Iceland
Patrick Hulley

Iceland

October 2019

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Entry 4902255
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Great shot!

Entry 4902530
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Excellent composition and capture of the reflection of sky and mountain...the detail from fore to background is tack sharp as well. Perhaps too cool in tempature either way very well done!

I very muched like the way you composed this shot, the smaller and larger icebergs set together.

Entry 4902923
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Entry 4903431
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Entry 4903434
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A magnificent panoramic that captures the scale and majesty of Iceland. The shadows of darkness and light along the rolling landscape below the dark and almost foreboding clouds above. The road to the right adds a level of perspective for scale. Great shot!

Entry 4903436
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Entry 4903437
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This captures the scale of the moss covered rocks and was well worth the set-up undertaken to get this shot, especially given the weather conditions at the time. Love how the rain is streaking across the sky and how the light plays across the moss fields! Some tough light to edit between the dark sky, rain and light to control a few over exposure points (cloud top left and puddling along road) could potentially edit that further (clone stamp done right in lightroom can assist here) but either way it doesn't at all distratct from the photo. Nice job!

Entry 4904032
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Majestic composition!

Great shot and capture of the light...magical feel to it.

Beautiful landscape that draws you into the scene. Love the light and detail of this photo...you can feel the wind and hear the water. This is a tough shot to get right as your direct into the sun with natural shading around the rocks edge that you have managed to pull out a great deal of detail in. There is a unique piece of what appears to be light refraction within the small bay lower left that may benefit from further editing. Great photo and capture of the Icelandic coast and the magic of sunset lighting!

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Awesome photo!

One of the toughest things in photography is capturing the scale of the landscapes before you. This picture captures the vastness and exudes the colours and tones that are distinct to Iceland. The Hydro lines, lower left and farm house w/car lower right assist in understanding the scale of the photograph before you while the light and shadows play across the landscape. Perhaps potential to reduce noise with a bit of luminance pull in lightroom and/or detail reduction however either way it's an amazing photo!

Entry 4907912
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Great photo capture!

Entry 4908101
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Entry 4909613
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Entry 4909614
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Entry 4909835
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There is a mystical feel to this shot and the clouds rising over Vestrahorn add to that feel. The detail capture from fore to background is exceptional. Appreciate the shadows across the mountain, there can be a tendency in photos to over edit shadows and they truly add to the feel of depth to a photo. This is an amazing place to visit and you have captured that amazement within this photo...well done!

Entry 4910705
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Well composed and great black and white photo capture of Iceland.

Entry 4911091
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Entry 4911092
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No question where you are with this photo. Love the capture of light shining on the green fields in the background and the variance of the greens within from light to darker hues...the movement of the flag rising to the clouds above and detail capture is exceptional...would make a great photo within an Icelandic toursim marketing piece..well done!

Gorgeous photo!

Ethereal...a photo that captures more than an image but invokes emotion. Great contrast between the black sand and the filter leveled smoothness of the waves. Well done in choosing this chunk of ice as your focal point, it has such a distinctive triangular shape. Love it!

Awesome minimilastic image...I see this framed large and dominating a wall on which it hangs...it draws you in to the endless sky....love it!

Amazing composition and capture of sharpness from foreground through to background. This image draws you into the photo and captures the ranging topography of this location. There appears to be some refraction around the upper edges that could potentially be edited further, perhaps from the polarizer on a landscape lens but it by no means takes away from the shot...Love it!

Shades of Ansel Adams within this photo. Love the capture of the wandering shoreline leading in to the rising background hill. Great work not to over compensate for the the shadows, leaving a true albeit black and white representation of the view befor you...very well composed!

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Entry 4916342
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Entry 4916345
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I could write something to make myself sound smarter than I likely am with respect to photograpy and my comments about this phot o but simply put...I love it! Great capture of the movement of the waves of the North Atlantic cresting into the black sand beach of Iceland.

Entry 4935335
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This contest is for your photos taken in the country of Iceland. The photos can show any part of this magnificent country, but images must have been captured in Iceland. Entries can be in colour or black and white.

Great composition that pulls you into the waterfall and off into the vastness of the landscape before you. The capture of the detail along the rocks edge and compositional framing of this shot...you can feel the mist and hear the falls in this photo.

Entry 4924844
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Love the contrasts within this photo between the dark and the white!

Entry 4924846
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Texture, patterns and geometeric shapes combine within this photo...a simple yet intricate coposition that does well in blac and white. Would be curious about this cropped to less detail to give the image a sense of place to wehre it was shot...either way love it!

Entry 4935100
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Entry 4939481
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Truly great capture that invokes emotion that is likely individual to each viewer...I found it calming and peaceful. The lines around the base of the ice and streak of water give a sense of melting away to the vastness of the ocean before it, which is the actual process at hand. Great photo!

Love this photo! True black and white and nice job on not over exposing the shadows it keeps the focus on the rising steam from the geothermal plant which make great contrast against the clouds directly above the rising steam.

Entry 4941376
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The colours in this shot are such a great contrast and imagery that is so true to Iceland...not to mention sheep to add an element of scale to the shot. Love the colours and the way the image draws you into the mountain before you. Simple and distinctive capture of the beauty that is Iceland!

Entry 4941378
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Love the contrast within this photo creating a distinct offset of the colours, the snow is falling into the crevices and the greens are so distinctively Iceland. Would have liked to see this with more base flat lands (if cropping would have permited) but either way it is a unique and distinctive capture of Iceland.