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 Twilight zone
2nd Place Twilight zone
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Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Long Exposure III (Basic Editing)
Camera: Sony DSC-R1
Lens: Canon EF 16-35mm f/2.8L USM II
Location: Blafjoll,iceland
Date: Dec 16, 2007
Aperture: 2.8
ISO: 1000
Shutter: 30
Galleries: Emotive, Landscape
Date Uploaded: Dec 16, 2007

Took this one in the evening in frost and wind. made it little more triky since i was using a tripod for 30 sec..

pretty happy with the result though. The light on the left is from the skiing area in the mountains and on the right the moon shines.

You can also see on some places where its kind of blurry but thats because of the snow that was blowing all the time in the wind. Guess i will get some minus point for that even if i like the center focus myself:/

PS.. RAW
Levels
Shad/highl
Bri/cont
Hue/sat
Neat image
Cropping.


here is one of the outtakes

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Statistics
Place: 2 out of 158
Avg (all users): 7.2094
Avg (commenters): 7.9310
Avg (participants): 7.1207
Avg (non-participants): 7.2386
Views since voting: 11335
Views during voting: 514
Votes: 234
Comments: 51
Favorites: 15 (view)


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02/23/2010 05:10:27 PM
Such a beautiful shot!

Message edited by author 2011-08-24 13:13:53.
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01/01/2008 01:29:23 AM
Congratulatins, a nice shot
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12/30/2007 11:34:52 AM
Congrats on your ribbon!
Flott mynd!
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12/30/2007 09:08:45 AM
eehaa...it was time again. congrats dude.
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12/28/2007 12:25:36 PM
Rock and Roll !
Töff litir flott hvernig litirnir mætast en án vafa þá gerir skúrinn mjög mikið hérna.
Congratz !
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12/27/2007 04:45:57 PM
Congratulations on your PB and the ribbon!!!!
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12/27/2007 02:38:28 PM
doode, your on a roll, wohoooo!!!
congrats,very well deserved!
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12/27/2007 02:09:18 PM
Very surreal. Beautiful colors, great composition - having it centred adds rather than takes away from your image. Well Done!!
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12/27/2007 08:27:08 AM
Cartoonesc colors. The centered composition works here because of the equilibrium of lights on both sides. Outstanding lanscape. Congrats!
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12/27/2007 06:09:38 AM
Excellent use of mixed lighting with the city far off to the right to balance out the moon. congrats on your red ribbon, well deserved.
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12/27/2007 12:31:46 AM
The center focus did catch my attention, but like I said, the image wouldn't have had such a strong unbiased tension if the structure were left or right of center. Don't beat yourself over the decision, it definitely worked.
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12/26/2007 07:55:16 PM
Wow this is phenomenal, congrats on the ribbon, very nicely executed, really neat outcome, i also would like to have an off centered composition as was mentioned before, but nonetheless very well deserved ribbon, top notch shot, adding to faves
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12/26/2007 02:31:58 PM
Can't bbelieve you got so many sticklers for the rules objecting to the centre composition of the main object.

To me, this is very well balanced, with the yellow light of the ski resort and the white light of the moon being focus points in their own right. The hut in the centre helps to balance these two out very well.

An excellent capture - You should be proud!
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12/26/2007 09:37:02 AM
Congratulations on the Red. The building in the middle of nowhere seems to almost be surreal.

I have got to see Iceland before I pass on. It must be incredible.
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12/26/2007 09:22:31 AM
congrats.
Virkilega áhugaverð mynd og himininn er mjög flottur.
Hugsaði um þessa mynd þegar ég sá þína
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Message edited by author 2007-12-26 09:28:41.
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12/26/2007 09:08:52 AM
Thanks everyone... Thrilled with my new christmas ribbon;)
Thanks for all the really helpful and good comments.
I was trying to have the shelter not so centerd but somehow i lost the balance in the capturue when i moved it off centerd.I
learned alot from this challenge and appreciate the honesty in your comments..

12/26/2007 02:59:48 AM
This is a standout! Great work and beautiful result!
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12/26/2007 01:22:04 AM
Beautiful shot, Ásmundur. The sky is perfect. Congrats on 2nd place.
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12/26/2007 12:56:01 AM
I would request you to visit NEPAL, and explorer all it's wonderful landscape with your talent. Help Nepal to make Photographers Paradise. Any way I am trying to learn photography, every pictures in this site make me WOW, and yours is really a nice work.
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12/26/2007 12:09:33 AM
Marvelous! Love the sky! Congrats on your new red!
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12/26/2007 12:05:25 AM
congrats! my favorite from the challenge.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
12/25/2007 10:52:08 PM
Great setting. Has to be a ribbon!
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12/25/2007 07:20:07 PM
First impression: I wish the building was on the thirds and not centered.
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12/25/2007 11:00:34 AM
wish the shack was not dead center...the image overall would have been stronger to me...lovely rocessing and love the night sky
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12/24/2007 01:53:03 PM
Nice. Would have liked to see the hut a little less centered though.
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12/23/2007 11:19:45 PM
That's Cool
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12/23/2007 08:57:20 PM
Higher score if the shed was not centered.
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12/23/2007 01:18:35 PM
not a fan of the centered composition on this one...
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12/23/2007 01:14:08 PM
Solitude....Great light and well composed and exposed...
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12/22/2007 05:28:02 PM
That's a little bigger than my first apartment :)
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12/22/2007 12:53:40 PM
how much is a plane ticket to Iceland? if i give you a 10 will you pay for half? oh you will? good
10
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12/22/2007 04:29:55 AM
looks cold, barren and bleak. Perfect
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12/22/2007 02:21:07 AM
Gorgeous colours. I love the multiple points of interest, excellent exposure.
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12/21/2007 08:48:02 PM
I love the concept and execution of this shot. Well done.
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12/21/2007 04:31:18 PM
Wow! Amazing!
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12/21/2007 12:02:24 PM
beautiful location and color. moon is a tad too bright, composition is too centered
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12/21/2007 10:37:38 AM
fantastic image. very unique.
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12/21/2007 06:16:17 AM
Very nice. Good catch. Cold out?
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12/21/2007 04:27:46 AM
cool shot. good luck on this dude.... is this your new office ?
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12/20/2007 07:24:28 PM
cool
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12/20/2007 06:31:49 PM
Stunning image. Lots of tension here, which I always like. Trying to think of someway to put the building out of the center of the image, but that would take away the effect. White on the right is a bit overwhelming, but I think it actually adds to the effect here.
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12/20/2007 03:51:13 PM
That moon is intense! It's casting a shadow from the house. A little trick I've learned for shots like these is to wave your hand in front of the right part of the lens. It will block some of the light from the moon, but still give it a nice transition, as opposed to just keeping your hand there, which would cause a harsh line.
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12/20/2007 02:46:23 PM
You captured the bareness of the scene so well, congrats! I'm giving it a good score but would have been higher if you either cropped the moon out or used a cutout to reduce the exposure time on it. Regardless, this is one of my favorites of the challenge.
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12/20/2007 02:13:08 PM
-10- Happy Holidays
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12/20/2007 03:09:19 AM
Oh wow! This place seems magical! Wonderufl shot, and the centred composition work great! Wow!!
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12/20/2007 01:15:54 AM
I love the sky.
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12/19/2007 06:38:59 PM
To be honest ... I don't know why I entered in this contest ... so many good images :D ...
Congrats ... 10 ... actually ... 10+ :)
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12/19/2007 05:30:07 PM
ha ha...yep twilight zone it is!!!
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12/19/2007 05:06:39 AM
This must be a ribbon too 8
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12/19/2007 03:48:27 AM
Very cool shot! Where was this taken?
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12/19/2007 12:11:06 AM
this should do really well...good luck...9, a point off because of the hut being central which doesn't seem to work for me...ah, what the heck 10
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