a nice image utterly destroyed by the text url in the upper right corner. i'll pass, thanks.

good grief - do you not know how to use photoshop or any image editor to crop it out?

Wow...I am always amazed at how negative everyone is here. Let me break it down for you: it is free. If you don't like my work or my placing a credit line on it, then don't download it. Each time I post something here, I get the same useless comments (apparently unmoderated too). You can bet I done posting my work on this site.

I noticed the negativity right away, also.
But I just thought I'd say that I LOVE this!
I love how it looks so surreal.
Anyway, it's one of my favs.

Thanks for shooting it :)

it is a great shot - i didn't understand the first commenter's negativity, is all

Bluemeds -I guess I thought your original comment was directed at me too. Thanks...I apologize for my irritation.

Very nice! I have a real liking for old houses, barns, etc.
It's not always easy to find a way to make them more appealing
photographically. Great job.

no problem - i just don't understand people that are bothered by such a small photo credit line in a corner when the entire wallpaper is wonderful... the original artist/photographer always deserves the credit, especially since this is all free, like you said.

keep up the good work - the technique you used for this shot is pretty cool. softens everything up and leaves it looking very surreal and peaceful.

Very, very nice photo. Reminds me of my grandmothers place in Oklahoma. Thanks for putting this photo up for us to download. I appreciate it.

This is a great image! Looks sweet on my laptop @ 1920x1200 :)

Don't listen to all those negetive people. I think that this has got to be one of my favorites on this site. Keep posting! :)

Pass on the advertising next time.

despite loathing (deeply) the "spencer gifts" 70s font in the upper right hand corner, i made this pic my wallpaper a few days ago, and i'm jamming on it. such a great mood. my microsoft desktop dancers fit perfectly atop the left barn door, converting it to an elevated stage.

i suspect the nasty tone of the first commenter was in frustration, because this is a super-tasty, unusual pic with a suprisingly bad, glaring font that has the opposite effect than what was probably intended; makes me want to avoid the URL advertized.

anyway, my compliments to the artist. that's my kind of place. thanks for sharing it.

Obviously I jumped the gun in generalizing everyone here as negative. I apologize for taking the initial comment (way) too seriously. Thanks for the kind words.

I just resubmitted the image without the credit. Hopefully the website admin will replace the current one with the new one. Thanks again!

As most of the pictures here this is another amazing contribution! Just made it my wallpaper.

I really appreciate the decision of uploading it again without the credit. Even though the credit belongs to the author of course I ususally find it irritating in great pictures like this one.

In general I think the picture speaks for the author itself :)

Wow, simply amazing. I'm a student film director, would you be my cinematographer?! Great work, keep it up.

awesome image. it looks almost fake!

What's with the out of place square area in the top left of the picture? Looks like a clone stamp or healing brush blemish.

Although a lot of post processing went into this shot, no cloning was used. I can't seem to find the square you are referring to.

I have a link below to an editied and cropped picture with the said area in question surrounded by a black triange:

<a href="http://photobucket.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y293/FastA4Turbo/e2ca8248.jpg" border="0"></a>

I'm not questioning your work, I think its just a rough spot that got overlooked.

Beautiful picture at any rate. I have it featured as my wallpaper on my laptop!

anyone have a clue what natemata is talking about? i don't see it.

Hey, just happened to be looking for some widescreen wallpapers, found your photos. Fantastic work all around.

Love it!!

For what it's worth, everywhere you go you will find people who are negative, it's just a sad fact of life. But if the positive is more overwhelming, then simply ignore the negative.

I really love the photograph, it's serene and the colors all fit in so well. Great idea, but I'd hate to see someone with an eye for beauty leave over childish and petty comments.

For those who are always negative, here's a line that hopefully will change your perspective in life: "Attitude is the mind's paintbrush, it can color any situation."

I like it, it looks so surreal, almost ot real! Thanks for sharing it

Another great image coffeelover, I love this picture and have it as my background now. Many thanks for sharing it with us :o)

This image is inspiring. It captures a surreal essence that is fantastic and imaginative, and makes me want to start photographing on my own. Thanks for putting it up.

Wow...! Thank you for the kind words about my work. You can find more of my work and other wallpaper at http://www.paxtonprints.com/.

Thanks again!

Neat. Where was the picture taken?

Hey coffeeperk,

I love this pic. Can you explain what you mean by how it's a composite of two images? (what software did you use to composite them?)
And did you just take the picture with two different F-stops?

Your picture is very inspiring, I'm a student and I'm contemplating an artistic career. THANKS!

-peterjmathews I shot this image and exposed for the highlights (in one shot) and the dark values (in another). I then brought them together in Photoshop and used layer masks to reveal areas of the image where there is detail. I have several free video tutorials on my website that cover this process. Go to http://www.paxtonprints.com/ and look for the "tutorials" link at the top of the page. From there download the video on how I processed "Vitsta." Here is a direct link to the download (you will need the latest version of quicktime to play it): http://siteground128.com/~paxtonpr/videos/image_processing_4.mp4 Hope that helps a little! Steve

Is this seriosuly a real photograph and just not a render? Looks...odd. Nice photo though.

wonderful job, thank you so much for taking the time to share.

Great job with the lighting/compositing. It's got an ethereal quality to it that I just love. Thanks for posting.

Very nice, looks fantastic in my desktop thanks!

Beautiful photo! Thanks!

Fantastic Work! I would venture to say this is the best on this site, to me at least. Disregard any negatives. The web is full of freaks. You could give those type people everything in the world and they would still complain. They are probably just jealous this wasn't their piece of work. Keep posting your shots.

BTW, I don't see a text URL in the 2560x1600 shot (nor the 1440x900). Maybe you've taken it out since the first comment.

Ignore those idiots who critisise - great work!

When I first looked at this picture, I said two things to myself.

#1 No way that's real
and
#2 No way that's fake

Truly an amazing shot if you can make me question my own perception. Keep up the good work!

This is the most extraordinary photo I've seen in a long time. I was just considering doing the same thing, though not as complex. I checked your website and there are a LOT more like this!

Park a Harley out front and I bet you'd get tons of downloads. Great pic.

amazing...

Super job Steve!

Hi Steve,

Stellar photo. Really amazing. There was one guy earlier (natemata) who said he saw some artifacts of photoshopping in the upper left of the picture. Out of curiosity, I looked closely and I think he was right. (I'm looking at 1920x1200) If you look on the leaves in the upper left, you can see that they are very dark but there are areas which have been lightened. The lightened round brush strokes are visible and the entire surface of the leaves haven't been lightened up - maybe it was a dodging tool. I hope you'll take this as constructive criticism.. I could only hope to ever shoot something this good.

Hahaha! I just arrived fom KS a few months ago and I started missing it like crazy the past few days! Then, by a very accident, I end up seeing this picture. It's already added as my desktop wallpaper!

The only thing I don't like is the first comment. =P So: CONGRATULATIONS!!! hahaah =P

I LOVE this picture!! Great job with it! I think a lot of the other comments are too harsh because it's a great picture.

I don't see why other people are so negative about this picture. I think this is a great picture and I like it. 1650x1050 loox great!

This is a great image. In fact it is one that inspired me to invest in camera gear again!

Thanks!

Superb Photography. I am absolutely enjoying this image on my laptop.
BTW. What text URL?

Wow this picture looks surreal, like seen in a dream. Awesome picture.

I just read every single comment. Coffeelover resubmitted this photo without the text URL.

The top-left area looks like it might be just the way the light is hitting the leaves.

This wonderful piece is probably my favorite wallpaper, and I have 117 being rotated by Wallpaper Master right now, all of which came from IFL. I like this one so much that, if I miss it in the rotation, I immediately go back to it when I return (for I always remember where it left off when I walk away from the computer).

Definitely the cr譥 de la cr譥 of IFL. I love that it looks surreal or dream-like at first glance, but upon closer inspection, it has that certain x-factor that only real pictures have. I'm not a photo connoisseur, I only play one on YouTube, so I haven't the faintest idea what I'm on about, but I do know what I like, and I really like this wallpaper. Truly a work of art. Thank you for sharing, coffelover!

Amazing pic !!!