Kirkjufell

Gallery: LandscapePosted June 21, 2012433 views6 comments

Definitely one of my favorite spots in Iceland, Grundarfordur.

This image shows Kirkjufell, an impressive mountain by the sea. The sun was setting and I was walking down this black sand beach to photograph Kirkjufell with the best possible framing.

I set up my tripod close to this algae to fill the foreground and after the first shot I just noticed how fast the water was rising. The beach is almost all horizontally level and the water rised that fast! I had time for this shot and another one before going back to my car, otherwise I would get flooded =)

In the end I think the approaching water is a very nice add-on to the image.

Canon 5DII, Canon 16-35 f/2.8 II, GND filter
16s, f/14, 1.6s, ISO 100

Comments

6 comments

Comment posted by Rick Turner on June 21, 2012 at 7:43 PM

Ruben,
Welcome to NPN and look forward to more of your contributions. Comp wise I do not understand the cutting off the base of formation. The inclusion of the algae seems odd to me also but beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Keep on Shooting

Registered on February 18, 2012, 534 Posts, 2755 Comments

Comment posted by Alister Benn on June 21, 2012 at 8:20 PM

Hi Ruben, I am very familiar with a lot of your work from Whytake.net...

I have to say this isn't one that really grabs me. The late light on the hillside is wild and I feel that is the main attraction. If I may be so presumptuous I feel this is a case where your creativity has been moulded by convention rather than responding to the scene organically.

I have been in this situation many times when I have a killer subject right in front of my eyes, but "traditional landscape thinking" has me running around for something to fill the foreground with...

I hope you don't mind these honest words, but I feel they are worth saying :-)

Registered on June 9, 2011, 23 Posts, 258 Comments

Comment posted by Yiming Hu on June 21, 2012 at 8:32 PM

The light on the hill was fantastic. However I found that foreground algae rather distracting (sorry Ruben, as Rick said, beauty is in the eye of the beholder). The top of the sky is a little bit too dark for my taste.

Registered on April 28, 2011, 38 Posts, 733 Comments

Comment posted by Youssef Ismail on June 21, 2012 at 11:02 PM

What a land of contrast Iceland is. Mountains in the sea. Amazing.

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Comment posted by Jenaya Launstein on June 22, 2012 at 1:03 AM

Wow, what an awesome scene! Very beautiful place from the looks of it!

Registered on February 8, 2011, 254 Posts, 1302 Comments

Comment posted by Ruben Vicente on June 27, 2012 at 6:17 PM

Thx a lot guys! It's always good to have some constructive criticism =)

Registered on April 9, 2011, 4 Posts, 59 Comments