Crossing Another Stream

Gallery: Man & NaturePosted April 27, 2013929 views9 comments

Landmannalaugar was one of my favorite places in all of Iceland. The area has many ranges of mountains made from colorful volcanic rhyolite. This wide plain gathers small streams that drain from a nearby glacier and it seemed like we had to cross about 100 different streams on our wanderings that day. I'd appreciate any critiques you may have. Please view Larger Version for better detail.

Canon 1Ds II, 17-35L @ 24mm, f22, 1/8 sec, ISO200

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9 comments

Comment posted by Peter Cross on April 27, 2013 at 3:01 PM

This is some landscape, Scott. The person in the photo adds a nice bit of scale to this. Peersonally, I'd like to see a pano of just the top portion showing the hills, etc. What a riot of color, forms, and textures there. Must be an incredible place to visit.

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Comment posted by Thomas Haney on April 27, 2013 at 5:10 PM

What an amazing place, i've never seen anything like that. A shot while standing between the two streams on left could have been nice, I guess I feel that the composition is lacking and there's too much space bottom right. Still, a very interesting photo.

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Comment posted by Bill Leggett on April 27, 2013 at 5:50 PM

Really cool, Scott. The background is almost surreal. Nicely seen.

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Comment posted by jack jaeger jr on April 27, 2013 at 9:52 PM

Show us more !

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Comment posted by Karen Kane on April 28, 2013 at 12:22 AM

Scott - I can see why this would be one of your favorite places! The backdrop of the hills is amazing - so I wish there was more - maybe more emphasis on the BG and less on the FG... however, I'm not familiar at all with this landscape, and see a touch of brightness in the top-center and realize that maybe it wasn't possible? Including the person for perspective/scale definitely adds to this and you've made me want to go there!!

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Comment posted by Richard Teller on April 28, 2013 at 11:05 PM

The rivulets lead the eye right into the image and the hiker gives nice scale.

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Comment posted by Ken Smith on April 29, 2013 at 2:53 PM

That is beautiful! Yes to adding the person and placement facing into the scene. Large version is a treat. More of the mtns...even a blah sky to complete the mtns would fulfill my desire to understand it and unify the context. I know you have solid reasons that are unspoken for the top-crop. This photo adds to the reasons why I want to visit Iceland... great shot!!

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Comment posted by Scott Fricke on April 29, 2013 at 7:42 PM

Thank you everyone for your comments!

The crop at the top was due to mostly just overblown sky above. The mountains angle up a bit to the right but most of the color is down here. My brother and I were just hiking and I happened to turn around just as he approached the rivulet. I snapped this one and one really blurry other one as he was in mid-air. Since it was a quick turn and shoot the exposure was way off for the sky and I of course didn't bracket.

Ken, on my website there are a couple other photos of the area. If you go to this link the 6th and 7th photos are also of this area.

http://www.frickephotography.com/gallery/iceland/

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Comment posted by Harry Lichtman on April 30, 2013 at 12:45 PM

Pretty dramatic landscape with those colors - like the motion blur of the hiker - the cropdoes emphasize the streams and shapely land forms. Really cool place.

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