Big thanks everyone for the comments and the votes.
This was photographed on a Sunday drive in the country on the same day as my passing time submission which by the way didn't include enough light. I guess I made up for that in this one ;-) I was not thinking of the challenge when photographing the swans. I was fascinated by the silver surface of the sea and I didn't realize that this shot was a potential entry until later.
About the location and exposure
Eyrabakki is a small village on the south coast of Iceland, it. There is a steep hill from the beach where the swans were swimming. I made the photograph on top of that hill, that explains the lack of horizon and the reflection of the sea. I used a Canon 75-300mm lens @250mm.
Post processing
A lot of you wanted information on how this was processed. In fact the post processing was one of the simplest I have made for a basic challenge. The shot was overexposed by 1,67 stops so the original is rather bright.
. Crop This is less than 1/4 of the original image.
. Brightness/Contrast +38 +17
. USM 100 1,1 5
. Resize
. Add border
. Save for web
Exif info
...Model Canon EOS 300D DIGITAL
...Date/time original 27.02.2005 15:22:30
...Shutter speed value 1/250 s
...Aperture value f/10
...ISO speed ratings 200
...Exposure bias value 1.67 EV
...Metering mode Pattern
...Flash Flash did not fire.
...Focal length 250 mm
...White balance Auto white balance
Statistics
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Þetta er æðisleg mynd.
Var að velta því fyrir mér af hverju það væri ekki "Print available" en las þá að þú hafðir skorið hana mikið niður. Þá er væntanlega ekki nægileg upplausn til að geta selt hana á DPPrint.
Congratulations on a worthy winner. It never fails to surprise me (and you would think I should have learnt by now) that quite often the simplest of ideas wins. This is not an attempt to take the glory from this image by the way.
On occasions one sees fantastic images, with a vast amount of preparation before the shot is taken, then a fair amount of post editing, which is all the result of vivid imagination and thought. I admire the work produced by these people.
Then one of these hits you, so simple, so beautiful, and you think to yourself "WHY THE HELL DIDN'T I THINK OF THAT" Well done arngrimur.
Congratulations on the blue for this marvelous image. Your detailed description of how you achieved your result and a link to the original is appeciated by all.
I am going back and re-evaluating all my scores that were high on B & W shots; I almost thought yours was until I noticed the delicate yellow of the bills. Quite possibly one of the ribboners!!!!!
This is a very appealing photo for me. If it were mine, I would probably crop it down a little bit to make the birds a bit larger but I do like the large white background and wouldn’t want to make them too large. It might just be my monitor but the contrast seems a tad high for my taste but it is still an excellent picture.
This is visual poetry. Absolutely gorgeous. Deserves a ribbon IMO. Try it in grey scale - it takes out the slight yellowishness and ads elegance. But even in this version it is still so very beautiful. 10
This is a very nice shot. You caught the swans looking so elegant and beautiful which also reminds you of light colors. I love how you caught the detail in the water near the swans as well. You caught so much white in your background too which really adds to your image. This is my favorite picture I 've seen in this challenge so far. Nice work.
I love this shot, it is so pretty and peacful. I love the way you intertwined the idea of light on white with the swans in the water. What a great idea..i also like the ripples of the water coming off of the swans.
An extrodinarly beautiful photograph!! I like the way my eye leads me right to your subject and with the reflection off the water is an added bonus. Simply stunning work!! Good luck in this weeks challenge! 10:)
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