Hi there, I know it's a day late, but I just wanted to congratulate DDI on winning the Canadian Blogs Awards' Photoblogs category by the highest margin and also highest percentage of any of the categories. Keep up with the great stuff :)
Posted by Carolyn at December 13, 2005 01:45 AMThis is what I may call "Blowing life in dead bodies"... I think this photo is more suitable for end of March, beginning of the spring, which would be my birthday! :D
Posted by Salman at December 13, 2005 01:58 AMI've been following your photoblog from couple weeks ago. Lot of your photos are amazing and especially this one. Very wonderful moment you've got here :)
Posted by Budi at December 13, 2005 02:07 AMamazing. great capture. love the rays and the exposure.
Posted by rich at December 13, 2005 02:10 AMstunning sam, just stunning.
Posted by shane j montgomery at December 13, 2005 03:31 AMGreat shot. Really 'feels' cold despite the warm grey of the cloud. I swear if you look at the clouds long enough you will start to see them roll across the sky.
Posted by Richard Hayter at December 13, 2005 03:42 AMVery beatifully captured, Sam. Great tone and exposure, and the composition is top-notch.
Posted by Jessyel Ty Gonzalez at December 13, 2005 03:45 AMwow, beautiful scene. perfect composition.
Posted by Pooriya at December 13, 2005 06:57 AMI'll admit something here. Every once in awhile I start to wonder why DDOI is *SO* popular.(see 60% of vote in Canadian Blog Awards) I mean, the photography is always of a high quality, but there are other photoblogs out there that consistently produce just fantastic shots as well.
Then something like this gets posted and I go "oh yeah". This is right up there with the pumpkin shot--absolutely stellar, and proof positive that DDOI is king of the photoblogs...
Posted by dan culberson at December 13, 2005 07:33 AMBreathtaking!
Posted by alice at December 13, 2005 08:56 AMI have just stumbled across your site. Excellent photographs. I shall be returning regularly.
In the meantime, greetings from Southampton, England.
Posted by Gabor Kovacs at December 13, 2005 08:59 AMNice image. Was this from the "mad" farmers field?
Posted by Mark at December 13, 2005 09:02 AMMan! It's crispy, warm and cold...all at the same time! Another beautiful Christmas photo.
Posted by Maran at December 13, 2005 09:31 AMLovely!
Posted by Ian at December 13, 2005 09:38 AMawesome article about you in the post today
Posted by gsusking at December 13, 2005 09:39 AMAmazing !
I love the mood :-)
How make you the incredible "solidification" of light rays, here and in the factory some weeks ago ???
Amitiés,
Posted by Yannick BOSSEZ at December 13, 2005 09:41 AMwow, This is an awsome picture! It looks like God farted through the clouds. But it's okay, because his sh*t smells like baby Jesus.
Posted by keith at December 13, 2005 09:54 AMhey
im from the netherlands and im also following your photos for a couple of weeks now. They re amazing! And i love to visit cananda someday! greetz samatha
Love the juxtaposition of the sky and ground in this photo. There's something surreal about it. Congrats on the win at the Blog Awards. You deserve it thanks to your clear passion for consistently creating and taking great photos.
Posted by Dan at December 13, 2005 10:07 AMOpened up the National Post this morning and was surprised to see a collage of your pictures on the front page of the arts section. Congradulations! Your photos are as always are awesome. I'm always surprised at how you are able to make (what I would consider) mundane lighting situations and come out with great photographs.
Posted by Geoff at December 13, 2005 10:29 AMVERY nice. Amazing shot.
I love your site, discovered it a few weeks ago on recommendation from a friend. It's a daily "read" now.
Would you mind telling me what lens you used to capture this shot?
Posted by A thinker at December 13, 2005 10:35 AMCongrats on the National Post article Sam. Recognition was well deserved.
Posted by Chris at December 13, 2005 11:27 AMStunning!!
Posted by anostica at December 13, 2005 01:51 PMHi,
Very good shot. I like the contrast beetween clouds and brown earth.
Thx
Poetic and magical. Well done!
Posted by Livy at December 13, 2005 02:39 PMc'est magnifique ! Merci bien, Sam ! Amazing work... thx a lot.
Posted by steve vaines at December 13, 2005 03:18 PMthis photo sums up southwestern ontario for me. impeccable composition. you have an unbelievable eye for 'the moment'.
Posted by damian at December 13, 2005 03:19 PMCongratulations on the National Post article, Sam!!!!!
Posted by Dawn at December 13, 2005 03:32 PMI saw the article about you in the national post, congrats
Posted by Rich at December 13, 2005 04:26 PMCould we possibly get a wallpaper sized image of that shot?
Stunning, just stunning. Your blog has been part of my daily routine for the last 2 years now.
Posted by HJB at December 13, 2005 05:01 PMabsolutely breathtaking.
Posted by jackie at December 13, 2005 05:05 PMI visit your blog daily (I'm with the concept, you know..) and I don't comment often, but I really like it. This particular picture prooves that you are the king when it comes to turning simple places or objects into stunning pics.
Keep up the good work!
Brings to mind Shelley: "I love all waste and solitary places; where we taste the pleasure of believing what we see
is boundless, as we wish our souls to be..."
Thank you, Sam.
Congratulations on the National Post article.
Posted by Budky at December 13, 2005 05:54 PMWOW! sam you're amazing.
Congrats, from Houston.
Posted by J.R.Benjamin at December 13, 2005 05:55 PMGreat epic picture you've certainly captured 'the moment'
Posted by AndyM at December 13, 2005 06:10 PMStunning image! This scene would be somewhat bleak without the rays of sun appearing from couds. The composition is dead on.
Posted by Rachelle at December 13, 2005 06:21 PMfantastic composition. the jagged corpse of the tree is so icy against the sky... grisly, almost. to me, it's like heavenly grace returning (but only momentarily) to a field long forgotten, and that casts the frozen scene below into sharper relief. beautiful work!
Posted by tej at December 13, 2005 06:32 PMThere is no sign of movement. It gives me a feeling that if you had waited at this spot for 500 hours nothing would have moved an inch. This looks a lot like a forgotten piece of land. Many of the shots you take outdoors look a lot like suburbs of Philadelphia, near where I am. Great work
Posted by noushin at December 13, 2005 07:00 PMI want to inform your followers,Sam, of a very complementary, well-written article about you and your excellent work by columnist ROBERT FULFORD in today's NATIONAL POST newspaper (Dec.13/05) P.S. today's photo is a masterpiece.
Posted by martin at December 13, 2005 07:39 PMAnother masterpiece.
Posted by PlasticTV at December 13, 2005 08:34 PMThis photograph surely 'BREAKS THROUGH THE CLOUDS' Absolutely amazing... can we please have a wallpaper. Thanks for lighting up my day ;-)
Posted by Rahul at December 13, 2005 10:08 PMSam, this photograph looks to me like the end of the world, like what the world would look like after a nuclear holocaust.
Very powerful. Nicely done.
Posted by Molly at December 13, 2005 10:12 PMLovely... striking rays against the field and bright snow. Very nice!
Posted by Abe at December 14, 2005 01:12 AMI am waiting!!
Why is the 14nth of December's Photo late??
I need my foto to sleep soundly.
Sincerely
Sam's Photo Junkie
Paolo Grimaldi
By the way.. This photo is truely Awesome!! it leaves me breathless.
I will take pictures like this someday. (I hope)
Reminds me of "Lord of the Rings"
Nice!
Posted by Hashem at December 14, 2005 01:56 AMvery rarely do I take the time to comment on any site I visit, but I've been following your work for about 6 months and must say that it brings me great pleasure. This photo is especially breathtaking. Very nice!
Posted by robin at December 14, 2005 09:55 AMYou see everything through your camera dont you. Wonderful perspective.
Posted by Phil at December 15, 2005 08:18 PMthe contrast between the snow in the field and the color of the sky works perfectly on the eye. good eye
Posted by snigelx at December 18, 2005 02:10 PMGreat picture, really.
Posted by Flo at January 6, 2006 12:13 PM