Smoke from a huge fire near Ellensburg, WA and the dust from Sunshine Road created a natural golden filter for this mornings sunrise.
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PP 8/14/2012
#5 on top 20 chart week 114 267/127/60
#2 on top 20 chart week 115 445/161/82
A first for me to have same pic in top 20 two weeks in a row.
1 of 5 finalist in the weekly theme challenge theme-golden 350/148/73 taking 2nd place.
Also, selected as a readers photo in the Moscow/Pullman Daily News on 10/21/2012
Thanks to all of you who viewed, commented and fav'd... you rock!
Thanks to everyone who voted for me in the theme-golden challenge, much appreciated ;)
Found this on PP and loved it straight away. You often leave kind remarks on my posts now its my turn! This makes me nostalgic and reminds me of travelling in the States when i was a child. Its a big fave and time to follow!
Beautiful shot, Shirley -- I love the curve of the tracks and the light gleaming on them and the composition too. Glad to see it's tagged for theme gold.
Saw this on the PP, |Congratualtions Shirley. How magnificent; love everything about it! This a great photo of "Americana", and being from Conn., we have nothing like this. Super- Fave. :) Take care, Les
And I love this. Instant fav for me too. Looks like you're well on your way to the no. 1 position this week :) I hope so. This merits all it gets. Fabulous shot.
@grizzlysghost Oh hey thanks for the heads up! I jsut got home from the gym and had not checked to see if Ross had gotten the top 20 up. I will have a look at it and all the other top 20 contenders ;)
Shirley, don't know how I missed this. This is incredible. Beautiful capture, tones, lighting and angles. Railroad tracks have always had a sentimental hold on me, for I used to travel them alot as a child. Fav. And congrats on the top 20.
@nadaa@sailingmusic@bdb3471@ulpiphotos Ohhh my gosh are you kidding me. This is the first time I have had the same picture appear two weeks in a row and I beat out last weeks postion.. Wow, thanks everyone!
Congrats Shirley on Top 20. This is a beautiful beautiful photo. makes me wish I was there. Fav for sure. Just reread some comments and realised this is your 2nd week in the top 20 for this photo. Very impressive.
@stuckinoz Awww, thanks so much for the kind words... I really feel blessed. Yes, two weeks in row 114 and 115.. and the icing was i also made it as a top five finalist in the theme-golden challenge and this is thanks to all who voted, commented and viewed.. thanks so much!
Thanks for all the Love everyone! This one jsut keeps ticking away at the views comments and Fav's thanks to you all!
well composed and captured!!