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Challenge: Your Occupation II (Advanced Editing V)
Camera: Canon EOS-5D
Lens: Canon EF 16-35mm f/2.8L USM
Location: Thingvellir, Iceland
Date: Dec 22, 2006
Aperture: 16
ISO: 100
Shutter: 4 sec
Galleries: Landscape, Self Portrait
Date Uploaded: Dec 23, 2006

 Hah! I wish! :) I actually am not working at all these days and this is more my dream job, to just work taking landscape photos, being all alone out in the country taking my time.

Not really all that happy with this shot but not unhappy either, just the weather REALLY sucked this week and the only opportunity for shooting it was a couple of hours on the 22nd, before that it either rained, snowed or was windy or or all of the above and the 23rd and 24th went into christmas preparation so no way I was going to spend those days taking photos for challenges. Was more kindof trying to, well not copy but more like, get inspired by this type of photograpy by Terje.



Was literally all alone at Thingvellir that time, took this around noon and didn´t see a single car on the 45km drive there. Since I didn´t have a timed remote I had to improvise, put the camera on continous shooting and 4 second shutterspeed, then set it off and ran off to sit down and tried staying still for as long as I could. Hence, taking this shot took about 50 frames or so, was a whole series of me running over there and then again back to the camera :)

Irony is that I didn´t get the chance to take any real photos of the waterfall while I was out there, the camera in my hands is a loaner courtesy of indridistefans and I never even took the lens cap off it and shorty after taking this photo I was hit by real bad weather, started pouring down rain/snow and I had to get the hell out of there.

Used a tripod and a 103 ND filter to get the longer exposure time, was very overcast that day.

Post processing was cropping, shadow/higlights, curves, a little dodge burn, healing brush to take out sensor dust specs and sharpened after resizing. Felt I really had to add the frame to keep the eye from wandering out the top of the frame since the sky is almost blown out.

Statistics
Place: 15 out of 105
Avg (all users): 6.6414
Avg (commenters): 7.4167
Avg (participants): 6.3273
Avg (non-participants): 6.7363
Views since voting: 1893
Views during voting: 436
Votes: 237
Comments: 31
Favorites: 2 (view)

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 01/04/2007 09:29:41 AM
Great shot - been there in the summer many years ago, but it looks even better in winter !
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 01/01/2007 08:19:02 AM
I love this image. So cold and contrasty - I even like the white sky. A nice different looking waterfall shot. Congratulations on top 20. Adding to favorites.
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 01/01/2007 02:45:34 AM
Hey, I beat you for a change. Nice one. I love it.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
12/31/2006 11:55:43 PM
hardcore!
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 12/31/2006 07:45:35 PM
I'm always a sucker for these slow-shutter water pics. This is a good example of the genre, although the sky has been treated a little harshly.

Borderline dnmc, though - sticking a photographer in the frame doesn't make it a photo about the photographer. And this one strikes me as being very much about the water...
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 12/31/2006 11:31:05 AM
Beautiful shot, well done. Love the falls.
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 12/30/2006 09:08:07 PM
original, love the no sky in this - normally I would not have expected this to work, but here it really creates simplicity to the shot!
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 12/29/2006 05:13:26 PM
Beautiful landscape and illustration of your occupation. Way to hold still for the long exposure. Very nice.
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 12/29/2006 03:04:28 PM
I'm not really sold on the bright white upper quadrant. The rest I like.
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 12/28/2006 07:56:07 PM
The milky quality of the water is fantastic. Great long exposure shot. Sky looks a little too blown to match the softness of the falls, though. 7.
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 12/28/2006 03:01:17 PM
Very beautiful. Wish you could see the camera a little more... if that's what that is. I think I see a tripod?
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 12/28/2006 11:04:58 AM
Great shot. Pity you couldn't salvage some sky.
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 12/28/2006 02:47:40 AM
wow what a shot...where is this beautiful place? good luck gave it a 10
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 12/28/2006 12:23:01 AM
at first i didn't see the guy in blue jacket. nice water fall!
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 12/27/2006 11:37:59 AM
Amazing
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 12/27/2006 01:38:04 AM
I normaly don't care for the long exposturs with the water, but this one seems to work rather nicely. Really like the snow covered scene.
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 12/26/2006 11:24:27 PM
i like this very much.would have been nicer with a little more face showing to add some warm color
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 12/26/2006 05:57:20 PM
Some of the detail is blown, but the scene is truly awesome.
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 12/26/2006 12:37:43 PM
This is really pretty
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 12/26/2006 11:47:11 AM
Nice photo ! I think we got a winner here !
My favorite in this contest !
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 12/26/2006 11:28:12 AM
this is an amazing composition..I would like to know if the photographer is really there or it has been placed there in PS. well done
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 12/25/2006 06:07:30 PM
I cant tell if the contrast is too high or if it just the white snow. Either way I dont care, because i like it!
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 12/25/2006 03:07:18 PM
I wish that sky wasn't like that but other than that this is perfect. I love how it takes you a second to see the photographer. Even in color you blend into your surroundings.
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 12/25/2006 02:09:00 PM
Just a guess, but I won't be surprised if this turns out to be a "love it or hate it" photograph. Me, I love it... 9
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 12/25/2006 01:05:45 PM
Happy Holidays! 7
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 12/25/2006 10:59:45 AM
I know this guy, the woolen hat! He´s the elf of the waterfalls! Jæja á að sópa fleiri borðum í körfuna ha! Flott eins og vanalega..
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 12/25/2006 09:05:35 AM
I love this ethereal composition and the scale. So wonderfully contrasty. Very nice. Back to bump you up to 8.
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 12/25/2006 02:35:53 AM
Astonishing setting. Wow. I like the fact that you've put yourself in the picture, but made the context the dominant character.
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 12/25/2006 01:45:49 AM
I like how you are almost lost in the shot. Really cool.
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 12/25/2006 01:00:15 AM
The selective desaturation is nice. Also the contrast between the soft water and the harshness of the contrast in the rest of the scene works really well. 8
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 12/25/2006 12:34:49 AM
wow, that looks surreal. I am guessing Iceland...wonderful shot 9
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