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Behind the curtain

by Roel Wijtmans

Gallery: LandscapePosted December 5, 20151,514 views11 comments
This was a nice and peaceful spot in Iceland, since there were very few people who found their way to it, which was very nice for a change. It's a stitch of two horizontal 16 mm shots, with each of those bracketed for the dynamic range. Quite a challenge to capture all those shots without getting spray on the lens, but after several attempts I succeeded due to the wind helping me a bit. Sometimes mother nature can actually be a bit helpful, who would have guessed that?!

f/14, ISO 100, 1-0.4-1/6 s.

C&C as always welcome, large version included.

Roel

Comments

11 comments
Comment posted by Jim Greenwood on December 5, 2015 at 12:05 PM
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.  cool

I'd suggest adjusting the highlights and/or increasing the contrast.
Registered on November 9, 2003, 229 Posts, 1523 Comments
Comment posted by Jim Zablotny on December 5, 2015 at 12:53 PM
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
Registered on January 17, 2004, 705 Posts, 3594 Comments
Comment posted by Lon Overacker on December 5, 2015 at 1:15 PM
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
Registered on November 24, 2006, 521 Posts, 19147 Comments
Comment posted by gary phillips on December 5, 2015 at 2:24 PM
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.
Registered on October 24, 2013, 185 Posts, 4136 Comments
Comment posted by Preston Birdwell on December 5, 2015 at 7:22 PM
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
Registered on November 1, 2003, 471 Posts, 5188 Comments
Comment posted by Alberto Patiño on December 5, 2015 at 11:45 PM
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!
Registered on December 2, 2014, 278 Posts, 1736 Comments
Comment posted by scott lanz on December 6, 2015 at 7:44 AM
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. 
Registered on November 14, 2003, 840 Posts, 12902 Comments
Comment posted by Igor Hoveijn on December 6, 2015 at 1:22 PM
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.
Registered on November 2, 2015, 18 Posts, 192 Comments
Comment posted by Harry Lichtman on December 7, 2015 at 8:13 AM
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.
Registered on September 17, 2010, 304 Posts, 3507 Comments
Comment posted by Nick Bristol on December 7, 2015 at 11:24 AM
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
Registered on February 1, 2004, 752 Posts, 14140 Comments
Comment posted by Albert Darmo on December 7, 2015 at 3:30 PM
HI  Roel  crying   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
Registered on November 25, 2008, 1386 Posts, 11978 Comments