Jonny Fay
Gullfoss Sunset, Iceland
It took a bit of a detour to visit this place, but it was really worth it.
Gulfoss is one of the largest waterfalls in Iceland, and although we were there from around 5:00-6:00pm local time, the low sun and clouds in Iceland made it feel like a really long and beautiful sunset.
I loved the interplay of the warm colored canyon walls with the cool water and frozen ice and snow, all framed by the gorgeous setting sun.
For perspective on the size of this scene, you can see a few people enjoying the view in the top right of the image by the railing.
To get this shot, I used a 2-Stop hard edged Graduated Neutral Density Filter to balance the sky with the foreground, a 3-stop Neutral Density filter to increase the exposure time to 0.3 seconds, and a small aperture of f/16 to maximize depth of field and create a sharp image front to back.
From Wikipedia:
Gullfoss (English: Golden Falls) is a waterfall located in the canyon of Hvítá river in southwest Iceland.
Gullfoss is one of the most popular tourist attractions in the country. The wide Hvítá rushes southward. About a kilometer above the falls it turns sharply to the right and flows down into a wide curved three-step "staircase" and then abruptly plunges in two stages (11 m and 21 m) into a crevice 32 m (105 ft) deep. The crevice, about 20 m (60 ft) wide, and 2.5 km in length, extends perpendicular to the flow of the river. The average amount of water running over this waterfall is 140 m³/s in the summertime and 80 m³/s in the wintertime. The highest flood measured was 2000 m³/s.
Nikon D800
24-120mm f/4 Lens
Gullfoss Sunset, Iceland
It took a bit of a detour to visit this place, but it was really worth it.
Gulfoss is one of the largest waterfalls in Iceland, and although we were there from around 5:00-6:00pm local time, the low sun and clouds in Iceland made it feel like a really long and beautiful sunset.
I loved the interplay of the warm colored canyon walls with the cool water and frozen ice and snow, all framed by the gorgeous setting sun.
For perspective on the size of this scene, you can see a few people enjoying the view in the top right of the image by the railing.
To get this shot, I used a 2-Stop hard edged Graduated Neutral Density Filter to balance the sky with the foreground, a 3-stop Neutral Density filter to increase the exposure time to 0.3 seconds, and a small aperture of f/16 to maximize depth of field and create a sharp image front to back.
From Wikipedia:
Gullfoss (English: Golden Falls) is a waterfall located in the canyon of Hvítá river in southwest Iceland.
Gullfoss is one of the most popular tourist attractions in the country. The wide Hvítá rushes southward. About a kilometer above the falls it turns sharply to the right and flows down into a wide curved three-step "staircase" and then abruptly plunges in two stages (11 m and 21 m) into a crevice 32 m (105 ft) deep. The crevice, about 20 m (60 ft) wide, and 2.5 km in length, extends perpendicular to the flow of the river. The average amount of water running over this waterfall is 140 m³/s in the summertime and 80 m³/s in the wintertime. The highest flood measured was 2000 m³/s.
Nikon D800
24-120mm f/4 Lens