Shooting data
- Camera: NIKON D70
- Exposure: 1/800s
- Aperture: f/16.0
- Focal length: 48mm (72mm equivalent)
- Date taken: February 13, 2005
Road to heaven
Posted Thursday, May 25th, 2006
This is an image I made last Winter up in Chino Hills behind a housing development. I tried going back this year to make another version but I guess it was a dryer Winter and nothing was green. When things did finally turn green the sun was setting in the wrong place. I’ll give it another go next season, if this hasn’t all been turned into houses or shopping centers. I’ve got another shot coming up in a couple of days that shows a wider view of this area.
This is my entry for the Photo Friday theme “The Road.”
Update: Voted noteworthy by Photo Friday fans. Thanks, folks!
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May 25th, 2006 at 7:29 pm
Wow!!
Beautiful shot!
May 29th, 2006 at 3:26 pm
AMAZING! I hope you win Photo Friday…you deserve to.
This photograph is beyond words.
May 31st, 2006 at 10:47 pm
Development sucks…especially when you see a place you love disappear or change drastically. Good job on the photo. Will be good for memories.
June 1st, 2006 at 3:33 am
Mighty, I would have to say! It does look like it is the road to heaven! Hehe, I would have to save this link :P
June 2nd, 2006 at 1:58 am
This is trully amazing, great work!
June 2nd, 2006 at 9:32 am
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June 4th, 2006 at 8:25 am
Wonderful - my screen background for sure.
June 4th, 2006 at 9:50 am
Beautiful shot. And how appropriate for “the road.”
June 5th, 2006 at 2:45 pm
As I look a this place, I feel lifted up so that I’m looking forward to what comes next! Thank y ou for this wonderful view!
June 5th, 2006 at 10:50 pm
WOW….. gorgeous colours!
truly deserving photo friday winner!
June 22nd, 2006 at 1:56 pm
WOW this is absolutely amazing, congrats on the ntoeworth! well deserved
July 26th, 2006 at 6:00 am
Beautiful, intriguing image. So clean and simple, perfectly composed.
August 8th, 2006 at 2:04 am
this is amazing….great photogarfer
January 11th, 2007 at 6:17 am
Good photoshop work!!!
January 13th, 2007 at 5:39 pm
Using your image in a blog post. Hope you like. ;)
http://novo-mundo.org/log/2007/01/14/eu-vou-para-o-ceu-porque-tento-salvar-as-pessoas-da-mentira/
By the way, your are a great photografer. I’ve sign the feed.
February 9th, 2007 at 11:03 am
Hi!
I’m in awe of your photo. It’s perfect for a Bible conference brochure we are creating on the topic, “Heaven.” Do you mind if we use it, please? We will certaily reference your name. We will be receiving no reimbursement or making any money on the sale of your image. Thanks so much for your work. You truly have a gift.
Rebecca Buch
April 13th, 2007 at 10:54 am
For the holy spirit! What an outstanding pic. I’ve never seen something like this. Gratz!!
April 25th, 2007 at 2:47 pm
Hi
nice to walk on this road to heaven!
C U in heaven
good luck
May 20th, 2007 at 10:18 am
o que significa isto
June 6th, 2007 at 1:04 pm
truly amazing mate..u brightened up my day..dis is wat ive bin thinking of all my life lol,this image has been in my head lol
June 18th, 2007 at 12:15 am
I just search for the word “Heaven” and come out your photo. Absolutely I was impressed, So no more searching just save as background. Thanks.
June 20th, 2007 at 7:25 pm
Well, one thing wrong; the angle is a bit bad (You can see trees in the background) aside from that, amazing!
July 9th, 2007 at 12:36 pm
Wow…what an amazing picture..its on my desktop right now..thank you
September 20th, 2007 at 9:43 am
really amazing!! the contrast between the sky and the land shows a kind of silent harmony and that’s what heaven is: a silent harmony for souls to rest in peace
November 20th, 2007 at 4:44 pm
I LOVE Pictures that take one to Heaven.
You have done an EXCELLENT JOB!!
GOD BLESS YOU!!
Sincere,
Kelly S.S.
December 10th, 2007 at 3:50 pm
This is soooo pretty! Whoever took this knows how to take pictures! C U in Heaven! God Bless you!
January 9th, 2008 at 3:41 am
Really good picture like others said. Good job, good luck !
Trad in french : Une très belle photo comme les autres ont pu faire allusion. C’est du beau boulot, bonne chance pour la suite !
January 9th, 2008 at 4:43 am
Oh MY GOSH! THAT WAS TRUELY AMASING !!! god bless u and ur work!!
January 17th, 2008 at 9:23 am
WOOOOOOOOOW!!!! and i thought my photo of a really long road going through the mountain in mom’s village in the afternoon was wonderful!!! that’s it, i’m deleting mine…
January 19th, 2008 at 1:47 pm
beautiful picture.i love,i love places like this.
February 7th, 2008 at 12:51 am
oh my! i really love your photo. reminds me of my childhood back in australia. kudos to you!
February 27th, 2008 at 12:30 pm
Greetings Mr. Watson,
Amazing pic!!!
Is it possible to use this photo in a YouTube powerpoint video? I will credit your name and website. I like to take permission before using anybody’s pics.
Warm regards and keep up the thrilling work!
March 22nd, 2008 at 6:31 pm
Wow! I’ve been living in Chino Hills my whole life and I’ve yet seen something as beautiful as this haha. Gj.
March 25th, 2008 at 9:18 pm
amazing.
i really wish there was a place like that where i live.
May 3rd, 2008 at 10:38 am
This is such an amazing photo… I put it straight on my desktop as soon as I saw it!!!
Good luck with your next photo… :)
May 4th, 2008 at 4:31 am
the road to heaven isn’t easy… be strong…
May 6th, 2008 at 12:36 am
this is the wonderful way that i have seen in the life. its most beautyful image………..
May 7th, 2008 at 10:41 pm
It is an amazing photo! I was looking for a photo to may “hayga” poetry and find yours! really really exiting! I love it very much!
May 8th, 2008 at 1:37 pm
pay more attention to the details next time.
a few minutes more around photoshop, and we wouldn’t notice it is fake..
i see the trees at the top of the mount..
globally.. nice work. =)
May 8th, 2008 at 2:12 pm
Thanks for the tip but it’s genuine. Interesting theory about “trees” but I didn’t notice any when I was there (or this time or this time or in the satellite photo).
:-)
May 9th, 2008 at 5:31 am
wow,really cool picture.i like
May 15th, 2008 at 10:24 am
the top of this hill looks like a vajayjay. beautiful
May 18th, 2008 at 1:50 am
and also in response to “pay more attention to the details next time.
a few minutes more around photoshop, and we wouldn’t notice it is fake..
i see the trees at the top of the mount..
globally.. nice work. =)”
Though criticism can often be helpful, perhaps you should be a little more critical of yourself before you start shooting off comments that aren’t backed by fact. It isn’t that hard to come by a picture of a HORIZON so I don’t see why the photographer would have to doctor this picture in the first place. What you are seeing is the tops of trees above the horizon.
May 18th, 2008 at 9:27 am
I like the way the street winds up to the top of the hill. And I very much like the sky!
May 26th, 2008 at 10:10 am
Wow, that’s absolutly beautiful, one of the most stunning photographs I’ve ever seen.
May 28th, 2008 at 3:07 am
very nice pic, a lover of nature can easily understand d beauty of nature by dis pic, i want to kiss ur hands
June 7th, 2008 at 1:32 pm
My soul is thrilled by that picture. How do I go about buying a large print 0f it?
July 10th, 2008 at 3:30 am
Wow. That is a truely stunning picture.
I have used it for a manipulation, i hope you don’t mind?
I have credited you, but i just want to check it is ok for me to use it.
Keep up the work. That is a once-in-a-lifetime shot. =D
July 20th, 2008 at 9:07 am
very nice, I am so glad my son shared it with me.
August 10th, 2008 at 4:57 pm
Wow… so nice! Congratulations, this picture is awesome, the colors are georgeous!
September 10th, 2008 at 1:33 pm
Wonderfull amazing , ur vision is expressing ur mentality abuot da pureness..amazing awsome pics i’ve ever seen…by take care…
…..dhaka, Bangladesh
September 21st, 2008 at 1:49 pm
Wonderfull picture, it seems that we can reach the other side of the world, the beyond, where live those we think are dead. I wish I could have this picture on my next book on the afterlife
Keep capturing eternity, it works pretty well
October 5th, 2008 at 4:45 pm
that is one sick picture. and i bet even if it is all houses next year it would still look amazing. nice photography.
November 18th, 2008 at 7:46 am
Greatest picture of all time. YES You CAN !