Fire Exit
by orvaratli

Comment by gummist:
Góður !

Inferno
by orvaratli

Comment by Citadel:
Greetings from the Critique club!

I must say, first off, that I am a little jealous you got to shoot this. :)

I have to agreee with the previous commenters to certain extent. It would have have been nice to have them the people in better focus. Its understandable why this wasn't so. It looks like your focus was on the lava and not the people. Unless you were to back up a lot more they would have been out of focus no matter what. And you were shooting at f/4 which didn't give you a lot of depth of field to play with. True you could have tried to stop down but I don't think you would have gotten the depth of field anyways and you would have introduced more noise using a higher ISO or messed up the perfect capture of the lava which you got with your shutter speed. I think given all that, having the people sharp AND the lava sharp might not have been an option.

The composition works well for me. It is a little central but I think it works in this case. The people could have been separated a bit more but again, that probably wasn't an option and I think there's sufficient separation to pull it off.

In regards to the challenge? Yup...that's definitely orange. :)

Overall, a great image. Great job!

Fire & Ice
by orvaratli

Comment by citymars:
Terrific photo, and I'm pleased you got far more 6 and above votes than you got 5 and below! Still, I think this should have placed higher. I wonder if you suffered a bit in the voting because people at DPC have seen so many photos this past week of volcanic eruptions?

Fire Exit
by orvaratli

Comment by redpanda:
Congrats for the blue! A great shot and a NATURAL fit for the challenge.

Fire & Ice
by orvaratli

Comment by hotpasta:
wow...spectacular 8

Fire Exit
by orvaratli

Comment by CorySmith:
Wow, this photo is more than perfect.

Fire Exit
by orvaratli

Comment by LevT:
fantastic scene! (and your timing is perfect)

Fire Exit
by orvaratli

Comment by brumer0:
Fantastic photo Örvar!!

Fire Exit
by orvaratli

Comment by jeger:
Would have loved to see this in person. Great shot. Congrats.

Fire Exit
by orvaratli

Comment by mbrutus2009:
"I managed to throw myself behind a car. Luckily enough all of the 20-30 people there escaped unharmed...." No camera damage I hope! I am glad everyone was ok. Good shot here too!