Skaftafell Sunset

Gallery: LandscapePosted April 8, 2010239 views5 comments

A beautiful sunset in Skaftafell National Park, Iceland. There were a lot of these ponds that had formed through thawing but by the time I'd got there they'd frozen again. Wind blown on to the twigs in the foreground had frozen in their beautiful state, creating a perfect foreground. Thanks for looking and please give any comments and please view large! Adrian

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Comment posted by Paolo De Faveri on April 8, 2010 at 6:19 PM

This is really nice Adrian, I love the light on the snow-covered peaks the colour palette and the overall contrasty mood. From the contrast and colours I see, I would say this almost looks like Velvia. Were you shooting film for this one?

Paolo

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Comment posted by Bill Chambers on April 8, 2010 at 6:32 PM

A beautiful area, but I do find the overall scene to be overly dark in the FG and MG. I think a bit more post processing is need to bring out the full potential.

Registered on April 10, 2005, 753 Posts, 21216 Comments

Comment posted by Adrian Metzelaar on April 9, 2010 at 5:10 AM

Hey,

It wasn't shot on Velvia but Nikon D300. I think quite a lot of detail has been lost in the colourspace conversion which is a bit annoying so will have a look at a better conversion later today, thanks for your comments.

Ad

Registered on August 23, 2008, 32 Posts, 84 Comments

Comment posted by Paul Duval on April 9, 2010 at 8:41 AM

Adrian,

This is a beautiful scene. but a real headache to process with the wide dynamic range in shadows and highlights. In your rework watch the really bright snow on the mountain and in the reflection it will be really easy to blow them out. Please repost you rework I'd really love to see it.

Paul

Registered on June 30, 2009, 508 Posts, 1907 Comments

Comment posted by Ken Johnson on April 10, 2010 at 9:07 PM

Nice color & scene Adrian. I likt the shadows.

Registered on March 7, 2010, 71 Posts, 272 Comments