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arngrimur


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Beauty (Advanced Editing IV)
Camera: Canon EOS-300D Rebel
Lens: Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM
Location: Elliðaárdalur Reykjavík
Date: May 29, 2005
Aperture: 14
ISO: 100
Shutter: 4,5 sec
Galleries: Landscape, Water
Date Uploaded: May 29, 2005

First challenge entry with my new 24-70mm 2,8 lens

The photograph looks pretty much the same straight from the camera. The purple cast is original, perhaps because there was a red and orange sky above the fog.

Post Processing:
. Square Crop
. Levels
. USM
. Brightness/Contrast
. Small amount of Burning and Dodging
. Resize
. Add border
. Save and compress

EXIF:
. Model Canon EOS 300D DIGITAL
. Date/time original 29.05.2005 00:58:04
. Shutter speed value 4.498182 s
. Aperture value f/14
. ISO speed ratings 100
. Exposure bias value -1.00 EV
. Metering mode Pattern
. Flash Flash did not fire.
. Focal length 57 mm
. White balance Auto white balance

Statistics
Place: 1 out of 255
Avg (all users): 7.3023
Avg (commenters): 8.3571
Avg (participants): 6.9044
Avg (non-participants): 7.7459
Views since voting: 16209
Views during voting: 472
Votes: 258
Comments: 63
Favorites: 58 (view)


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05/17/2006 02:57:12 PM
That is such an amazing photograph.
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04/29/2006 07:39:00 PM
Just gorgeous. Love the tones, the composition, just all of it. Just lovely.
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09/10/2005 06:26:34 PM
What is the shuter speed?Is under a 15of second.It really looks great!text
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09/10/2005 06:23:53 PM
I really like the photograph.The only problem is when you view it as a thum mail you cant appreate it.It is very good.text
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06/09/2005 01:39:08 AM
There is something very soothing looking at moving water photographs of this quality. Congratulations on this excellant photograph.
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06/08/2005 04:42:45 AM
congrats two first in the same week quite impressive
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06/07/2005 07:57:56 PM
Excellent and very dreamy. Congratulations on your blue.
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06/07/2005 11:17:59 AM
Well captured, congrats...
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06/07/2005 05:44:30 AM
Excellent picture...well done
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06/07/2005 05:21:44 AM
Til hamingju!

Icelandic takeover!
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06/06/2005 06:27:21 AM
Til hamingju með árangurinn, gaman að sjá hvað Ãslendingar eru að gera fína hluti á dpc
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06/06/2005 04:55:51 AM
I'm glad that an image like this took the blue ribbon. Congratulations!
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06/06/2005 04:39:22 AM
Simply stunning. If that's your first with the lens, everyone else's chance at a ribbon has decreased greatly. I'd love to see this in print!
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06/06/2005 04:10:19 AM
Congratulations, excellent work!
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06/06/2005 03:06:44 AM
Congratulations, I agree with Andrim and Xilebo that I had no clue as to where it was taken, Ellidardalur was my last guess. Also congratulations on your new lens, don´t you just love it ;o)
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06/06/2005 02:38:41 AM
Congrats! Deserved.
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06/06/2005 02:25:03 AM
Congratulations, this was one of my favorites in this challenge. Great that you won!!!
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06/06/2005 01:05:34 AM
Beautiful ! Congratulations !
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06/06/2005 12:42:59 AM
Great job. Congrat's on you blue one !

Frábærlega vel gert. Ãg verð að taka undir orð Gurrýar(Xilebo), ég hefði aldrei getað giskað á að þetta væri tekið hér heima.
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06/05/2005 11:50:41 PM
til hamingju með borðan, vel verðskuldaður :)
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06/05/2005 11:47:22 PM
Congratulations Arngrímur! Could never imagine where this was from!

Frábær mynd, ekki hefði mig nokkurn tíma grunað hvar þetta var tekið. Jæja áfram taka Ãslendingar þetta með trompi ;) og ekki hægt að kenna íslensku landslagi endalaust um.
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06/05/2005 09:46:32 PM
Beautiful, painterly masterpiece. Well observed, expertly taken and sensitively processed. Deserving of the top spot and good to see you take it.
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06/05/2005 09:34:02 PM
Congrats on the blue!!
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06/05/2005 08:50:52 PM
Beautiful mystique. Congrat's on your blue ribbon!
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06/05/2005 08:13:32 PM
Very cool, Arngrimur...one of my tens! Big congrats on your new blue!
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06/05/2005 08:08:34 PM
Congrats!
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06/05/2005 08:05:10 PM
Wonderful! Moody wins! And my version of moody almost made top 20, so there's hope for us all! Congrats!
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06/05/2005 08:02:38 PM
Oh yeah! Way to go! Very well deserved.
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06/05/2005 08:01:33 PM
Congratulations man!
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06/05/2005 08:01:33 PM
stunning congrats!
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
06/05/2005 07:01:19 PM
Beautiful and moody shot. Well done!
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06/05/2005 03:38:38 PM
It's wonderful how you've created a mood with this picture. Very nice!
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06/05/2005 05:59:24 AM
Great effect on water.. what was your shutter speed ?
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06/04/2005 12:36:01 PM
That is beautiful. I very much like the lighting, and the purple color. There is something in the top left corner that keeps buggin me though, is that a roof?
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06/04/2005 09:09:11 AM
Great tones and soft flow of the water and capture of the fog/mist. Like the composition very much.
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06/04/2005 07:11:01 AM
This shot smells like ribbon...
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06/04/2005 05:25:44 AM
Very good.
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06/03/2005 07:26:00 PM
I don't generally care for gloomy images, but this is truly captivating. Definitely frame-worthy, and if you cropped the right side about halfway through that clump, I'd vote higher than the 9 you'll have to settle for. ;-)
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06/03/2005 01:07:15 PM
Gorgeous, moody and perfectly exposed. 10
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06/03/2005 03:49:38 AM
If I could vote (not a member yet) you would be getting a 10 for this amazing shot! Wonderful feel to it and the blue hue totally adds to it. The soft water is a little weird looking but doesn't hurt the image. good job and good luck on a ribbon.
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06/02/2005 10:38:02 PM
Now this, to my eye, really is beautiful - because, I would say, it's about more than a simply pleasing scene or moment, and moves into the area of complication, of things suggested and unsaid, and it is that delightful ability of the art that nakes photography such a powerful thing. You capture a mood fantastically.
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06/02/2005 02:35:17 PM
wow!
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06/02/2005 07:07:50 AM
I really like the ominous feel of this shot. I'm big on darks and muted colors. 8.
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06/02/2005 04:37:54 AM
Wonderful use of time exposure... the mist adds an excellent element of " mystic" to the photo.
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06/02/2005 12:39:47 AM
Very mystic, good title
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06/01/2005 07:07:28 PM
Very moody and mystical. Love the colorsand the mystery.
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06/01/2005 04:06:41 PM
This is beautiful! fits the challenge perfectly...I hope you ribbon 10
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06/01/2005 02:09:18 PM
Wonderful...would like to be able to see more detail in the dark bush on the right.
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06/01/2005 01:20:30 PM
fits the challenge exactly.......
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06/01/2005 12:40:29 PM
Serene and mysterious at the same time. I emjoy this shot quite a bit. I love the look of the water and the darker muted colors. Beautiful job.
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06/01/2005 12:18:16 PM
Really Magnificent!
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06/01/2005 10:42:25 AM
definately one of my favorites out of this challenge!
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05/31/2005 11:40:26 PM
Very interesting. there are many sections of this photo that are captivating. I like the mist on the water and the haze of the trees on the other side.
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05/31/2005 09:03:46 AM
That is really eerie and pretty looking! I love the mist and the purple tones. It's very unique and striking.
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05/31/2005 06:37:49 AM
eerie and beautiful 10
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05/31/2005 04:23:46 AM
Oh this is lusciously eerie!! I like the ominous fog and gray tones. Very well done.
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05/31/2005 02:11:08 AM
fits the challenge well :)
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05/30/2005 11:16:21 AM
Lovely light and color...completely magical...the softness is so elegant...completely beautiful.
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05/30/2005 09:50:20 AM
would have been better if lower right area wasn't so dark. a different composition may have helped. GREAT blur in the water though. I like the feel of the shot overall.
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05/30/2005 09:29:36 AM
Very nice. Relaxing to look at with the soft river flow.
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05/30/2005 05:24:27 AM
Very mysterious and this image works. Would not be surprised to see this close to the top as images such as this normally do well but not quite my cup of tea but still very nice, I gave it a 7.
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05/30/2005 02:42:23 AM
Wow - it doesn't get better than this! Gorgeous!!
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05/29/2005 11:20:52 PM
Very nice, good to see I'm not the only shooter that thinks moody = beauty. I hope it does well.
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