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Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Best of 2002 (Advanced Editing IV*)
Camera: Canon EOS-300D Rebel
Lens: Canon EF-S 17-85mm f/4-5.6 IS USM
Location: Iceland
Date: Oct 20, 2002
Aperture: 5.6
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/2000
Galleries: Sky, Action
Date Uploaded: Apr 1, 2006

Post procesing in Photoshop: Crop, contrast, saturation.

Statistics
Place: 70 out of 201
Avg (all users): 5.9945
Avg (commenters): 7.2500
Avg (participants): 5.6044
Avg (non-participants): 6.3889
Views since voting: 1178
Views during voting: 271
Votes: 181
Comments: 11
Favorites: 2 (view)


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04/14/2006 05:38:39 AM
Thanks a lot Sandy for your kind comment.

And many thanks to klstover for his good critique.
04/13/2006 01:42:58 PM
Greetings from the Critique Club!

First, let me say that I am not a professional or even a very good amature photographer, so you may want to take my comments with a grain of salt.

Meeting the Challenge: Well, I'd certainly say this qualifies. :-)

Composition: Wow. I've never seen a photo that so wonderfully balances foreground and background. The diagonal line of the land works very well too. I am very impressed by the composition and this is what makes the photo really stand out for me.

I'm assuming this is an accident (if not, wow), but the silhouette has a couple of pieces of the foreground cutting across and it looks very much like the collar of a jacket or something. It's really cool.

Color: Three words: to die for.

Camera Work / Post Processing / Lighting: Everything's in focus that should be and with a picture like this... it really makes it amazing. I love the crop, and the contrast and saturation look great to me. As mentioned previously, a burn on some of the highlights in the front might have helped. (This is the ONLY thing I see about this photo that I don't love 100%) I love the way the light from the background is balanced with the shadows.

Title: I don't completely understand but am thinking it has a relation to the evening, and that totally works with this photo. In any case I think it is a good title because it doesn't state something obvious about the picture (letting the picture speak for itself).

Image Dimensions and Filesize: No problems here.

Misc / My subjective thoughts: Wow. Just wow. I am so delighted I got to critique this photo. Have you considered making it available as a print? (I'd recommend the burning and maybe a border color closer to the tan of the foreground if you do.)

I hope this helps! Feel free to PM me if you have any questions.
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04/10/2006 11:53:31 AM
I love the lighting on this with those beautiful grasses in the glowing light and the silhouette look behind it. This is awesome (as usual :)
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04/09/2006 09:43:19 PM
Thanks everyone for comments and votes.

Árni, það er rétt ég sendi myndina einhvern tíma í keppni á ljósmyndari.is.
04/09/2006 11:07:41 AM
Rámaði mjög innilega í að hafa séð þessa einhvers staðar áður. Þannig að hún hlaut að vera íslensk. Var hún ekki í einhverri keppni á ljosmyndari.is eða í mbl.is ljósmyndakeppninni eða eitthvað svoleiðis?
  Photographer found comment helpful.
04/09/2006 09:41:10 AM
hah sá langar leiðir að þessi var íslensk :)
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 Comments Made During the Challenge
04/08/2006 10:45:26 PM
I'd have done a little selective burning-in on the brightest foreground stems to balance them with the rest of the image.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
04/08/2006 12:49:01 PM
Wonderful and well composed photo
  Photographer found comment helpful.
04/02/2006 10:41:03 PM
great lighting and effect
  Photographer found comment helpful.
04/02/2006 09:45:49 AM
Interesting angle. Light is done/used well without losing the color of the sky. Good job.
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04/02/2006 12:15:20 AM
wow, nice sky
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