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Brin


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Challenge: Partners (Advanced Editing VII*)
Camera: Canon EOS-5D
Lens: Canon EF 16-35mm f/2.8L USM II
Location: Iceland
Date: Jun 1, 2008
Aperture: f7.1
ISO: 320
Shutter: 1/1000
Galleries: Emotive, Animals
Date Uploaded: Jun 3, 2008

 Camera Raw convertion, crop, curves, clone, dodge&burn, hue/saturation, black&white, layers, NoiseNinja and USM in PS CS3.

Post challenge: It’s a wonderful morning. I woke up early, at 4.00 a.m. local time (around midnight DPC time). Me and my wife Stefanía are going to the airport to catch a plane to Paris, where we are staying for a week to celebrate our 20th wedding anniversary. And now the blue ribbon and PB gives my joy an extra punch, so I am already high up in the sky although I’ve not even reached the airport yet!!

I dedicate this photo to Stefanía, my wife for 20 years and best partner for 25 years.

Many thanks everyone for your votes and wonderful comments :o)

Statistics
Place: 1 out of 155
Avg (all users): 7.9558
Avg (commenters): 9.0000
Avg (participants): 7.9273
Avg (non-participants): 7.9649
Views since voting: 19766
Views during voting: 631
Votes: 226
Comments: 96
Favorites: 95 (view)

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AuthorThread
 04/23/2009 08:33:53 PM
hi! saw this in a european best of 2008 book. great job@! its a beautiful image and certainly deserves a top of the year standing:)
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 02/15/2009 06:13:40 AM
Breath taking capture, outstanding.
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 02/14/2009 11:08:12 AM
Stoppaði við þessa mynd þar sem mér fannst ég kannast við þessa tvo félaga. En þessir hestar eru í eigu fjölskyldunnar. Til gamans þá heitir sá vinstra megin Gosi og sá hægra megin Bragi. :) En titillinn er sannarlega réttur, þeir eru óaðskiljanlegir og nánast ekki hægt að ná mynd af þeim í sitthvoru lagi. Ég er búinn að taka margar myndir af þeim og alltaf eru þeir hlið við hlið.

Glæsileg mynd.

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 09/30/2008 03:33:47 AM
Breathtaking photoe...Love the sky, love it all!
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 07/07/2008 05:00:32 PM
This is beautiful. Congratulations.
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 07/01/2008 07:50:03 AM
Just gorgeous,wow
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 06/29/2008 02:31:30 PM
Vá - Þessi mynd er geggjuð!!! til hamingju og hvað segirðu um dpc liðið aftur??? Ertu ekki með?
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 06/21/2008 02:03:16 AM
Now when I'm back home from Paris it is just great to see all these wonderful comments and good wishes. many thanks everyone!
 06/16/2008 01:29:52 AM
great photo, nice processing, congratulations
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 06/15/2008 05:33:16 PM
Congratulation on the very well deserved ribbon and happy anniversary :)
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 06/14/2008 03:02:38 PM
very good
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 06/14/2008 12:24:54 PM
Superb, can almost feel the wind.
Ideally composed and cropped.
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 06/14/2008 05:04:22 AM
Wonderful picture and great score, well deserved blue. Congratulations on the win and your wedding
anniversary!!
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 06/13/2008 08:33:28 PM
Congrats on the blue & the new PB! What a score! Brilliant shot...
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 06/13/2008 04:35:30 PM
Wonderfully fantastic!!!! Congratulations on the blue!!
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 06/13/2008 08:30:58 AM
Stunning Brin, congrats and Happy Anniversary ;-)
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 06/12/2008 04:14:30 PM
Til lukku með fyrsta sætið. Þetta er ekki sú síðasta sem hreppir þetta sæti.
Mjög flott mynd.
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 06/12/2008 02:59:12 PM
Beautiful! I can see this also done as an oil painting!
Debbi
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 06/12/2008 02:21:55 PM
How appropriate that you would be celebrating your anniversary when this photo hit the front page. Congrats in more ways than one!
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 06/12/2008 12:13:35 PM
One of my new favorties. Congrats on your anniversary and Blue ribbon!!!
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 06/12/2008 09:20:45 AM
simply magnificent.
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 06/12/2008 06:54:42 AM
Your work is quite recognizable by the wonderful tones you get and those amazing wide-angle textured skies. This shot has a wonderful sense of life, of companionship, of partners. Truly well done, and congratulations on your own personal partnership as well!
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 06/11/2008 01:19:28 PM
This is such a great shot. I love it. Congradulations.

...those that voted you 3's need to be banned
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 06/11/2008 12:06:51 PM
Looks like I was right. :)
Well done and congratulations!

Wallit
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 06/11/2008 10:51:45 AM
Amazing Photo of Regal Animals! :) I hope to own such a fine mount some day! :)
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 06/11/2008 10:07:36 AM
Congratulations on your lasting marriage. That is really something to be honored with.
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 06/11/2008 09:55:05 AM
Either Iceland is the most beautiful place in the world or it has the highest concentration of great photographers on earth. Such a beautiful photo. Congratulations on your first place finish.
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 06/11/2008 08:01:23 AM
Congratulations on your POTD, beautiful horses and sky. Very nice work. Congrats also on 25 years have fun in Paris. :)
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 06/11/2008 05:45:44 AM
Congratulations on the blue and an excellent score. This was my top pick for the challenge. Just look at the average vote per commenters!! Wow!
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 06/11/2008 04:50:41 AM
Happy Anniversary, Brin!

This is a beautiful image. The sky really adds to it, too. Wonderful PP.
Congrats on a well-earned blue.
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 06/11/2008 04:49:45 AM
Congratulations on the ribbon, on the personal best, and even more importantly on your very successful marriage. (We will be celebrating our 35th anniversary in December.)
Personally, I was one of 46 others that agreed that this was top-rate.
Congrats. Enjoy your victories.
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 06/11/2008 04:26:22 AM
Congrats on getting a ribbon!
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 06/11/2008 04:10:45 AM
I absolutely loved this during voting and am one of your many 10's. So glad to see you ribbon with this stunning image!
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 06/11/2008 03:08:05 AM
Beautiful image big congrats on your Ribbon and your Anniversary!!!!
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 06/11/2008 02:32:50 AM
Congratulations brother, beautiful picture!
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 06/11/2008 02:08:07 AM
I was quite sure this win. Great result, congrats.
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 06/11/2008 02:06:23 AM
Incredible lovely shot, gorgeous horses and that huge giveaway Icelandic sky...*packing my bags and cats, I'm moving to Iceland!!*

And congratulations on your 20th wedding anniversary, may there be many more! :-)
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 06/11/2008 02:04:36 AM
....and what a score!
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 06/11/2008 01:53:54 AM
Fullkomið. Hamingjuóskir með myndina og brúðkaupsafmælið!
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 06/11/2008 01:49:49 AM
Bragi, you have reached LEGENDARY STATUS! Well deserved BLUE, you are on a roll!
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 06/11/2008 01:41:16 AM
Great stuff! This is outstanding work - amazingly beautiful horses, amazingly beautiful background. Well deserved Blue
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 06/11/2008 01:38:50 AM
Beautiful details and the background is perfect for the composition. You can almost feel the breeze.
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 06/10/2008 11:42:50 PM
Congratulations "double" til hamingju, það er ekki skrítið að þessi hafi unnið ekkert annað en frábær!
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 06/10/2008 11:40:59 PM
What an amazing winners this week! Congrats with an excellent image, the score and a well deserved win.
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 06/10/2008 11:19:23 PM
Congrats on a wonderful image, fantastic score and absolutely deserved blue ribbon
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 06/10/2008 10:49:43 PM
Congrats, this is very very good.
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 06/10/2008 10:46:05 PM
Congratulatoions to you and your wife on your 20th wedding aniversay and for your Blue Ribbon A Fantastic shot
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 06/10/2008 10:38:10 PM
Congrats Bragi. Very dramatic!
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 06/10/2008 10:23:06 PM
Very cool shot Brin and fits the challenge to a tee. Looks like everyone else thought so too. Congrats on your 1st place and awesome score.
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 06/10/2008 09:44:53 PM
Congrats!!!!! how could 5 persons give this a 3 ? I can never understand, brilliant shot.
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 06/10/2008 09:35:46 PM
Congratulation on the PB and the ribbon - excellent capture!
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 06/10/2008 08:40:07 PM
what beautiful image! Filled with tenderness...
Congratulations in your very deserved ribbon!
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 06/10/2008 08:39:52 PM
A wonderful image, glad to see it on the front page. Enjoy Paris, it's one of the most beautiful cities in the world. Don't forget your camera. ;-)
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 06/10/2008 08:35:43 PM
Oh yes, this is defintely the winner. Wonderful, wonderful image. Congratulations, Bragi.
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 06/10/2008 08:29:00 PM
Amaaaaaaaaaaaazing! Congratulations!!! This is beautiful!

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 06/10/2008 08:23:52 PM
Nice shot
Congratulations :)
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 06/10/2008 08:21:20 PM
This is SO visually appealing! Congrats on the ribbon and new PB!
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 06/10/2008 08:14:10 PM
congrats on the blue and the fantastic score!!
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 06/10/2008 08:06:52 PM
Perfect timing all the way around for a ribbon! Congratulations!
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 06/10/2008 08:05:34 PM
Congrats on the new personal best, very well deserved score. Great composition, love the colors and lighting, really nice job, adding to faves.
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 06/10/2008 08:02:30 PM
I hoped that this would win. Well done!
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
06/10/2008 06:43:24 PM
Nice horses. Really cool angle.
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 06/10/2008 03:30:32 AM
Wow
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 06/09/2008 08:06:22 PM
I pick this one to win. Well done.
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 06/09/2008 05:04:53 PM
Nce perspective and sky.
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 06/09/2008 03:35:46 PM
Incredible shot!!!!! 10
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 06/08/2008 06:51:08 PM
fantastic photo! they look like twins.
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 06/08/2008 04:12:03 PM
Wonderful in all respects. An easy 10 from me. Just a great photo! I have no suggestions for improvement.
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 06/08/2008 04:08:24 PM
just an awesome shot!!! who in the world could dis this pic!
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 06/08/2008 02:56:16 AM
Stunningly gorgeous. I suspect this will deservedly get the Blue.
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 06/07/2008 11:32:18 PM
I love the sky in this and the wide angle perspective 8
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 06/07/2008 05:08:03 PM
That is just awesome. The horses are beautiful and the sky is perfect.
The most interesting thing about this photo is no fences and bridles. 10.
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 06/07/2008 02:27:31 PM
Striking angle and good dof. Well done!
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 06/06/2008 01:49:17 PM
beautiful image of a couple of animals of the same kind, but i do not see how this image transmits team work or a mutually benefitial relationship.
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 06/06/2008 10:54:10 AM
Awsome capture, within top 3 favorites of this challenge
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 06/06/2008 12:44:11 AM
love it, beautiful tones and composition
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 06/05/2008 08:41:03 PM
Spectacular image. Made it a fav...
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 06/05/2008 12:22:10 PM
Two favorites in the challenge; this is one of them. 10.
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 06/05/2008 10:29:34 AM
Beautiful! 10
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 06/05/2008 09:41:53 AM
nice colors and composition
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 06/05/2008 09:14:59 AM
This is a magnificent shot. Surely a ribbon winner!
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 06/05/2008 05:54:09 AM
good perspective, the sky is very impressive
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 06/05/2008 05:48:31 AM
beautiful photo all around 10 from me
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 06/05/2008 05:37:50 AM
The photo appears a bit dark, the colors don't really stand out. A closer crop would have made it better.
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 06/05/2008 04:54:43 AM
Really beautiful and well-done. I'm sure you have another similar shot for the cowboy challenge!
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 06/05/2008 02:57:39 AM
great image!
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 06/04/2008 10:32:35 PM
Fantastic shot, nicely processed to get the details. The clouds in the background complements the horses perfectly, , 10
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 06/04/2008 10:21:04 PM
Well done, and great PP. The facial expressions, and head "pose", almost give us the gender of the horses. The sky is great and adds to the dramatic expressions of the horses and their home. 10
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 06/04/2008 07:18:28 PM
Nice One!!!
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 06/04/2008 09:28:15 AM
beautiful, j ust beautiful!
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 06/04/2008 08:25:14 AM
WOW! This is awesome!
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 06/04/2008 07:46:09 AM
Wow, very surreal shot. Those look like some wise old horses! Looks like some weird dream I had once... *shudders*
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 06/04/2008 12:52:53 AM
Just stunning.......... 10 and I hope it ribbons.......
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 06/04/2008 12:39:30 AM
Awww, cute. Like the composition. This will do very well.
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 06/04/2008 12:15:19 AM
Awesome. Nice angle, moment, wind factor and the fact that the sky shares the same tones.
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 06/03/2008 09:42:07 PM
Wow! Very, very cool!
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