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 05/28/2008 01:40:56 PM · #26
well duhhhhhhhhhhhh on my, it didnt even twig that it was advanced versus basic
 05/28/2008 01:47:10 PM · #27
I think there is too much literal interpretation here - The challenge descriptions tend to have a fun feel to how they are written. Forcing the submitters into a very narrow box seems both unwise and a bit boring.

My personal opinion is that if the photo contains a night sky and stars or the moon or planets are present - and even if they aren't (for example a night scene with with intense and dramatic clouds) you have captured the essense of the challenge.

Originally posted by ssocrates:
Originally posted by Dirt_Diver:
I would enter this challenge if I didn't know I was going to lose to Larus and company pictures. This is challenge would be a waste of my time to enter. Doesn't matter how many times they enter that picture it wins...


I did not find any pictures of Larus (who is a member here) that fit to this challenge.

And please how do you understand this:

Use the moon, stars or planets to create a photo that's out of this world!

I think
(a) not to be trees, people, mountains but just the sky
(b) Use the advance editing to transform the initial picture in a "out of this world" way.

or may be both! And I dont like DNMCs at all :)


And no where does it say in the challenge description that you can't have other objects other than sky in the shot. A night sky with stars over mountains is perfectly within the challenge description.

Edit to expand on comment.

Message edited by author 2008-05-28 13:49:23.
 05/28/2008 02:05:38 PM · #28
Originally posted by JulietNN:
well duhhhhhhhhhhhh on my, it didnt even twig that it was advanced versus basic


That's ok... I'm sure you haven't had enough caffeine today!!!
 05/28/2008 04:08:28 PM · #29
i think icelanders have been excluded from this challenge ,right kirbic ? ;)
 05/28/2008 05:03:55 PM · #30
Since it seems to have been overlooked, I'll quote myself. :)

Originally posted by levyj413:
Icelanders may be out of luck for this one. This week, the sun rises in Reykjavik around 3:30 am and sets about 11:20 pm.

When I was in Juneau, AK for the summer solstice, sunrise and sunset were at similar times, and the sky never got very dark.


I'm curious to hear from any Icelanders, actually, as to whether the night sky will allow a pretty picture.

Message edited by author 2008-05-28 17:04:43.
 05/28/2008 05:07:57 PM · #31
We may well have found a pretty good anti-Icelandic trick with this challenge - it's pretty much daylight 24/7 at this time of year...
 05/28/2008 05:20:35 PM · #32
Originally posted by jonnienye:
i think icelanders have been excluded from this challenge ,right kirbic ? ;)


By default, as raish pointed out... it's pretty much never completely "night" there right now.
 05/28/2008 06:15:45 PM · #33
Originally posted by kirbic:
Originally posted by jonnienye:
i think icelanders have been excluded from this challenge ,right kirbic ? ;)


By default, as raish pointed out... it's pretty much never completely "night" there right now.


Wow. Even repeating myself, I got yanko'd. :P

Message edited by author 2008-05-28 18:15:53.
 05/28/2008 06:25:40 PM · #34
Jeffrey,

I live in Finland, not Iceland, but I expect Iceland is not too much different. I can confirm it is pretty difficult at this time of year to get complete darkness. Sunrise is at 04.00am and sunset at 10.45 pm. (Similar to Iceland). Even when it is dark, it's not really dark, thus I don't see the night sky being an opportunity for me right now.

Oops, just noted Raish has already commented along the same lines.

Originally posted by levyj413:
Since it seems to have been overlooked, I'll quote myself. :)

Originally posted by levyj413:
Icelanders may be out of luck for this one. This week, the sun rises in Reykjavik around 3:30 am and sets about 11:20 pm.

When I was in Juneau, AK for the summer solstice, sunrise and sunset were at similar times, and the sky never got very dark.


I'm curious to hear from any Icelanders, actually, as to whether the night sky will allow a pretty picture.


Message edited by author 2008-05-28 18:26:19.
 05/28/2008 06:35:18 PM · #35
Well the clouds moved in yesterday about the time the challenge was announced and we've got rain forecast for the next week. Dammit.
 05/28/2008 06:58:44 PM · #36
Whoooooooohooooooooooooo Iceland is on the same crappy field we are all playing on now.

Now we have to figure out what to do with all those gorgeous women that seem to live there!
 05/28/2008 07:05:42 PM · #37
'twas very excited to see the challenge announcement, wooohooo! taylor made for an astrogeek like me... so I checked the long range forecast, clear tonight and then nothing but clouds and rain... looks like I'll have one night to pull this off. I'm going to be very bleary eyed tomorrow! -john
 05/28/2008 08:36:01 PM · #38
Well, night time here is still pretty bright as we never get totally dark this time of year. More of a twilight. I hope to get a good shot in on this one.....if I have time enough to shoot.
 05/28/2008 09:30:20 PM · #39
Originally posted by ssocrates:
Originally posted by Dirt_Diver:
I would enter this challenge if I didn't know I was going to lose to Larus and company pictures. This is challenge would be a waste of my time to enter. Doesn't matter how many times they enter that picture it wins...


I did not find any pictures of Larus (who is a member here) that fit to this challenge.

And please how do you understand this:

Use the moon, stars or planets to create a photo that's out of this world!

I think
(a) not to be trees, people, mountains but just the sky
(b) Use the advance editing to transform the initial picture in a "out of this world" way.

or may be both! And I dont like DNMCs at all :)


HAHAHAHAHAHA well you've only been here for a short period of time. Watch and learn Daniel son... watch and learn
 05/28/2008 09:41:46 PM · #40
Originally posted by kirbic:
Originally posted by jonnienye:
i think icelanders have been excluded from this challenge ,right kirbic ? ;)


By default, as raish pointed out... it's pretty much never completely "night" there right now.


HAHAHA well then explain these: And this is just the Larus collection...








Message edited by author 2008-05-28 21:42:12.
 05/28/2008 10:26:17 PM · #41
Originally posted by jlanoue:
'twas very excited to see the challenge announcement, wooohooo! taylor made for an astrogeek like me... so I checked the long range forecast, clear tonight and then nothing but clouds and rain... looks like I'll have one night to pull this off. I'm going to be very bleary eyed tomorrow! -john


I can't imagine that the recent fuss over your work hasn't had something to do with this challenge announcement. And what a perfect time of year too. Is the moon full this week? No matter, as I'm sure have you something light years beyond the moon to show us.

Pressure's on. Can't wait to see what you bring us. Good luck!
05/28/2008 10:37:47 PM · #42
Originally posted by mhlambi:
Interesting that they chose the week of the dark of the moon to do this challenge....


Unless you are specifically taking photos of the moon you normally want to do night sky photography on a New Moon night so the light from the moon doesn't wash out the photo.

05/28/2008 10:58:40 PM · #43
Originally posted by Dirt_Diver:
HAHAHA well then explain these: And this is just the Larus collection...


Dirt, do you know how day and night change their relative lengths with the seasons? I know that you get normal-length nights in Alabama year-round, but the further you get from the equator, the more it varies between winter and summer. Here in DC, sunset varies from 8:30 or so to about 4:45, but even in Seattle, I remember playing frisbee until 10 pm in the summer. And Iceland's much further north.

Almost all of those were taken in winter, when night is up to 20 hours long in Iceland. Even for the ones taken in April, the sun sets around 8:30 pm.

Whereas right now, night is only about 4 hours, and it doesn't get very dark ever. For example, tonight the sun rises at 3:38 am and sets at 11:12 pm.

Sunrise/sunset calendar

Message edited by author 2008-05-28 23:02:39.
 05/29/2008 02:08:37 AM · #44
Sunrise and sunset in Reykjavik.
 05/29/2008 06:52:18 AM · #45
Originally posted by levyj413:
Originally posted by kirbic:
Originally posted by jonnienye:
i think icelanders have been excluded from this challenge ,right kirbic ? ;)


By default, as raish pointed out... it's pretty much never completely "night" there right now.


Wow. Even repeating myself, I got yanko'd. :P


My humble apologies, Jeffrey - and thanks for the new verb 'to Yanko'
 05/29/2008 08:44:54 AM · #46
Originally posted by levyj413:

Sunrise/sunset calendar


well that makes me happier but somehow some way I know he will pull it off.
05/29/2008 09:23:13 AM · #47
Originally posted by raish:
My humble apologies, Jeffrey - and thanks for the new verb 'to Yanko'


Oh, I didn't invent it, Peter. I think yanko himself did. And the verb refers to the person who responds to the later post on the same concept, not the person who posted the second time. So it was kirbic who yanko'd me, not you. :)

Anyway, it's just a kidding-around thing, nothing serious!
 05/29/2008 09:31:04 AM · #48
Haha, yeah, there is absolutely NO way you are going to see Aurora Borealis in this challenge, they are not visible from early may till late september because it never really get´s dark here this time of the year, maybe for an hour or two around 1 am but there is always a hint of sunlight in the sky now wich would kill any possibility of seeing aurora borealis this time of year :)

I am at least probably going to stay away from this challenge, don´t really have time this week...
 05/29/2008 10:56:29 AM · #49
Originally posted by Larus:
Haha, yeah, there is absolutely NO way you are going to see Aurora Borealis in this challenge, they are not visible from early may till late september because it never really get´s dark here this time of the year, maybe for an hour or two around 1 am but there is always a hint of sunlight in the sky now wich would kill any possibility of seeing aurora borealis this time of year :)

I am at least probably going to stay away from this challenge, don´t really have time this week...


hahaha I was wondering when you were going to catch this thread. I just might enter it then.

Message edited by author 2008-05-29 10:57:17.
 05/29/2008 05:01:53 PM · #50
Originally posted by Larus:
Haha, yeah, there is absolutely NO way you are going to see Aurora Borealis in this challenge, they are not visible from early may till late september because it never really get´s dark here this time of the year, maybe for an hour or two around 1 am but there is always a hint of sunlight in the sky now wich would kill any possibility of seeing aurora borealis this time of year :)

I am at least probably going to stay away from this challenge, don´t really have time this week...
im crying a river,lol
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