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Moonlit sonata
Moonlit sonata
LalliSig


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Long Exposure II (Advanced Editing IV)
Camera: Canon EOS-5D
Lens: Canon EF 16-35mm f/2.8L USM
Location: Kerið, South Iceland
Date: Nov 4, 2006
Aperture: 2.8
ISO: 100
Shutter: 108 sec
Galleries: Landscape, Astrophotography
Date Uploaded: Nov 5, 2006

 Taken 26 minutes after midnight so technically on the 4th of November. Anyway, taken under a full moon, hence the colors in the sky and landscape, it was extremely bright. Had wanted to take this shot with a longer shutter but right behind me there was a rainstorm brewing and just a minute after this shot was taken I nearly got drenched. Only light affecting this shot is the moon.

The white line going through the picture is a car driving through the landscape and that yellow bright spot on the right side is a small town lighting up the clouds.

Post processing was a seperate curves adjustment on the sky, shadow/highlights, curves again on the whole shot, a little burning and sharpening after resizing.

Statistics
Place: 9 out of 239
Avg (all users): 6.9045
Avg (commenters): 8.2500
Avg (participants): 6.7841
Avg (non-participants): 7.0222
Views since voting: 3644
Views during voting: 318
Votes: 178
Comments: 20
Favorites: 9 (view)

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AuthorThread
 11/15/2006 01:01:45 PM
beautifully done Larus. Congrats!
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 11/15/2006 11:11:57 AM
Congratulations on your top 10 finish. Great shot!
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 11/14/2006 12:15:20 AM
Wow, I love this! Congrats on your top 10 finish in a tough challenge!
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 11/13/2006 05:42:48 PM
Amazing shot Larus, feels like mars, and the colors are excellent, congrats on the 9th place finish.
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 11/12/2006 07:53:16 PM
Spectacular, majestic and so lovely. Outstanding work! Congratulations on your top ten finish.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
11/12/2006 09:18:17 AM
love the sky nice work!
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 11/10/2006 10:25:22 PM
10 10 10
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 11/10/2006 06:58:48 PM
this is really nice. Great landscape here, looks like a crater. Is it? the sky and clouds are unique, I never had a sky like this with all the long exposures I take. 7
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 11/10/2006 06:32:13 PM
it looks like you actually went to the moon. This looks like a ribbon to me. 7
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 11/10/2006 10:53:52 AM
Incredibly.
Pure and simple.
9
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 11/10/2006 12:50:44 AM
great shot, one of the best here in my view
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 11/09/2006 05:53:03 AM
Impressive image. Almost looks surreal. It looks as though you lost some clarity during resizing, and I would like to have seen more detail in the right corner foreground. Great range of colors, light, and you really capture a sense of time in this photo.
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 11/09/2006 04:34:34 AM
All on scale of 0-2
Focus: 2
Lighting: 2
Composition: .5 (IMO this is the only weak spot in this photo. It looks too evenly divided between sky and land, despite stars in "rule of thirds" position)
Creativity: 1.5
Wow Factor: 1

Total: 7
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 11/06/2006 04:43:20 PM
Very nice, maybe more ground than I'd like
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 11/06/2006 12:59:17 PM
moon LIGHT sonata, but a strong 9 as i see it, well done!
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 11/06/2006 07:30:20 AM
great shot
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 11/06/2006 04:38:25 AM
Looks like a shot from outer planet! Love the colors of the sky! - 8
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 11/05/2006 10:38:48 PM
This is incredible. Great wide angle. The vista is stunning and the blues and brown tones compliment each other nicely with all of the clouds and stars' light tones to give it a lift. Beautiful work.
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 11/05/2006 09:30:46 PM
Very surreal image! Very well executed and thought out.
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 11/05/2006 08:49:23 PM
This looks like it was shot on another planet. Love the colors.
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