Su! I see your buds are a little further along than ours! #385851Jeff St.Onge February 19, 2004
Excellent image Susan!!! #385931
Jeff Robinson
February 19, 2004
Judith G. Secco February 19, 2004
Wow, this is great, Su. Wonderful image.Gabriela Cunha February 19, 2004
Wow! incredible image, dear Su!
Claudia Kuhn
February 19, 2004
Kasia Elser February 19, 2004
Great shot! #386156Stephen Zacker February 19, 2004
WOW.. Superb image. Like the selective coloring and the couple on the bench. Lovely! #386160Karen Bacon February 19, 2004
This is beautiful Susana!Good job! #386182Joyce Baldassarre February 19, 2004
BEAUTIFUL SHOT!!!!!!!!!!!! LOVE IT. #386193Murry Grigsby February 19, 2004
You're such a romantic :0) Nice image Su!! #386253Janice Forrest February 19, 2004
Very beautiful. Nice use of color. #386271Paul Coco February 19, 2004
A super image, Su. Very well done. #386377
Michael Wehrman
February 19, 2004
Linda Murphy February 19, 2004
This is great, Su! Excellent work! #386511Robert Brown February 19, 2004
Su, this is a very romantic image. Nice work! #386547Leanne M.E. Boyd February 19, 2004
Susana, this is wonderful!!!!!! #386595Susan T. Parady February 19, 2004
Nice, selective use of color. Well done, Su!! #386645Monika Sapek February 19, 2004
Nicely done, Susana! The splash of delicate colors in this monochromatic image makes it all!Susana Matos February 19, 2004
Good evening, this is such a wonderful way of arriving home, THANK YOU all, so very much!!GABY, conto contigo logo que queiras vir, sábado de preferencia!! Assim no domingo vamos passear. E ficas até terça ou quarta, tá bem?
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Ed Isaacs February 19, 2004
Beautiful, Su. #386772
Susan T. Evans
February 19, 2004
Susana Matos February 19, 2004
Thank you so much, Ed and Susan!!Dominique Declerck February 25, 2004
ça, c'est du travail de Maître ... un prix doit recompenser cette superbe création!!!bravo, Susana!!! #396140
Susana Matos February 25, 2004
Merci Dominique, ça en vaut tout le travail du monde si c´est pour avoir ces superbes commentaires!Uri Rosenberg February 28, 2004
Su, It's a winner!Susana Matos March 02, 2004
Uri, wow!! What a compliment! I didn´t got this on my mail don´t know why!! But I am happy I came here and saw your words, thank you so, so much!!Gabriela Cunha March 19, 2004
parabens trisados..... esta tem que ganhar!Colleen Braun March 19, 2004
grande.. #431188Kathleen Clemons March 19, 2004
This is one of my favorites of yours, Su. Congratulations to you! #431527Dominique Declerck March 19, 2004
"... un prix doit récompenser cette superbe création!!! ..."et voilà, c'est fait!!! .. et ce n'est pas fini!!! à bientôt, donc...
Félicitations, Susana!!!
Silke et Dom #431742
Donna W. Neal March 19, 2004
Congratulations and Good Luck Sus. #431786
Claudia Kuhn
March 19, 2004
Franziska Lang March 19, 2004
This is an incredbile shot ... wow. Love the composition and selected desaturation. Congrats on being a finalist and good luck for the final placing! #432054Paula Lechten March 19, 2004
This is beautifully done, I love it. #432079Susana Matos March 19, 2004
wow... what a great wellcome home!!!!!!!!!!!!! Don´t really know how to thank you for your wonderful words!!Dominique, Merci, si j´aime lire vos superbes commentaires, j´aime encore plus cette façon dont vous avez de me faire rir bien fort en me faisant toute heureuse!! Merci! #432247
Gene Spears March 19, 2004
i missed this one, Susana - beautiful image and effect! congrats! #432257Susan T. Parady March 19, 2004
Congratulations, Su! #432337Gary O`Dell March 19, 2004
Congratulations Susana..Gary O #432462Darren K. Fisher March 19, 2004
Bravo on this stunning image, the best of luck Su. #432672Bernard B. Travers March 19, 2004
Great job, Susana. Congratulations and the best of luck. #432811Nobu Nagase March 19, 2004
Many congratulations, Su!!! #433041Murry Grigsby March 19, 2004
Congrats Su on your very romantic finalist! Wonderful image!! #433351
Susan T. Evans
March 19, 2004
Peggy Wolff March 19, 2004
Ummmmm......WOW!!! This is amazing! Absolutly perfect! #433785Marja H. Konimäki March 19, 2004
Beautiful work. Congrats & good luck Susana #434236James R. Jackson March 19, 2004
Congratulations, Susana! This one is particularly beautiful and creative. Congrats on your other two finalist entries, too! I can already tell that the March contest is going to find you represented in the finalists (and perhaps more, too! Keep shooting! Jay #434272
Jeff Robinson
March 19, 2004
Susie Peek-Swint March 19, 2004
I knew we'd see this one again -- well done Su!! Good luck! #434300Karen Bacon March 19, 2004
Congratulations Susana! #434403Deborah Sandidge March 19, 2004
Congratulations Susana, such an elegant image! #434417Paula Showen March 19, 2004
Awesome image, Su! Congratulations!!! #434444Anette Linnea Rasmussen March 19, 2004
Congratulations and best of luck in theBest regards
Linnea #434707
Steven F. Son March 19, 2004
Congratulations! Best of luck. Your entire gallery is great. -steve #434763Barbara K. Breitsameter March 19, 2004
Beautiful! Congrats. #434777
William C. Raco
March 19, 2004
bill #434925
Stanley J. Contrades March 19, 2004
Gorgeous job, Susana, along with all of your images! Congratulations!Monika Sapek March 19, 2004
Many congratulations and good luck in the next round with this great image, Susana!Dale Ann Cubbage March 19, 2004
Stunning, congrats & good luck! #435300
Hasmik Hatamian
March 19, 2004
Evy Johansen
March 19, 2004
Abdul Kadir Audah March 20, 2004
I really like 'the mood' of your image here and the title is make more 'different' from other image. You got a style girl!...thanks for sharing it and Congratulations you are on FINAL!!! #435556Susana Matos March 20, 2004
THANK YOU a thousand times to you all that were so nice to take the time to write your comment down!!! Sometimes we´re lucky and get good inspiration, but the great thing is to share it with you and have such wonderful feed-back!!!Judith G. Secco March 20, 2004
Glad to see this again, Su. Just beautiful. Congratulations.
Carolyn M. Fletcher
March 20, 2004
Adam T. Cowart March 20, 2004
Wow! Nicely done. Congrats!!! #436711Marta Azevedo March 20, 2004
Maravilhooooooooooooooooosa!!!!!!!!!Susana Matos March 20, 2004
THANK YOU!! You are wonderful!!
Susan T. Evans
March 20, 2004
Susan T. Parady March 20, 2004
Congrats on your well deserved win!!! #437064
William C. Raco
March 20, 2004
bill #437071
Sharon E. Lowe
March 20, 2004
Judith G. Secco March 20, 2004
So happy that this is a winner, Su. Congratulations to you!!Patricia A. Kuniega March 20, 2004
Congratulations on one of my favorites Su! #437128Kathleen Clemons March 20, 2004
So pleased for you, Su! Congratulations! #437131Maryam S. March 20, 2004
Congratulations to you!! #437150
Claudia Kuhn
March 20, 2004
June Marie Sobrito March 20, 2004
Congratulations! #437182
Carolyn M. Fletcher
March 20, 2004
Joy Brown March 20, 2004
Congratulations, Su - great job! #437224Stanley J. Contrades March 20, 2004
Take an extra bow on this fabulous win, Susana! Wonderful!Theresa McCloskey March 20, 2004
Congratulations Susana :-) #437297Warren Ishii March 20, 2004
A beautiful composition, congratulations Susana! #437318
Brenda W. LaFleur
March 20, 2004
Donna J. Taff March 20, 2004
Congratulation's Susanna, It is beautiful!!! #437421Kristen McKain March 20, 2004
congrats!!!--gorgeous!! #437424Peggy Wolff March 20, 2004
Congratulations Susana, this was my all time favorite for the whole month! #437437
Peter Anderson
March 20, 2004
Gene Spears March 20, 2004
congratulations Susana!! outstanding image! #437489Murry Grigsby March 20, 2004
Congrats on yor win Su!! #437514Lisa Deaton March 20, 2004
Congrats on the win!!! Beautiful image. Love your stuff. #437535Terry R. Hatfield March 20, 2004
Hi Su Congrats On Your Win The Womans Touch Shines Through Again! #437573
Hasmik Hatamian
March 20, 2004
Mary K. Robison March 20, 2004
A wonderful image, Su ~ and a well-deserved win! CONGRATULATIONS! #437673Marja H. Konimäki March 20, 2004
CONGRATULATIONS Susana!!!! #437766Lori Ditlefsen March 20, 2004
A big congrats Su! I missed this one and it's just beautiful with wonderful selective color. Well done! #437798ilana peled March 20, 2004
It`s the first time I saw this enchanting picture today and it took myDominique Declerck March 21, 2004
Nous vous applaudissons, Susana!!!!S+D #437847
Mette Vendelboe Allison
March 21, 2004
Karen Engelbreth March 21, 2004
Congrats on your win Susana! #437920Gabriela Cunha March 21, 2004
congratulations on a deserved win!!!!!!!!!!!!!Susana Matos March 21, 2004
well, now I don´t know what to say appart that you are wonderful supportive betterphoto members!!!! The pleasure of reading you is as good as being a winner, YOU make this ALIVE!!!!Obrigado minha amiga, beijinhos da aRRRRRRRRRRdeia, ahahah, num dia de chuva, Su #437935
Colette M. Metcalf March 21, 2004
Congrats! #438022Darren K. Fisher March 21, 2004
So very well deserved, way to go Su!!! #438090Stephen Zacker March 21, 2004
Congratulations Su! #438293Dale Ann Cubbage March 21, 2004
Congrats Su! This is lovely! You go girl! #438303
Evy Johansen
March 21, 2004
Allan L. Whitehead March 21, 2004
Susana, I don't know how I missed this one the first time around, however, I just wanted to take this opportunity to say congratulations on your terrific win, a job well done and very well deserved - Allan #438908
Gary H. Minish
March 21, 2004
Elizabeth A. Zibas March 21, 2004
Congrats Su. I like the story that this one tells. The selective coloring makes this one so beautiful. Nicely done. #439076
Ellen Peach
March 21, 2004
Michael F. Millay March 21, 2004
Su - First - Thanx for your Comments on my1. You included NO info on How - and "Tech. Specs." about this Image (as requested on BP Upload Page) and -
2. A Thousand Well-Deserved Compliments on this Image, Yet... NO ONE seems to want to Know (As I Do) HOW this was Done !! i.e. :
Digital Filters ? Color ADDED, or Subtarcted ?
In - Photoshop ?
Fill Us In ?
Sooooooooo Creative !!!! EXcellent ! M.M. #439659
Pu Chen March 21, 2004
This is so beautiful! Congratualtions, Su! #439724Bernard B. Travers March 21, 2004
Big congrats. Su. #439739Susana Matos March 22, 2004
well, you certainly made of me a happy girl with such wonderful words from the begining!! THANK YOU indeed for such postitive reactions and for taking the time to write them down,it counts a lot. Time is something WE NEVER HAVE ENOUGH, and us photographers, we always have good reasons to be outside, isn´t it? So, I appreciate indeed this time you spent here sharing your visions of the world to make this site so alive!!Michael, I think this image has just a selective coloring, nothing of unusual, the more important thing here is that you look at your picture and think: which detail really caught my attention for me to shot this? And then you use PS and your imagination to make that detail visible upon the others on your image. Here I was trying to catch the flowers that were lighten by a beautiful sunrise light and the background with the lovers sitting there, and all the calm ambiance. But, the photo was confused for others, too many things, so I began thinking about a way of showing what did impressed me that moment. I selected the flowers that caught my attention, then select>inverse, go to hue/saturation and put saturation on zero on everything but the flowers I selected. This way you can now look to the image and see two levels, and also understand the photo. On the desaturated part I applyied the diffuse glow a little. You just try it on a photo where there is a particular detail that made you shot it, I have another example more recent in my gallery : "world of the mind # ".
Thank you for your positive feedback!!
Cheers from Portugal, from little Ponte de Lima, Su #439751
Doug Benner March 22, 2004
Beautiful, Su. Many congratulations!! #439809Patricia Marroquin March 22, 2004
Thanks for your explanation, Su. You have a very creative mind! Congratulations on your win with this beautiful image! :-) #440298bob cornelison March 22, 2004
It's all been said and the fact that you have so many responses says alot! You have many friends here at BP and I bet you don't even know them except through their photos and comments here. I feel I'm getting to know a few people here, including you, just from all of the comments they make. Congrats from me to you...Great shot! #440510Leanne M.E. Boyd March 22, 2004
Congratulations Sus! #440733Christopher Del Negro March 23, 2004
This really stirs emotion, just beautiful. #442135Janice Forrest March 23, 2004
I am thrilled to see this beautiful shot as a winner. Congratulations. You deserved it. #442256Monika Sapek March 23, 2004
Many congratulations on your Second Place Win, Susana!Susana Matos March 25, 2004
THANK YOU SO, SO, SO MUCH!!!! Your words are indeed greatly appreciated!!Robert Brown March 30, 2004
Su, Congratulations on your winning shot! I thought it was terrific when you uploaded it.I've just returned from my 10 days in Portugal (spent 3 nights in Ponte de Lima) and had a wonderful time. More later . . . #455016
Mary-Ella Bowles April 02, 2004
This just popped onto my screen when I logged on to BetterPhoto - what a lovely way to start the day! I love the delicate colors of the flowers, and the softness of this romantic image. A belated Congratulations on your win, Susana! #459870Susana Matos April 08, 2004
Thank you Robert, you will have to tell me a little about it!Gabriela Cunha April 18, 2004
obrigada, dear Su, por me ofereceres uma impressao desta foto como prenda de aniversario! sera uma optima capa do nosso livro, verdade???Sign up for an interactive online photography course to get critiques on your photos.
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