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Challenge: Best of 2007 (Advanced Editing VII*)
Camera: Canon EOS-5D
Lens: Canon EF 24mm f/1.4L USM
Location: Hvalfjörður, Iceland
Date: Feb 8, 2007
Aperture: 2.0
ISO: 1600
Shutter: 30 sec
Galleries: Landscape, Nature
Date Uploaded: Jan 14, 2008

 This shot was taken the same night as my 2007-2 free study blue ribbon winner, just later that night right after midnight, closer to Hvalfjörður.



That night was probably the best night I have had so far taking nightscapes. Everything was pretty much perfect, had a slight moon lighting up the landscape but not enough to overpower the sky. Had great borealis, a little clouds but not enough to hide the stars and the lights from Reykjavík lighting up those clouds.

These two photos are absolutely my favorites from last year and this was also a strong contender for that feb free study and I had it in mind all last year for this study and although I think I took a lot of nice shots last year, this is my favorite of those I didn´t enter a challenge.

I love this site sometimes... A new ruleset comes along and suddenly people see HDR in images that are made from a single raw capture, like this one, and complain about that, even though that´s legal to do now according to the rules?

Anyone who has ever taken a photo at night should know that these scenes are LOW dynamic range if anything and extremely flat contrast wise so to correct that problem I put a seperate curves adjustment on the sky and the ground, if not for that this image could have been edited in the basic editing rules.

Oh and too many stars? Sorry about that, I simply forgot to call God and ask him to turn off half of them for me :)

Statistics
Place: 15 out of 484
Avg (all users): 6.9407
Avg (commenters): 8.3846
Avg (participants): 6.8025
Avg (non-participants): 7.2432
Views since voting: 4247
Views during voting: 489
Votes: 236
Comments: 34
Favorites: 11 (view)

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 01/30/2008 12:06:17 AM
Amazing..just amazing!
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 01/28/2008 02:10:29 PM
Really great job man, perfect exposure here, really nice work, gotta love this spot. added to faves.

edit to add: This should have actually ribboned.

Message edited by author 2008-01-28 19:11:32.
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 01/28/2008 10:00:04 AM
Very surreal. I prefer your FS entry over this one, but they are both special. Congrats on a great year of shooting!
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 01/28/2008 03:56:02 AM
those people that voted this 4 and below, i'll personally start a posse to find them and rough them up a bit. there's no way this should be voted any lower than a 6, and to me that's a stretch...but of course that's just opinion, and the others that voted lower have their valid reasons as well i suppose.

all in all, great shot buddy. you had at least 50 shots this year that any pick would have ended up in the top 10, no doubt and i believe this is definitely one of them. keep up the great work
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 01/28/2008 02:09:34 AM
Congrats on the great score and finish bro. Breathtaking image.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
01/27/2008 06:16:48 PM
This has to be from one of my favorite photographers, Mr. L.....! Another fine example of capturing the northern lights and starry skies of Iceland.
Sure to be a top 10 contender! Congratulations!
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 01/27/2008 04:19:43 PM
For some reason the stars look like glitter to me. They don't look real. Otherwise, very nice shot.
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 01/27/2008 10:00:20 AM
I never tire of seeing these exceptional shots.
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 01/27/2008 07:08:47 AM
Well, I don't know how to compete with photos like this. Incredible. The only thing that would make it better (IMO) would be the elimination of the power lines.
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 01/26/2008 01:42:14 PM
is it northern light? amazing colors & starts.
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 01/26/2008 12:36:42 PM
Beautiful shot, but somehow, IMHO, the mass of stars distract. (6)
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 01/26/2008 10:19:46 AM
Well I think its a glow from a nearby city. Anyway its an amazing shot Lalli, and your trademark stars are exceptionally clear. Nice colors but a little soft in the corners.
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 01/26/2008 09:12:48 AM
My only 10 because there should be only one blue!
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 01/26/2008 08:03:15 AM
Looks like another Larus photo. Nicely done.
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 01/25/2008 10:49:39 AM
Very nice. Hopefully people take the time to appreciate it, time lapse or not.
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 01/25/2008 08:47:00 AM
This photo is encouraging me to make mountains out of my mashed potatoes. (If that makes no sense, then rent "Close Encounters of the Third Kind"!)
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 01/25/2008 03:09:11 AM
damn yet another of those shots. I wish I could say I'm getting bored. But this is excellent. And the sunrise/borealis contrast give it a great color twist. And great stars.
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 01/24/2008 09:55:29 AM
... wow.
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 01/23/2008 07:03:20 AM
Zing! Excellent shot.
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 01/23/2008 01:48:08 AM
beautiful image.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/22/2008 05:58:42 PM
Another wonderful capture from the master landscape photographer we know and love.....
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/22/2008 05:26:39 PM
No doubt this will do well. Your stars are spectacular!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/22/2008 03:18:49 PM
Beautiful
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 01/22/2008 12:34:31 PM
I would of said 10, but then realised that I had to dock 5 points to negate your unfair location advantage. ;)

Great shot, the colours in the sky and reflected on the snow are fantastic. The broken up snow on the mountain gives a great texture too.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/22/2008 11:44:00 AM
love the stars but I think the northern lights ruined your sunset:)

Message edited by author 2008-01-28 00:44:19.
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 01/22/2008 05:34:22 AM
Incredible shot, from the stars to the colors from white, to green, to redish orange it all works. I guess my only beef would be those pesky power lines from the left to right. Other than that, its flawless. Nice work.
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 01/21/2008 07:21:44 PM
WOW... I assume the red & green are 2 exposures but still amazing.
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 01/21/2008 04:13:27 PM
phenomenol capture of the stars!
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 01/21/2008 04:11:32 PM
Wowsers was my first reaction..This seems to good to be true. Great job on this image...Nothing I can really say except that I wish I took it.
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 01/21/2008 02:19:20 PM
I look forward to reading about how after the challenge is over. The effect, in the meantime, is worthy of a 9. Fascinating to observe and worth waiting for.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/21/2008 02:15:21 PM
Wish I could give you a 12, sorry, a 10 will have to do!!!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/21/2008 02:05:55 PM
wonderful
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 01/20/2008 11:15:09 PM
another ribbon contender...has to be a 9 from me because of the powerlines that could have been cloned out...aaaahhh what the heck 10!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/20/2008 07:29:18 PM
My apologies for wondering if this was possible in a legal way...congrats on a wonderful image.

Message edited by author 2008-01-28 00:21:19.
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