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Challenge: Hidden Gem -- 1,000th Challenge! (Advanced Editing VII*)
Collection: Portfolio
Camera: Fujifilm MX-1200
Location: Hawaii
Date: Jul 3, 2002
Aperture: f/4.5
ISO: 160
Shutter: 1/294 sec
Galleries: Nature
Date Uploaded: Mar 10, 2009

[Mar. 15th, 2009 04:58:42 PM]

This shot was taken in Hawaii at Kilauea. I am not sure if you can still get this close at this was taken in 2002. At that time, you could get extremely close and as I recall this was within about 10 feet of the flow. It flows very slowly so there was no real danger... as long as you stayed alert. It was quite warm and the sulphur smell was very strong, but quite amazing to see.

I have received many comments on this one and will post an updated photo with a bit more pp once voting is done. Thank you for all the comments!

HERE is the slightly more processed photo.

Statistics
Place: 608 out of 1129
Avg (all users): 5.5087
Avg (commenters): 6.1930
Avg (participants): 5.5000
Avg (non-participants): 5.5600
Views since voting: 881
Views during voting: 749
Votes: 519
Comments: 65
Favorites: 1 (view)


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 Comments Made During the Challenge
03/17/2009 10:21:02 PM
Very interesting.
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03/17/2009 05:21:23 PM
I agree -- immediate escape would be an excellent idea.
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03/17/2009 04:43:37 PM
Wow, I've never seen lava up close, that must be scary! I think if it were a little sharper it would pop more.
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03/17/2009 04:13:30 PM
Lava, I presume. Amazing capture! 7
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03/17/2009 12:14:57 PM
Cool! I mean hot! Nice tones. (Not voting, just commenting.)
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03/17/2009 09:55:16 AM
Looks like a place that has natural selective desaturation :)
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03/17/2009 06:27:52 AM
Great image of flowing molten lava. Where was this taken?
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03/17/2009 01:45:57 AM
Great shot.
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03/16/2009 10:34:53 PM
Nice exposure.
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03/16/2009 09:47:03 PM
Great contrast with the glowing cracks, escaped flow and the black cooled lava on top. Hope this was with a good telephoto - don't think you'd want to misstep up close.
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03/16/2009 03:09:27 PM
Wow - how close were you to the lava! Very interesting shot. Might have needed a little more PP to bring out the textures more but still a good picture.
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03/16/2009 11:03:58 AM
interesting detail but could be sharper... five from me ;D
brano
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03/15/2009 09:34:09 PM
Nice use of selective color, except for the extreme left and mid right
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03/15/2009 08:26:28 PM
Wow. What an awesome shot.
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03/15/2009 07:30:18 PM
Is that lava? Very impressive.
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03/15/2009 05:24:58 PM
has that alien feel.
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03/15/2009 01:47:48 PM
Great capture, I'd like to witness this some day!
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03/15/2009 12:53:28 PM
I wish the image were a bit sharper, but a good capture and well titled image.
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03/15/2009 11:59:52 AM
That's pretty interesting. It might look good with a bit more contrast and saturation too.
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03/15/2009 09:36:29 AM
Way cool. Fascinating, in fact.


Not voting yet.
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03/15/2009 01:21:25 AM
Certainly a very unique picture, but there's seems to be no real subject, apart from red lava.
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03/14/2009 11:12:38 PM
I like how the molten lava appears to be moving forward, although I'm guessing at a very slow rate.
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03/14/2009 10:22:35 PM
cool lava pick, like the color peeking thru
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03/14/2009 10:09:45 PM
looks a little flat
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03/14/2009 08:13:37 PM
nice contrast here, 6
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03/14/2009 11:59:08 AM
like your shot...B&W in color...very good
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03/14/2009 03:58:12 AM
This looks hot! Beautiful dark textures with the orange glow coming out of it.
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03/13/2009 08:50:47 PM
wish the shot was a little sharper- then again i dont want you standing there any longer. :)
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03/13/2009 07:31:33 PM
Cool colors in the lava. Nice capture. Would have liked the point of focus to be on the lava - or at least just a little more in focus. Could you have zoomed in a little closer to it? I dont know how far away you were or if you could have even gotten any closer though. Nice shot - 5
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03/13/2009 05:34:35 PM
THAT'S interesting! Something I may never see in person. Think you could have cropped out the horizon on the top for even more impact.
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03/13/2009 03:07:27 PM
Daring to get that close to lava!
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03/13/2009 11:48:38 AM
Really cool image. I really like the monochromatic look with the exception of the lava. I would have probably up contrast a bit to bring out the colors.
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03/13/2009 11:13:23 AM
SSSSSSSSSSSSSS!
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03/13/2009 10:26:48 AM
bringing the crop down to cut off the horizon would have brought this "closer" to the viewer IMO
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03/13/2009 09:34:14 AM
Neat capture! I like the title - gives the shot some emotion.
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03/13/2009 06:45:33 AM
Hot shot! Well composed.
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03/13/2009 04:59:26 AM
Is this lava? Cool.
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03/13/2009 04:23:24 AM
cool shot ... well I guess quite hot actually!
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03/12/2009 11:48:17 PM
I like the shot and all but feel making the surrounding black land darker might have made the molten lava pop more. Kudos to you for getting so close :)
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03/12/2009 09:26:41 PM
Wow! Maybe my favourite shot of the challenge.
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03/12/2009 08:16:43 PM
Hope that was a long lens... HOT!
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03/12/2009 04:30:41 PM
Hot foot!! I saw this in Hawaii and love looking at moving, melted rocks. Strange thing to witness.
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03/12/2009 03:57:00 PM
Wow very cool shot, I don't know if I have seen a photo of lava before.
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03/12/2009 02:45:54 PM
Too close for comfort. Good shot.
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03/12/2009 09:50:13 AM
I think this is the only lava shot I have seen in here - overall a great shot
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03/12/2009 08:07:22 AM
Amazing, i like how the lava(?) is trying to reach this thing that looks like a fosil it seems like it is stretching to reach it, you made it look alive 10
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03/12/2009 01:14:04 AM
nice... tough to get this close these days...
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03/12/2009 12:24:26 AM
yuck......must've been hot even standing there! I'd be tempted to crop more off the top and lose the horizon
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03/12/2009 12:17:07 AM
ow, thats hot! Awesome capture, youre so lucky to have seen this. i've always wanted to see lava.
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03/11/2009 07:58:37 PM
Very interesting subject - hot!
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03/11/2009 07:04:34 PM
I took a shot very similar to this, but not as good, many years ago. It's fascinating, and the shape and colors are wonderful. I also know how hot it was :-)
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03/11/2009 06:36:32 PM
I think this needs more contrast to be stronger.
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03/11/2009 05:31:41 PM
I do hope this was a telephoto lens! :) Spectacular shot!
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03/11/2009 11:47:17 AM
great textures, but i would have cropped the top more, to get rid of the sky.
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03/11/2009 11:37:10 AM
Wow what a 'cool' shot! It must have been quite warm there.
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03/11/2009 10:26:01 AM
good one.
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03/11/2009 10:24:44 AM
What an interesting experience that must have been.
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03/11/2009 10:22:56 AM
Lava? Is this for real? Great image.
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03/11/2009 09:17:23 AM
I love volcanos. They are such a raw power.
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03/11/2009 08:01:59 AM
Looks like it is flowing right at me! hahah.
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03/11/2009 03:28:09 AM
cool capture
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03/11/2009 01:18:13 AM
They thought they knew what it was all about. It was simple geology. Molton rock under pressure in the deeps of the earth, being pushed to the surface, and finding whatever means it could to escape.

Perfectly natural, they said.

They couldn't have been more wrong.

One day, the evil force that kept pushing to escape its confines and prison in the darkest places of our planet would be free, and its reaching fingers of fiery death would destroy us all.

Another finger moved ever so slowly towards that day, and this time it eventually burned out, cooled too quickly. Today was not that day.

No, but it was coming.
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03/11/2009 01:07:02 AM
Oh wow, what an opportunity!
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03/11/2009 01:05:25 AM
I would love to stand where you stood and see this in person.
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03/11/2009 12:21:27 AM
looks HOT to me...
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