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Fantasy Falls
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Challenge: Water II (Advanced Editing IV)
Camera: Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Lens: Canon EF 17-40mm f/4.0L USM
Location: Elliðiáradalur, Reykjavík, Icela
Date: Mar 22, 2006
Aperture: f/4
ISO: 100
Shutter: 80 seconds
Galleries: Landscape
Date Uploaded: Mar 22, 2006

 This is a place near where I live called Elliðiáradalur. I've been to that waterfall a few times and I always get a nice picture, yes I sometimes shoot the same stuff but every time I find something new.

This is an 80 second exposure, I used a powerful flashlight to illuminate the waterfall. I did point the flashlight at the rocks but not nearly as much because I wanted the water to really stick out. I wanted the same blue color cast as in my landscape II entry (there I had to abide to those dreadful basic editing rules though). I pretty much did the same here expect I could use separate layers for the sky, the waterfall and the rocks, which I think gave the picture a "fantasy-ish" look, hence the name.

The post proccessing is too complicated to go into detail but I did count the adjustment layers and there were 7 of them (including one fill layer.

I dodged the stars, they were barely visible because of the bright sky. This place is pretty much in the middle of the city so the light pollution prevented the stars from being bright and shiny.


Statistics
Place: 48 out of 287
Avg (all users): 6.1429
Avg (commenters): 8.1818
Avg (participants): 5.9500
Avg (non-participants): 6.4000
Views since voting: 963
Views during voting: 325
Votes: 210
Comments: 11
Favorites: 1 (view)

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04/02/2006 11:50:55 PM
Outstanding,almost magical! Great shot! 10
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 04/02/2006 02:58:02 PM
how wonderful, very moody ! 10
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 03/31/2006 10:42:40 PM
quite fantastic...aka icelandic? i wish the sky was darker to match the bottom of the frame
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 03/31/2006 10:07:24 PM
Oh my, one of the most beautiful and unique waterfall shots I've seen. Very nicely done!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 03/30/2006 09:52:29 PM
Nice shot. Very surreal.
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 03/30/2006 06:09:02 PM
6 - Ah, whilst I realize this size likely doesn't do this justice, especially the long exposure, just wish it had more detail. Looks like a unique shot, what I can discern. Possibly also a nudge rotation up on the right - but not sure (apologies in advance if wrong).
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 03/30/2006 06:24:15 AM
Wonderful shot.
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 03/29/2006 04:40:03 PM
Beautiful! If only it were real...
I would have given a 10 except the stars seem too uniform and fake.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 03/29/2006 06:10:19 AM
wow...looks like a dreamscape 9
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 03/27/2006 11:57:14 AM
Very much a fantasy feel here. And very impressive.
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 03/27/2006 08:27:32 AM
Ok. You captured my heart. Love fantasy looks. Love waterfalls. Love star shots. You got it all. I'm gonna give you a ten, even though I think the water is just a bit tooooo dreamy looking for my taste. :)
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