Aurora borealis through clouds
by drengur1

Comment by NikonJeb:
Intriguing perspective.....most different than the clear skies of Iceland...7

Clod September morning
by drengur1

Comment by scooter97:
well I don't know about it being clod but it sure is a pretty picture ;)

Clod September morning
by drengur1

Comment by Melethia:
I'll guess you meant "Cold" (and that I'm not the first to tell you that). I really like the quiet darkness of the foreground - so very peaceful!

Clod September morning
by drengur1

Comment by bmartuch:
Actually, it looks cold to me!

Terns
by drengur1

Comment by Paul:
OK, I'm going through the Free Study submissions, purposefully finding those images I think are shot with a less conventional eye - this is one of those images! Thanks for offering something that isn't just DPC friendly eye-candy (though of course there's nothing wrong with eye-candy):

Positives: One of those I have chosen to comment on in this commentary series which probably has wider mainstream appeal. I really like this image, it has a simplicity to it and this simplicity is manifested in many ways - the subject matter, the composition, the edit - all uncomplicated, unfussy and elegant. I like that there is some grain in the background and how the motion unsharpness challenges the clarity of the image. I believe it to be all the better for the imperfections.

Critical stuff: I think the grey of the background might have been manipulated in one direction or the other - I think either lighter or darker may have offered something more compelling.

Overall: This is a fine image which deserves to do well.

Volcanic landscape
by drengur1

Comment by JulietNN:
Hi from the CC Club,

the first thing that my eyes are draw to are the lovely hills all misty fading into the background. then I look more closely. the scrub land has a few problems, the rest seems to have clumped together and there are no details in them. They look over processed and too sharp.

I would crop a 1 and 1/4 inches of the bottom of your picture, so that there is still scrub land to see in this interesting round pattern. If you do that, then you will also see a lovely leading line going up to your hills.

In post processing, I would tweak with the selective colour black , shadow and highlight as well, just to pop those hills out

if you have any questions, please pm me

Volcanic landscape
by drengur1

Comment by tnun:
Fine shot. Not in-your-face dramatic. It tells me the sort of things I am interested in here: the colours and hint of textures of the scrub and the different shapes and distances of the background hills/mountains/volcanic risings.

Volcanic landscape
by drengur1

Comment by macrothing:
I gave this a 5. Liked the scene potential and the colors - perhaps some tweaking in pp would have given this a little more feel and/or drama. As for the sky being so 'bright', perhaps the use of a filter... who knows.

Cloud
by drengur1

Comment by JacksonGariety:
THat's one sexy cloud. But a bad B&W

Cloud
by drengur1

Comment by Ja-9:
that almost looks like a tornado sky...IMO just a tad dark...but a wonderful shot none the less