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Challenge: Free Study 2009-06 (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Canon EOS-30D
Lens: Canon EF-S 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 USM
Location: Jökulsárlón, Iceland
Date: Jun 28, 2009
Aperture: f25
ISO: 100
Shutter: 20 sec
Galleries: Landscape
Date Uploaded: Jun 30, 2009

 Shot on a trip around the south and south-east Iceland with master Travel and landscape photographer Lucie Debelkova

The conditions at the Jökulsárlón glacier lagoon are different each time I am there and this one is probably my favorite shots I have ever taken there.

Post Challenge: Yeah!. My first Free Study blue ribbon. Thats a hard one but finally its here after years of entering Free Study every month.

Thanks everybody for the great comments and the good votes!

The photo has minimal editing. The sky was really dramatic that day and using multible Lee GND filters cast a warm color onto the sky. I did a little dodge and burn on the icebergs to bring out its beautiful cold color.

Statistics
Place: 1 out of 407
Avg (all users): 7.1371
Avg (commenters): 8.4286
Avg (participants): 7.1591
Avg (non-participants): 7.0833
Views since voting: 9280
Views during voting: 218
Votes: 124
Comments: 43
Favorites: 25 (view)

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 07/14/2009 03:48:33 AM
Greetings from the Critique Club

First of all, many congratulations on the blue ribbon!

Now you have made my job very difficult, for how am I supposed to critique the top scoring image in this Free Study.

Composition, colours editing all are excellent. I don't know what you could possibly do to improve it.
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 07/13/2009 10:10:14 AM
Breathtaking. Colours, the drama and the clarity. Quite beautiful
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/11/2009 11:44:09 AM
Absolutly Stunning!! Think this years free study marathon is in the bag :-]
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 07/10/2009 06:13:05 PM
Ógeðslega falleg mynd hjá þér Örvar :)) !!!!!!!!!Til hamingju
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/09/2009 08:24:38 PM
Geeeeggggjuð mynd hjá þér !!! Til hamingju með verðskuldaðann sigur!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/09/2009 03:59:55 PM
wow, what a place to live in..great capture.!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/09/2009 03:57:32 PM
Dang man... I should move to Iceland.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/08/2009 10:12:15 PM
Dude...where do you live?...on another planet ! Nice Job.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/08/2009 09:27:10 PM
Wow! Amazing picture :)
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/08/2009 08:01:45 PM
Þetta er einhver fallegasta mynd sem ég hef séð frá Lóninu.
Til hamingju með verðskuldaðan sigur.
Bkv. Nilli
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/08/2009 07:47:54 PM
Glæsilegur!
Til hamignju
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/08/2009 06:48:18 PM
Beautiful! Congrats on the blue!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/08/2009 06:14:45 PM
Holy stunning. Congrats on the blue. I just love the colors and comp!!!!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/08/2009 02:24:48 PM
Wow
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 07/08/2009 01:18:47 PM
Just beautiful! Congrats!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/08/2009 09:13:44 AM
Congrats on your well deserved blue ribbon Örvar! Frábær mynd!
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 07/08/2009 09:00:56 AM
stunningly beautiful, even more impressive with your Minimal editing!
Congrats on the BR!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/08/2009 08:35:41 AM
A wonderful capture. Congratulations on your blue ribbon! The colors and exposure make this such an excellent landscape capture.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/08/2009 08:32:07 AM
Stunning, wel done.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/08/2009 08:18:02 AM
Congrats on the blue!
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 07/08/2009 07:46:38 AM
Hamingjuóskir , það er fallegur!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/08/2009 07:42:36 AM
Frábær mynd til hamingju
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/08/2009 07:41:54 AM
Wow what a great landscape! Congrats on the Blue =)
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/08/2009 07:31:39 AM
Stunning image!! Congrats on your Blue!!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/08/2009 07:19:49 AM
Virkilega flott hjá þér Örvar. Til hamingju með borðann
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/08/2009 07:13:36 AM
Congratulations !
You absolutely deserve it !! Simply wonderful shot.. We were very lucky with the sky !

All the best, Lucie
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/08/2009 04:53:12 AM
Amazing colours and exposure, congrats of your blue ribbon in a FS.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/08/2009 04:52:21 AM
Til hamingju með fyrsta sætið. Frábær mynd hjá þér eins og alltaf.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/08/2009 04:16:11 AM
Glæsilegt hjá þér félagi, þetta hefur verið góð ferð hjá ykkur. Til hamingju með þetta.

Message edited by author 2009-07-08 04:16:29.
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 07/08/2009 04:05:53 AM
Glæsileg mynd og til hamingju
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 07/08/2009 02:51:47 AM
Til lukku með borðann. Glæsileg mynd að vanda hjá þér.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/08/2009 01:49:34 AM
Frábær mynd Örvar, congrats
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/08/2009 12:07:23 AM
Gorgeous................nice work
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/08/2009 12:06:14 AM
Hamingjuóskir - congrats, dude!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/08/2009 12:05:55 AM
So vivid! What a locale, congratulations!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/08/2009 12:04:21 AM
Huge congrats !! Like I commented earlier very special!!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 Comments Made During the Challenge
07/07/2009 11:47:18 AM
Love the colors and the motion in the clouds.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/04/2009 01:03:04 PM
Has to be iceland. Beautiful.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/04/2009 03:51:42 AM
wow, this has to win, it's amazing, the sky is just great, the ice is amazing, sorry for say amazing so many times, well you carn't blame me, lol, 10 and it's made my favorites
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/03/2009 12:59:20 PM
A wonderful sky and scene.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/03/2009 11:35:05 AM
Lovely!! 9, very special.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/02/2009 11:22:21 PM
Drama indeed!! fantastic. This never gets old.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/01/2009 10:28:55 AM
I really like the blue in this with the bruised clouds, but the water in the foreground has many funny specks in it...not sure why...might be ice floating
  Photographer found comment helpful.


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