The lighthouse at Dyrhólaey
by Gauti

Comment by Skip:
i am just marvelling at the simple beauty of this image. it almost looks like an mc escher image. too bad you cropped off the back corner of the porch, though.

The effects of the Solar wind on the upper reaches of the atmosphere (ionosphere)
by Gauti

Comment by nsmith:
Solar wind, how exciting! I've always wanted to see it. Great shot, I've heard it is difficult to get exposure right. An 8

The effects of the Solar wind on the upper reaches of the atmosphere (ionosphere)
by Gauti

Comment by pentaxian:
It's a nice picture and great timing on your part for capturing it.

The effects of the Solar wind on the upper reaches of the atmosphere (ionosphere)
by Gauti

Comment by jbirkman:
beautiful

The effects of the Solar wind on the upper reaches of the atmosphere (ionosphere)
by Gauti

Comment by les0910:
Lovely and very, very cool. The image is framed well with a nice balance/angle between the green and black.

The effects of the Solar wind on the upper reaches of the atmosphere (ionosphere)
by Gauti

Comment by vontom:
Composition: 7, Technical: 7, Appeal: 5, Challenge: 5, Overall Calculated Average Score: 6

The effects of the Solar wind on the upper reaches of the atmosphere (ionosphere)
by Gauti

Comment by freakyreef:
Interesting approach on the challenge. Never thought of solar winds.
Excellent capture!

Naturally yellow: Kiwano and Banana
by Gauti

Comment by Gauti:
As for the border: I knew I'd go down badly, but I simply couldn't come up with anything better and I didn't want to have a solid black one. Since then I've come up with a better idea.
I like this one the best:


but I did also try a different yellow:


With regards to dim or extra front light, sorry no, then the orangy colour of the Kiwano would be plain to see.

BTW I forgot the Kiwano behind my monitor for 2-3 days, and when I remembered it had gone bad, so I have no idea how it tastes.

Naturally yellow: Kiwano and Banana
by Gauti

Comment by graphicfunk:
Returning for comments:
A superb presentation yjay brings out of space vastness to these fruits. Bumping up.

Sun Voyager and the Moon
by Gauti

Comment by Gauti:
Thank you all for great comments.

When I was shooting I had no idea this would turn out this well. I was actually trying my new tripod mount for moon shots and this was a convenient location. Just snapped off a few of the sculpture for fun. I didn't like the colours in the original so I did a colour cast removal, and then the sky turned a funny colour. Grayscale to the rescue, but lost a lot of details in the BG/sky because of all of the above.

What I really like in this photo are the rays from the moon (effect of 14.1 aperture) and metallic shine on the sculpture itself.

This was the full frame, no crop, so the image couldnt be any larger. If I had move further away (to get the whole sculpture in) I'd lose the moon from it's nice spot and get in a lot of distracting elements (pavement, steps, lights etc). Same goes for landscape orientation.

As some mentioned, Arngrímur, did a shot of the same. Here it is:


The sculpure is called Sólfarið which I'd prefer to translate as The vessel of the Sun but the artist himself translated as Sun Voyager. The artist is Jón Gunnar �rnason (1931-1989) who has created many beautiful sculpture out of stainless steel. This is one of my fav. I think this one is from 1971 but I could easily be wrong

Edit: verified, 1971 is right.

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