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Mount Fuji at Sunrise
Mount Fuji at Sunrise
Pedro


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Best of 2005 (Advanced Editing IV*)
Camera: Nikon D70
Lens: Nikon AF Zoom-Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8 VR DG IF-ED
Location: Somewhere over Narita, Japan
Date: Mar 16, 2005
Aperture: F8
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/1000
Galleries: Landscape, Nature
Date Uploaded: Jan 13, 2006

Hm. Well, quite frankly I feel like a bit of a sellout entering this. It already had lots of views and favourites, so I guess I sort of AM selling out. I struggled between this one and this one --> //www.dpchallenge.com/image.php?IMAGE_ID=158420.

Personally I prefer the wee Monk, because landscapes don't tend to do as much for me...I prefer photos with life and a story. But this is a competition and I might as well enter what I think more people will vote for. Why enter otherwise?

Anyway, the above photo was taken as I was landing at Narita flying in from Singapore. It was pretty lucky as I had just looked outside for the first time in 7 hours, only to see Fuji peeking over the clouds at me, and what I believe to be Chiba down below the clouds.

This photo does not do the scene justice. not even close.

thanks for lookin.

P-ness

Statistics
Place: 11 out of 833
Avg (all users): 7.1850
Avg (commenters): 8.7321
Avg (participants): 7.1280
Avg (non-participants): 7.4557
Views since voting: 14252
Views during voting: 743
Votes: 454
Comments: 73
Favorites: 46 (view)


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07/25/2006 07:12:56 PM
Unbelievably beautiful!! I really like the contrast between the skyline on the bottom and Mt Fuji on the top.
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07/19/2006 02:32:08 PM
A very beautiful image. Absolutely love the colors.
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02/07/2006 12:00:32 AM
sup p-dawg, back to re-add this to the faves
peace out
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02/06/2006 07:50:05 PM
absolutely great view and colors, should have been in top 5 at least
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02/06/2006 05:26:20 PM
This blows my mind, brilliant
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02/02/2006 12:35:54 AM
congrats on top 20...should have been top 3, though. amazing shot!
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02/01/2006 12:06:41 PM
Pedro, just short of the top ten, you made your twenty though! Really love it, love your prespective and the positioning! awsome! and nice finnish!! 11 out of 829... Amazing!
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02/01/2006 08:21:51 AM
Congratulations on your very nice finish.
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02/01/2006 12:51:47 AM
top 20!, congrats ;)
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
01/31/2006 11:45:56 PM
good choice pedro! 10
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01/31/2006 09:48:35 PM
Bumping up and faving, amazing capture
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01/31/2006 09:32:14 PM
ahhhh, yes I love this one...
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01/31/2006 06:25:27 PM
Spectacular! I love the separation of heaven and city! What an incredible image! (I'll look for you on the first page. =))
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01/31/2006 05:02:14 PM
I find this image very lovely and interesting, great colours.
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01/31/2006 11:51:33 AM
Looks like dream... must be taken pretty high.
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01/30/2006 08:35:48 PM
Beautiful colors
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01/30/2006 03:12:56 PM
I remember the first time you posted this on the forums. It was as gorgeous then as it is now. I really love the way Fuji is floating between heaven and earth. Just spectacular.
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01/30/2006 07:46:30 AM
Fabulous colours and natural shapes.
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01/29/2006 12:42:30 PM
Magic. 10.
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01/29/2006 05:06:59 AM
Stunning. Is that a city in the foreground? The athmosphere of the photo is amazing. I can't say anything negative about your shot. Just superb.
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01/28/2006 08:08:52 PM
is it out of a plane?
the corors are incredible...
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01/28/2006 11:17:47 AM
Hey pedro, great landscape and colors, the timing was just right, should do very well,...this is allready in my favs ;), good luck :)
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01/27/2006 07:28:06 PM
Insane how there is this little profile of a town in the lower part and mount Fuji seems to float in heaven. Great light on the clouds.
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01/27/2006 02:47:27 AM
I remember this picture posted in one of the forum threads ... liked it a lot then, but I like it even more now.
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01/26/2006 10:42:05 PM
Remember seeing this at the end of the slideshow, hope to see this in the top 10. The light off the top of the clouds is amazing, and the eye just focuses to Mt. Fuji. The colors are just stunning, my goodness, I love this image.
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01/26/2006 04:39:53 PM
Wow ... and wow again. Nice picture.
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01/26/2006 08:27:03 AM
You have captured the magic in this image.....This just blows me away..... Breathtaking, and just so perfect.....
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01/25/2006 04:56:53 PM
You captured a great athmosphere in this photograph. It conveys to me the power and fragility of nature. I like how it is split into different levels. 10.
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01/25/2006 12:29:00 PM
hehe... the same picture at the end of your thailand movie on our website... you fool me this wasn't in thailand lol... well done... I hope others will like too...8
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01/24/2006 02:56:40 PM
Great capture
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01/24/2006 12:52:15 PM
This photo, shows us how tiny we really are.
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01/23/2006 08:48:39 PM
Wow, this is really beautiful. Great shot.
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01/22/2006 12:34:17 PM
glorious image, I lvoe the depth, beautiful colour and wonderful warm light
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01/22/2006 11:14:14 AM
Wonderful clouds
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01/22/2006 10:48:51 AM
Fantastic colours in this sky.
9
good luck
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01/22/2006 03:24:03 AM
simply wonderful
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01/21/2006 11:49:28 PM
Excellent composition; don't understand what the blocks in the lower right are. (Didn't detract from the picture for me!)
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01/21/2006 06:17:08 PM
Very beautiful!
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01/21/2006 02:10:32 PM
i was there over the summer...it really is a gorgeous place. well done...9
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01/21/2006 02:05:36 PM
Wow, stunning photo. 10
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01/21/2006 06:14:48 AM
Wonderful cromatics, verry beautiful view, I love it, good luck!
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01/21/2006 04:18:55 AM
Beautiful
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01/20/2006 09:31:39 PM
Incredible picture – well done! :o)
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01/20/2006 12:22:44 PM
Awsome capture, color great, lighting great, dof excellent, movement excellent, b&w not bad could be better, nice lines, overall excellent
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01/20/2006 08:53:11 AM
Amazing
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01/20/2006 02:56:38 AM
Damn! I am utterly amazed by this image! Kudos to you for such a wonderful capture. The colors are exquisitely extraordinary ;) Love it!
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01/19/2006 06:16:54 PM
wow yet another pic I am adding to my faves 10
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01/19/2006 05:38:44 PM
You've got to be kidding me. That's beautiful. I thought I read somewhere that this out of an airplane window? The luck of some people! My only 10 so far.
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01/19/2006 05:03:24 PM
Cool natural division between Mountain and city. Good colours. I like the contrast in the clouds. 8
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01/19/2006 10:45:14 AM
aish!
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01/18/2006 11:01:25 PM
Stunning!
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01/18/2006 02:59:55 PM
I think you've shown this before...still a really great shot except for the contrast artefact over the mountain
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01/18/2006 09:12:47 AM
I love the colors here, congrates!
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01/18/2006 01:38:17 AM
10 from me...good luck!

nice contrast here!
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01/17/2006 10:52:50 PM
Excellent photograph, great sky and nice warm colors. "10" from me, good luck!
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01/17/2006 08:06:53 PM
So glad you had the opportunity to enter this in a challenge. Such a breathtaking image.
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01/17/2006 08:01:29 PM
Wow, Amazing! Are those clouds? Its almost like there are 3 landscapes here. Love all the righ gold and orange hues.
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01/17/2006 02:12:22 PM
I know I have seen this one before in the forums. I love this pic...it just looks so surreal. It is just amazing to me how the layer of clouds breaks up the top of the mountain from the city below.
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01/17/2006 12:45:19 PM
it's almost surreal seeing the mountail, clouds and city under the clouds. Nice work. 8
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01/17/2006 11:01:22 AM
This looks like a double exposure. How the heck did you pull this off? 9 just for blowing my mind.
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01/17/2006 08:35:45 AM
Geesh, not another sunrise. ;-)
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01/17/2006 07:39:42 AM
probably just me, but this seems to lean a little to the right.
Suberb photo with regards to colour, detail, mood and composition.
Good luck /8
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01/17/2006 01:38:36 AM
Wow - gorgeous colors! A real wall hanger!
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01/17/2006 01:12:43 AM
Beautiful shot
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01/16/2006 10:31:12 PM
well, I was going to respond to your PM, but I got to this first, so I'll just comment here ;)

Thanks for remembering my interest in getting a print of this at a custom size. Truth is, I'd probably have bugged you about it by now if my financial situation were still comfortable enough that I could patronize the arts. Things being as they are, I'd have to wait a while anyway, so there's certainly no rush.

(and it goes without saying but - great photo)
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01/16/2006 04:47:02 PM
This looks a little bit like Pedro's. Not as good though. In fact, this one kind of sucks.
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01/16/2006 04:11:18 PM
This is a really good picture. The horizon line could be shifted to the left a few degrees and then made into a poster!
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01/16/2006 12:53:59 PM
Lovely rich colors. Beautiful scene for sure.
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01/16/2006 11:36:00 AM
What an unusual image! I really like the saturated colours. The miniscule detail of the city skyline works well against the powerful elements of nature represented by the clouds and by Mount Fuji itself. Lovely light!
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01/16/2006 11:07:56 AM
I gave this a (9). A bit blurry on bottom and top, and a little noise bottom left. But it is still a 9 to me.
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01/16/2006 10:33:38 AM
Is this shot from the plane?Nice colors,little tilted to the right 8
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01/16/2006 03:27:52 AM
Very impressive, just like Pedro's shot, taken from an airplane?
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01/16/2006 02:57:39 AM
And somehow, I feel like I've seen this before.

Lovely colors though and what a crazy, surreal scene. I would like the clouds to be made out of mohair, please.
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