Breaking Point

amazing – words don’t pay justice! the composition..the lighting..the contrast..the atmosphere is almost overbearing – i love it!

Great creativity and interesting balance between light and dark elements.

I love this Steven : )...love the B & W ….and that’s absolutely true.. we make more labour saving devices..so that we have more free time to take up with work! well done!

Beautiful image and sentiments. I love my laptop and dream of lying on the grass looking at clouds and stars =)

Fantastic capture. wonderful sentiment

wow. amazing shot. excellent

Exquisitely beautiful, magical, powerfully profound – very inspiring work, love it!

Love the Image, and your story as well, Yes, I agree hate the call on your day of crap….

great shot….. good sense of drama

Wow. This is a beautiful shot!
great work!

beautiful work well done !

incredible b/w work. amazing dynamic range. everything comes together nicely: the curve of earth, single barren tree, moody sky, shafts of light, great textures. awesome composition.

You are an amazing talent. This is excellent

amazing work this is wonderful

stunning image steve

totally captivating, adore every thing about this image

Lol, so many things made to simplify our lives and they end up taking over huh ? This is a beautiful photograph…..nice work, It looks great in black and white, it adds drama.

awesome image,,,, well done

Incredible work of ART!!! Absolutely STUNNING!! :-)

unbelievable shot!

wow. simply inspiring.

big fan of black and white. and a fan of this image. nicely done

astounding image….even more important is your message…

What a beautiful moment. Thank you for sharing it.

This is truly stunning!

Ahhhhh wowie! love your work, your portfolio is stunning!

You nailed this one Steven. Your sentiments are mine exactly. Simple is best.

Great creativity, real drama

This is a wonderful image. Great light and texture in just the right amounts. This evokes many an emotion. Well done.

Such a beautiful image! Well done.

beautiful image! love your work!

Absolutely brilliant

brilliant shot, so powerful yet so simple! x

WOW! STUNNING Steven!!!

this is beautiful work

Wow I love this

wonderful effects, brilliant

wow fantastic work

excellent show of contrast, lighting beautiful

great expansive work. lovely image

wow, this is amazing ! excellent work !

incredible shot. majestic.

Very beautiful work. I have grown to hate the telephone. You simply can’t have a quiet moment anywhere, anymore.

Oh WOW. what a great capture!

wish this is a stunning shot, instant favourite..

beautifully done. I threw away my mobile phone – can totally relate!

Stunning capture, well done!

Wow very intense and dramatic…excellent work!

superb b/w …
wonderful detail

WOW…simply stunning!

Beautiful, both your words and the photo!

A breathtaking shot, well done!

Evocative shot, the sky especially, and the light falling on the tree is simply superb.
However, I think perhaps the ground is a bit too light…at least for my taste. I may be wrong!
Anyway, fantastic work!

Great work, very well done.

Beautiful – very atmospheric. Fantastic composition.

gorgeous!!!!!!!!!!! gorgeous !!!!!!!!!!!!!

Beautiful, it is amazing the contrast, light.

very dramatic and powerful

Fantastic pic!

this is wonderful…..!!!!!!

this is a pure pagan moment
purity in space time
this is what it feels like to be free

Steven, this is a prodigious work!

No words good express the intensity of this shot. i love this shot

This is faboulus.

so beautiful simplicity at its most beautiful

Stunning shot! I really like what you have to say about how we think we make choices for simplicity, but may get more than we bargained for.

this is dream like excellent work

A really amazing, dreamlike shot. The sky is just incredible..

Thats something you dont see everyday and I am so glad that you did!
Superb treatment too!

oh wow this takes my breathe away!!!!

DITTO!
WOW!! AWESOME!! BREATHLESS!! SPEECHLESS!! ....? me without words?

[for me that’s impressive!] well for now – might bombard you with thoughts later when I recover! ~ adg

Breath taking image. Me too, speechless and in total awe. Brilliant work, and love your portfolio :D

Your art mirrors your inteligence. Brilliant!

Great texture and the colouring is superb!

This is lovely Steven.

I’m all for simple living. Brilliant and beautiful work!

As a cloud addict myself I had to stop in and congratulate you on a stunning piece!

Well well worth it!

stunning image, so atmospheric!!

AMAZING. WONDERFUL.

Wow, excellent work Steve

Beautiful amazing work!!

Wow, this is awesome & so very amazing, Brilliant!!!!

This is fabulous!!! the composition is so strong……..just love it

amazing…wow!!!! love it…...

Just beautiful! (Thanks for your comment!)

Wow… this is gorgeous. Nice work Steven.

I don’t know how I missed this. It’s a benediction, universe to earth, isn’t it. Including us. So very incredibly beautifully done.

Even if you could manually move the tree and the sunbeams around, this could not have been more perfect. AWESOME!!

When I see great compositions like this one, I am at once elated and depressed. I am elated because it’s wonderful, beautiful and a joy to look at. I am depressed because I can not create such wonderful work. Great photo.

The fingers of god….. simple….. dramatic… in awe…..

great image

Wow. This is amazing. I LOVE photoshop. I think you have done a brilliant job. I’m glad I have a computer again as I have missed RB.

superb, i love everything about this shot! fabulous!

An inspirational image. You did a great job with it.

I’ll go with “simply living” though that is not always easy these days – great shot!

Fantastic Image Steven.

You can only manipulate them both to their best advantage – as you have done with this lovely image. :):)

stunning work well done

brilliant!!

wow! all I can say is WOW. great work.

Oh yea…this is awesome…love the B&W!

very cool!

gr8 work, very dramatic. strong light. cheers

Just outstanding, love it…

... Dramatic and impressive…..

Gorgeous and impressive sky. This tree is very delicate, beautiful contrast !

This is just amazing, Steven. love the composition and the mood… powerful n creative!
well done!

I think everyone else said what I was thinking…. Oh wow!

Amazing light and shadow, extraordinary work

excellent mood love the strong sharp BW as well…. very nice gallery

great ray catching!

outstanding !!!

Bravo!!! Stunning image!!

Amazing shot! Great choice for black and white. Nice composition!

truly fabulous – you processing is skilful and so very effective. that darking, brooding sky contrasting with the exaggeratedly light foreground. simply superb.

Stunning image!!!. superb treatment..

Brilliant photo! I like the mood of this shot and the thick, dark clouds in the background!

Wow!!! This is gorgeous!!! I love the mood of this shot, brilliant capture!

A really beautiful image!
As to the philosophical question – you just create your own balance – and thank the powers that be for all the beauty that surrounds us. lol :)

just love your b & w cloudy pics

this is awesome

brilliant work.

stunning, are you using PS? brilliant work :)

this is just outstanding Steven love the mood set by the awesome cloud formation! love your work mate! and thank you for viewing and leaving your kind comments…..

Wow! Extraordinary shot! Such a powerful image! Excellent work!

Simply amazing image. Great comp and tones. Is this a composite?

this is simply amazing art ~ the feeling of a dream state ~ just wonder~ full~ well done! as for simplicity ~ I agree ~ you have me lol over the phone call :)

Amazing imagery, well done.

This is awesome! The notion of the “breaking point” is powerful to me. Simplicity can often be overlooked but really is a joy to me. Great message!

outstanding lighting, Steven -very well done and interesting!

awesome image – love it!!!

Very Impressive Capture, Great treatment, Like what you have done with this.
I like the Write up, I for one have chosen the Simplistic and Realistic Life for myself, all the Bull Shit ain’t worth it, My boss call me on my cell phone I will be having words with him, or ahhh would have. Sure the world fills our minds full of the Latest and greatest, and the Media tries to play as much in our pockets as they do in spinning truth and lies, but I am responsible for my own consciousness and I’ll be damned before I lease it out to some monetary monster.
Great Shot, Love your Passion

Awesome looking photo!

Superb image mate. And great write up! Looks like its liked by quite a few people too. haha. How many views you had on this one?

Whatever you did to this, it really is a stunning photo.

Awesome Photography Steven

Beautifully captured!

Lovely shot; it’s quite phenomenal: the light shining on the single tree; a bright light source from a dark sky.

Stunning shot. Timing is everything in photography

Fantastic work.

so well done in all aspects. congrats!

Great image. :)

Great work !

Wow ! Fantastic artwork ! :)

Amazing photo!!! Looks great, you really have an eye!! =)

Beautifully conceived and executed.

My vote is for simple living! I talked to my son this very morning about how people miss out on the beauty in nature. They build, buy and put stuff first. Missing the more important things that are already there. Invisible to them. Sad

WOW!!!! This is just AMAZING! Fantastic work!

This is amazing its like what i would have expected the setting for the story of adam and eve when they found the apple tree

Stunning!!!!!

You have the same camera that I have!!!! Isn’t it amazing?!! I love it. You are such a wonderful artist for one so young. My youngest son was born in 1985!!!
This is an amazing photo. Love the B&W & the awesome lightrays.

Stunning. Bold and powerful statement!

Stunning, once in a while we are in the right place at the right time, you were and look what you got. Way to go.

Stunning concept B&W – so atmospheric

AWESUM pic man, u got da best lukin sky in all ya photos man, gr8 work!

Hey Steven this is a fantastic shot the lone tree spotlighted by the rays from the sun or even God. It is wonderful

Those clouds look amazing! Well done.

what an incredible moment you have captured! great eye! stunning…

Amazing, the clouds and the whole surface, its a joy to watch.

YOU HAVE A FANTASTIC TALENT STEVEN !

love the tones in this shot ,the comp is brillent and the techs spot on .you rock Kiddo

Incredible shot!!! the clouds are beautiful…very impressive :)

Amazing image Stephen…and indeed, true beauty and peace can only be found in simplicity.
Great work!

A truly stunning image – the lighting effect and the post-processing really complements the composition!

Lighting is perfect, excellent capture. Looks great in black and white too. :)

Dynamic and powerful imagery Steven.. Makes one think abit.. I too often use my FZ.. Like it alot..

Incredible light!

wow
how did i miss this one
fabulous
love the light

This image tells the most amazing story. Your accompanying description is thought provoking.

Steven, your work is incredible and very inspiring!

Yhis is superb and is fantastic in mono 10/10

What an amazing visual delight; well done!

WOW!! I wanted to stop by and give you the same time you did with me…This is an awesome shot! I typically am not a fan of black and white photographs, just so into color but this is very moody, deep with emotion great job!! TERI~

Simplicity, for sure… you can find all the pure beauties in simplicity. just my view…
wow! what a awesome work! love the way you look at this scene and you compose it just creative… very clever use of Pc for editing it this way. excellent!

love it ! the atmosphere is awesome Jane

I like this image as it seems to reflect the idealist in me, the solitary, reflective, comtemplative, introvert that i am….....beautiful and thought provoking!!

Wonderful image….

“Vision – It reaches beyond the thing that is, into the conception of what can be. Imagination gives you the picture. Vision gives you the impulse to make the picture your own.”
Robert Collier.

So cool!

gosh, that sky is mesmerizing….............surreal.

You do some wonderful work! I’m really enjoying your portfolio. This one is simply perfect! Great job! :) Mekea

WHOA! This is a stunning photo Steven. Stops one dead in their tracks.

This deserves wider exposure (in groups that is!). Why not add it to one of the many groups for images of trees and inspirational images.

Steve ;-)

Very dramatic. Love the black and white and the effects.

Wow this is absolutely beautiful, but i’m sure you already know that from many other people. I also think what you wrote is verr true for life! Wonderful piece : )

Stunning image!

Awesome image ! love the total effct !!! Janeymac

Awesome effect!

now this is how my soul feels right now. wow, what a beautiful work

Very, very dramatic. Magical. Great lighitng. Love the clouds. Excellent piece.

wow i absolutely LOVE this, it is just mesmerizing, not sure what you did but it really works brilliantly!!!!!!!!

outstanding work

Excellent image and sentiment!

thanks for stopping by and your comment on my work.

Stellar! its fantastic

Great shot.

This is amazing….your work is incredible!

inspiring stuff – it really is superb

I love the drama!

Awesome!

Amazing !!!! love the b/w and those awesome light rays coming down !!! Great work :o)

A magical piece!!! Just perfect! :)

Great post-production. Nice pre-imagination to make the image work.

Just beautiful, Steven – well done indeed :-D

hollllllllllllyyyyyyyyyy

visual poetry…. love how you’ve captured the healing power of the light…...... actually this reminds me alot of my writing…..... wonderful work….......b

awesome!

A fantastic mood in this picture…the simplicity and the beauty of it….the tree branches almost seem to lean towards the light. A very special piece!!

WOW!!!!
my favorite!

Awesome image!

Very dramatic. Love this one.

How many comments?....Never had to que like this before! Great shot, atmosphere, idea, composition and execution! 10/10

219 says…..neat!

This work of art is simply stunning.

BRAVO BRAVO BRAVO

very powerful image! Thanks!

Amazing, powerful shot!!!!!xx

excellent work

its all been said,but i have to say something too.
i cant understand why i missed steven sandner.its my first time to see your work.highly impressive.well done

Awesome B/W image!

AMASING!

a stunner ..but so is most most of yer work !

MAGNIFICENT,

Greetings from Romania,
Alexandru

This is beautiful!
Your work is amazing (:

Stunning

breathtaking and very inspiring.

WOW!

WOW, Gorgeous shot! Instant fave!

A Masterpiece!

Wonderful!

just excellent art ~ it’s interesting to run into your work ~ serendipitous ~ after contemplating these ideas ~ again~ just yesterday ;) what if more was less? simplify, it is worthwhile….xx

Stunning black & white photo Steve. Lots of drama and emotion. Dave;-)

Outstanding shot! I’m speechless :)

i agree with all of above …...........they just got there before me.!;-P

This is stunning:)

I can only love this work!!!

I wish sometimes I could be as strong as this sun and could warm the people that I love!!!

Killer image…wonderful use of light and feeling…wow..WOW!

Beautiful work…they are all amazing!

lovely work:)

Incredible work of art!

Excellent…love them rays…..
Tim

Fantastic!! Love the clouds and the sun breaking through with those wonderful rays of light. Look great in black and white.

Excellent

Absolutely stunning :)

This one is a keeper. Hope you sell a ton of these Mate. :) Congratulations and salutations.

really stunning light!

kool!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Exquisitely superb!!!!
truly magical piece of art steve!

Stunning image. You got gorgeous photos in your gallery.

Another amazing piece of work to add to your incredible portfolio. Absolutely jealous!

Truly fantastic…but you don’t need me to tell you that!!

very nice work – everyone loves the mood in this one well done

did I already say ..beautiful..?
If not … then ..beautiful..so well done!

Wow this is an amazing photo

great creation

Terrific creation!!!

This is stunning!

Yes,God,I’m surrender!!Magnificent image,Steven!Love it,love it,loooove it!!