Calm Summer Night
by orvaratli

Comment by Mephisto:
ah, last year i travelled around the whole peninsula, but could'nt see snaefellsjökull one time, cause it was all too foggy and raining.
you captured what i would have loved to see.
frábert mynd! congrats on the high finish :)

Calm Summer Night
by orvaratli

Comment by RulerZigzag:
This is where I want to go!

Calm Summer Night
by orvaratli

Comment by SandyP:
How beautiful! As soon as I saw this, I knew it had to be Iceland. How can any place be so gorgeous!

Congratulations on such a great finish with this amazing photo!

Calm Summer Night
by orvaratli

Comment by philup:
great refl! The white barn really stands out. Nice job. 9

Stranded Iceberg
by orvaratli

Comment by Zygote:
Beautifully done...good processing

Stranded Iceberg
by orvaratli

Comment by tektoms:
Lovely, enough said :)

Calm Summer Night
by orvaratli

Comment by kevrobertson:
Lovely clean image
Good luck

Kev

Seaside Arch
by orvaratli

Comment by dr rick:
Greetings from the Critique Club

Here's a creative take on the challenge: make "Waldo" a ghost! Seriously, the scenery is so breathtaking that I hardly notice the person; he's "hidden in plain sight".

What I really like about this photo is the illusion that the underside of the arch is the shore of a lake. The rocks are just the right shape and the sky below it just the right brightness that it looks like a reflection. And there is some artifacts or noise around the edges; just enough to make it look like ripples in the water. That's the clear focal point of the photo due to its brightness, contrast, and placement a third from the top. The eye is drawn there immediately when viewing the photo. It then moves down (away from the person!), and discovers the true nature of the scene. It works very well, and your high score is well deserved.

I hesitate to point out a technical issue because it's only really apparent when you look for it: the same artifacts or noise that works so well on the underside of the arch also appear above the arch, and give it an unwanted fuzzy appearance. I can't say where they came from, but similar artifacts appear in some of your other photos so you may want to track down their source so you can avoid them in future photos. Again, they are barely noticable so not a big deal; just something you may want to investigate.

Stranded Iceberg
by orvaratli

Comment by wandaharbison:
Wow, very cool!

Stranded Iceberg
by orvaratli

Comment by scwalsh:
what a mystical shot