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Blue Wire
Blue Wire
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Challenge: Fences (Advanced Editing V*)
Camera: Olympus E-500 EVOLT
Lens: Olympus 40-150mm f/3.5-4.5 Zuiko Digital
Location: Kopavogur
Date: Jan 1, 2007
Aperture: F/4.5
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/160
Galleries: Abstract, Macro
Date Uploaded: Jan 2, 2007

 On New Years Day we had still weather with -3 degrees here on the Southwest of Iceland. Pine needles, straws, fences, including the barbed wire, had this picturesque white frost which we call “hrím”. I know this is not the most original subject, many have done this before, but from the photos of fences I shot that day I like this most.

PS: Crop, Levels, Hue/Saturation, Levels, Resize, USM, Frame And Save For The Web.

Camera Model: E-500
Equipment Maker: OLYMPUS
Date Taken: 1.1 2007 14:06
Color Representation: sRGB
Subject Distance:
Flash Used: No
Focal Length: 150mm
F-numer: F/4,5
ISO: 100
Exposure Time: 1/160sec.
Metering Mode: Pattern
Exposure Compensation: 0

Statistics
Place: 7 out of 315
Avg (all users): 6.9095
Avg (commenters): 8.4000
Avg (participants): 6.6837
Avg (non-participants): 7.0621
Views since voting: 2750
Views during voting: 364
Votes: 243
Comments: 41
Favorites: 4 (view)

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 05/02/2011 01:33:05 AM
Awesome shot.
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 01/15/2007 08:22:15 PM
Great finish Gunnar... Congrats on a good picture and top 10...A good way to start 2007 :o)
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 01/13/2007 08:12:40 PM
I really do like this photo, congrats on your top 10 finish!
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 01/10/2007 09:00:15 AM
I love these close up frosty shots and this one is really beautiful with the interesting blue background.
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 01/10/2007 08:34:36 AM
ABSOLUTELY Gorgeous!! Congrats on your top ten, thought this would place higher!
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 01/10/2007 05:39:14 AM
Congratulations on top ten! Beautiful image.
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 01/10/2007 12:24:23 AM
A well deserved finish. (Should've even been higher) AWESOME
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
01/09/2007 09:59:11 PM
Very nice definition of the ice crystals. Quite literally a moment frozen in time.
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 01/09/2007 09:39:59 PM
nice shot...but i would prefer a horizontal crop
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 01/09/2007 05:28:59 PM
Simple and highly effective. Razor sharp foreground but it's the handling of the background that makes this image for me.
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 01/09/2007 05:22:44 PM
Beautiful, great background and colors
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 01/09/2007 04:35:53 PM
Awesome! I like the icicles on the wire. The detail is sharp.
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 01/09/2007 02:30:10 PM
Nice simple shot. I think it is the best shot in this challenge. "10"
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 01/09/2007 12:07:42 PM
Nice
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 01/09/2007 09:47:37 AM
Very cool photograph! The icy blue tones are great. Well done!
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 01/09/2007 01:11:07 AM
awesome...hope you ribbon, congrats in advance...fautless image 10
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 01/08/2007 02:18:51 PM
Simple and straight to the point.
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 01/08/2007 11:55:48 AM
very nice DOF. I like the cold colors. :) 7
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 01/08/2007 10:24:35 AM
Amazing stuff here. The details and DOF are simply amazing. Ribbon contender??
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 01/07/2007 08:21:55 PM
love the ice crystals set off against the bokeh background
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 01/06/2007 03:10:10 PM
So pretty. Beautiful bokeh and the frosty wire is so cool. Back to bump you up but only to 8 because my eyes would like to see the frost/fence a bit sharper. A touch of halo on the inside of the border from either sharpening or noise reduction after bordering the image possibly. Still one of the nicer images in this challenge IMO.
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 01/06/2007 06:01:00 AM
Gosh...how simple but utterly beautiful...! 10
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 01/06/2007 04:14:42 AM
Great image. Good detail, DOF and colour.
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 01/06/2007 12:53:02 AM
fabulous image - I wanted to do the same thing but our weather wouldn't cooperate - a little fuzzy in the details & a little noisy in the background | a hair more contrast would have been stellar

all & all excellent work, this is one of my favorites in this challenge - hope you ribbon! :~) << 9 >>
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 01/05/2007 04:42:36 AM
Really nice! Excellent detail in the ice chrystals. I even like the grain in the background. Simple and clean.
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 01/05/2007 04:42:27 AM
Good eye!
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 01/05/2007 12:20:40 AM
Lovely detail in the hoar frost. And good background colouring.
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 01/04/2007 08:30:26 PM
one of the, if not the, sharpest image(s) of the challenge. i wonder having smooth bokeh by sharpening forground and background differently would help the shot. nonetheless my favourite with a 9.
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 01/04/2007 04:31:49 PM
Very nice as well
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 01/04/2007 11:10:17 AM
Well done, beautiful blue tones.
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 01/04/2007 02:28:44 AM
a little noisy, but otherwise brilliant.
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 01/03/2007 07:09:04 PM
Oh amazing. Love the sharp detail.
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 01/03/2007 03:44:33 PM
fantastic! the ice crystals "make" the shot....(spikes on top of spikes)....not sure about the background - glad it is so defocused, but still a bit busy....
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 01/03/2007 02:54:21 PM
Great shot. I might have tried a tighter crop to even the picture out.
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 01/03/2007 02:20:05 PM
I can FEEL the cold AWESOME JOB!!!!
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 01/03/2007 02:16:55 PM
Fabulous eye for composition on this one. One of my fav's this challenge.
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 01/03/2007 12:23:48 PM
Beautiful. I love the bokeh and the fact that I can see the spikey ice crystals on the fence. This looks like an ursula image. Beautiful choice of blue. 9
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 01/03/2007 07:24:46 AM
Simply and beautifully
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 01/03/2007 02:43:54 AM
simple, beautiful
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 01/03/2007 01:49:39 AM
This is great! I like the color, clarity, and bokeh!
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 01/03/2007 01:44:36 AM
That's a great shot, I would like you get the same ribbon as the wire is.
I had very similar idea but then I decided to sumit a central composition. 10
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