Iceland Day 7 - Yellow

From the parking on N.P. Skaftafell, the walk to Svartifoss takes less than an hour, and there are a few steep parts along the way. It is beautiful though, and during the hike you will pass two other waterfalls. I tried to photograph them, but there were only a few viewpoints and I didn’t manage to find a pleasing composition from these perspectives. Next to the second waterfall however, I did find this little scenery. I decided quicky to change the wide angle for the tele, pointed it straight down over the rail from the viewpoint, and put all focus on this one tree that still had most of its beautiful autumn leaves. We had clear blue skies all day, and I often find the best way to deal with this harsh light is to underexpose quite a bit. So that’s what I did, but I honestly didn’t know if this shot was going to work or not. Looking at it now I think it deserves a place in my Iceland album. It differs from most shots I’ve seen from that place and it took me right back to that spot, standing between the other tourists and the moment I dropped my polarizer on the plateau, which fortunately stopped rolling just before the edge and didn’t break!

 

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