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The Art of Photography => User Critiques => Topic started by: Josh-H on September 12, 2010, 11:40:24 pm

Title: Iceland #9 - Abandoned Blue Berg
Post by: Josh-H on September 12, 2010, 11:40:24 pm
Taken at the black sand beaches near the Jokulsarlon Glacial lagoon. full story on this photograph on my blog at http://blog.jholko.com
Thoughts and comments welcome as always - thanks for looking.
Title: Re: Iceland #9 - Abandoned Blue Berg
Post by: DarkPenguin on September 12, 2010, 11:51:10 pm
Who abandoned it?
Title: Re: Iceland #9 - Abandoned Blue Berg
Post by: Josh-H on September 12, 2010, 11:56:06 pm
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Who abandoned it?
 
The Vatnajokull glacier it carved off  ;D
Title: Re: Iceland #9 - Abandoned Blue Berg
Post by: popnfresh on September 13, 2010, 12:08:10 am
Of all your Iceland photos so far, this is my favorite. It's a terrific shot!
Title: Re: Iceland #9 - Abandoned Blue Berg
Post by: DarkPenguin on September 13, 2010, 12:33:51 am
Of all your Iceland photos so far, this is my favorite. It's a terrific shot!

+1
Title: Re: Iceland #9 - Abandoned Blue Berg
Post by: Chairman Bill on September 13, 2010, 04:25:24 am
Great shot. The lack of sense of scale is disconcerting (in a good way), as is the sea level. On the left it coincides with a pointy protrusion on the iceberg. On the right hand side it appears to have dropped away. Optical illusion time.
Title: Re: Iceland #9 - Abandoned Blue Berg
Post by: francois on September 13, 2010, 11:07:47 am
Stunning, I love it!
Title: Re: Iceland #9 - Abandoned Blue Berg
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on September 13, 2010, 11:16:36 am
I think it's beached, not floating.

Another lovely one, Josh. And I do like the way you are feeding them to us one at a time, several days apart, so that each one gets a serious look.
Great series!

Eric
Title: Re: Iceland #9 - Abandoned Blue Berg
Post by: wolfnowl on September 13, 2010, 11:37:08 am
Nice one John.  The berg looks like a newly hatched penguin, which is appropriate for an iceberg, even in the wrong hemisphere!

Mike.
Title: Re: Iceland #9 - Abandoned Blue Berg
Post by: jeremypayne on September 13, 2010, 03:40:53 pm
Super, super, super nice shot. 

Don't take this the wrong way ... I've enjoyed seeing your work in the past, but this is the first image I wanted to put on my wall.
Title: Re: Iceland #9 - Abandoned Blue Berg
Post by: Chairman Bill on September 13, 2010, 03:58:37 pm
I thought it looked like two penguins, side-by-side, skimming up the beach on their bellies.
Title: Re: Iceland #9 - Abandoned Blue Berg
Post by: John R on September 13, 2010, 08:25:29 pm
Not much to add, a wonderful shot. Reminds me of that song lyric, "Crystal Blue Persuasion".

JMR
Title: Re: Iceland #9 - Abandoned Blue Berg
Post by: Josh-H on September 15, 2010, 03:58:20 am
thanks all - I am pleased to say this shot made the daily dozen on National Geographic
http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/your-shot/daily-dozen
Title: Re: Iceland #9 - Abandoned Blue Berg
Post by: tokengirl on September 15, 2010, 06:22:58 am
Congratulations, well deserved.  It's a fantastic photo.
Title: Re: Iceland #9 - Abandoned Blue Berg
Post by: Dick Roadnight on September 15, 2010, 06:52:19 am
Taken at the black sand beaches near the Jokulsarlon Glacial lagoon. full story on this photograph on my blog at http://blog.jholko.com
Thoughts and comments welcome as always - thanks for looking.

It looks like a sculpture of a bird or seal or something, and that "something" is looking out of the picture to the right.
Title: Re: Iceland #9 - Abandoned Blue Berg
Post by: Christoph C. Feldhaim on September 15, 2010, 07:37:47 am
Your iceland shots evaporate a sort of perfection and slickness, that I always get the feeling of CGI
and feel reminded of my days (and nights) experimenting with POVRay.

This is not a critique, but a metaphor to point out that special unique style and craft of your images,
which look really marvelous to me.

And now, as a greedy watcher who never gets enough, I want to see this in b/w conversions. :D
Title: Re: Iceland #9 - Abandoned Blue Berg
Post by: michswiss on September 20, 2010, 09:19:53 am
Now that you've had a critique, I just wanted to say this is a great image.
Title: Re: Iceland #9 - Abandoned Blue Berg
Post by: Riaan van Wyk on September 20, 2010, 12:58:20 pm
I like it too. The contrast/ composition between the fluidity of the sea and the fastness of the "berg" which also happens to be the same sea water is appealing to me. And then of course the colours.. 
Title: Re: Iceland #9 - Abandoned Blue Berg
Post by: larryg on September 20, 2010, 02:15:20 pm
very Stunning   great color
Title: Re: Iceland #9 - Abandoned Blue Berg
Post by: Josh-H on September 22, 2010, 06:17:09 pm
THank you all for the wonderful feedback.  ;D
Title: Re: Iceland #9 - Abandoned Blue Berg
Post by: GrantKaye on September 28, 2010, 01:10:37 pm
I am already a fan of your work but this image stands out above all others I have seen from you lately - it literally took my breath away, you have truly made an incredible photograph!
Title: Re: Iceland #9 - Abandoned Blue Berg
Post by: Josh-H on November 16, 2010, 05:32:31 am
Am pleased to report that I received notification today that this photograph took out a Bronze award for excellence in the Open landscape category in the International Aperture Awards.
Title: Re: Iceland #9 - Abandoned Blue Berg
Post by: Christoph C. Feldhaim on November 16, 2010, 06:29:43 am
Well deserved -Congratulations !
Cheers
Chris
Title: Re: Iceland #9 - Abandoned Blue Berg
Post by: francois on November 16, 2010, 07:55:20 am
Congrats, Josh. Your image is really stunning!
Title: Re: Iceland #9 - Abandoned Blue Berg
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on November 16, 2010, 08:39:03 am
Congrats, Josh. Your image is really stunning!
Indeed!
It's nice to know that excellent work can sometimes get recognition!

Eric
Title: Re: Iceland #9 - Abandoned Blue Berg
Post by: David Saffir on November 17, 2010, 12:04:52 am
It's easy to see why you got all the comments and kudos!

It looks like a longer exposure, with the sharp foreground and what looks like a bit of water moving in and out. Creates terrific contrast of textures.

I was wondering if you'd tried a selective adjustment on the 'berg, and adding a little more contrast for a bit more dimensionality?

David Saffir

GuruShots Photo Critique (http://www.gurushots.com)
Title: Re: Iceland #9 - Abandoned Blue Berg
Post by: Josh-H on June 27, 2011, 09:36:18 am
I found out a day ago that I just won a Gold award for this print at APPA's - some details about it on my Blog (http://blog.jholko.com).  I am personally pretty thrilled as APPAS are judged by the print - not a digital submission. And that makes this kind of award pretty special for me since so many competitions these days are digital submission.