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Behind Kvernufoss
If I talk you about a waterfall in Iceland where you can go and walk behind? You will probably answer Seljalandsfoss which is indeed famous and hard to miss if you are driving on the main road.
But it is not the only one. The one I'll talk about today is called Kvernufoss. The existence of this waterfall is not well documented. There is a reason about it: the place is not visible from a road and there is no sign. In fact there is no road that leads directly to Kvernufoss and you have to walk in a field to reach it.
In fact the fall is not far from Skógafoss. If Skógafoss is on the left of Skógar (the city), then Kvernufoss is on the right. It should helps you to find it.
The little canyon before arriving on site is beautifull, and you may want to take some picture of the torrent. The waterfall itself is not far, crashing on the stones. Good point: it is not stuck along the cliffs so you can circle around. But be aware that the water makes the ground slippy.
Behind you will have the best view of the flow. The cloudy sky helped me a lot to get this moody atmosphere. But I think that a sunrise or sunset may also bring a precious light. Note that the fall is oriented toward the north so you can't see the sun directly through the canyon.
For this photo I really missed my fisheye lens. I did not carried it in Iceland for weight reason but it could have helped to catch a very unique point of view. However, my current lens has been wide enough to grab this astonishing view.
The process on computer was really hard. After several tries, I ended up to use a 32bits TIFF file. Then all the work has been done with Lightroom.
I hope you like it. :)
Behind Kvernufoss
If I talk you about a waterfall in Iceland where you can go and walk behind? You will probably answer Seljalandsfoss which is indeed famous and hard to miss if you are driving on the main road.
But it is not the only one. The one I'll talk about today is called Kvernufoss. The existence of this waterfall is not well documented. There is a reason about it: the place is not visible from a road and there is no sign. In fact there is no road that leads directly to Kvernufoss and you have to walk in a field to reach it.
In fact the fall is not far from Skógafoss. If Skógafoss is on the left of Skógar (the city), then Kvernufoss is on the right. It should helps you to find it.
The little canyon before arriving on site is beautifull, and you may want to take some picture of the torrent. The waterfall itself is not far, crashing on the stones. Good point: it is not stuck along the cliffs so you can circle around. But be aware that the water makes the ground slippy.
Behind you will have the best view of the flow. The cloudy sky helped me a lot to get this moody atmosphere. But I think that a sunrise or sunset may also bring a precious light. Note that the fall is oriented toward the north so you can't see the sun directly through the canyon.
For this photo I really missed my fisheye lens. I did not carried it in Iceland for weight reason but it could have helped to catch a very unique point of view. However, my current lens has been wide enough to grab this astonishing view.
The process on computer was really hard. After several tries, I ended up to use a 32bits TIFF file. Then all the work has been done with Lightroom.
I hope you like it. :)