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3rd PlaceArctic Moon
KristjanUnnar


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Challenge: Extended Free Study 2025-11 (Extended Editing)
Collection: Portfolio
Camera: Canon EOS R6 Mk II
Lens: Canon RF 70-200mm f/2.8 L IS USM
Location: Iceland
Date: Dec 7, 2025
Aperture: 5.6
ISO: 160
Shutter: 1/320
Date Uploaded: Dec 14, 2025

 I hope I won't be disqualified, because this is almost SOOC. No Photoshop, no extended editing. I thought this might gather a few votes in the Extended Editing challenge, because the photograph certainly looks unreal. Benefits of living at 66 degrees north, also known as the Arctic Circle, also known as Iceland.

Statistics
Place: 3 out of 35
Avg (all users): 6.8333
Avg (participants): 6.7368
Avg (non-participants): 7.0000
Views since voting: 154
Views during voting: 50
Votes: 30
Comments: 8
Favorites: 0

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AuthorThread
 12/23/2025 07:03:15 PM
You are entitled to your artistic sense. In voting I loved it, puny mountains at all, And now I love it too even though it doesn't fully show on my screen at once.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/23/2025 03:54:49 PM
Congratulations, This is beautiful.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/22/2025 08:04:37 AM
Congrats on your ribbon Kristian! But I agree with Barry, so much sky above the moon seems unnecessary, and make the magnificent mountains look puny.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/22/2025 03:29:41 AM
After seeing how DPC displays small 1200px photographs on my huge 32" 4K monitor I am also very curious why I did that :/ I can't understand why I have to scroll down a 1200px picture on a 4K monitor, I need to zoom out the web browser to 50% on DPC to be able to view photos without scrolling.

But when the picture is fully visible in one go, I did prefer to crop it like this, call it artistic intent :) But you are right, it definitely would have looked better without all this negative space - in the context of DPC viewing. Thank you for the comment :)

Originally posted by glad2badad:
I'm curious why you left so much negative space at the top? Good timing on the remainder of it for lighting, etc.
 Comments Made During the Challenge
12/21/2025 06:55:34 PM
Beautiful pastel pallet of moon glow.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/21/2025 05:42:25 PM
I'm curious why you left so much negative space at the top? Good timing on the remainder of it for lighting, etc.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/18/2025 07:48:17 AM
Beautiful photo. The horizon choice is bold but works very well here
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 12/15/2025 02:27:08 PM
Stunning image.
  Photographer found comment helpful.


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