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Photo posted by Roel Wijtmans in the Landscape gallery on 03/13/16 at 1:11 pm EST
Registered on 09/30/12, 116 Posts, 2257 Comments
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Comment posted by Basil Greber on 03/13/16 at 1:30 pm EST
Registered on 11/08/05, 219 Posts, 1340 Comments
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It's a really nice waterfall (and also featured in Icelandair's security video ;) ). I agree with this being a good choice for night photography - too bad it didn't work out. I like your choice of shutter speed and the pleasant rendering of the fall. I might consider cropping this a bit from the top (towards a panoramic format) to reduce the amount of negative space a bit. What time of the year were you traveling in Iceland? Very recently?
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Comment posted by Roel Wijtmans on 03/13/16 at 2:18 pm EST
Registered on 09/30/12, 116 Posts, 2257 Comments
Yeah, I played with cropping, but I liked the towering walls, and in the end, mist is very Icelandic, so I thought it was kind of fitting to have it this prominent in the photo. I haven't seen the security video, but I'll go and check it out then!
I was in Iceland in Sep and Aug last year. Beautiful country, relentless weather! My trusty tent even got some damage because of the storms. But it's all worth it!
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Comment posted by Dave Dillemuth on 03/13/16 at 3:29 pm EST
Registered on 12/10/15, 104 Posts, 1112 Comments
Roel,
What a gorgeous waterfall. Color palette is beautiful under these soft lighting conditions - the blues and greens work wonderfully together. I had a similar reaction as Basil and if it were mine would probably play with some crops to reduce the gray sky and make it less dominant in the image.
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Dave Dillemuth
Santa Barbara, California
davedillemuthphotography.smugmug.com
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Comment posted by Nick Bristol on 03/13/16 at 7:13 pm EST
Registered on 02/01/04, 752 Posts, 14140 Comments
Roel, Pretty darn nice for the "next best thing shot".. I love the way the water looks and that turquoise color in the foreground is really nice. It also works great with all the greens in the rock walls. I can see your point about leaving all the gray sky in but I also like it by cropping some of it out. Either way a great looking image for me.
Nick Bristol
Lone Rock, WI
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Comment posted by Vance Gese on 03/13/16 at 11:30 pm EST
Registered on 11/13/08, 298 Posts, 6629 Comments
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Really like your composition with the falls centered and the moss covered rock forms to either side. The pronounced V of the canyon accentuates the geologic story of how this river has slowly carved its way through the rock. Beautiful falls.
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Vance Gese
Vance Gese Photography
Quilcene, Washington |
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I was merely there, a small, puny, awestruck man,
praising Almighty God, with camera in hand.
Make a few images, well.
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Comment posted by David Schoen on 03/14/16 at 1:51 pm EST
Registered on 11/06/06, 1213 Posts, 4587 Comments
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The turquoise and the mossy green are very nice compliments to the waterfall. A little foggier would be more interesting however this is still a very well done shot of this waterfall.
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Comment posted by Mark Zelinka on 03/14/16 at 2:37 pm EST
Registered on 08/20/07, 206 Posts, 998 Comments
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The waterfall is nicely complemented by the strangely shaped ravine walls.
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Comment posted by Lon Overacker on 03/14/16 at 8:32 pm EST
Registered on 11/24/06, 521 Posts, 19147 Comments
Roel,
Beautiful waterfall and I too like the two greens - especially in the water. The drizzly wet conditions make for a moody atmosphere.
This is one of those images where it means more to have been there to experience all those things you describe. For me, the gray open space doesn't do much for me, although it clearly does contribute to telling the story of this image and place. I agree with you though that I don't think it can be solved with a crop.
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 Marylynne Diggs on 03/14/16 at 8:44 pm EST
Registered on 12/14/10, 122 Posts, 1034 Comments
Spectacular water color amd rocks, and you nailed the falls themselves. I agree with others (and especially Lon) that the misty gray sky is more meaningful to you than to the average viewer. For me, it detracts greatly from the detail in the lower rocks and that beautifully aquamarine color of the pool at the base of the falls.
Of course, it depends on your goal. Share a memory or stun the viewer ;-).
ML
ML
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ML Diggs
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Comment posted by Albert Darmo on 03/15/16 at 10:11 pm EST
Registered on 11/25/08, 1386 Posts, 11978 Comments
Hi Roel  You have to take what nature gives you, and make the most of it... As you have done here. you have captured the mood, colors, and the falls beautifully
Albert Darmo
Canada
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Comment posted by Ed Lowe on 03/16/16 at 12:35 pm EST
Registered on 02/07/04, 414 Posts, 7115 Comments
I think this would have made for an amazing night time shot, but when Plan A does not work you go to Plan B. I think you made the best of the circumstances you were presented to you, Roel. There is no way to crop this without losing that V notch which is an integral part of the scene for me. Love those greens BTW.
Ed
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Comment posted by Bill Chambers on 03/18/16 at 3:43 pm EST
Registered on 04/10/05, 753 Posts, 21216 Comments
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You're really making me want to go to Iceland! Perfect shutter speed for the falls and I like the way the greens pop in the haze.
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Bill Chambers
Gulf Breeze, Florida
Please visit Enchanted Light Photography
"You don't make a photograph just with a camera. You bring to the act of photography all the pictures you have seen, the books you have read, the music you have heard, the people you have loved.” - Ansel Adams |
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