Milky way and Aurora borealis
by otto22

Comment by Giles:
great capture and beautiful sky 10, whats the strong light source in the middle?

Milky way and Aurora borealis
by otto22

Comment by Ja-9:
why oh, why did you do your title that way...(I know I'm being picky...) otherwise a good shot...love the shooting star

Green stone
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Comment by HarveyG:
Thoroughly enjoyed this image, smooth creamy, colourful and simple. 7. WD on the HM in a FS.

PROMETHEUS
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Comment by FrankRobinson:
Hi Gudjón, welcome to the critique zone!

Not sure what you expect to get from me, apart from noting that the policy of deducting a full point for all photos clearly taken in Iceland has finally been agreed!

I really can't critique this much at all - what would I say? Very nice balanced composition, perhaps a little extra contrast would be nice? But that seems like a personal stylistic point. The only thing I can think of is that it all seems a little cramped but that is more of a comment on the size of the allowed picture, rather than your shot.

Nice one. Happy hunting,

Frank.

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Comment by nam:
I like the contrasts of the rugged texture in the near rocks, silky smoothness in the water, and billowy mist. Voted earlier.

The Blue hour
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Comment by MistyMucky:
Greetings from the Critique Club :)

First impression: WOW

Technically great, nothing to nitpick about. I like your exposure, which gives a very interesting texture to the water. Beautiful natural colours.

It definitively meets the challenge and even better in an original way: a silhouette against a liquid background instead of air is refreshing.

So why did it not win? I think the answer is in the composition, which is maybe slightly to complex. There are so many things going on: lines in the sky, triangles in the mountains, curves on the beach,... It is a very interesting landscape indeed, but from the point of view of pure design, the elements do not fit perfectly. Maybe a closer framing around the beach tongue? Maybe you kept the left part of the picture because you wanted the highlights for contrast, but maybe another angle would have solved that problem.

Anyway, I was lucky to get such a nice photo to critique, I enjoyed studying it! If you have any questions or comments, feel free.

Cheers, Mike

PROMETHEUS
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Comment by tjbel05:
This is so pretty.

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Comment by hesitant:
powerful!

PROMETHEUS
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Comment by BubBroad:
Cool.

PROMETHEUS
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Comment by drake217:
Incredible shot. Sure would like to know where this is. Iceland?