Pure Iceland

Gallery: LandscapePosted October 4, 2013686 views14 comments

A beautiful waterfall on the Berufjarðará River in the East Fjords of Iceland. As far as I can tell, this waterfall doesn't even have an official name. I checked the Kortabok Atlas, Googlemaps and a high rez topo map of Iceland and the waterfall isn't even marked. Iceland is one of the places in the world where an amazing waterfall like this doesn't even make it onto the map!

Nikon D800, Nikkor 16-35 at 24mm, polarizer
2 image hand blend for DOF
1/4 sec at f/16, ISO 100 x2

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14 comments

Comment posted by Jeremy Kessler on October 4, 2013 at 10:24 PM

Gorgeous scott! love the foreground.

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Comment posted by Marc Adamus on October 4, 2013 at 10:42 PM

I once saw more falls (some like this) in coastal Alaska coming off just two glaciers next together than there is in the entire Columbia River Gorge all put together, and none of them were marked or had names. The world is a big and still largely unexplored place for us photographers. Kudos for capturing that leading flow into that cool blue drop though, this is a refreshing sight.

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Comment posted by Kah Kit Yoong on October 5, 2013 at 2:39 AM

An most appealing flow to this image both compositionally and with the shuttered water. The cool water tones complement the earthy colours nicely.

Registered on September 27, 2006, 636 Posts, 10682 Comments

Comment posted by John&Patty Benway on October 5, 2013 at 8:22 AM

Scott, very nice comp, love the fg flow. Beautiful work.
John

Registered on May 12, 2006, 626 Posts, 8700 Comments

Comment posted by Brian Schrayer on October 5, 2013 at 1:40 PM

I like the perspective of your composition and the foreground lines from the flowing cascades give this some nice energy. The color in that water is amazing and the spray conveys the power of the waterfall. Very nice work, Scott.

Registered on May 28, 2004, 114 Posts, 2890 Comments

Comment posted by Nick Bristol on October 5, 2013 at 2:01 PM

Hi Scott, This is really nice work! I love the foreground flow and that falls is fantastic. Great color and comp. Sure looks like an awesome place and thanks for showing us!

Nick Bristol
Lone Rock, WI

Registered on February 1, 2004, 752 Posts, 14140 Comments

Comment posted by Jared Warren on October 5, 2013 at 2:41 PM

Very impressive! The foreground and bg waterfall work really well together. Love those icy blues! Nice work.

Registered on May 11, 2012, 84 Posts, 931 Comments

Comment posted by Joerg Bonner on October 5, 2013 at 4:26 PM

awesome shot, scott.

i love the dynamic comp and your processing is spot on.

since i remember stopping there too (my image sucks..), i couldn't resist to do some research: seems like the waterfall is called Folaldafoss - at least that's what's it's named by quite a few people. i'm not sure if that's an official name, though...

Registered on September 5, 2011, 44 Posts, 221 Comments

Comment posted by Dan Kearl on October 5, 2013 at 5:34 PM

Terrific image. There is a blue caste in the whites of the Fall itself, not sure if that was intended or not?
I think it would look better with the caste removed, the blue at the bottom in the water is great.

Registered on September 2, 2013, 209 Posts, 1514 Comments

Comment posted by Eva McDermott on October 5, 2013 at 7:04 PM

Powerful water motion Scott. I especially like the foreground flow. Powerful waterflow is always difficult to capture and I think you did very well here especially with the major waterfall in the background.

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Comment posted by Nancy Lea Sandy on October 5, 2013 at 9:14 PM

Incredible fg. Very nicely done.

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Comment posted by Roel Wijtmans on October 6, 2013 at 5:59 AM

Amazing shot! I really need to go to Iceland one of these days....

Registered on September 30, 2012, 116 Posts, 2257 Comments

Comment posted by Bill Reid on October 6, 2013 at 10:31 AM

Incredible foreground and flow to this Scott. Great job on the sharpness through the image and beautifully composed. Excellent job on this.

Registered on January 27, 2013, 65 Posts, 2460 Comments

Comment posted by Mark Metternich on October 8, 2013 at 11:22 PM

Friggin crazy cool place and great shot Scott!

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