Summer Surfers Paradise 1, 1st place CC "Summer"

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Summer in Australia 2008. No idea who these chaps are, I'd just come back from the shops in Burleigh Heads on the Gold Cast, we'd had a torrential down pore and then the sun came out and lit up a rainbow over the surfers, just magical. Thank you for your comments, I'm thrilled! I nearly didn't enter the summer challenge as half our holiday was rained off, the irony of this shot is that the front surfer saw me and turned to walk away in disgust, the surfer at the back though that it was a hoot that someone wanted to take the picture, neither of them seem to know that the rainbow was pointing at them. check out this album http://outdoors.webshots.com/album/56393 9743XkVWXX Ken.

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  • Paradise is right. I feel like running in that water. Beautiful.

    said photo of autumnmorn autumnmorn 1 months 9 days ago

  • I miss all the great shots.

    said photo of swtsoftcountry swtsoftcountry 1 months 24 days ago

  • amazing photo, I love it http://www.naturesgrasp.com

    said photo of mangmangmang mangmangmang 2 months 1 days ago

  • Awesome shot1

    said photo of huguette296100 huguette296100 2 months 17 days ago

  • Perfect work! Congratulations on your POTD! From Russia with love, Alexander

    said photo of russpsych russpsych 2 months 30 days ago

  • Is a preety picture; Australia is a great country.

    said photo of armandojose108 armandojose108 3 months 2 days ago

  • Well done on such a fab pic, it certainly brought a smile to my face. l've been lucky enough to go to Surfers twice - in 2004 & 2007. All l can say is you lucky so and so. I simply love the place, the trouble is that I'm 10,500 miles away here in London. But I do have photos of Surfers elsewhere on webshots.

    said photo of phillper0906 phillper0906 3 months 4 days ago

  • Excellent shot! I love this photo, especially with the rainbow in the background. Congrats on your win.

    said photo of dellam56 dellam56 3 months 4 days ago

  • Wow that is a fab photo with a baby rainbow...Love it! Congrats to you. Nona

    said photo of nworton nworton 3 months 5 days ago

  • Congratulations on your win

    said photo of stanpacz stanpacz 3 months 5 days ago

  • Everyone is right, Dear One, this is a faniastic album-you have some really cool photos here!! The diversity is fantastic-I really love the shoes! You have been really blessed by God with a lot of talent; keep up the good work!! God bless you...Janie Want to be friends? Look at my hope-page and see why friends mean so much right now. Love you, can't help it I'm a people person. sorry to bug you....

    said photo of janie60101 janie60101 3 months 6 days ago

  • Nice picture! Love the colour!

    said photo of Bishan2010 Bishan2010 3 months 6 days ago

  • Good times & a hoot. Best picture I took, I dropped the camera and took a great picture of a small ripple wave & a pair of feet. Thumbs up to the smiler. Its a great day to be alive.

    said photo of kaye444 kaye444 3 months 7 days ago

  • Congratulations on winning the CC-Summer!!! Well done!!! Aren't you glad you had your camera along when this marvelous shot presented itself? Regina

    said photo of RSPBROWN RSPBROWN 3 months 8 days ago

  • Wonderful shot! Congratulations on your POTD on the homepage! Stunning capture! Have a wonderful day, Brendan

    said photo of PhotoDucky PhotoDucky 3 months 8 days ago

  • Great shot - Congratulations

    said photo of selorm16 selorm16 3 months 8 days ago

  • This pic deserves to win. Great in - my opinion, well done .

    said photo of garyaps garyaps 3 months 9 days ago

  • Congratulations on winning the C.C. for "summer". A beautiful shot.

    said photo of saritardif saritardif 3 months 9 days ago

  • Great shot, congratulations on being featured as POTD.

    said photo of papomena papomena 3 months 9 days ago

  • Makes me want to visit Aussie land even more. Lovely. Zameenah

    said photo of zameenah zameenah 3 months 9 days ago

  • Well deserved great shot

    said photo of 2oceans1 2oceans1 3 months 9 days ago

  • What a FANTASTIC shot! WOW! Congrats from Greenland

    said photo of RobertGreenland RobertGreenland 3 months 9 days ago

  • Very nice photo. Congratulations! Norisna from Toronto

    said photo of Norisna10 Norisna10 3 months 9 days ago

  • Loving the colours it is a nice calming photo Congrat's xoxo Hugs All Around xoxo

    said photo of cchaty35 cchaty35 3 months 9 days ago

  • Outstanding image, a worthy winner. Congrats! Fred

    said photo of assistantchief84 assistantchief84 3 months 9 days ago

  • CONGRATULATIONS on being chosen the featured POTD today! The rainbow n extra bonus! *** Leslie/VancouverIsland/Ca nada

    said photo of bisquitzoe bisquitzoe 3 months 9 days ago

  • WOW nice shot

    said photo of jeffcanes jeffcanes 3 months 9 days ago

  • That does look like paradise!!! Fantastic luck with that rainbow and a beautiful shot!!!!!

    said photo of donnamusica donnamusica 3 months 9 days ago

  • That does look like paradise!!! Fantastic luck with that rainbow and a beautiful shot!!!!!

    said photo of donnamusica donnamusica 3 months 9 days ago

  • Congrats on your POTD! Knew you'd make it to the front page eventually. Good things come to those who can wait. Great shot! You've been discovered!

    said photo of highsierran highsierran 3 months 9 days ago

  • Nature is a wonderful thing. Very nicely done. Congrats on your very special day.

    said photo of aniko142 aniko142 3 months 9 days ago

  • A super image! Congratulations on your featured POTD!

    said photo of bearfolk bearfolk 3 months 9 days ago

  • Congratulations on your POTD :)

    said photo of tonymatso tonymatso 3 months 9 days ago

  • Foreground focus could be better!

    said photo of zorro3692 zorro3692 3 months 9 days ago

  • WHAT A PERFECT SHOT TO REPRESENT SUMMERTIME. CONGRATULATIONS ON POTD.. THERE IS ALWAYS MAGIC AFTER A SHOWER OR HEAVY DOWN POUR..LUCKY FOR YOU & US THAT YOU CHANGED YOUR MIND ABOUT ENTERING..

    said photo of barbara2258 barbara2258 3 months 9 days ago

  • very n ice photo - congratulations on your CC win! Barb

    said photo of BarbWhite60 BarbWhite60 3 months 9 days ago

  • my paradise it s on earth..at the sea..close to the sea i love this shot congrats from romania,cristina

    said photo of chiqui1306 chiqui1306 3 months 9 days ago

  • Congratulations on winning the Summer Challenge with this beautiful image!!

    said photo of seawitchinak seawitchinak 3 months 9 days ago

  • Congratulations on your great POTD

    said photo of mccoyray mccoyray 3 months 9 days ago

  • A very beautiful shot of nature, and life showing its different emotions. Congratulations.

    said photo of RoseyNose RoseyNose 3 months 9 days ago

  • Congratulations for a well deserved feature today.. This is a spectacular shot, very rich and lovely colours.. Greetings from Portugal

    said photo of QEsteves QEsteves 3 months 9 days ago

  • Congratulations on the first place in this competition! The colours and rainow did it! Regards from Paul.

    said photo of paulchaperon100 paulchaperon100 3 months 9 days ago

  • very creative. the picture seems 3D. :-)

    said photo of reckless44 reckless44 3 months 9 days ago

  • Excellent shot! I had to smile, for the summer here in the northern hemisphere means winter down under. I sure like the rainbow pointing at the surfers. Congratulations!

    said photo of kayanne101 kayanne101 3 months 9 days ago

  • Terrific shot capturing so much summer emotion. Love the color, contrast, and the rainbow completes a perfect photo. Thanks for sharing.

    said photo of orchidman1 orchidman1 3 months 9 days ago

  • Congratulations on your POTD and your win in the summer comp. This is a great shot!

    said photo of Helenkt7 Helenkt7 3 months 9 days ago

  • Congratulations, again, now that I really look... you have it all, deep rich color, balance, composition, surf, sky and rainbow. Excellent. John

    said photo of woodeye518 woodeye518 3 months 9 days ago

  • Amazing Albums!!!!hugstt from B.C.

    said photo of joanmahaffy joanmahaffy 3 months 9 days ago

  • Great shot, love the sky in the background. Very pretty.

    said photo of bshields104 bshields104 3 months 9 days ago

  • Wow! This is beautiful and awesome! Congratulations on winning the Creative Challenge and on your POTD. All The Best, Teresa

    said photo of teres187 teres187 3 months 9 days ago

  • A beautiful image that has such a strong mood of hot Summer days to it,many congratulations on winning the challenge as well as the well deserved feature POTD on the front page, Regards, Rod.

    said photo of chrisrod100 chrisrod100 3 months 9 days ago

  • Great photo! Great job of judging too.

    said photo of cracker001 cracker001 3 months 9 days ago

  • Congratulations on your cc win and on your front page honor today as well!! I enjoyed this image very much when I first saw it the other day. I'd like to respond to the individual who seemed to feel that nature shots, without us human beings cluttering up the scenery, are preferable. Gotta disagree. I think surely there's a place for both. Personally I love nature shots, but I'm beginning to feel more and more that there's nothing more beautiful in nature than the human face and form. I've taken my share of insect, wildlife, nature shots ... but I'm hungering for the faces of my fellow human-inhabitants on this Good Earth ... and your representation of the different emotions only us humans' faces can really give voice to is fabulous. LOVED your narrative about the events leading up to and including the shot. Yes, a picture is worth a thousand words, but I like the words too. OOP ... wrote an awful lot here ... sorry ... well, I guess that proves what I just wrote about words!!! Anyhow, congratz and enjoy your day in the spotlight!!! Very best regards ... Lois

    said photo of gloridays gloridays 3 months 9 days ago

  • There seems to be a spiritual lesson in this. :) How many of us go about our way, not realizing that the God who created rainbows is watching out for us. :) I love summer and you have captured it so beautifully.

    said photo of charmathis charmathis 3 months 9 days ago

  • Great picture if the people wern't in it... Nature shot's are alway's the best ones...Australia is a beautiful area how about some nature shot's of it ...???

    said photo of candy184 candy184 3 months 9 days ago

  • Beautiful place. Great shot. Congratulations on being featured. ~Dilip

    said photo of dilip_mistry dilip_mistry 3 months 9 days ago

  • So glad to see your photo featured on the home page Ken! I enjoyed reading the caption. Congratulations and enjoy your day!

    said photo of bdbuddy bdbuddy 3 months 9 days ago

  • Congratulations on your special day here at WS. Wonderful catch of a Beautiful rainbow and all.....

    said photo of t1941 t1941 3 months 9 days ago

  • CONGRATULATIONS on winning the challenge and on having the POTD. You were in the right place at the right moment to get this shot.

    said photo of joyce914 joyce914 3 months 9 days ago

  • Congratulations on being featured as a POTD on the home page with your wonderful Picture it's well deserved,have a great day.Terry

    said photo of Brightlingsea Brightlingsea 3 months 9 days ago

  • Beautiful colours and composition with the rainbow thrown in as bonus! Congratulations on the well merited POTD!

    said photo of suresh_krishna suresh_krishna 3 months 9 days ago

  • Beautiful picture! I love this.

    said photo of verite0330 verite0330 3 months 9 days ago

  • good

    said photo of pierrevillemure pierrevillemure 3 months 9 days ago

  • Congratulations on your great feature as POTD in the WS spotlight and on your great winning in the Challenge. Fantastic photo! Ciao, Renato/Italy.

    said photo of renato26 renato26 3 months 9 days ago

  • Fabulous Shot my friend...

    said photo of floydman floydman 3 months 9 days ago

  • Great shot -- congratulations on receiving featured POTD. Steve & Barbara, USA

    said photo of spollack1 spollack1 3 months 9 days ago

  • CONGRATULATIONS on your featured POTD.Well deserved feature, and such beautiful shots, well done, enjoy your day. Take care, Paolo

    said photo of Paolo_1955 Paolo_1955 3 months 9 days ago

  • Linda.Felicitaciones en este día especial.

    said photo of floresta106100100 floresta106100100 3 months 9 days ago

  • Congratulations on your winning entry - it really is the epitome of summer! Regards- Lynne from Virginia

    said photo of donolew donolew 3 months 9 days ago

  • Congratulations on your POTD! Great shot, you were there at just the right time.

    said photo of lordofcb lordofcb 3 months 9 days ago

  • Congratulations on your POTD, thanks for sharing

    said photo of nttl2k1 nttl2k1 3 months 9 days ago

  • Great shot, congratulations on being featured as POTD. Enjoy your day in the spotlight, celebrate and have a drink on me !! http://family.webshots.com/photo/2441142160059386103PTPewO............ Cheers, all the best Colin

    said photo of arrowman617 arrowman617 3 months 9 days ago

  • Nice

    said photo of lynpierre107 lynpierre107 3 months 9 days ago

  • Congratulations my friend on being featured potd -Jay

    said photo of Jayramji Jayramji 3 months 9 days ago

  • This is a very beautiful picture! Congratulations on winning the summer challenge and your featured POTD. Tirza from Los Angeles

    said photo of tirza_h tirza_h 3 months 9 days ago

  • CONGRATULATIONS on being a featured POTD today, wonderful shot, thank you for sharing, take care Ann (Chester England)

    said photo of annedm1 annedm1 3 months 9 days ago

  • Wonderful! Congratulations on your CC win.

    said photo of lavender_dawn lavender_dawn 3 months 10 days ago

  • Congratulations on winning the Challenge for Summer. Very nice capture.

    said photo of police370 police370 3 months 10 days ago

  • Beautiful capture!!! Congratulations on your 1st place win!!!!!! Evita :D

    said photo of evita17m evita17m 3 months 10 days ago

  • congratulations! beautiful shot!

    said photo of paolagna paolagna 3 months 10 days ago

  • Thank you for the commentary, your description really brings this image to life! Wonderful evening light and dramatic skies, it is beautiful! Congratulations on your winning entry in the Summer creative challenge and homepage POTD. I wish you a lovely day, Sharon

    said photo of ourjrny ourjrny 3 months 10 days ago

  • Congrats on being selected for 1st in the summer challenge... Darla

    said photo of Darlaree Darlaree 3 months 10 days ago

  • Congratulations on winning the challenge! I am sorry I missed this shot when looking through the pictures, you did a fantastic job!

    said photo of shauna1120 shauna1120 3 months 10 days ago

  • Congratulation on coming in 1st in last week's CC entry Summer! Chris

    said photo of chrispua chrispua 3 months 10 days ago

  • Congratulations on your success...great lighting, lovely scene and a rainbow too! Have a great week, Lorraine

    said photo of lorrainemx lorrainemx 3 months 10 days ago

  • Congratulations #1 CC-Summer. Well done! John

    said photo of woodeye518 woodeye518 3 months 10 days ago

  • Beautiful! Congratulations on winning the Summer Creative Challenge! Thanks for sharing... June

    said photo of lovejoy lovejoy 3 months 10 days ago

  • Congratulations on your Summer CC Win! I'm happy to see I picked one that won! Cheers! \_/ Deb

    said photo of dlbweb dlbweb 3 months 10 days ago

  • Many congratulations on winning the challenge with this brilliant shot. Warm wishes Lyn

    said photo of lynnie440 lynnie440 3 months 10 days ago

  • Congratulations on your win in the summer challenge. Beautiful shot!

    said photo of bmanis51 bmanis51 3 months 10 days ago

  • Well done! Talking about the right time and the right place! The surfers probably had no idea they were walking in the spotlight ;-) Congratulations with the first place in the Summmer Challenge! Greetings from Holland.

    said photo of nadiavto nadiavto 3 months 10 days ago

  • Congratulations on this photo, I liked it from the start and it is a well deserved win for this challenge! See ya around friend...

    said photo of dsworster dsworster 3 months 10 days ago

  • WOW! I missed seeing this one before, but I can totally agree that it is a winner. Great shot at the perfect moment. Congratulations on winning the challenge. Enjoy your day in the spotlight...you did goooood!

    said photo of anonneymouse1 anonneymouse1 3 months 10 days ago

  • Great shot! Congrats on the big win in the creative challenge. Enjoy the madness of POTD. Take care!

    said photo of kidlib1 kidlib1 3 months 10 days ago

  • Great shot all around and certainly a winner. Joan

    said photo of lemme39 lemme39 3 months 10 days ago

  • Congratulations on winning the CC Summer and on POTD tomorrow.. an excelent capture.. very well done regards Susan

    said photo of poppy1812 poppy1812 3 months 10 days ago

  • I am back, congrats on yours outstanding shot and 1-st place.

    said photo of lnayvelt lnayvelt 3 months 10 days ago

  • Wonderful shot! Congratulations on your FIRST place and POTD! Thanks for sharing! From Russia with love, Alexander.

    said photo of russpsych russpsych 3 months 10 days ago

  • Splendid!!! Congrats!

    said photo of paquit2 paquit2 3 months 10 days ago

  • Congratulations!! You are the winner in the Summer challenge!! I also like your discription, fun, the surfers will be surprised when they see it on Webshots homepage ...very nice rainbow... Ebnjoy your day with POTD tomorrow! Bye Ien

    said photo of iahuis iahuis 3 months 10 days ago

  • Congrats on 1st place in the Summer Challenge Colin

    said photo of arrowman617 arrowman617 3 months 10 days ago

  • Congratulations on winning the challenge and on your POTD tomorrow.Greetings,Henri & Josee/Belgium.

    said photo of haneveercoremansshots haneveercoremanssh... 3 months 10 days ago

  • Excellent shot! CONGRATULATIONS on winning the Summer Challenge... Cougar RK in Las Vegas Nevada. USA

    said photo of cougarrk cougarrk 3 months 11 days ago

  • Good Morning Ken and CONGRATULATIONS on winning the Summer Challenge...Enjoy the spotlight...Best Regards...Graham

    said photo of gtjeddah gtjeddah 3 months 11 days ago

  • It was a magical shot and a worthy "summer" winner. Congrats from Guelph, Elm

    said photo of elmalyea elmalyea 3 months 11 days ago

  • Congratulations on your first place in the challenge. Greetings from Milan. Marco

    said photo of mmarco1954 mmarco1954 3 months 11 days ago

  • Congratulations for this Creative Challenge winner!

    said photo of bcarver104 bcarver104 3 months 11 days ago

  • wow, you did it! Congratulations on your first place win! Well done!

    said photo of DeniseMichard DeniseMichard 3 months 11 days ago

  • Congratulations!

    said photo of andrei_sky andrei_sky 3 months 11 days ago

  • Congratulations on winning the challenge!

    said photo of martinat61 martinat61 3 months 11 days ago

  • Congratulations on your CCsummer win!

    said photo of tonymm64912 tonymm64912 3 months 11 days ago

  • This is lovely. The rainbow is the perfect touch!

    said photo of faranya100 faranya100 3 months 13 days ago

  • I was there in March - at Broadbeach and we had the most glorious, glorious weather. Can understand why people live there. The beaches are just magnificent, aren't they? Hundreds of miles of the best sand, beach after beach, gorgeous coastline, not too many people. When I look at fotos of the beaches in Europe where people are just packed in on pebbled beaches with no room to spare, I realise how lucky we are.

    said photo of michelie3 michelie3 3 months 13 days ago

  • Another great summer photo! Absolutely gorgeous! The rainbow adds so much to this summer scene! Good Luck with all your entrys this week! Deb

    said photo of dlbweb dlbweb 3 months 14 days ago

  • Action packed photo. Well composed. The rainbow in the sky just adds that special touch to an already special photo.

    said photo of DeniseMichard DeniseMichard 3 months 14 days ago

  • wowzer ... even a rainbow with all those amazing clouds!!! You've got some beauties here!!! best of luck from the US ... Lois

    said photo of gloridays gloridays 3 months 14 days ago

  • My favorite of your third! Good luck again!

    said photo of huguette296100 huguette296100 3 months 15 days ago

  • Magical lighting, indeed... a sure winner in my book!

    said photo of bigsister861 bigsister861 3 months 15 days ago

  • Wonderful summer shot! Cheers and good luck, Andrei

    said photo of andrei_sky andrei_sky 3 months 16 days ago

  • This is fantastic! I love the lighting and composition in the way you've captured the water and waves. The dramatic sky with the rainbow makes this perfect. Well done! Sandi

    said photo of pnwnative pnwnative 3 months 16 days ago

  • Well done... This picture is full of life all the way through. The colors from the rainbow at the top to the color of the sea and the boards the surfers are carrying and the storm in the backgroud are excellent. I am definitely impressed, bravo! Good luck for this week's challenge and thanks for sharing this with us.

    said photo of dsworster dsworster 3 months 16 days ago

  • Wow! outstanding!

    said photo of lnayvelt lnayvelt 3 months 16 days ago

  • Beautiful colors and composition. Great entry!

    said photo of chrispua chrispua 3 months 16 days ago

  • Very nice,good luck~

    said photo of kentuckyblueman kentuckyblueman 3 months 16 days ago

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