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Source of Power

by Hélio Cristóvão

Category: Earth, Sea & SkyAdded December 10, 2009753 views

Mountains, Waterfalls

Keywords: Incredible, Unforgettable, pitões, júnias, Wild, waterfall, Gerês

Peneda Gerês National Park. Portugal
Pitões das Júnias Waterfall

There´s a hard trail to cross until arriving to this spot where the waterfall reaches the riverbed, and that´s just half the challenge, once there, it´s necessary to occasionally jump the slippery moss covered and humid and somewhat polished granite blocks established in the river, no need to say, sometimes above the turbulence and strength of the water. The place is wild, somehow dangerous and dark in the deepness and roughness of the valley. Incredible. Unforgettable.

This was the only shot I did under the conditions of light I had, though I took hours in this spot, there was just too much water that made any walking around or composition to be very difficult.

Manual blend of 2 shots for dynamic range: 1/20 sec. and 1/2 sec. at 13mm f/19 and ISO200 -0.5EV
Image Crop: Full FrameDigital Enhancement: Digital Retouch