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The Phoenix
The Phoenix
Gauti


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Challenge: Movie Titles (Basic Editing III)
Camera: Canon EOS-10D
Location: Sandskeið, SW Iceland
Date: Jan 7, 2005
Aperture: F:4.0
ISO: 800
Shutter: 4 sec
Galleries: Sky
Date Uploaded: Jan 8, 2005

 A shot of the NL which look (vaguely) like a bird. Some tweaking in PS, incl: curvers, contrast/lightness, hue/sat, gausian blur, USM and resize.
I expect a DQ req in the first minutes of voting :), but this is real.
I orginally had the title something like: The Phoenix Returns or even better The Phoenix Returns from Outer Space but couldn't find any such movie in IMDB so chose to go the safe way.

Statistics
Place: 269 out of 328
Avg (all users): 4.5166
Avg (commenters): 4.2000
Avg (participants): 4.3237
Avg (non-participants): 4.6563
Views since voting: 819
Views during voting: 421
Votes: 331
Comments: 9
Favorites: 0

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 01/19/2005 07:54:59 PM
Originally posted by Azrifel:
When you shoot the NL, can you see this kind of patterns with your own eyes or does it only materialize after a long exposure?
I have never seen the NL you see. :(

Well, just come over for a visit :)
Re: the pattern. I just noticed it in postproduction when reviewing images. This was a long exposure and the NL are everchanging, so this was just pure luck.
One of my plans for next few days is to go over my recent NL shoots and try to find a nice sequence which illustrates the "everchangingness" of the NL and how they "migrate" across the sky.
Keep an eye on my portfolio.

ps:
lots more NL at my smugmug place

Message edited by author 2005-01-25 21:04:05.
 01/19/2005 01:22:35 PM
Great Photo, shame that it did so poor in the voting.
I don't think that there are many better ways to put the concept of an actual Phoenix (as a bird) into a photograph without excessive PS. Nice capture. When you shoot the NL, can you see this kind of patterns with your own eyes or does it only materialize after a long exposure?
I have never seen the NL you see. :(
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/19/2005 09:37:20 AM
The same without Gaussian blur:
 Comments Made During the Challenge
01/15/2005 01:32:40 PM
Great shot of the Northern Lights, it really does give the illusion of a Phoenix.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/15/2005 01:14:01 PM
Can't see anything. Too dark, too blurry.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/14/2005 06:03:19 PM
i don´t like the focus but mabey it´s just me.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/14/2005 03:52:52 AM
Interesting,
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/13/2005 05:15:24 PM
What an interesting capture of the aurora borealis. A movie from the gods. :)
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/13/2005 04:28:59 PM
A bit dark and abstract. Lensflares (dots?) distracting.
  Photographer found comment helpful.


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