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Halo
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Challenge: Free Study 2007-11 (Advanced Editing V)
Camera: Canon EOS-5D
Lens: Canon EF 24mm f/1.4L USM
Date: Nov 24, 2007
Aperture: 2.8
ISO: 100
Shutter: 30 sec
Date Uploaded: Nov 30, 2007

 Well this is actually a placeholder shot I entered in this challenge in case I forgot about it and turns out I did! Very happy with the shot and not sure I would have changed it but it was extremely hectic at work that week and I went early to bed that friday night.

Shot was taken when me, Indriði and Sissi went out for borealis photos but guess what, just like last week the weather looked nice from the city but when we got out in the countryside it got cloudy real fast. Only interesting thing that came from it was this halo around the Moon so that is what I decided to photograph. It´s not lensflare, it´s something that is very visible with the naked eye but I am not sure what it´s called in english but in Icelandic it´s called "Rosabaugur".

I know the light looks a bit wierd on that hill beneath the moon but I swear that was the way it looked, there was some strange light just hitting the middle of it like you see there and I still don´t get where that light is coming from and why it wasn´t hitting the whole hillside evenly.

Maybe some forgotten titan from the ancient tales was holding a giant tinfoil reflector just for us? Think I owe him a beer then cause I like that effect.

Statistics
Place: 43 out of 393
Avg (all users): 6.4654
Avg (commenters): 7.9286
Avg (participants): 6.4825
Avg (non-participants): 6.4222
Views since voting: 2519
Views during voting: 262
Votes: 159
Comments: 17
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 12/09/2007 11:05:35 AM
Tjah nei andsk ! Þessi er helv góð. Öðruvísi og vel gerð kallinn.
Töff stöff... and Rock and Roll. !
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
12/07/2007 12:31:38 PM
I love moon halo's. Not sure the scientific name for them. Always eye inspiring to see them. Excellent find.
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 12/07/2007 07:29:51 AM
that's some badass lens flare. Shame , it looks like a very cool road.
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 12/06/2007 03:17:17 PM
great camera effects and lighting.
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 12/05/2007 12:22:36 PM
I like the pearly silver of this shot. Very dramatic. It has the scifi feel of another planet.
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 12/04/2007 02:55:36 PM
Wow, not sure what you did here, but it is really phenomenal, great composition and exposure, really neat feel to it, 10 from me
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 12/03/2007 02:50:46 AM
This is really cool, thats all I have to say. good luck 10
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 12/02/2007 12:33:02 PM
awesome
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 12/02/2007 05:24:08 AM
Wow this is lovely, I like the darkness of the road and surroundings...sky is amazing
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 12/02/2007 03:25:13 AM
Wow, this looks like a road I do not want to take fearing the aliens might abduct me. I'm loving this photo. A favorite of mine in this challenge. Great catch!
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 12/02/2007 01:24:07 AM
wow...looks like an alien invasion...excellent
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 12/01/2007 03:47:55 PM
I love this image!!
beautiful.
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 12/01/2007 12:57:41 PM
That is truly inspiring.
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 12/01/2007 11:34:06 AM
Quite nice. Almost looks like !-80 in Wyoming
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 12/01/2007 05:46:56 AM
I like it, but I wish the (moon?) was clearer. I know that was probably impossible given that the halo comes from suspended ice crystals that refract the light (and also blur the moon), but I can dream...always easier to be a critic! However, you've captured a unique effect well, and your composition is spot on--7
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 12/01/2007 02:17:45 AM
The halo is pretty amazing... I have not seen anything quite like that before
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 12/01/2007 12:51:01 AM
I'm thinkin' this is Larus......but I'm not positive, so I can't give it a 1 out pof spite! LOL!!! Seriously, truly unique and well executed image. What a bizarre formation. 9
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