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Photo posted by Roel Wijtmans in the Landscape gallery on 12/05/15 at 09:17 am EST
Registered on 09/30/12, 116 Posts, 2257 Comments
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Comment posted by Jim Greenwood on 12/05/15 at 12:05 pm EST
Registered on 11/09/03, 229 Posts, 1523 Comments
It does look like a nice spot ... but it doesn't seem like it would be peaceful. It seems noisy and exciting. But that's just as nice. 
I'd suggest adjusting the highlights and/or increasing the contrast.
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Comment posted by Jim Zablotny on 12/05/15 at 12:53 pm EST
Registered on 01/17/04, 705 Posts, 3594 Comments
Hi Roel,
The image might need a little bit more contrast and perhaps highlights, Other than that, your image stitching produced an awesome composition. Well done......................Jim
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Comment posted by Lon Overacker on 12/05/15 at 1:15 pm EST
Registered on 11/24/06, 521 Posts, 19147 Comments
Roel,
I too thought of contrast, but then I remember that photographic term.... "high key." I think that fits this scene quite well and works. Of course with most our images we can take them in many different directions. I really like what you're captured and presented here.
You mentioned the wind, and that is one thing that I think is depicted strongly here. Sure, the mist blowing around is clear, but it appears to me that the main stream of water - is bending, as if the wind was blowing it side to side. Very cool.
Great work with this one.
Lon
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To photograph is to hold one's breath, when all faculties converge to capture fleeting reality. It's at that precise moment that mastering an image becomes a great physical and intellectual joy. -Henri Cartier-Bresson
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Comment posted by gary phillips on 12/05/15 at 2:24 pm EST
Registered on 10/24/13, 185 Posts, 4136 Comments
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Wow, what a spot to photograph Roel. Love and appreciate the technical complexities of pulling this shot off. Well done. The greens and blacks look very nice to me. I wouldn't change a thing.
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Comment posted by Preston Birdwell on 12/05/15 at 7:22 pm EST
Registered on 11/01/03, 471 Posts, 5188 Comments
The high key presentation works well. Not that you could do anything about it, but I'd love to see some texture in the open sky. The blowing spray adds a lot to the drama, here.
--P
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Preston Birdwell
Columbia, California, USA
NPN 429 | California Nature Photographers (CANP) Moderator | 'NPN Discussion' Moderator
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Comment posted by Alberto Patiño on 12/05/15 at 11:45 pm EST
Registered on 12/02/14, 278 Posts, 1736 Comments
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A very original view, Roel - this works very well. At first I thought it was too "washed out", but then, looking at it for a while longer, the feeling of being "behind the mist" really comes through. And I can certaily appreciate the technical difficulties. Nicely done!
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Alberto Patiño Douce
Athens, GA, USA
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Comment posted by scott lanz on 12/06/15 at 07:44 am EST
Registered on 11/14/03, 840 Posts, 12902 Comments
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I like the unique and dramatic perspective on this waterfall, Roel. You can really feel the mist. Difficult exposure, but I think you handled it well.
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scott lanz
Youngstown, Ohio
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Comment posted by Igor Hoveijn on 12/06/15 at 1:22 pm EST
Registered on 11/02/15, 18 Posts, 192 Comments
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Looks like challenging conditions indeed. Nice view into the valley through a 'hole' from inside the earth. Beautiful greens. Feels a bit chopped off at the right, but maybe there was something distracting overthere. Anyway I really like it as presented.
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Comment posted by Harry Lichtman on 12/07/15 at 08:13 am EST
Registered on 09/17/10, 304 Posts, 3507 Comments
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Iceland seems to be the place for views behind waterfalls. A bluer sky or a contrasting color tothe spray would have been a plus for me to help separate the two. Love the vibrant greens, the moisture really keeps them eye popping. A minor problem for me is the LRC which seems to be the trail to this location. I guess I would have preferred a uniform grass cradel in the lower section of the image, but this may not have ben possible. Often these slopes are much steeper and slippery than the image may indicate.
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Comment posted by Nick Bristol on 12/07/15 at 11:24 am EST
Registered on 02/01/04, 752 Posts, 14140 Comments
Roel, This is really an interesting shot and I like it. It is quite a view and I enjoy how you presented it. Not having more contrast here I think is what makes this even more appealing to me. Nice work getting this one!
Nick Bristol
Lone Rock, WI
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Comment posted by Albert Darmo on 12/07/15 at 3:30 pm EST
Registered on 11/25/08, 1386 Posts, 11978 Comments
HI Roel  I think you composed this rare and beatiiful scene very well. the mist is perfectly captured as you saw it, excellent photography..
Albert Darmo
Canada
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