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Lava Falls
Lava Falls
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Challenge: Landscape III (Expert Editing*)
Camera: Nikon D70
Lens: Nikon AF-S Zoom-Nikkor 28-70mm f/2.8D IF-ED
Location: Iceland
Date: Apr 16, 2007
Aperture: f/22
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/60 1/30 1/15 1/8
Galleries: Landscape, Water
Date Uploaded: Apr 16, 2007

 Combined 5 shots taken at 1/60 1/30 1/15 1/8 1/4.
Photomatix to create HDR and then tone mapped.
Hue/saturation, curves and Selective Color in PS.
Unsharp mask and resized and crop. Dogde and burn and a little clone stamp to correct some minor errors.

The Hraunfossar (Lava Falls) are clear, cold springs that well up through the lava and run in falls and rapids into the Hvítá River in Borgarjordur in Iceland.

Thanks everyone for all the votes and comments.

New personal best.

Statistics
Place: 14 out of 308
Avg (all users): 6.8218
Avg (commenters): 7.6923
Avg (participants): 6.8144
Avg (non-participants): 6.8258
Views since voting: 1999
Views during voting: 447
Votes: 275
Comments: 31
Favorites: 1 (view)

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 04/26/2007 07:31:47 PM
hehe, i've been living in reykholt for the past 9 month, and often been driving to this place, in all weathers, and during the night, too.
beautiful photograph, and one of the most natural looking hdr's i've seen so far on dpc.
congrats!
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 04/25/2007 12:50:45 AM
Congrats on your Top 20 finish!!! This photo is so beautiful!
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
04/24/2007 11:01:02 PM
Nice composition and balance. THX!
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 04/24/2007 05:07:05 PM
Very Beautiful! 9
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 04/24/2007 03:28:33 PM
I think some work on the hillside would have done this photo good. They feel like too an even worlds put together.
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 04/24/2007 02:08:56 PM
Now this looks familiar :) Very well done, technically this image is good, just doesn´t have that "wow" factor since I have been there so many times but good enough for a 7 from me and I am picky.
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 04/24/2007 09:51:19 AM
This is one of those photos that made me gasp when I opened it. This is simply stunning. 10.
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 04/23/2007 11:39:31 PM
Oh, I am a sucker for waterfall pictures. This one is gorgeous. The foreground water is also beautiful. Not sure I like the tilt. 7
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 04/23/2007 03:32:07 PM
i love the colours!
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 04/22/2007 09:31:10 PM
wowy, zowy!!
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 04/22/2007 08:30:19 PM
Technically well done, the composition seems little bit odd to me.
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 04/22/2007 01:19:07 PM
Love the textures. Shutter speed is perfect.
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 04/22/2007 01:14:29 PM
I keep coming back to this image - it's really magnificent. Beautiful composition and tones. I'm curious though - is this a composite of shots? If so, you stitched them flawlessly. If not, then wow what a location!

Either way, this gets high marks from me - well done!
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 04/22/2007 06:42:56 AM
:D top shot 9
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 04/21/2007 01:15:13 AM
BEautiful shot, unfortunately it looks overprocessed and fake.
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 04/20/2007 07:32:59 PM
I love the momement of water in this shot. It has nice strong contrast and is just beautiful 10
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 04/20/2007 03:23:50 PM
I quite like the composition and the silky look of the waterfalls. Nice color of the sea contrasted with the rocks and vegetation.
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 04/20/2007 02:36:32 PM
really nice image - love the color contrasts between the water and the rocks. 9
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 04/20/2007 08:53:12 AM
Some unusual looking falls, the water looks as tough it is coming right out of the ground before cascading to the river below. Very beautiful!
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 04/20/2007 08:38:18 AM
Very crisp - beautiful colors! 8)
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 04/19/2007 07:28:01 PM
this is a gorgeous image. it peaks my interest enough to research and find out where this is when I am done voting. 8
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 04/19/2007 02:06:12 PM
very effective contrasts, and good shutter speed to slow down the movement...6
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 04/18/2007 11:00:56 PM
super sharp, water looks great
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 04/18/2007 09:30:50 PM
Love it.....
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 04/18/2007 08:50:51 PM
amazing long exposure of the one not really keen on the crop. good luck.
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 04/18/2007 02:50:00 PM
Wow...the composition is beautiful. 8
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 04/18/2007 12:57:18 PM
What a great place! nice shot!
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 04/18/2007 12:10:51 PM
great shot
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 04/18/2007 11:35:43 AM
Great colour, great contrast, and simply a beautiful picture overall.
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 04/18/2007 09:59:06 AM
Nice colors, but the composition seems akward to me...like I have to tilt my head. Could you have transformed this using perspective (or rotated) so that the water is running more up/down? 6
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 04/18/2007 01:55:11 AM
Pretty colors and I love the soft movement.
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