Iceland definitely has to be one of those places blessed with unending beautiful landscapes. The landscapes around the island nation are so breathtaking that every avid traveler seems to have visited the place, or have it in their bucket list. Photographer Christian Scheiffele’s following image of a beautiful waterfall in Iceland is sure to make you want to visit the country:
“Golden Light Illuminating a Waterfall in Iceland” by Christian Scheiffele (Via Reddit. Click image to see full size.)
Scheiffele took the image with his Sony A7RIII and the 12-24mm G lens. The image is a manual blend of two different exposures to capture the greater dynamic range of the scene.
“It looks quite warm but it was freezing cold over there! This was the first time I experienced midnight sun. The picture was taken at around 10:30pm.”
Using a 6-stop neutral density filter, Scheiffele was able to take a long exposure of the scene. This resulted in the water appearing silky. So much, that it almost appears as mist. The path of the water flowing has worked great as a compelling foreground leading us to the waterfall in the mid-ground. The dramatic sky with beautiful clouds and the setting sun is yet another beautiful aspect of this image.
Scheifele has truly captured the beauty of this place with his high dynamic range image.
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Sorry but this image for me is just a demonstration of technical skill and tells me nothing about nature ‘as is’.
Great technician but (for me) no feel for nature. Sorry again but hey it’s just an opinion.
Beautiful work (and made using my favorite tool, the a7Riii). I’m generally not fond of silky water that looks more like silk than water, instead preferring a moderately slow shutter to soften the water without it losing its definition.
Here in this image though, I admit I like the effect. Perhaps because of the extreme exaggeration of the centrally flowing water, the other parts where the shutter speed was only about twice what it should have been, works well. Adding the reflection, the contrived overall tonality, and the almost comic texture, and this turned out as an outstanding accomplishment anyone should be proud of.