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:iconthomas-koidhis:
"Remember, you are this universe
and this universe is yourself."

- Creek poet Joy Harjo



To answer a few common requests/questions :)

Can I post a bigger size?

Done. upped to 1000px from 700px


Is it real?

Yes! The EXIF data is available lower right. DSLR, tripod, cable release, etc.

For some strange reason there are two versions of this photo. One that is long - wider than 1:2, and this one. They are both the same photo but I have no idea how I ended up with one that is long and one that is much shorter! It is a stitch of a few images but I don't remember making two attempts, or how I ended up with the difference. Friggen weird! Ah well, a anomaly that works well for me! May release the panoramic version at a later time.

Where is this?

About 40km from a small town called Fort Smith near the Alberta/Northwest Territories border. The waterscape is a bend of the gargantuan Slave River (a mile across on average), which runs from mid Alberta all the way into the Great Slave Lake.

The water empties from the Slave Lake and becomes the Mackenzie River, feeding into more separate lakes and rivers and underground waterways than you might imagine. Most of Canada's water, and a large portion of the worlds fresh water, can be found in this region and Canada's north in general. The Mackenzie continues northward, where it empties out into the Arctic Ocean.

The waterscape is not an ocean =P A few have made the mistake of thinking the shapes near the shore are waves. If you look closely you can see cracks in the "waves." It is just irregular shapes created on the spring ice because our melt takes several months.

Are there really that many (viewable) stars where I live in the night sky?

Technically, for the most part, yes. This photo is by my estimate effectively one stop brighter than visible with the naked eye. In complete darkness (in the absence of light from the blue spectrum), a compound called rhodopsin begins to accumulate in the rods of your eyeball. After about 40 minutes it reaches its peak and is similar to raising the ISO sensitivity of a camera. This process is called dark adapting your eyes.

Combined with fully dilated pupils, the swath of the milky way and thousands of stars are visible. It is absolutely, insanely beautiful. I have been fascinated with it since I was young. I can't wait to buy a deep sky telescope.
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Given 2011-06-05
Stunning. Amazing. Absolutely gorgeous. Beautiful. Surreal. Just to name a few words deviants have left on this brilliant capture. The colors, the exposure, the reflection. Simply perfect!

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~redsteroo 3 days ago
I ordered this in the largest size possible and it looks magnificent on my wall!!!! Still loving it. :o)
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*MasterKrypton Feb 14, 2013  Hobbyist Traditional Artist
Wow this has to be one of the most beautiful pics I've ever seen!
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Mood: Wow! *sed Jan 28, 2013
:iconofficialfella1plz: Nice work!
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~Mishikato Dec 30, 2012  Hobbyist Traditional Artist
Beautiful.
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~SilenceisBrilliant Dec 23, 2012  Hobbyist
Absolutely beautiful!
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Mood: Love ~BabyBerry15 Dec 16, 2012
Gorgeous!!!!!
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*catelee2u Dec 14, 2012  Hobbyist General Artist
Gorgeous!
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~killythirsk Dec 11, 2012  Hobbyist General Artist
Featured! here!! and Here!!
have a nice day! :orange:
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Mood: Love ~GeneralMazaki Dec 9, 2012
What a gorgeous shot, well done.

I can only imagine what kind of shot you can get with a prime like the 24mm 1.4L, that's incredible! I assume you used the 16-35mm 2.8L?
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*Thomas-Koidhis Dec 11, 2012
Welll, you might be surprised to know that I was using 'incompatible' equipment. There was an (apc-c) Tokina 11-16mm 2.8 on the camera for this shot, set at 16mm (the only focal that works without vignetting). I have been planning to get the 16-35 for some time now. I gave my Tokina to my sister along with my spare Canon 50D because her rebel broke and photography was a big thing for her. So I am currently without a super-wide, but when I can afford it I will invest in a 24 1.4/16-35 2.8L. Also this image has been stitched from roughly 4-5 vertical images. A "fake" pano, if you will. You can actually see imperfections in the image because of it. But, everyone likes it :) So it works haha...Thanks for the comment, and hope to get my grubby hands on a new super-wide soon =P
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