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Unbelievable
Unbelievable
Odie


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Landscape III (Expert Editing*)
Camera: Canon EOS-20D
Lens: Canon EF-S 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 USM
Location: Heiðmörk,Iceland
Date: Apr 11, 2007
Aperture: f3.5
ISO: 200
Shutter: 58s
Galleries: Landscape, Astrophotography
Date Uploaded: Apr 16, 2007

 Two images put together. One taken 11.4.2007 00:44 and the other 14.4.2007 18:03. The pictures are taken about 1km apart.

Both taken in Raw, Change og color temp, sat and brightness.
Sky: nosie ninja, color balance, levels
merged together in PS. More color balance on sky,land and water(layer's). Levels on land and some burning. Sat +10
A litle clone stamping
Sky: image flipped and resized a bit.

Sky: f/3.5, Iso 200, 58"
Land: f/7.1, Iso 100, 1/125

### After challenge ###

Well this is my 3 best in DPC and I never thought that would happen with this image. It started with 5.9 and was around 6.1 for a long time.

Sorry for the auroras but I like them and there are not many days that there are auroras here in Iceland.

One of the images used


Statistics
Place: 28 out of 308
Avg (all users): 6.6168
Avg (commenters): 7.5926
Avg (participants): 6.5054
Avg (non-participants): 6.6740
Views since voting: 1710
Views during voting: 580
Votes: 274
Comments: 28
Favorites: 2 (view)

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
04/24/2007 11:38:29 PM
it's nice and all, but unfortunately i'm kind of tired of seeing northern lights photos. however, i would be proud if i had taken this myself.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 04/24/2007 08:11:13 PM
larus? once again, you icelanders are on top of things! 9, gorgeous colors
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 04/24/2007 04:18:29 PM
One of the better Aurora pictures I have seen in a while. I really like depth of the different hills, the nice lines and great use of the frame. Wonderful picture. Highly rated.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 04/24/2007 02:10:29 PM
Personally I would have wanted to see the sky darker but the rest of the shot processed like you did. Also that stone in the lower left part I feel is kindof blocking the view, couldn´t you have moved a bit to the left to get more of the water reflection? Anyway, Rauðhólar are always beautiful and this is a very good shot, voted it a 7.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 04/24/2007 12:42:33 PM
Wow
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 04/24/2007 12:09:04 PM
The title says it all. The red hue in the ground provides great contrast to the sky, and the clarity in the stone, water, and sky is excellent.

Very nice.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 04/24/2007 08:52:35 AM
you lucky bastards that live where this light show occurs. How I would love to see this. This photo is surly the closest I will get! excellent shot 10
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 04/23/2007 09:51:14 PM
Hmmm. This is nice but maybe a bit too unbelievable?
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 04/22/2007 10:59:44 PM
Stunning!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 04/22/2007 03:55:34 PM
10 but is too easy with this scene to your disposition :)
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 04/21/2007 08:51:18 PM
it's not fair ;) Seems a little heavy on the RH lower corner but you have have captured a nice contrast in colors.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 04/21/2007 05:28:12 PM
Cool aurora (or northern lights like PP effect ?) I like the colors here.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 04/21/2007 04:58:56 PM
Again those light!! Please we had enough. find something else. grrrr
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 04/21/2007 01:44:04 PM
wonderful
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 04/21/2007 01:12:58 AM
naturally, wonderfully eerie
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 04/20/2007 08:19:50 PM
Nice photograph. It really looks like something from a different planet. Nicely done.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 04/20/2007 06:49:59 PM
It certainly is. What is it? Northern lights?
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 04/20/2007 02:39:36 PM
wonderful job of getting the rocks illuminated so nicely - 7
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 04/19/2007 11:09:07 PM
Truly unbelievable !!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 04/19/2007 07:33:54 PM
Good color contrast.....6
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 04/19/2007 01:46:29 AM
You guys from Iceland! How can we ever beat you?
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 04/18/2007 09:31:53 PM
perfect.....
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 04/18/2007 07:13:08 PM
Seriously, Aurora Borealis photos are getting much too common.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 04/18/2007 09:50:23 AM
Whatever this is, it looks fantastic. Well done.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 04/18/2007 07:23:16 AM
Unbelievable ,but I like it:-)
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 04/18/2007 02:45:27 AM
(I wish we had those in Alabama.)
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 04/18/2007 01:43:55 AM
Beautiful colors. Great angle.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 04/18/2007 01:07:28 AM
Okay I could start this off with "I have seen better". That would be mean, but the truth. All the while I wanna have my shot at this and itll probly turn out worse... anyways my 2 cents now im broke.
  Photographer found comment helpful.


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