A Winter Afternoon
by orvaratli

Comment by mpeters:
Dang, you guys live in a beautiful place. ;P

A Winter Afternoon
by orvaratli

Comment by Jutilda:
Iceland wins again.

A Winter Afternoon
by orvaratli

Comment by digitalknight:
they will love this best

January Skies
by orvaratli

Comment by shutterpuppy:
you are unfortunately suffering by comparison here - the subject is getting a little tired so the shots like this that are getting the high scores from me are the ones that really nail the exposure - there is a lot of detail lost in here and the aurora is a bit smeared. - 6

January Skies
by orvaratli

Comment by VitaminB:
Very nice capture... love the aurora, and the stars in the sky.

January Skies
by orvaratli

Comment by NorthStar:
nice one, good luck

January Skies
by orvaratli

Comment by tjbel05:
The colors, composition and clarity are excellent.

January Skies
by orvaratli

Comment by Rino63:
fantastic!

Stormy Coast
by orvaratli

Comment by karmat:
CRITIQUE CLUB CRITIQUE
by karmat

Stunning land/seascape.

Compositionally, it is very well balanced. The shore "leads" to the city in the background, but is broken up by the rocks in the almost center. This is very effective in adding interest to the shot. Also, I think it works well that there is a lot of foreground to the shot.

Technically, the exposure, focus, etc. work well together to make a great shot. I think the long exposure worked particularly well to give that misty ghosty feeling to the water. The lights in the background give just enough color contrast to work well, and give some "life" to the shot.

Overall, I think you have a great shot, and did fairly well in a competition with a lot of awesome shots.

Good work.
Karma

January Skies
by orvaratli

Comment by apashack:
A little dark for my taste but still very nice.