Sunset on the Haven

Hiya all,I've been Lucky enough to beve been away for the weekend...We spent 3 glorious days in a little town called Church Haven situated in the West coast national park...Sundowners on the beach,,sunrise walks ..mtbiking amongst free ranging game...eland, ostrich , hartebees ...canoening on the Lagoon... punctated by to much good food and excelent company ...I'll be etenmpting to catch up to you all ive only got about a 1000 pics to sort through.H.

[Miley]

This looks beautiful. Gorgeous golden tones. The Haven sounds like Heaven to me!

[Clare]

Lovely photo, this looks a bit like Scotland

[Shanne]

that's stunning and a fave - and if where you were looked like this, I'm not surprised you've got 1000 pictures to sort through (I managed 200 both yesterday and today out walking)

[judith deacon]

Beautiful light and composition, looking forward to seeing the rest!

[Mary]

That sounds like the perfect vacation that a lot of people would pay good money for!! This photo is beautiful! I love the layers and the reflections!! I've been busy lately and am anxiously catching up on all of your photos!

[karenann]

Wonderful and hope you had a great time! You can't have too much good food or excellent company! Gorgeous photo here...stunning pov and lighting.

[Mike O]

This is a very beautiful image! I love the color tone!

[Ian Fisher]

I love the beautiful soft tones in this shot.

[Ulpi]

Instant fav! Sooooo beautiful!

[Vanilla Spice]

This is awesome! Looks like a watercolor painting!

[Debbi M]

Beautiful shot. Looks wonderfully peaceful. Sounds like your last 3 days away were outstanding!

[Jennifer]

beautiful howard! looks like a wonderful place to vacation. glad you had a nice getaway!

[Sally Ings]

So stunning! Sounds like you had a rather splendid time!

[Jen Hudson]

Nice composition and the light is excellent. Sounds like a good time, and a great place to be.

[Krista]

Wow...perfect comp! Fav!

[Kerri]

beautiful!!

[MaryBeth Dailey]

The pov and l ight in this are really great! I cringe when I hear "1000 photos to look through" ...it is fun...like looking for buried treasure, but also so hard!

[MaryBeth Dailey]

oh, and fav! on this one!

[marlboromaam]

Beautiful composition! Love the soft colors and light! Great job!

[Ruth Moucharafieh]

Beautiful composition and tones Howard.

[Melanie Savage]

A beautiful scene :)

[MaggieH]

Charming and wonderful composition.

[Trisha Ford]

Breathtaking. The quality of the light in this photo is fabulous!

[Beauregard Elphenstone]

Great photo-beautiful.

[Jennifer C]

this is gorgeous! sounds like a wonderful weekend!

[bkb in the city]

Cool shot Howard. I guess they would have a little trouble rowing these boats though.

[Maggiemae]

The thumb pic looks lika really good painting!

[Agnes Zonnestraaltje]

this is awesome and defenately a fav

[Ann H. LeFevre]

Well I can't wait to see them because this one was a hit from the start! Glad you had such a great weekend. I was very jealous- not only because the beach in this shot is gorgeous, but a lagoon!? Sounds wonderful!!

[Mick Porter]

Great shot Howard - the colours, light, and composition are all excellent.

[Michelle]

So tranquil!

[Margaret Eros]

wonderfully peaceful and artistic effect here - love it!

[Ruth Lueth]

Very beautiful picture

[santina]

wow, perfect shot, i love

[Eddy]

Howard...luv this pic.. nice subtle colors.. i need some Macro from you.. the 40mm is nikon's new Dx version and tack sharp..

[Lisa Hansknecht]

love the boats waiting for tide.

[Mike Warren]

Beautiful shot. Sounds like a great time. Hope no big cats. Don't need to be a free range cycler :-)

[Linda Lorraine]

Fun fun! The getaway - and now the sorting! Enjoy... This is a lovely boat shot.

[Denise Regan]

What a great weekend away, sounds lovely. Beautiful image Howard.

[bmnorthernlight]

beautiful composition and light!!

[Joyce Wells]

Howard - this is gorgeous - looks like a painting! Such a fav!

[Karoline]

Looks very peaceful and calm. Would love to be there too and relaxe form the hustle in HK.

[Kass]

Gorgeous - sounds like an amazing weekend!

[BeckyS]

Love it Howard. a fav.

[Sharon]

Great composition and tones!

[Rick Schies]

Howard, the scene looks so relaxing

[summerfield]

well, i'm glad you had a great time; i'm sure you've by now forgotten about that 20 missing minutes :-) at any rate, this is like a painting by a master, of course, and in my head there is a story inspired by this itching now to be written.

[Cassandra Hoffmann]

Really nice composition... I like the reflection of the boat too.

[Livia]

Beautiful capture. Great light and tones. Glad to hear you had a wonderful time! 8)

[Vicki Dixon]

I like everything about this shot! a fav for me!

[Beth]

I love this. The background looks posterized but the boat and foreground doesn't. Fav

[Dixie Goode]

This is beautiful and I am jealous that you had sun. Just grey and rainy here for so long

[Lisa]

Gorgeous shot!! Beautiful lighting!

[Catherine W.]

That sounds like an amazing weekend! Beautiful shot!

[Deb Sulzberger]

Love the hazy background...Hope you had a nice time away, i know the trouble with that is sorting through all the shots lol if you are like me, i go over board lol

[Bobbyj]

great composition with the boats and mountains!

[The Blue Gnu]

Church Haven - should be called Church Heaven - awesome, special place - I remember it fondly. Great photo - the colours are typically CH! Glad you had a fab time.

[Claire]

Beautiful shot, sounds like a heavenly weekend was had

[John]

Excellent composition and cool reflections

[Danielle Greenwood]

gorgeous shot howard!

[Cindy List]

Perfect composition!

[Toni :)]

very very nice :)

[samantha]

Beautiful peaceful shot, the light is lovely =)

[trude]

this is beautiful, i have a photo that is soooo much like this but it was taken in Wales, almost identical surroundings but only one stranded boat in mine!

[Jann]

Wow.

[marzenka]

Great capture!

[☯ Sarah ☁]

Gorgeous shot Howard, love the sunset muted colours & your comp :)

[Anja]

Beautiful image, lovely tones!

[Melissa Pike]

Gorgeous! A fav! I'm glad you had a nice weekend away, and I'm looking forward to seeing your photos!

[John Brown]

Good food and company what more is needed on a week end away sounds excellent to me, just like this shot fav.

[Jaap Meijer]

This realy is a beautiful one Howard! The soft tones and the stronger colors in the boat. The diagonal lines, great shot.

[Dione Giorgio]

It will be very hard to catch up if you miss just one day, imagine how difficult it will be if you miss 3. This is a beautiful capture, Howard. Love the peaceful scenery and the colours.

[Howard Steele]

@mwarren365 My friend who we were visiting ...saw a rooikat (Caracal)twice on he's morning run
http://www.wild-about-you.com/GameCaracal.htm
I went out on my bike to see but wasn't as fortunate

[MaryBeth Dailey]

This is on the PP right now. COngrats. It is a gorgeous photo!

[Peter de Graaff]

Fav. Lovely light and moment

[carol white]

Beautiful!!

[Rosie White-Hlouveraki]

Just beautiful Howard! Fav!

[Mike Warren]

@steeler Wow! Those cats have big ears and look like our big cat the puma but the size of our bobcats (about 37 lbs/ 17 kg. See one would be too cool.

[Lois P]

Wonderful shot

[Bonnie Lusted]

Another fav for me!

[Kd Wallis]

gorgeous shot and stunning background! sounds like it was an amazing weekend!

[Henriette Sparkes]

Magnificent shot of those boats, bathed in beautiful warm light :-)