Gulfoss Falls

I captured this shot of Gulfoss Falls in Iceland on a day when there were sustained 50 mph winds, with gusts around 100 mph. There's normally a lot of mist coming up from the falls but on this day it was more like waves of water being pushed back up over the opposite cliff face.

I got drenched while making my way down to this spot, which was somewhat protected from the mist and water. I had to hold my backpack down with my foot to keep it from blowing away, then I'd clean the mist off the lens, put the lens cap on, compose the shot blind, take off the lens cap and immediately take a shot, while holding down the tripod with my other hand hoping to keep it stable. I repeated this for about an hour, since I didn't know how many shots would actually be in focus with the 1 second exposures I was trying to do to get a little blur in the water. Fortunately, my favorite shot of the bunch was in sharp focus.

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Nikon 800e, 24mm, f22, ISO 50, 1 sec