This one is Dettifoss. I could feel the water thundering over these from where I stood to get this shot. You dont really get a good feeling of scale, but these falls are huge. Another overcast day and grey and black rocks. Most of the time, color was not an option.
D3x, 16-35 @ 16mm, f11, 5 seconds.
Posted by David Bostock on August 13, 2011 at 8:22 PM
Wow, I can feel the power. Excellent choice of shutter speed, Douglas. I also like the black and white, it accentuates the fall, leaving a nice glow there in the middle. I like the vertical, but wonder how this would look as a landscape version with the fall in the left part, leaving the river below flowing off to the right...awesome shot and excellent post processing.
I would have liked that comp too, I had the camera in landscape orientation at first David, problem was, 16mm wasn't wide enough to capture the shot. Moving back wasn't an option as it was a very deep gorge so the only way to get the falls all the way to the bottom was to stand on the edge. I think a fish eye may have worked. I remember standing there thinking "this is one of the few times an extra couple mm on the wide end would be very helpful"
Posted by John Williams on August 16, 2011 at 12:06 PM
Fantastic Douglas. What power. The BW does a great job of emphasizing that. I especially like the scalloping in the river on the right edge. Are you tossing this one into the Landscape Gallery?
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6 repliesD3x, 16-35 @ 16mm, f11, 5 seconds.
I added a little local contrast to highlight that
Hadn't thought about it John. Too many threads to keep track of