Fantastic image. I love the efffect of the long exposure, the quality of light, color... just great. Kudos.

Whooaah – Featured! Thanks everyone. That came out of blue!

This is an excellent shot!!

I love the colors !

simply gorgeous. just the right softness and perspective - and vibrancy - all integrated.

The colors and composition of this are very nice. I especially love the colors. The blur is nice too, but I think I might have positioned it differently within the frame. I am assuming this was done with a Lensbaby or tilt-shift lens. I think with these lens the blur can be used to lead the eye into the frame, or to lead us to the subject.

In this image I think the blur should have lead our eye up the hill to the castle ruins; and would have been better positioned in the lower right corner. However, I still like this image because the colors are so very cheerful.

Lovely colors and interesting blur

Nice lensbaby action right there. I like how the castle is actually not in focus. The colors of the sky and flowers are very intense.

I should take out my little lensbaby for this topic!

Did you use the Lensbaby? The effect is very nice

Thanks for all the comments – this was taken with a Lensbaby Original.

I do like the colours, and I kinda liked the fact that there was no obvious subject, but I wasn't sure whether that worked. Opinion seems to be divided.

Stunning image . Looks you was up early for this . the clean colours are worth it !

amazing! I'm guessing you live close to this bridge :)

the fact that the subject is close to the center of the frame is bothering me a little bit .. but just a teensy bit.

did you shoot it in color & then process it as B&W? Or did you shoot it as a B&W original.

looking forward to seeing more images from you, duncan.

I pass this bridge every day on my way to and from work. The image was shot in colour. Originally I was interested in the sunset colours in the sky, but I thought the mood suited a B&W treatment. I agree about the central composition. Oh well.

one of the best b&w i've seen so far. the composition is perfect, and you can really feel the solitude here. it looks like the world around has stopped moving. bravo :)

I like the cool tones of the black/white image - fits the subject very well.

Great work and well done on feature. The BW conversion is perfect . One of my faves .