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Gallery: LandscapePosted November 20, 2012170 views5 comments

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Probably my last shot from Iceland. The last rays of sunlight illuminate these falls, within minutes the sun will vanish behind mountains…
initially I had this idea of wanting to shoot the falls with pink skies overhead (which never materialized anyway), but now I am quite pleased with the contrast of the warmly illuminated water against blue skies, white clouds and the desert environment…
grateful for your thoughts and any more original title suggestions…

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Comment posted by Lon Overacker on November 20, 2012 at 6:47 PM

Karsten,

I like what you have working here. The composition is excellent - nice balance between the sky, main falls and lower cascades. I also like the cool-warm-cool tones. The hard time I'm having now that I noticed this, is the distortion. The water is flowing straight down in the middle of the frame, but clearly at a strong angle most notably on the right side of the falls. Not sure how much can be corrected or even if you wanted to, but couldn't help but mention it. Otherwise, I like this one. And a great set of falls where I see many, more intimate possibilities which I'm sure you explored.

Lon

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Comment posted by Nathan Apodaca on November 20, 2012 at 8:48 PM

I like the bright blue skies over these falls. Would be amazing printed large. I'd stand under it all day admiring the enormous height of the cliffs and falls!

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Comment posted by Tony Kuyper on November 20, 2012 at 10:45 PM

Pretty. The water is running at a bit of angle it seems, but in this comp, it's working quite nicely.

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Comment posted by Karsten Wrobel on November 21, 2012 at 3:12 PM

Thanks for the comments, folks.

Lon, great feedback, you really got me thinking. there certainly is some distortion (photo shot @16mm), but it seems to me my real problem is the horizon... now that I have rotated it (repost) the original does look pretty skewed to me.

Does the repost work better for you guys?

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Comment posted by Joerg Bonner on November 21, 2012 at 4:48 PM

that's a very cool shot, karsten! for me the original version was alright.

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