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Midnight sun
Midnight sun
Mephisto


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Challenge: Free Study 2007-01 (Advanced Editing V)
Camera: Nikon D50
Lens: Tokina AF 12-24mm f/4.0 AT-X Pro DX
Location: near reykjavik, Iceland
Date: Jan 1, 2007
Aperture: 4
ISO: 200
Shutter: 30
Galleries: Sky, Landscape
Date Uploaded: Jan 31, 2007

taken 30 minutes after midnight in the new years night.
the steam in the background is a factory, that produces electricity out of hot steam, called nesjavellir.
we (my niece, asij and i) were watching the firewerks in reykjavik from that hill, i'll post a photo i took in the opposite direction after the challenge.

pp: converted from raw in camera raw (cs2), saved as tiff, starightend, cropped, shadows/highlights, gradient map in soft light mode, selective colors, saturation, neat image on the sky, dodging/burning, smart sharpen, resizeing, smart sharpen again, save for web

my first member challenge, so i hope it does well...;)
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well, guess i should be happy with that score, for my first free study...

this is the one, i took in the opposite direction, you can see the lights of reykjavik with some last fireworks...

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02/08/2007 07:00:55 AM
Originally posted by magnus:

Midnight sun in January? Then this must be in Antarctica! Impressive shot in any case.


the sun? nope, it's actually the moon
antarctica? well, almost...;)
 Comments Made During the Challenge
02/07/2007 05:35:34 AM
Looks icelandic, which is certainly not a bad this.
Love the little blur in the wind flag.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
02/06/2007 08:37:46 PM
I like the feeling of motion.
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02/03/2007 02:08:21 PM
Midnight sun in January? Then this must be in Antarctica! Impressive shot in any case.
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02/02/2007 02:00:22 PM
very nice!!!
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02/01/2007 06:46:33 PM
nice sky.
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