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Columns of steam
Columns of steam
Brin


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Challenge: Pollution (Basic Editing)
Camera: Canon EOS-5D
Lens: Canon EF 16-35mm f/2.8L USM II
Location: Iceland
Date: Mar 10, 2008
Aperture: f11
ISO: 500
Shutter: 1/160
Galleries: Landscape, Water
Date Uploaded: Mar 11, 2008

 Converted in Camera Raw and adjusted in PhotoShop CS3 with these tools: Shadow/highlight, rotate, crop, curves, brightness/contrast, hue/saturation, NoiseNinja and USM.

I have to tell you the truth, this is not a real pollution because this is a geothermal power plant. All you see from the chimneys is just hot steam from the earth.

Statistics
Place: 6 out of 127
Avg (all users): 6.7968
Avg (commenters): 6.8947
Avg (participants): 6.6042
Avg (non-participants): 6.8424
Views since voting: 2403
Views during voting: 416
Votes: 251
Comments: 26
Favorites: 3 (view)

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 03/21/2008 06:53:03 AM
I love the dullness in the colour. It enhances the mood.
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 03/19/2008 06:51:09 AM
Bragi, this is so amazing! It looks so dramatic and turbulent! Congratulations on another front page finish :)

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
03/17/2008 08:19:45 AM
Oh Iceland...
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 03/17/2008 02:44:26 AM
If the smoke in the left upper end was not there this will be an excellent piece of work.... so sad this topic is in Basic editing.....
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 03/16/2008 10:29:29 AM
The picture is a bit dark, which distracts you from seeing it. The reflection in the water is very nicely done though.
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 03/14/2008 12:08:33 PM
excellent job capturing the "translucent" smoke. addition of reflection was a very good touch. why did not you try increasing the saturation? did you want to keep the mood of the photo a bit rough/dirty, instead of pretty, to fit the theme more appropriately?
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 03/14/2008 06:15:18 AM
everyone kind of did the same picture, but yours is esspecially good.
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 03/14/2008 05:45:29 AM
Great photo. I like the way the haze cloud on the left seems to be sort of creeping up on the more serene right side of the picture. Well done.
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 03/14/2008 05:30:41 AM
This is a very polluted picture nice job.
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 03/13/2008 11:29:56 PM
The best I've seen so far! Very well shot and such a graphic display of pollution! Wow!
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 03/13/2008 11:12:36 PM
Nice balance of steam/smoke and the reflections. Nicely exposed - a good shot. -10
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 03/13/2008 09:15:24 PM
Beautiful
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 03/13/2008 05:30:19 PM
you make the pollution look beautiful...
now that i think of it, is that a good thing? heh

seriously though, very nice capture, especially the left side really lets us know the damage that is happening

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 03/13/2008 12:16:49 PM
Nicely done.
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 03/13/2008 06:05:50 AM
This is a great photograph. The value and contrast in the photo works well with the smoke, showing darkness.
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 03/13/2008 05:58:48 AM
wow this is pretty in a screwed up kind of way. a little fuzzy but it has a great compisition.
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 03/13/2008 05:42:28 AM
I like this picture a lot, but the bright blue sky to the tons of clouds really throws me off. I think maybe making the whole sky blue could help. And i like the reflection
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 03/12/2008 05:45:26 PM
nice shot... the reflection creates nice line
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 03/12/2008 05:22:46 PM
Very good composition, love the symmetry in the shot. I do think though that it lacks punch, maybe colours/contrast needed a bit more fiddling with.
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 03/12/2008 11:36:50 AM
WELL done ! ! !
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 03/12/2008 06:56:13 AM
I like the contrast from beautiful sky right to polluted sky left. I'm not sure if its a product of the shadow/highlights process, but something doesn't look right along the bottom of the photo. It's blotchy compared to the rest of the image.
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 03/12/2008 03:33:06 AM
Very nice image. Shows pollution well.
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 03/12/2008 02:46:53 AM
Great reflection. The smoke on the side allows for a dirty feel balancing out the blu esky well. Offers a good contrast. Nice work.
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 03/12/2008 02:20:22 AM
Really brave choice of lighting, using it to create silhouette-ish subject .. I love the sky this creates with the smoke but I can almost see interesting details around of the base of the building and it makes me want to see more..
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 03/11/2008 10:55:11 PM
great reflection
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 03/11/2008 10:51:43 PM
Nicely done.
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