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Bodnant arch

The Laburnum Arch at Bodnant garden in Conwy. a very famous arch and a must for visitors. Usually flowers in May but early June in 2013....
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The Laburnum Arch at Bodnant garden in Conwy. a very famous arch and a must for visitors. Usually flowers in May but early June in 2013.
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XZ-1

Aperture f/5.6 ISO 100 Shutter 1/80

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Jun, 2013

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Winner in 350+ Peer Recognitions (no people) Photo Challenge

Zenith Award

Top Shot Award 22

Contest Finalist in Parks And Gardens Photo Contest

Staff Favorite

Absolute Masterpiece

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Peer Award

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Superb Composition

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Top Choice

+265

Outstanding Creativity

+133

Magnificent Capture

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All Star

+55

Superior Skill

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Jaw Dropping

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Genius

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Virtuoso

Exceptional Contrast

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Holy Wow! That has got to be the most amazing thing ever to walk through. What an amazing walkway! Fantastic shot David of this beautiful scene. Great composition, great colors, of course it will WIN the yellow contest easily in my opinion. Lovely textures, lighting. BEAUTIFUL! Amazing place and a beautiful shot. Thank you for sharing, I have never seen anything so breath taking.

This is a spectacular shot !

Gorgeous!

Spectacular to say the least!!!!

Beautiful!

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Breathtaking shot, David! Color, lighting, composition - perfect.

Beautiful!

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Wow David! This is soooo gorgeous! Congrats! It is deserved!

Congrats!

Beautiful!

Congrats !!!!!!!!

An interesting shot! Congratulations!

congrats

Amazing! Congratulations on your award!

Gorgeous capture! Well done

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AMAZING ! love colors, great compositionm wish was there, congrats on well deserved award!

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Wow! This is beautiful! Congrats!

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Great image. Congrats. - Jake

congrats awesome please check out my work

A piece that demands reflection and deliberate focus. Phenomenal storytelling.

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Congrats David that is a beautiful capture the colours are simply devine.

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I think that I have replied to everyone personally but there are so many different feeds of information that I am bound to have missed someone, if so I am sorry........ I really appreciate the awards and comments that have been given, thank you to everyone who has commented, liked, awarded a peer recognition or favourited the image. Kind regards David

gorgeous shot!

Gorgeous color, love the comp!

Wonderful , great colors and compo

Stunning! Congrats!

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This is gorgeous! Congratulations on well deserved award!

amazing!

Love it ! Congrats

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Wow! Couldn't believe what I was seeing. Absolutely spectacular. Congratulations on your award!

Nice going David, This is simply gorgeous!!!

my God i never think that such beautiful place exsist in world very nice photo thanks

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Perfection!

wow!!!

An Absolute gem!

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Congratulations, David, on being awarded Staff Favorite! Yay!!! :-D

Wow! What a spectacle! Nice capture David and congrats on winning staff favourite :)

Amazing shot, love the color that the abundance of flowers cast on the scene, also nice point of view!

Congrats on the award ! Enchanting image... love it :))

Beautiful.

this is incredible!! The composition is masterful! I tip my cap at you sir! :)

Wonderful ! Congrats !!

This is so beautiful! I love that you managed to capture this golden path without any visitors. The colours are amazing!

beautiful detail and tone...

Great shot with tremendous depth ! ! ! Super golden touch ! ! ! FAVORITED, PEER RECOGNIZED & VOTED ! ! !

The colours are absolutely beautiful in this composition. Very nice.

Gorgeous colors. A wonderful shot!

Gorgeous.

beautiful!...Voted!

What a beautiful shot! just awesome David WOW!!

Great and beautiful shot

Beautiful and breathtaking.

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congratulations on the well deserved award - masterful work - can't say enough about an effort such as this -

Loved DigitalDawn's comment (waaaay up the top!) ... what's left to say ... :-))
What a beautiful place, glorious lighting, what a structure: man-made and natural!
Congrats on the award David, thoroughly deserved! :-))
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LOVE LOVE LOVE this photo. Already awarded, favorited, and voted. Just re-visiting. ;-) Fingers crossed for a Win!

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Awesome! Well done:-)

What a fabulous capture of a very unique and beautiful place ! It looks so long ! Well worth the award !

Gorgeous shot. The path leads you right into the amazing colors. Just wish the left hand side was not so distracting. But in all it is a great shot :)

Beautiful capture....voted

Stunning!

absolutely stunning capture.. congrats

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Wow.

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Rich colors!

So beautiful!! One could get lost along this trail

Wow! Stunning David!! Brilliant capture!!

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Wow!!! Wow!!! There is few Jaw Dropping and this is one.

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awesome

Nice entry....voted

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David, a superb shot of this beautiful archway.

Awesome Shot, Very Nice Work

absolutely love this photo, Voted In full bloom!! :)

Just wow!

Forgive me but all I can say is this is spectacular. Wish I could find the words to express how amazing this photo is.

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Your skill with color amazes me. Off course, voted.

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Love this. it is very beautiful. Voted Gardens.

Fantastic image! Great colors

well done!

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Beautiful.

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Beautiful...

Gorgeous!

So beautiful!!

There was one like this in Hampton Court Palace years ago. Wonder if it is still there!

WOW...this is lovely!

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great photo I love the colors :)

Awesome colour!!

Great Photo :))

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Simply beautiful

Amazing

What an AMAZING shot! Would love to walk through this fantastic place. Love it! Thank you for sharing :)

I keep coming back to this image. Absolutely Stunning!!!

Exquisite!

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Oooooo.........yes! Stunning! :)

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I'm amazed that shot hasn't got dozens of contest wins. It's spectacular!

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I'm amazed that shot hasn't got dozens of contest wins. It's spectacular!

Should have used this for the Yellow Brick Road in "wizard of Oz!" Excellent tones.

Impressive capture! An interesting initial impact. Vanishing viewpoint. Diminishing perspective. Subtle illumination. Good perspective & long depth of field... Excellent lighting, focusing & framing. Outstanding creativity!

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Love it gorgeous vibrant colours I would love one photo lying on the road and take a photograph looking up to see the amazing foliage and the light from above

Amazing scenery - absolutely a fairytale setting. I adore the colours and composition, a perfect scene! Thankyou for Sharing!

I,, love..

amazing capture. Congrates

Very Nice capture,lovely colors

You should enter this in my Arches photo challenge :-)
The link is:
https:// viewbug.com/challenge/arches-photo-challenge-by-sarahdarvill

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This is such a masterpiece!

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It looks like something from The Wizard of Oz. This shot could even be cropped into several spectacular shots there is so much beauty and depth captured here. I noticed this as I scrolled down to make this comment. The composition is excellent as is of course.. I keep going back for another look...

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Stunning shot

Congratulations on your success David!

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Yay, Dave! This photo was meant for this contest! Congrats again! Fingers crossed for the win! One of my favorite pics on VB.

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Well done on the Finalist in Parks and Gardens contest David!

Congratulations snowdon - gorgeous shot :)

WOW!! AMAZING!!

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Really amazing world. Congratulations on your award!

Amazing !!

Wow! This is awesome! This is the kind of photo I aspire to take.

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Talk about the WOW factor...the colors are scrumptious and make the heart dance with joy. Congratulations on such a masterpiece! Gayle

Awesome photo

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A spectacular picture .

Fascinating image!

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Gorgeous! What a thrill to walk under it in its full Autumn splendor!

Stunning!!

Excellent capture

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Just sooooo gorgeous!

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An exciting archway to paradise, David, and you bring out the best of it.

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Just so wonderful!!!

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Fabulous David! Congrats! Regards Jan

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Stunning

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Magical.

This is breathtaking

Beautiful

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Perfect and congratulations. I shall include this in mylist.

Wow this is excellent,where was it taken?

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Congratulations ???? well deserved

Fantastic color, light and composition! A favorite in my 2nd Most Viewed challenge.

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This looks like a very pretty place, where was this taken..

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one of my favorites, well-composed.

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just wow like a painting

Amazing!!!!!!

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Awsome picture!

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Lovely! Way to go on your challenge win!

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Beautiful! Congrats on your challenge win!

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Location

This photo was taken at Bodnant National Trust Garden in Conwy, North Wales, UK. The Bodnant Laburnum Arch is a long awaited phenomenon each year and thousands of people descend on the garden to capture the blossom. The National Trust has a FaceBook page and the countdown is eagerly watched by many people. The only difficulty is waiting for the crowds of people to walk through to capture a moment in time

Time

The time was 3.40pm when the strong light had left the arch. It was important to take the photo at a time when there was good light but not high contrast.

Lighting

Strong sunlight makes for strong light coming in from the edges and gaps in the arch. It is important in my view to choose a time when there is not strong contrast and in that way colour detail can be preserved in the lighter areas outside the main arch. The yellow is ever present, the secret is to capture sufficient peripheral lighting detail in both light and dark areas

Equipment

I used an Olympus XZ-1 camera on a tripod set at a low viewpoint to give the wide viewpoint from a low perspective. The XZ-1 camera is an excellent f/1.8 compact camera with manual settings. The settings were 1/80 second ... f/5.6 .... ISO 100

Inspiration

As I said earlier, the blooming of the laburnum is long awaited and the planning just involved what day is perfect in terms of light and blooms, too late and the blooms will all be on the floor, too soon and the yellow has not fully developed. I was inspired to take this photo by the personal need to reproduce the beautiful colour and detail that I have seen previously.

Editing

Yes I used Photoshop, the original was exposed for the highlights and software was used in development of the contrast and the reduction of the peripheral highlight areas and then I sharpened the photo.

In my camera bag

I now have two micro four thirds Olympus cameras, an OMD EM-1 and an OMD EM10mk11 I have several micro four-thirds lenses ranging from a wide angle 9-18mm and 60mm f/ 2.8 to a 300mm f2.8. I have a flash gun and lens cleaning equipment. I also have a tripod although I often use the cameras hand held.

Feedback

To take photos like this, I suggest that a photographer needs to identify the subject to be photographed ... in this case I have identified the shape of the arch and the detail of the hanging flowers. Then decide on a composition that best shows off the subject.... in this case, I have identified a low point of view as the best. Then be patient until the light is right because conditions vary over time.... then wait for an opportunity ...

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Bodnant arch

The Laburnum Arch at Bodnant garden in Conwy. a very famous arch and a must for visitors. Usually flowers in May but early June in 2013....
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Bodnant arch

The Laburnum Arch at Bodnant garden in Conwy. a very famous arch and a must for visitors. Usually flowers in May but early June in 2013.... Read more

Views

Likes

Awards

Emotions

Top Ranks

Categories

Submitted to Photo Contests

Tags

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Location

Time

Lighting

Equipment

Inspiration

Editing

In my camera bag

Feedback

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