Crystal Pool

Gallery: LandscapePosted June 30, 2016177 views8 comments

Here's some nice light I managed to capture in Iceland earlier this year. Snow melt and sunlight produced these small reflecting pools. This pool was no bigger than two feet wide, but the power of the wide angle lens helped make it bigger than it was.

The side light added some really nice dimension to the mountains. Hopefully this is a unique take on a country from where way too many similar images are produced :)

Appreciate your thoughts on this one.

Comments

8 comments

Comment posted by Ian Cameron on June 30, 2016 at 5:55 AM

Very nice Sairam. Love the shape mimicry of the gap in the ice and the way it matches the inverted reflection of the mountain.

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Comment posted by scott lanz on June 30, 2016 at 6:45 AM

Eye-catching image of Iceland, Sairam. Nice find and good use of the small reflecting pool to capture the nice reflection. I like the foreground of this shot a lot. The light is very nice but, if possible, I could see reducing it just a bit for everything above the horizon.

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Comment posted by Harry Lichtman on June 30, 2016 at 7:55 AM

The wonders of a wide angle! The pool was perfectly positioned for this. The yellows on the peak look a little oversaturated to me. What looks especially attractive is the subtle detail in the FG snow. ANy chance of pulling back details in the distant snow slopes on the right? So this was May, right sad

Could this be near Skogar? I like the simplicity and the power of the golden and blue tones. Nicely done.

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Comment posted by Mark Seaver on June 30, 2016 at 10:01 AM

The perfect reflection and mimicry between the open water and the peak look great, Sairam. I agree with others that parts of the sky (especially on the left) and the peak on the right could stand to be toned down a bit.

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Comment posted by Jim Hackley on June 30, 2016 at 4:19 PM

I like the overall composition and the way you lined up the reflection with the mountain. I agree with other that the peaks are a little bright. Maybe a split ND would of helped in this situation to tone things down a bit? Nice job in getting this shot.

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Comment posted by Dave Dillemuth on June 30, 2016 at 9:55 PM

Wow, this is beautiful. Love the reflection, shapes and textures in the foreground snow. As others have mentioned the bottom half processing looks perfect but the highlights look a bit blown in the background center and right. If you can dial those back you have a real winner.

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Comment posted by gary phillips on June 30, 2016 at 10:30 PM

Cool image, Sariam.(literally) I love the foreground and placement of the reflection. The snow and and color combo work very well. I agree the highlights are a little hot in the upper part of the image. Tone those down and this is way, way cool.

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Comment posted by Sairam Sundaresan on July 1, 2016 at 7:34 PM

thanks all!

Harry, this was taken in early March near Jokulsarlon of all places :)

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