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Matej Kovac 6 months ago

nice pic

david keochkerian 7 months ago

Wow!!! just amazing! Out of this world!

Yves Lavoie 1 year ago

And the World was without Form...Gen.1:2

Risquillo 2 years ago

Great photostream!
CONGRATS!

Risquillo 2 years ago

Excellent capture!

LuMaX 2 years ago

luxus photo ;)

Simone Byrne 2 years ago

Sensational imagery John, this is totally epic!!

Suri 2 years ago

what else? As other comments have already said, this picture bring us far far away, in another galaxy... Thanks!

Elisabeth Gustafson 2 years ago

Amazing.. Seems to be from another planet, a deep blue calm and friendly one, lit up with magic..

Øystein Lystad 2 years ago

Like in a dream.. brilliant work !

John Colbensen A fellow norwegian!! Thanx Øystein...eller tusen takk som det heter på det gode målet :)

Cheron 2 years ago

Fantastic !

John Colbensen Thank you Cheron :)

Barbara Read 2 years ago

Amazing image! I feel as if I've been transported to another planet!

John Colbensen Truly,now and then I feel like beeing on another planet but I blame my brain for that :) Thank you Barbara :)

Balazs Pataki 2 years ago

The category "Dreamscape" should be added just for the sake of this photograph... aaaaaaawesome!

John Colbensen That would be something:) Dreamscapes... Thanx Balazs :)

Codrin Lupei 2 years ago

Breathtaking work, John, an awesome image, love it!

John Colbensen Thank you for that wondrful comment Codrin :)

Lars Dugaiczyk 2 years ago

Wonderful shot! May I ask if this was a single exposure? I am also curious where the reflected light on the water's surface and rocks is coming from? Is this moonlight? However, the stars are so clear and bright, and the sky is so dark, it must be a moonless sky! Again, very beautiful shot.

John Colbensen Hi Lars. Yes you may ask if it is a single exposure. The answer is yes. I edited it in PS splitting it up in layers though. I was waiting for someone to ask about that light in the water. And NO,it is not the moon. This place is situated close to the inflightzone for our airport. The light you see is actually from 3 huge floodlights underneath the airplane as it is getting ready for landing. During the whole exposuretime, two planes managed to light up the stretch you see. I also enhanced it a bit in editing. So the airfield is about 1 kilometer behind me to the left and this is the explanation for the reflected light. Thank you very much for a reflected comment Lars. Hope the answer was sufficient :)

ixhumni Thank you too for the detailled description John,it is a great way of learning..;-)..Best Regards

Patricia Sweeney 2 years ago

WHAT am i doing in NYC? Wow.

John Colbensen Indeed! We can switch for a couple of weeks.:) Thanx Patricia

Patricia Sweeney Let's talk... No kidding.. and when I land at this airport, I'll see this?

John Colbensen When you land you will fly over this area but if you see it like this...well, you had a drink or two on the plane ;)

Niels Christian Wulff 2 years ago

This is truly amazing John, a photo to be proud of :-)
/Wulff

John Colbensen Very kind words NC, thank you so much :)

a.j. tadjoel arifin 2 years ago

superb..

John Colbensen Thanx a.j. :)

Karl Westerlind 2 years ago

Very nice. The lighthouse seems to be connecting the earth with the sky

John Colbensen Like a beacon for the E.T.'s ... Thanks for the comment Karl :)

Thomas Zimmer 2 years ago

I usually do not write comments here. But this photo is breathtaking. Never seen something like that.
Congratulations. A true masterpiece.
You should sell it.

John Colbensen Then I feel honoured to get your comment. I wouldn't know how to sell this,or any photograph really. Maybe I should start checking the possibilities.. Thank you Thomas :)

Mandy Schoch 2 years ago

Stellar in every sense of the word, John.
Truly magnificent photography!

Mandy

John Colbensen Thank you so much for very kind words Mandy :)

Sinisa Zjacic 2 years ago

I am speechless

John Colbensen Silence is a virtue..thank you Sinisa :)

Semir 2 years ago

beautiful

John Colbensen :) :)

Vlad Dumitrescu 2 years ago

wow! superb!

John Colbensen Thank you Vlad :)

gerard sexton 2 years ago

Extra terrestrial! it almost appears to be from another planet!

John Colbensen E.T.phone home ? thanks for the comment gerard :)

gerard sexton More 2001 SO!

Stas Stankovskiy 2 years ago

Mystically!

John Colbensen Thanks Stas :)

Stoyan Tashev 2 years ago

wow

John Colbensen :)

Matjaz 2 years ago

Masterpiece indeed!

John Colbensen Thanx Matjaz :)

Paul Boomsma 2 years ago

Extraordinary!

John Colbensen Thanx Paul..:)

Dare Turnsek 2 years ago

Masterpiece - compliments!!

John Colbensen In my head the word "masterpiece" is the ultimate word in describing a photography. Allthough I don't feel worthy of that word I do smile and say thank you very much Dare :)

Carola Lundmark 2 years ago

Feels like the surface of the moon...Really stunning!
~ Carola ~

John Colbensen That's my next project,but I have to save up some money first ;) Thank you for a warming comment Carola :)

James Fitzgerald 2 years ago

Superb John! Thanks for the insight as to how you made this as well.
Beautiful photo.

John Colbensen Many thanks James. If anyone asks about how I do my photography, I answer :)

Fredrik Ekren 2 years ago

God damn, this is serious good shit :)
Extraordinary!

John Colbensen Now ,could you've taken something like this in Oslo? ;) You better move back to Molde Fredrik,in these surroundings you find real beauty. Thanx ;)

Fredrik Ekren Perhaps not :)
I know, Molde rocks with class surroundings.
One day... ..

Inflightzone? creative :)

John Colbensen The word exists actually...But yes..it came from my creative part of the brains ;)

Fredrik Ekren I know my friend, just admired your creative way of getting light :)

John Colbensen Ahhh....I misunderstood there. Takk skal du ha Fredrik..heia Ålesund ;)

Fredrik Ekren mollemollemollemolle ;)

Daria Endresen 2 years ago

Oh my, this is more than fantastic.. I'm out of words :)
Drop dead gorgeous, John!

John Colbensen I guess more "astro-shots" will be taken in the months ahead. I have so many ideas,but they're very difficult to do in-camera but I'll try. Thank you Daria for eversupporting words :)

Petar Blagojevic 2 years ago

WoooW this is amasing... unreal...beautifull... Perfect

John Colbensen Thanks Petar...Living by the coast has its advantages...:)

Antonio Diaz 2 years ago

really beautiful

John Colbensen Thanks a billion Antonio :)

Hans Van Rafelghem 2 years ago

OMG, this is stunning!!

John Colbensen Thanks you very much Hans...not quite Copenhagen this one (if you catch my drift..:))

Hans Van Rafelghem I'll never compare your hometown to Copenhagen again John, never. lol

John Colbensen Well, I have to admit that this is not exactly my hometown either Hans...but not too far away though :)

theo peekstok 2 years ago

Extraterrestrial! That's the feeling........

Love the exposure, love the composition, the stars, the island, love everything on it.

Very good work.

Gr. Theo

John Colbensen Thank you very much Theo. Worked a bit to get this right :)

Kaveh H. Steppenwolf 2 years ago

How the hell did you do that? Did you use a motor tripod for the sky? If yes, how did you capture the water? Two single images copied together?

Ah, doesn't matter how. The result is perfect and most beautiful.

No! I really love to know how you made it :-)

John Colbensen Hi Kaveh and thanks a billion for a wonderful comment. How the hell did I do it? Tripod of course (not motorized though) and a main exposuretime at 135 sec. I used a black cardboard to switch exposuretime between the upper and the lower part. I would guess the upper part was exposed for around a minute as for the lower part I'd say around 1 1/2 to 2 minutes. Of course I had to do quite some work in editing,especially on the skypart. It was try and try again,I can assure you... When using a 10 mm lens and facing mostly away from the northpole I get to expose the stars without getting too much trails..:)

Kaveh H. Steppenwolf Thank you so very much for the explanation. That's another reason for moving to Norway ;-)

John Colbensen I hope you have a lot of money...cause it's incredible expensive to live here :)

Pedro Sacadura 2 years ago

onde of the best photo ever!

John Colbensen You are much too kind in your comment Pedro,but I must admit it made me smile . Thanks :)

maurizio blasetti 2 years ago

Yes it works alright .

John Colbensen Thank you maurizio :)

John Roshka 2 years ago

I have the impression it's unreal...so real it is...Awesome.

John Colbensen This picture is real John. But it was tricky to get right .Thank you for lovely words :)

KPK 2 years ago

Gorgeous image. Amazing!

John Colbensen Thanks a billion KPK :)

Mikko Lagerstedt 2 years ago

Stunning! Especially love the feeling of space! :) Beautiful.

John Colbensen Thank you Mikko,for a wonderful comment :)

Ursula I Abresch 2 years ago

Exceptional!

John Colbensen Thank you so much Ursula. Allthough I don't feel the small size does its justice.I guess you have to be there to get the BIG picture ;)