Archive 2016 · Svartifoss, Iceland

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Here's another shot from my trip to Iceland last summer. This is Svartifoss (Black Fall), located in Vatnajökull National Park. It's one of the waterfalls I was most looking forward to photographing on the trip, and it did not disappoint. I wish the skies had been a bit more interesting on this particular evening, but I tried to make the best of it and fill the frame with the waterfall and its surroundings.

This is one of the first photos from the Iceland trip that I started to process, but I never really finished it up. I just did a few more tweaks to it, and now I'd love to get some opinions on it. Thank you!

Feb 26, 2016 at 02:40 PM

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p.1 #2 · p.1 #2 · Svartifoss, Iceland

The composition has a great balance and flow. Well done

Feb 26, 2016 at 04:49 PM

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p.1 #3 · p.1 #3 · Svartifoss, Iceland

Looks good to me. The exposure on the rock face around the falls is just right.

Dave

Feb 26, 2016 at 06:16 PM

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killersnowman wrote:
The composition has a great balance and flow. Well done

Thank you!

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dalongfellow wrote:
Looks good to me. The exposure on the rock face around the falls is just right.

Dave

Thanks, Dave! Brightening up the rock face around the falls just a bit more was one of the final touches I put on it, so I'm glad you like it.

Feb 26, 2016 at 11:00 PM

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p.1 #5 · p.1 #5 · Svartifoss, Iceland

This is really great Kris. I love the processing, the details are great and the green pops out perfectly without being over saturated. Thanks for sharing. The skies did the same thing to me when I was there. Such a beautiful area.

Feb 29, 2016 at 11:40 AM

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IsaacTheGray wrote:
This is really great Kris. I love the processing, the details are great and the green pops out perfectly without being over saturated. Thanks for sharing. The skies did the same thing to me when I was there. Such a beautiful area.

Thanks, Isaac! We definitely got some gray days there, and this was one of them. The skies got much better in the second half of my trip, but I didn't make it back to this waterfall again.

Feb 29, 2016 at 09:23 PM

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p.1 #7 · p.1 #7 · Svartifoss, Iceland

Great shot... my own shot of Svartifoss is one of my favorites from the trip too. It's just such a cool place. Hopefully there weren't too many selfie-taking tourists in your way!

I really like the foreground composition, that's what makes this shot for me.

Feb 29, 2016 at 11:55 PM

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p.1 #8 · p.1 #8 · Svartifoss, Iceland

The sweet cubist rock in the river makes this one better than all the others I've seen from this location. Special shot!

Mar 01, 2016 at 12:59 AM

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p.1 #9 · p.1 #9 · Svartifoss, Iceland

Nice shot, Kris!

Mar 01, 2016 at 01:56 PM

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smmokan16 wrote:
Great shot... my own shot of Svartifoss is one of my favorites from the trip too. It's just such a cool place. Hopefully there weren't too many selfie-taking tourists in your way!

I really like the foreground composition, that's what makes this shot for me.

Thanks! It wasn't too crowded when we were there. In fact, I was probably in more people's way as I walked around in the water in my waders. I waited until there was hardly anyone around before I did that though (although a few more people showed up after). It was around 7-8 PM when we were there. Got to love those late daylight hours!

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gordon l wrote:
The sweet cubist rock in the river makes this one better than all the others I've seen from this location. Special shot!

Thank you! I also thought that rock, combined with the S-curve of the water, would make a nice foreground.

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ajkessler wrote:
Nice shot, Kris!

Thanks!

Mar 02, 2016 at 12:08 AM


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