Saturday Afternoon

What a glorious looking place you’ve found – does all of Canada look like this? It’s quite spectacular. : )

Oh I would totally meditate right there..beautiful setting you captured Jan!

Nice deep greens and great light..

Enchanting!!!!!

a very very peaceful image Jan

Oh this just takes my breath away! Beautiful photography Jan!

beautiful relaxing shot

Jan..Do you ever get used to producing such amazing art..Ever? You just blow me away like a hurricane with your work!

Is this just Ho-Hum to you? Another day at the office, perhaps?

I vote for this as best photo in any group you put it under.

Holy Moly! ~Hank

All in a day’s work huh! lol Out in your kayak discovering beautiful places and capturing them for us to see. Lovely!

fantastic shot

outstanding top notch..wow..amazign one i wish i took..well done Jan

Okay, next time, we pack a lunch and stop there…ok?? What a beautiful spot…you’ve captured the peacefulness so well…sigh…

stunning…a fave

Very ‘Zen’. Viewing this gives an instant feeling of inner peace and stillness. Beautiful.

I should think they would snap it up!

It’s incredible to think that this is a real place!! It is almost too perfect to be true! You must have dropped your teeth when you found it!

Oh Jan this is just beautiful. The lighting is perfect and I want to be there right now…reading a good photoshop book. haha. OK…maybe a romance novel. :O)

I would love to be their with my daughter to bug her while she was trying to read. HaHa. What a beautiful spot to just be with nature and fine the inner peace one needs in this world today. Great shot. You must get good exercise.

beautiful scenery…

Someone found a great place to build a bench for contemplation! Don’t ya just love finding things like this?

Gorgeous lighting, comp and mood. Well done.

So very calm and peaceful!

Lovely shot, Jan! Very relaxing, but at the same time a bit dark and primordial.

A very lovely image

A fabulous place

Nice one Jan.

A masterpiece Jan!!

beautiful scene

Gorgeous, so lush and tranquil.

A very special mood, Jan

OH SO PEACEFUL – LOVE THE COLORS…....

So enchanting and peaceful. so serene. exquisite!

What a lovely place to sit for a while.

Like a poem waiting to be written. Mystery, magic… waiting

Brilliant shot, Jan, extremely thought provoking.

How calm and beautiful and lonesome – this is how I picture Walden Pond, where Thoreau spent all that time – although I have no idea if it looks anything like this.

Another outstanding piece Jan, your work takes my breath away.

Wonderful peaceful and mood capture GREAT WORK WELL DONE!!!!!

outstanding atmosphere of peace and stillness

I love benches, this is an outstanding shot. Beautiful!

gorgeous

beautiful and calming

wonderful capture!!!!

great work, amazing capture!!!

...just another “Great Piller”

Bert

Magical. I wish I was there.

Oh what a beautiful scene to come upon while kayaking! Also a great place to meditate! Lovely capture, Jan!

I think I’ll call you master photographer from now on….

We’ll just leave it as an Freudian slip and say no more on the subject. :-}

gorgeous ! wow

so beautiful place you’ve found ! just love those bog trunks =)

Perfect shot. So beautiful and a great mood.

Amazing capture

I don’t believe we’ve had too many images submitted to the Benches Group taken from a kayak !! You have created something quite magical with this light, colour and perspective, Jan, which is exactly our aim! Beautiful work.

Beautiful shot…

O what a beautiful place and so well captured!

Straight from a fairytale book! Your work is so gorgeous!

Beautiful, I want to spend my saturday there.

beautiful and peaceful image

Beautiful Jan. I wish I am sitting there reading my book.

Fab lighting and mood. Well done. An instant fav.

Great shot.. love the pov…like you’ve not intruded.. great work!

Congratulations this photo has been featured in Canon DSLR.

This looks straight out of fairy land, so serene. Gorgeous and congrats on your feature

cool!!! sounds like fun!

I’m back for another look…carry on my dear mistress.

What a lovely spot! Well observed and captured. My instant fave!

Peaceful shot, nicely done. Oh, by the way, listen to your dog, he probably knows you pretty well.

Such a beautiful peaceful place…

outstanding and beautiful!!!!

totally beautiful…looks like it is from a fairy tale…love it :-)

Magical! :) You have a wonderful portfolio!! Beautiful work!!! Well done!!!!

Wonderful work, Jan. Truly serene.

Beautiful…I would love to sit on this bench. Congratulations on your feature.

i LOVE the mood of this scene
a spot you could sit for hours on end, and just enjoy the nature around you, get all sorts of amazing shots from it as well, reflections, macros, water, all sorts of things, excellent image jan

this is fantastic! I would love to sit on that bench

Beautiful image Jan, so peaceful. The vantage is what makes it.

Perfect place to sit and think, lovely image.

Gorgeous!

Excellent work!

Not surprised I had to scroll way down here to leave a comment! This is a stunning scene shot! I imagine sitting on the bench and feeling as one with the natural surroundings. I imagine hearing birds and the soft ripples of water as I take in all the natural beauty that surrounds me! Lovely work and an instant favorite for me! :)

Thanks Sandy – I’m glad I got the shot – it was a bit of a pain to get there and stay still enough for the shot. I was in my kayak.

a place to rest in peace and you’ve captured it well.

Oh I am so ready to be right there!!!! Gorgeous!!!

You know its a great shot when people can just dream of sitting in there…..great outcome.

It’s the ripples! No… no… it’s the texture of the grass and… but NOOOO! It is the palette that… WAIT… WAIT… no it is the compositional mood which… Heck nope,,, the lighting, yeah the lighting is what…

Belay all of that… it is the way that you pull me through this tiny poem into a world of feeling that’s set my imagination awhirl. This is wonderful Jan.

Thanks Ted! My – you’re mighty talented with the prose too! You may comment on all of my pictures good sir! LOL!

You have wonderful weekends don’t you! I’m so jealous right now! LOL This is just so peaceful, I can picture myself meditating on that bench away from all the worries..Excellent work Jan

Damn life is good Jan! Kudos!

Sooooo beautiful!!!!!

This just bowled me over. I can’t say much more…................other than you took me there

kev

What a story-teller of a shot – so engaging! I am a bench freak – always feel it adds so much to a shot. Have you submitted this to the Benches Group? I’m sure Peter would welcome it with open arms!!!

peaceful and beautiful

Beautiful….my kind of place…well done :)

Serenity thy name is you!!!

omg … can I be YOU when I grow up?????? Sooooooooooo magical, Jan!!!!!!! LOVE the deeeeep, rich green water and foliage!!!! And that bench!!!! WHAT a FIND!!!!!!!! You know there’s a “benches” group … also, I bet In Another World would love this one, too!!!!!!! ... do you need an agent? * blink * nudge * nudge * blink

Beautiful elements and mood…..

This photo reminds me of how Alice in Wonderland must’ve felt like before falling asleep dreaming of wild adventures…. Awesome photo Jan !

this too is Awesome!!! very peacefull…. you are at home with your art…

Congratulations! Your photo has been featured in “Style! Class! Elegance! Excellence!”

This photo was chosen because it was of a very high quality and it captured exactly the sort of work we are looking for in this group.

Please keep up the great work and we hope you continue to add more of your excellent photographs to our group.

Beautiful shot. You captured the serenity of the location brilliantly!

KUDOS!! And congratulations on the feature!

Beautiful!!. so tranquil..

Simply wonderful!

MORE MAGIC!!! What an enchanting image!! One could certainly while away many an hour here….

Really lovely spot, I could do with sitting there right now, whilst the world goes crazy around me.
Leanne

A very beautiful scene, it makes me want to sit down and meditate.

Absolutely beautiful, this is a very inviting and emotionally calming photgraph Jan, Almost magical.
There is also a hint of the renaisasance within the whole scene (In my humble opinion).
Great work. – Peter

This is very beautiful Jan, I especially love that you took this lovely atmospheric image from your kayak in the midst of the stream. It is wonderful!

An absolute painting of light with the camera! As sharp as a tack. Light falling on the bench just perfect. One of the most remarkable shots I have seen. Thank you for your comments on my shot…Misty Morn. This is equally mysterous. I love it.

Love the way the light reflects on the bench, it gives it so much character.

This is a wonderful image, a very atmospheric shot beautifully captured.

Oh wow wonderful spot great capture Jan : )

Good to see this one again, Jan! One of my RB favourites!

What a gorgeous scene, Jan!

What a wonderful retreat, great shot!

stunning and what a gorgeous spot Jan

Well I have to say, this is absolutely beautiful. What a gorgeous sight that would have been floating down the river. Looks so peaceful.

Looks darn peaceful

what a lovely and romantic place you found ! Very nice capture, Jan !

Love the mood of this one Jan, very relaxing. Good capture!

fantastic work jan

Lovely place to live near. Very peaceful mood :)

Wow… This is amazing Jan. Hope to see more kayak pics from you this summer :)

This is truly Fantastic, I like the way it makes me feel when looking at it…Like i want to be there, the lighting on the bench to the reflection …A very beautiful Image, well done….
Tim

Beautiful find!! Gorgeous capture Jan! Instant fav….!

Such a sense of peace and such a lovely image!!

So serene and lovely.

Ahhhhh yes – would love to be sitting there.. right now… this forest is so dreamy! Spectacular presentation! xx

amazing!!