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Challenge: Best of 2005 (Advanced Editing IV*)
Camera: Canon EOS-10D
Lens: Canon EF 17-40mm f/4.0L USM
Location: Sudurland, Iceland
Date: Feb 12, 2005
Aperture: 4
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/320
Galleries: Landscape, Rural
Date Uploaded: Jan 3, 2006

 Taken during a photo trip with two DPC members,
andrim and Bolti. . The objective was to take a photo for "bridges II" and I and Bolti did pretty well there. I chose this shot as I think there is something about it. Some of you might recognize the location from the "Abandoned buildings"
challenge where I ended up in the 6th place. I intentionally drove out to this spot again that time to take that shot, I liked the spot that much.

Anyway, taken at 30mm. The reason for the strange settings (iso 200 and 1/320) is that it was very windy, normally I would have put up a tripod, used a smaller aperture, iso 100 and a longer shutterspeed but I pretty much just ran out of the car and took this shot and increased the iso to crunch out a faster shutterspeed to make sure there was no camera shake.

LOTS of PP on this one. Increased the WB to kelvin 14000 to redden the shot. Did a separate curves on the sky and again on the foreground, healing brush, clone stamp tool to make it pretty seamless. A little dodge burn but minimal and finally sharpened after resizing.

Statistics
Place: 21 out of 833
Avg (all users): 6.9648
Avg (commenters): 8.5484
Avg (participants): 6.8545
Avg (non-participants): 7.5065
Views since voting: 4295
Views during voting: 756
Votes: 455
Comments: 41
Favorites: 16 (view)

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 02/01/2006 05:23:15 PM
Glæsileg mynd Lárus til hamingju
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 02/01/2006 03:09:27 AM
Er alltaf á leiðinni að stoppa þarna til að mynda!
En til hamingju með ágætan árangur. Sýnist þú vera hæstur íslendinganna svona fljótt á litið!
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
01/31/2006 07:45:09 PM
Beautiful colours.
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 01/31/2006 04:47:52 PM
Wonderful and well composed photo, great colours...10
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 01/31/2006 12:29:25 PM
Returning for comment. This is gorgeous; I love the colors and the scene in general. One minor nit, it seems a bit soft: I'd like to see sharper detail in the buildings. I bet this is somewhere in the top 10! (Rated 9)
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 01/31/2006 11:57:10 AM
wow! I don't know if this is achieved with processing or if it's out of the camera - but it's superb - very nice work - an instant favorite :)
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 01/31/2006 11:20:06 AM
Very unreal view... well done.
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 01/31/2006 09:12:57 AM
Unbelievably beautiful, breathtaking shot, nothing but a 10 from me.
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 01/28/2006 02:35:31 AM
this is really nice, great colors also.
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 01/27/2006 09:31:09 PM
colourful composition. view to remember...
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 01/27/2006 07:44:52 PM
Well done.
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 01/27/2006 06:44:37 PM
Wow, excellent colours! And a great photo. 9
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 01/27/2006 03:02:17 PM
Fantastic colors in the sky, a great combination of hot and cold contrast..
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 01/26/2006 07:05:16 AM
Golden sky, golden sun, and golden light behind a snow capped mountain, clear sharp image, well done...
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 01/24/2006 09:17:05 AM
Truly wonderful
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 01/23/2006 08:50:31 PM
Wow, how beautiful
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 01/22/2006 05:46:08 PM
I didn't notice the thumbnail of this! Awesome photo! Bumping to 10.
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 01/22/2006 11:34:35 AM
Wow, almsot looks like fire behind that hill. Nicely done.
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 01/21/2006 08:04:58 PM
nice job, great color, nice dof, b&w need a little work not bad, great texture, good light, overall a good job
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 01/21/2006 09:59:08 AM
one of my favorites in this challenge..well done...9
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 01/20/2006 04:59:43 PM
Quality of light and the subject matter are pretty impressive.
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 01/20/2006 03:37:12 PM
I can't wait to read your description on these - where is this and what are they?? - really interesting subject I like this!
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 01/19/2006 09:31:19 PM
Very beautiful shot. I love the colours and the old buildings. Great job. 10
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 01/19/2006 05:12:02 PM
9 and adding to my faves
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 01/19/2006 11:59:12 AM
This is a beautiful capture. I can't think of anything that would improve it! Great job!
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 01/19/2006 09:03:09 AM
love the contrasting textures and the light. Bottom half of comp a little static but a well seen image. 8 - good luck in the challenge!
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 01/18/2006 10:23:53 PM
10 from me....great colors...great shot!
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 01/18/2006 10:16:45 PM
This almost looks like a fabricated diorama.. crazy.
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 01/18/2006 10:14:49 PM
A wonderful scene, the beautiful sky and the old crumbling buildings, very nice, excellent, good luck in the challenge.
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 01/18/2006 08:48:17 AM
Very Cool Picture, one of the best of 2005 for sure!
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 01/18/2006 04:20:13 AM
Very surreal - this image does grab your eye. Nice color tones. Would like to see a bit more detail in the structures.
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 01/18/2006 03:58:46 AM
Yes - this is winter. No content! Nice picture and thrilling object.
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 01/17/2006 06:04:10 PM
Wow crazy amazingf shot. I love it!
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 01/17/2006 05:24:19 PM
Original, interesting scene. Good colors, but I find the snow to be a bit on the grey side, but that's perhaps just my taste. 7

Thanks for your PM, removed the WS version.

Message edited by author 2006-02-01 17:25:35.
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 01/17/2006 11:33:46 AM
Great capture of God's splendor!
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 01/17/2006 11:10:12 AM
Wow. This is just fabulous. What a great capture. Certainly well shot. 10.
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 01/16/2006 03:55:06 PM
What an amazing capture. The lighting and time of day are perfect for this shot.
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 01/16/2006 11:09:01 AM
I wonder if these are the same ones: //www.pbase.com/franziskalang/image/17465324 I think they are . What a difference the season and angle makes. I really really like yours. The sky in the background is fantastic, as is the exposure of the houses and mountains. Congrats on a wonderful entry!
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 01/16/2006 02:57:33 AM
Love how the rich and vibrantly warm color of the orange red sky contrast so sharply with the stark white and cold ground plane covered with snow. What makes the photo so appealing isn't just the contrast between cold and warm in colors but there is the feeling of cold isolation seen in the abandoned and falling apart buildings. That feeling/mood of abandoned dwellings of a 'cold still life' if you will plays into and complements the cold environment of the icy snow.
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 01/16/2006 02:53:10 AM
Váá! Hvar er þessi tekin?
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 01/16/2006 02:38:47 AM
Nice contrast created by a bright, majestic background juxtapositioned with a bleak, desolate foreground. It works very well.
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