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Dark clouds of the past
3rd PlaceDark clouds of the past
andri


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Challenge: Abandoned Buildings (Basic Editing III)
Camera: Canon EOS-10D
Lens: Canon EF 85mm f/1.8 USM
Location: Vatnsleysuströnd, Iceland
Date: Apr 12, 2005
Aperture: f/16
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/200
Date Uploaded: Apr 9, 2005

Levels & curves to increase contrast.
Selective color to increase the blue color of the sky.
Hue/saturation to desaturate the image a bit.
Shadow/highlight.
Two passes of unsharp mask; one for contrast and one for sharpness.

This is actually a reshoot. I took almost the exact same photograph last Thursday but at that time the sky was, shall we say, 'a bit uncooperative'.
However, I really liked the framing of last week's shot so I ventured back to the same location today for a reshoot of the same scene but with a more pleasant background.

Thanks go to Oskar for a few editing tips.

Statistics
Place: 3 out of 500
Avg (all users): 7.1774
Avg (commenters): 8.3784
Avg (participants): 6.9945
Avg (non-participants): 7.4409
Views since voting: 11283
Views during voting: 496
Votes: 310
Comments: 74
Favorites: 22 (view)


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04/30/2005 10:28:10 AM
Til lukku með þetta Andri, fínasta mynd hefði samt sjálfur kosið að halda meiri lit inni
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04/26/2005 03:14:55 PM
welcome to the ribbon club :) nice to have you
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04/26/2005 05:46:04 AM
Congrats on your ribbon.
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04/26/2005 05:05:44 AM
well done
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04/26/2005 04:48:49 AM
Til hamingju með borðann flott mynd
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04/26/2005 03:44:24 AM
Congratulations andri!
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04/24/2005 04:59:23 PM
Congrats wonderful photo ,, !!!
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04/24/2005 02:59:34 AM
Very strong artistic effects. Great job
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04/21/2005 05:42:03 AM
Very interesting, graphic approach to this image. I like the artistic feel to it.
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04/20/2005 06:23:15 PM
Congratulations on your ribbon with this beautiful image of abandonment!
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04/20/2005 03:52:51 PM
Congratulations on your first ribbon! This is a great shot,- I went to this house myself and took some shots, but chose photo of another house for the challenge.
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04/20/2005 02:43:09 PM
congrats for 3p, I think I have seen this house before hmm ;-)
Til hamingju með þetta
joi
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04/20/2005 01:20:16 PM
til hamingju með borðan..
ég hef keyrt framhjá þessu húsi daglega í 15 ár án þess að hafa nokkurntíman stoppað til að taka mynd af því :)
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04/20/2005 11:49:45 AM
Maður rekur alltaf augin í þetta hús þegar maður keyrir þarna fram hjá og oft gælt við að mynda þarna en aldrei látið verða af því.

Drulluflott mynd. Til hamingju.
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04/20/2005 11:44:57 AM
I'm quite grateful for all the comments, folks ... and I'm of course jumping with joy that I managed to win a ribbon - my first one at that!

I'd like to mention that it is quite funny that the house on my photo is the exact same as the one on the terrific picture that placed 4th in the challenge. Strange, eh?

I also want to address some questions and comments from from people who took the time to comment on my picture:

1) haakky was curious about the location of this shot. Well, this house can be seen while driving from Keflavik airport to Reykjavik, shortly after driving past a small town called 'Vogar'. The picture in 4th place represents the view from the road in case anyone will be traveling to Iceland and is curious about the house.

2) I believe the picture is quite level. On the original photograph (this is a crop as I didn't have long enough lens) there is a house and flagpole to the left and these seem to perfectly level.

3) IceRock commented that he'd like to see the picture either a bit darker or in hard tone B&W. I did play with converting the picture to B&W but ultimately I felt subdued color suited it better.

4) viajero noted that the clouds weren't really dark. This is true but the title refers to the single dark cloud hovering above the house (I felt 'clouds' instead of 'cloud' sounded better so I chose the plural form).

5) cpurser wrote that " wish I had landscapes like this... well, maybe it is good that I don't... I would never go to work!"
Well to answer this, we Icelanders seem to never have time to appreciate our country as we work longer hours than people in most, if not all, 'civilized' countries. ;-)

I also have an outtake for the challenge that some people seem to like better.
04/20/2005 11:28:56 AM
Geggjuð mynd, til lukku.

Ætlaði að fara á þennan stað sjálfur og taka mynd en enginn nennti að fara með mig þangað. Á meðan fara sumir bara tvisvar. Þetta er ósanngjarnt segi ég:)
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04/20/2005 10:34:54 AM
ánægður með íslendinginn... vildi að ég fengi svona hátt

BLAST!
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04/20/2005 10:05:55 AM
Mögnuð mynd, til hamingju með topp 3 og yfir 7 í einkunn...

Virkilega töff.
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04/20/2005 08:22:22 AM
I knew I'd have to move somewhere with mountains to get a good score in this challenge. lol -- good shot and congrats!
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04/20/2005 08:08:03 AM
Virkilega Töff mynd!
Til hamingju...
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04/20/2005 07:49:15 AM
CONGRATULATIONS!! Iceland certainly lends itself to ribbon photography doesn't it!!! This is just beautiful!!! How nice to win your first ribbon with this!!!

SandyP
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04/20/2005 07:20:34 AM
Congrats on 3rd. I gave this a 7.
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04/20/2005 05:42:03 AM
Til hamingju með fyrsta borðann! Góð mynd!
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04/20/2005 05:11:17 AM
Great work Andri and congratulations one more ribbon to Iceland;-)
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04/20/2005 03:32:15 AM
Congrats Andri. The tracks and the fence really make this work.
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04/20/2005 03:10:00 AM
hey remember!
i gave u a perfect TEN!
congrats
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04/20/2005 01:54:25 AM
Congrats !
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04/20/2005 01:49:42 AM
Told ya! Didn't I? Congrats on a great capture and yes.....a virtual ribbon!
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04/20/2005 12:50:14 AM
I was hoping to see this in the top 3.
Congrats on your first ribbon Andri!
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04/20/2005 12:34:43 AM
Congratulations! Til hamingju kallinn! Æðisleg mynd....hélt hún myndi ná fyrsta sæti en þú ert á leiðinni þangað :)
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04/20/2005 12:03:49 AM
A wonderful photo, well deserving of its ribbon. The lighting, subject, and partial desaturation combine wonderfully. Congratulations.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
04/19/2005 08:28:57 PM
Awesome shot
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04/19/2005 08:13:41 PM
i like the way the tracks stop before they get tothe house, appears that it has not been visited in while.
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04/19/2005 06:33:46 PM
One of the better entries in the challenge, good luck-- 9
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04/19/2005 08:15:52 AM
looks like a painting. interesting location. great crop. 8
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04/18/2005 09:53:09 PM
Nice contrast and focus selection, feels warm and cold at the same time.
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04/18/2005 10:13:01 AM
nice color. nice dof. blacks and whites good.
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04/18/2005 08:08:14 AM
Wow, looks like a painting. Great job.
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04/18/2005 02:49:10 AM
One of the better submissions in this challenge in my opinion.
Composition is as good as it gets, color levels not over-saturated, great detail and a pleasant subject matter. You got my 9. Hope to see this one of the home page.
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04/17/2005 09:57:48 PM
The clouds aren't really dark but I like the texture of the house and grass.
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04/17/2005 09:27:54 PM
a little oversharpened (the building and ground). Nice work though.
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04/17/2005 05:34:12 PM
the clouds soo surrealistic..the mountains in the same complot
the house fragile as a painting yet soo solid
the foreground soo simple yet majestic
all these ingredients in perfect balance
its on my list!
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04/17/2005 02:51:23 PM
gorgeous
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04/17/2005 02:48:04 PM
Excellent use of surroundings to make this an effective image. 10
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04/17/2005 09:55:43 AM
This could be a painting.
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04/17/2005 08:29:59 AM
Great photo. Excellant composition. My only suggestion would be to try and bring out more color in the grass. I think this is a winner
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04/17/2005 03:47:07 AM
great job with the colors. it sorta looks like a painting.
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04/16/2005 10:06:48 PM
very nice, one of my favorite
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04/16/2005 09:22:03 PM
This is a beautiful photo. Excellent composition. Starting off from the road draws you to the house.
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04/15/2005 11:13:29 PM
Wonderful textures in this shot. Composition is interesting and effective.the road leads my eye right in.
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04/15/2005 05:07:57 PM
Top 5, no doubt. Excellent composition, great contrast between snow and brown grass. I may even say this will get the blue. I wish I had landscapes like this... well, maybe it is good that I don't... I would never go to work! Great job. The only 9 so far...
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04/15/2005 02:19:51 PM
Nice shot, crisp!
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04/15/2005 05:58:25 AM
Very good! The landscape is awsome. The house looks pretty abandoned too. Where did you find this beautifull land?
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04/15/2005 01:27:49 AM
Woow what a backround ! In thiw one,You manage to turn a poor isolated house into a wonderful thing.That's exactly what the challenge said,and your picture is beautiful.a 9
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04/14/2005 10:22:29 PM
Very nice, I bet you win a ribbon with this one.
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04/14/2005 07:26:53 PM
Amazing background! Good composition 9
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04/14/2005 02:03:37 PM
Wonderful scenary... like the white mountains at background.
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04/14/2005 02:01:04 PM
This is just beautiful..love the mountains in background, roughness of terrain and faded color of house..the old fence adds interest and leads the eye..8
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04/14/2005 05:00:45 AM
This is a very good shot, I took about 200 shots of this house last week, but I didn´t send any of them .
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04/14/2005 03:29:07 AM
good one!!!
the dilapidated house& the broken fence adds to the rough field with hay around the automobile tire marks!
but the white snow in the backgroung is taking the rugged sheen off the forergound!
its nice though, overall!
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04/13/2005 10:44:22 PM
looks like a painting..nice 9
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04/13/2005 08:46:31 PM
Very nice shot. Good DOF. Nice contrast of texture and color between background and foreground. Good composition. Bumping from 6 to 9.
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04/13/2005 05:16:51 PM
Very well done! This one should do well.
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04/13/2005 04:33:32 PM
This one could be the one. Great job.
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04/13/2005 04:03:43 PM
Totally out of this world shot. The contrast between the forreground and background is amazing and you have done an excellent job to bring that out in this image. I also love the fine details in this one. Well done.
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04/13/2005 04:03:04 PM
Awesome...
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04/13/2005 01:25:27 PM
This shot has so much to see in it. Very nice subject, composition and tones.
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04/13/2005 01:05:13 PM
Really good picture, I think it is not hurting to have picture correct horizontal and if you use levels in PS that is not good bit better color adjustment better to do that in curve, after better color adjustment I like to see picture bit darker or in B&W whit hard tone, to get this old house mood .. ir
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04/13/2005 12:14:44 PM
Nice photo looks a bit over processed on my screen but I have a crappy screen so I wont mark down on that....8
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04/13/2005 11:42:37 AM
Great scenic shot. 7
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04/13/2005 10:15:24 AM
Absolutely gorgeous photo. Being as picky as possible, I'd like it if the foreground were a little lighter, but that's a small nitpick of a really outstanding picture.
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04/13/2005 03:42:36 AM
nice landscape...texture cant be seen on the building due to the distance, and your sky is weird but it works
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04/13/2005 02:44:33 AM
One of the very few shots that balances subject, composition, sharpness and saturation very well. This happens to be my top pick. Good luck!
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04/13/2005 12:51:37 AM
An overall great photo the composition is wonderful!
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