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Elysium
Elysium
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Challenge: Heaven (Basic Editing)
Camera: Canon EOS-20D
Lens: Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II
Location: Nova Scotia, Canada
Date: Dec 11, 2007
Aperture: f13
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/800
Date Uploaded: Dec 11, 2007

 after a whole week of cruddy weather, today dawned with brilliant sun and -13C (8.5F). perfect timing!

Elysium is an obscure and mysterious name that evolved from a designation of a place or person struck by lightning, enelysion, enelysios.[1] Scholars have also suggested that Greek Elysion may instead derive from the Egyptian term ialu (older iaru), meaning "reeds," with specific reference to the "Reed fields" (Egyptian: sekhet iaru / ialu), a paradisaical land of plenty where the dead hoped to spend eternity. Biblical scholars have suggested that Elysion may derive from Elisha, who was, according to Genesis, a son of Yawan (Iouan, forefather of the Ionians) and one of the ancestors of the Greeks. Elisha may have been worshiped as a god by his earliest descendants.

Statistics
Place: 31 out of 93
Avg (all users): 5.7639
Avg (commenters): 6.5833
Avg (participants): 5.2353
Avg (non-participants): 5.8543
Views since voting: 857
Views during voting: 328
Votes: 233
Comments: 17
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Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 L Macro IS USM
 02/01/2008 03:52:05 PM
Transporting. Looks heavenly to me.
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Apple iPhone 6s+
Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 USM
 12/19/2007 06:48:42 PM
Oh boy, this is a team suck image. I gave it a 10. Christian, you really nailed this challenge, your image is absolutely heavenly.
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Sony Alpha a6000
Sony E 16-50mm f/3.5-5.6 PZ OSS
 12/19/2007 04:49:43 AM
I can't believe this didn't score higher in this challenge! It's a great capture. I love the angel.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
Canon EOS-300D Rebel
Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II
 12/18/2007 04:27:27 PM
Cool.
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Nikon D7200
Nikon AF-S DX Nikkor 35mm f/1.8G
 12/17/2007 03:47:31 PM
Christian, you're one of the few that I think really met the challenge well. Good job.
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Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8 L USM
 12/16/2007 04:30:00 PM
Wonderful mist, I can see where you are going by trying to exemplify what the general perceived vision of heaven is by all those religious types.. so I am making the connection there.. its a hard challenge to nail, you made a good effort. 7
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Apple iPhone 6s+
Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 USM
 12/15/2007 05:05:57 PM
This is the first shot I've seen that really looks like heaven. Excellent.
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Canon EOS-7D
Tamron AF 28-300mm F/3.5-6.3 XR Di VC LD Aspherical(IF)Macro
 12/15/2007 09:40:22 AM
beautiful & serene
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Canon EOS-5D Mark IV
Canon EF 200mm f/2.8 USM
 12/14/2007 10:02:04 PM
"They say there's a place for those who are good. . .with Pearly Gates swinging wide open. . . ." One of my favorite songs in the whole world -- painting a picture of Elysium. I love your illustration of it! Beautiful!
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Fujifilm FinePix S700 / S5700
 12/14/2007 02:44:00 PM
its nice but its sort of blurry, could have used more definition
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Sony DSC-F828
Sony DT 18-70mm f/3.5-5.6 Aspherical ED
 12/13/2007 04:37:56 PM
Very powerful, I like it. The edges of the sun's reflection seem to overpower and take away from the (animals?) off to the right though. Where was this taken?
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XIAOMI Redmi Note 8 Pro
 12/13/2007 01:06:04 PM
Very affective photo. It does look like heaven on earth :)
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Canon EOS-5D
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 12/12/2007 01:48:17 PM
Dreamy!
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Samsung S730
 12/12/2007 01:15:29 PM
cool. love the title.
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Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi
Sigma 28-300mm f/3.5-6.3 Macro
 12/12/2007 05:58:00 AM
wow..really does look like heaven. the sun is a bit too bright, maybe adjusting contrast would do a job? i like it
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Nikon D750
Nikon AF-S Nikkor 200-500mm f/5.6E ED VR
 12/12/2007 01:35:09 AM
oh wow.
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Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 12/12/2007 12:53:57 AM
Too much overexposed area IMO
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