Critique Style Requested: Standard
The photographer is looking for generalized feedback about the aesthetic and technical qualities of their image.
Description
A frosty day at the time of polar night
Technical Details
F13 / 1,6sec / iso100 /26mm
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Jorma, this is lovely! I love the pinkish/lavender color of the light, the snowy foreground, the lake with reflections and gentle sky. Beautiful! I can’t think of anything I would do to it. Thanks for sharing your beautiful part of the world!
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This is gorgeous, Jorma. I really like your composition and the bit of mist rising from the lake. It’s so rare that we see images taken in polar winter that the light is really special.
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Jorma, this is stunning! The light, glow, and colors are so serene. I hope you have created lots of cards with this image to send to friends and family.
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Thanks guys for the nice comments. The light of a short day can be magical and sometimes someone has claimed that the image has been over-processed. In this picture, I have even cut the redness a little, which seemed a bit excessive
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Jorma, WOW! The light is just breathtaking! I love the contrast between the sharp foreground and the soft background. Having lost any tolerance for cold after moving from upstate NY to Florida, I also realize what it took to brave the cold and acclimate your gear before taking this beautiful image. Kudos!
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Simply gorgeous! The colors are fantastic and it is a winter wonderland!
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Absolutely gorgeous! I really like the detail in the foreground trees and the glow of the light on the perfectly still lake. I can’t see how this could be improved.
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Thanks a lot Bill, Diane and Ron for nice comments!
Very beautiful and calming view, thanks for sharing this, Jorma!
Is this from Lake Inari? (peaked your profile info)
I used to spend most of my winter vacations in Lapland until late teenage years, we had a rustic cabin near Pulju. Nowadays I really wish to get back there with camera someday., the trip from Seattle WA is just bit longer than it used to be from Jyväskylä 
Thank you Kasperi. The picture is a few kilometers from Inarijärvi, in Paatsjoki and half a kilometer from the Russian border. That trip is only half the world. Famous nature photographers travel several times a year. And devotees en masse follow them like Shadows
If you ever think of traveling to Lapland, please contact us. In the summer I’m quite a lot at Inarijärvi because I have a big travel boat where I live almost all summer
If you want to read, a week ago the Onlandscape publication did a story about me
Have a nice Christmas and winter!
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Stunning image, Jorma. The light is incredible and to my eye does not look over processed at all. It looks exceptionally realistic. This is beautifully framed and composed and I particularly like the soft, foggy tree line in the background. It adds so much mood to the image. Simply magical.
Thanks a lot David for your nice comment
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