View from Here

Posted by Bill Ault (GBA, Canada) on 2 September 2008 in Landscape & Rural.

View of the American side across the St. Lawrence River from Philpotts Island and the Long Sault Parkway. Home of the "Lost Villages" that were flooded out with the building of the Seaway 50 years ago.

If your keen enter Long Sault Pkwy @44.997495, -74.902048 on Google Earth for a view from space.

jamesy from christchurch, New Zealand

what a beautiful place dreamy colours

2 Sep 2008 6:26am

@jamesy: funny how things in our backyards (not literally but close) we tend to overlook or take for granted - here is someone from one of the most scenic places in the world saying how beautiful a place is that most people around here would drive past (literally Canada's busiest highway is 10 minutes away) and not take notcie of...

Betty from New Jersey, United States

The blues are amazing! Well done.

2 Sep 2008 6:44pm

@Betty: the magic of a polarizing filter... I cannot believe how much of a difference it makes to daytime shooting and now understand why the pro landscape guys recommend it so much.

Nicole from Denver, United States

What a beautiful picture!

2 Sep 2008 10:20pm

@Nicole: thanks Nicole

GJC from Kyoto, Japan

The colors are wonderful and I like the narrow composition, too. Well done.

6 Sep 2008 3:59am

Laura from Netherlands

Beautiful blue and green colours and very well framed!

7 Sep 2008 4:26pm

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