Bellefonte, PA – Colin Gallagher – Guest Photographer
Hi All! This is Tom taking over for Charlie for a few days. He is on vacation again – Imagine That!! Our plan is to greatly increase the number of guest photographers that we highlight here on www.PhotoBotos.com starting in the beginning of February due to a huge amount of amazing submissions (please keep sending them – we want more!). We have a guest photographer scheduled for January 25th but besides that we were only going to showcase Charlie’s photos until the big February kickoff.
CHANGE OF PLANS!
I received an email from Colin Gallagher two days ago and felt that it was a must to share it. His website is http://colintgallagher.com and there is a good mix of images there. The reason that the email was so appealing to me was the story behind the shot. It sounds like one of Charlie’s stories – very detailed!! You can really picture Colin running through the mud to take a photo, his frustration when the shot is interupted by people running through it, and finally his surprise when he realizes that he captured an amazing image.
Here is the email that he sent us:
On Tuesday the 17th, the sky over Bellefonte, PA was ripped apart by color and clouds. I know every sunset is unique and special, but I had never quite seen something like this. Rushing home from the grocery store, I frantically tried to take picture on my 1.3 megapixel phone from pre-Revolutionary War times. Gripped by panic, I parked in front of my apartment building and charged up the steps, nearly breaking my key off in the lock. The entire town was engulfed in this pinkish haze as the sun began to disappear. I grabbed my tripod and camera, quickly throwing on my wide-angle lens and sprinting across the street to the park there.
Mud sloshed through my sandals, and I was in shorts despite it being mid-January in central Pennsylvania. Reaching a rickety bridge crossing a stream through the park, a threw open the tripod legs and quickly attempted to frame the shot…
…and then a child began running across the suspension bridge, sending it swinging and rocking as her father stomped along behind her. The sun was gone, the last bright pinks and purples fading way to grey as the bridge finally became still again. Sighing, I snapped off a few merely out of principle and trudged home.
Imagine my surprise when I loaded the memory card onto my computer.
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amazing photo n description.
simply beautiful…reminds me of a Kinkade painting the way you captured the light (and a great story – the best shots usually have that element too).
Beautiful … breathtaking.
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Breathtaking – especially knowing that the scene appeared grey to the eye. Did you need a filter of any kind?
This photograph is so lovely! The colours are so amazing here…wow!
Thank you everyone for the kind words!!
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Not a lot I can add to previous comments – fantastic!
There is not alot I can add to previous comments – fantastic!
Wow – great shot.
Breathtaking! I grew up not too far from Bellefonte. So glad you shared!
What a stunning piece of work!
Marvelous and mesmerizing landscape image. I appreciate the image as well as the effort behind achieving it.
Oh wow, the color on that is AMAZING! And that was taken in my home state of PA? Gorgeous!
Hudson River School of painters would be breaking their brushes after seeing this! Thanks for your dedication to get the image and then share it. Print this one BIG!
Wow!
this is absolutely gorgeous. The wide angle suits this shot perfectly. My favourite bit is the delicate detail of the ducks effect on the water.. wonderful!
Beautiful work !!
seriously amazing
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Seems like a scene that could inspire some poetry…
WOW! Absolutely stunning.
same thought – a renaissance painting.
This is incredible. I’m glad your efforts were rewarded!
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A very moody picture: something about it reminds me of the 19th C painter Atkinson Grimshaw, the glow in the sky, the lit windows on the left. He had a predeliction for dusk and moonlight in an urban context http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWIKzcA-9EI
This reminds me of Teddy Roosevelt and The Badlands. America is so beautiful.
Susannah
Stunning!!! Breathtaking!!!!
thanks for liking my post!nice photos!amazing colors.
Gorgeous – and even more special in that you hadn’t expected the capture. Loved the accompanying story too – thanks for the laugh!
Beautiful! Amazing clors and contrast. I love it.
Wow! It looks like a painting!
Nice, a great capture. Light and color spot on.
Beautiful image
Well done to mud, sandals, shorts, rickety bridge, child and parent; without which this magnificent scene may not be seen…..
awesome, awesome pic ! thanks for sharing, and thanks for visiting my little blog site !
Many thanks to whichever one of you has dropped in on my new art blog and given some likes. This is a soft gentle sunset, isn’t it, not too brash, just calm and very luminous, especially with the water underneath. The impulse one feels, to rush off to capture a scene before it disappears can be overwhelming.
Hi,
A beautiful photo, worth every bit of trouble you went through to get the shot.
It looks like a Beirstat sp? painting. Impressive, Thank you for sharing
Amazing picture – like a painting from the American Sublime. Beautiful.
Mesmerizing – hope you get more great submissions from guest photogs.
Nothing short of Magical…and the windows in the picture are Golden…
Surprises are a kind of miracle, aren’t they?
Awesomw photo.
Wow, that is gorgeous! I half expect to see little fairies dancing by the shore
Fantastic – it looks like a Kincaide painting.
It is a very nice photo, but yes- would have loved to have seen the pinks and purples.
STUNNING!!
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simply amazing!!
I’m speechless…..
Just want to say that if the photograph at the top is not photoshopped or edited in some way, it’s literally the best photo I’ve ever seen in my entire life.
Then this isn’t the best photo you’ve seen, unfortunately
At this time of day, in the lighting during a sunset such as this, a camera’s sensor is unable to expose properly for both the flaming sky and the deep shadows. To bring out all the detail, and attempt to show the scene as it really looked, some editing needed to occur.
Believe me when I say that my picture does no justice to how it actually looked.
Guest photographers… great!
So much talent lies in this blog!
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Stunning. Simply stunning.
What a beautiful and amazing photo! Thank you for stopping by my little corner and liking a post. So glad you did as I get to see and check all the amazing photos you share here. Blessings!
Absolutely beautiful! I love the story too. For every photo I’ve taken by simply meandering through a wood I’ve taken at least a couple that involve that kind of desperate drama. Somehow those are always slightly more fun. Great work!
I could melt into this amazing photograph. Thanks for sharing it.
Found your blog from you liking a recipe I posted on mine. This is such an amazing picture of tranquility. Which after I read the panic stricken race to capture it I am even more enthralled. This honestly is the most beautiful picture I have ever seen.
congratulations for this amazing shot! really is stunning!
Wow! That’s all I can say!
pipkinera….
Cool post. Very descriptive
I can imagine beginning there myself. But in most of my stores that are similar they never work. But it gives me hope 
Truly breathtaking!
Crickey, that is beyond beautiful! ^_^
Wow. Just wow.
Smashing shot, masterpiece.
Very Beautiful shoot
An awe inspiring picture. That’s worth a little mud between the toes in January!
BEAUTIFUL! Worth the effort in capturing it. Picture post card.
Stunning light!
a renaissance painting…incredible!
Amazing Colours, I love the reflections, and despite not being what Colin wanted, the light seems perfect to me!