Kryptonice

Gallery: LandscapePosted December 26, 2012534 views23 comments

hi all,

since this year is slowly coming to an end i thought it's about time to say thanks.. thank you all for posting so many great images and comments! there's so much inspiration to be found here, and i very much appreciate every kind of feedback!

it has been a great year for me and i've seen so many beautiful places. it was still quite easy for me to choose MY photo moment of 2012..

this image was taken in september on the famous beach at jökulsárlón in iceland. ...what an unforgettable night!

the image is a blend of 2 exposures to achieve acceptable focus at f2.8. due to popular demand i'm including a larger version.
you can read more about the image and the technique on my blog.

Beach near Jökulsárlón, Iceland

Canon 5DMKII, Nikon 14-24 @ 14mm
ISO 1600, f/2.8, 30 seconds
two exposures blended for DOF and DR, processed in LR and PS

best,
joerg

Comments

23 comments

Comment posted by Raied Alani on December 26, 2012 at 5:15 PM

Great Photo!
I wish you and all other members of this nice forum a HAPPY NEW 2013 YEAR!

Registered on December 3, 2012, 27 Posts, 90 Comments

Comment posted by Carey Closs on December 26, 2012 at 5:26 PM

Simply amazing!!!!

Registered on April 15, 2012, 107 Posts, 326 Comments

Comment posted by Aaron Feinberg on December 26, 2012 at 5:46 PM

That's freakin nuts. Great catch

aF

Registered on October 26, 2009, 399 Posts, 2789 Comments

Comment posted by Ken Smith on December 26, 2012 at 6:25 PM

Beautiful. Thanks for sharing. Stunning.

Registered on September 5, 2008, 449 Posts, 2444 Comments

Comment posted by Nick Palmieri on December 26, 2012 at 6:47 PM

Wow this is just awesome! TFS

Registered on September 1, 2011, 35 Posts, 748 Comments

Comment posted by John Mumaw on December 26, 2012 at 7:35 PM

May be the very best image I've ever seen from this beach. Love the title!
Zum neuen Jahr Gesundheit, Glück und viel Erfolg!

Registered on September 9, 2005, 62 Posts, 2289 Comments

Comment posted by Kathy Barnhart on December 27, 2012 at 12:49 AM

Incredible photo, just stunning. Thanks for sharing.

Registered on November 11, 2011, 404 Posts, 1639 Comments

Comment posted by Joseph Campisi on December 27, 2012 at 1:11 AM

Wow...that's just otherworldly. Very well done Joerg!

Registered on November 24, 2008, 304 Posts, 3211 Comments

Comment posted by Youssef Ismail on December 27, 2012 at 1:57 AM

Auroras are always so surreal. The ice in the FG pushes to the next level.

Registered on November 1, 2003, 474 Posts, 5555 Comments

Comment posted by Arild Heitmann on December 27, 2012 at 4:52 AM

Congrats on a superb aurorashot. Really a tremendous one...

Registered on October 13, 2010, 27 Posts, 378 Comments

Comment posted by Thomas Young on December 27, 2012 at 8:11 AM

Great title! Really dynamic lines

Registered on February 10, 2011, 7 Posts, 55 Comments

Comment posted by Robb Hirsch on December 27, 2012 at 3:02 PM

That's a spectacular image. Composition, light and technique are all spot on! Really sweet.

Registered on February 15, 2011, 16 Posts, 70 Comments

Comment posted by Gary McGhee on December 27, 2012 at 8:42 PM

Really great shot, I love the intensity of the lights. Comp works well. It must have been amazing standing there looking at this.

Gary.

Registered on April 15, 2010, 142 Posts, 2416 Comments

Comment posted by scott lanz on December 27, 2012 at 9:09 PM

Spectacular event and image.

Registered on November 14, 2003, 840 Posts, 12902 Comments

Comment posted by Tony Kuyper on December 27, 2012 at 10:38 PM

Amazing. Incredible light and conditions. You did a great job capturing it.

Registered on November 1, 2003, 364 Posts, 22328 Comments

Comment posted by Carol Nichols on December 27, 2012 at 10:44 PM

Outrageously beautiful Joerg!

Registered on November 7, 2007, 161 Posts, 1420 Comments

Comment posted by R.Bill Moser on December 28, 2012 at 5:09 AM

Great photo

Registered on January 29, 2010, 285 Posts, 4281 Comments

Comment posted by Stan Rose on December 28, 2012 at 12:28 PM

Joerg,
No point in me joining the choir of 'this is super awesome...' , cause it is pretty awesome. Instead, I'll give you my honest critique:
I think the subject here is terrific, a great idea to mix the ice up front with the aurora in back (like chocolate and peanut butter...) but my gut tells me it's too forced--in a sense it's too 'perfect'. You've taken what is probably a fairly original idea (combining two extremely popular--and en vogue--subjects) and presented it in a very classical or 'safe' way. Everything neatly lined up and balanced. I would suggest that while this is a great photo, it could have been a photo-of-the-year if you had somehow managed to present the same subjects in a more natural, less-strained way. How to do that? If i had the answer, I'd be off charging customers $5,000 a head to teach them

Maybe take a few steps to the side or a bit lower angle--I don't know. But i know if you can strive for that in 2013, you'll continue to grow as a photographer.

Registered on September 15, 2005, 836 Posts, 17099 Comments

Comment posted by Lon Overacker on December 28, 2012 at 2:36 PM

Joerg,

Phenomenal image of nature at her finest and most amazing. Not much else to say and no suggestions really.

A sight I would love to see one day.

Lon

Registered on November 24, 2006, 521 Posts, 19147 Comments

Comment posted by Mark Metternich on December 29, 2012 at 11:18 PM

I did not like the thumbnail with such a bold foreground object, but then when I clicked on it, I loved it!

Registered on June 19, 2009, 276 Posts, 6240 Comments

Comment posted by Adam Smith on January 1, 2013 at 2:12 PM

Joerg, this is a great image. I love the coloring and the sharpness is fantatstic as well.

Those Canon Mks are awesome huh>?