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Challenge: Fireworks II (Advanced Editing V*)
Camera: Canon EOS-10D
Lens: Canon EF 17-40mm f/4.0L USM
Location: Reykjavik
Date: Dec 31, 2006
Aperture: 18
ISO: 100
Shutter: 8sec
Date Uploaded: Jan 1, 2007

Taken by the large church in downtown Reykjavik, where I usually go around midnight on New Years. Most people from the neighbourhood come there to light their fireworks.

Statistics
Place: 12 out of 74
Avg (all users): 6.6201
Avg (commenters): 7.9444
Avg (participants): 5.9744
Avg (non-participants): 6.7526
Views since voting: 1110
Views during voting: 379
Votes: 229
Comments: 20
Favorites: 0


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01/09/2007 07:43:06 AM
Thanks for the comments. Yeah Larus, I knew it was very much like that photo you linked to, which then again is also very much like my own photo from last year which was second in that same competition (the two of us were standing next to each other while shooting). I was just there again this year at the same location with a group of friends and didn't feel like leaving the group to get a different angle. But I understand completely why you would give a lower score for a photo you feel you have seen before, and I wondered if that would happen but decided to submit it anyway. Thanks for the comment though.
 Comments Made During the Challenge
01/08/2007 01:53:53 AM
booming 7
01/07/2007 09:26:50 PM
Nice!
01/07/2007 06:04:30 PM
Lovely wide angle effect. I wish the top of that firework wasn't cut off, but then again you would probably need a REALLY wide angle to catch that ;]
01/07/2007 01:16:43 PM
a bit too much ground and people, not enough of the pretty fireworks.
01/05/2007 08:53:02 PM
Well I do not want to go so far as to say this image is "stolen" but when looking at this photo that won a fireworks competition there last year and the fact that this exact shot is in the voting stages in a challenge at ljosmyndakeppni.is right now makes it considerably less appealing to me, at least you could have tried taking it form a different angle or something, this is exactly the same except your shot is just a tad wider.

I frankly voted a 5 on this as I feel you could have done a lot better and interesting things at this location.
01/05/2007 04:11:39 PM
What a lovely setting - very nice handling of the light!
01/04/2007 10:30:14 AM
This looks handheld by a REALLY steady hand! Nice shot!
01/04/2007 03:28:39 AM
Nice image, the building & crowd help give a point of reference which makes this a good image.
01/03/2007 08:23:01 PM
Gorgeous. Love the crowd silhouette & the dramatic building. Back to bump you up to 8.
01/03/2007 02:47:40 PM
Very good, I like the fact that we are seeing peoples in the picture. One of the top pic in this challenge.
01/02/2007 07:11:40 PM
Very nice composition, detail and lighting.
01/02/2007 02:01:35 PM
Great focus in this photo
01/02/2007 11:46:25 AM
Wonderful perspective. I like that you included the people.
01/02/2007 10:31:55 AM
Breathtaking, perfect shot. Blue ribbon!!!! -10-
01/02/2007 10:13:41 AM
A good choice of motive. The framing could be better, aiming it more upwards closer to the peoples feet and just a little bit more to the right would have made this photo great. 6 from me, happy new year and good luck!
01/02/2007 08:02:42 AM
Great photograph. There isn't anything I don't like about this photo. 10
01/02/2007 07:36:24 AM
I really like the effect of the people in this. It tells more of a story and gives it composition. Beautiful capture of the light too!
01/02/2007 05:20:54 AM
Really nice. You're getting a 10 from me.
01/02/2007 01:53:54 AM
This is a beautiful setting with the church and shadows of people included in the shot. Very nice work! 9


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